The game was first included as part of Windows 98's Microsoft Plus! package[4] on its release on June 25, 1998 and has been since featured on most subsequent versions of Windows. Spider Solitaire was not included in Windows 2000,[5] but was added to Windows Me[6] and later on Windows XP;[7] the game gained popularity subsequent to its inclusion in the latter.[3]Windows Vista again saw a new version,[8] which was mainly unchanged in Windows 7.[9] Finally, Windows 8 has another updated version available in the Windows Store as part of Microsoft Solitaire Collection but not bundled with the operating system.[10]Windows 10 has the Microsoft Solitaire Collection app updated and bundled with the OS.