Additionally, Microsoft had a first attempt to a gaming API for Windows, which mostly one those of us that were alive back then remember it, given how hard it is to search for it on the Internet.

Really, how come anyone find something about WinG, if they don't know what they are actually searching for?

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/programming/a-whirlwind-tour-o...

https://betawiki.net/wiki/WinG

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinG

Also it took until DirectX 5, to have it be usable for games.