Doll in the House WINDY / Windows 3.1 / Gainax / January? 1996

"Desktop Fancy Software" Produced by Gainax and illustrated by Hizuru Imai.

Excerpt from CD Login Magazine:

The manufacturer has named this software "Desktop fancy software." In other words, it's software that enhances your Windows environment, like a screensaver, calendar, or clock, but with the added "fancy" aspect —that is, cute. This is a software program where a cute girl comes to live in your Windows computer. Normally, she's just an icon at the bottom of the screen, but if you want to see her, click on it. Then, the girl's room will appear on the screen, and she'll talk to you about all sorts of things. And when you get tired of it, you can turn it into an icon and move on to the next software or turn off the power and go to sleep.

Also, her room has a CD player and a clock, which you can of course use, and you can even change your wallpaper from her room.

 

From @xHDXCQTGw0zvHci on Twitter: "The more you converse with her, the more new words she learns, up to the limits of your HDD capacity. It doesn't take up much capacity, so it'll basically memorize words almost infinitely, but the downside is that it ends up remembering the same word multiple times as different words, you know."

 

Scans from CD Login Magazine and Gainax's 1996 catalogue. These are very small and blurry, but they're all I could find game screenshot-wise (For now at least).

 

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Doll in the House LINDY / Macintosh / Gainax / August 1996

"LINDY, friend of the popular Windows girl WINDY, has come over to Macintosh!"

 

Text translated from the image above:

It's not a wallpaper, it's not a game, it's a software for a change of pace where you can spend some time interacting with a character. LINDY will react in various ways when you talk to her. Sometimes she'll get upset, play pranks, get bored and complain... LINDY will be your little neighbor. In each room, you can enjoy things like your daily fortune and meal planning advice. There are seasonal events, and she'll even celebrate your birthday in a cute outfit. You can also activate Macintosh accessories from LINDY's room.

From today, you too can be LINDY's friend!

 

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I put a link to a (seemingly?) usable version of WINDY's software below in the sources section. If someone ends up making it work, please upload screenshots of it somewhere! there really isn't much available of WINDY (let alone LINDY) on the internet. Thanks!!

 

1. Doll in the House WINDY @ Archive.org download + img source

2. CD Login Magazine Vol 3 1996.1.31 @ Archive.org

3. 1996 Gainax Catalogue @ Archive.org

4. WINDY and LINDY @ anipike.asie.pl

5. 【中古チラシ】マッキントッシュ│Doll in the House LINDY @ channel.beep-shop.com img source

6. CD-ROMソフト Doll in House WINDY for Windows/GAINAX ===の落札情報詳細 @ aucfree.com img source