The Microsoft video game Pandora’s Box was released in 1999.
Pandora’s Box is a puzzle game developed and published by Microsoft. It was designed by Alexey Pajitnov, the Russian game designer best known as the creator of Tetris. Instead of retelling the Greek myth directly, the game uses the mythic container as a framing device for a collection of visual puzzles.
Players work through puzzle types involving patterns, images, and spatial or logical manipulation. The game’s structure reflects late-1990s computer-game design, when CD-ROM presentation and elaborate themed interfaces were common.
It is distinct from the 1929 film Pandora’s Box and from the ancient myth. Those works share a title but belong to different media and periods. The specific year 1999 identifies the Microsoft puzzle game.