# microsoft/Microsoft-3D-Movie-Maker

This is the source code for the original Microsoft 3D Movie Maker released in 1995. This is not supported software.

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/Microsoft-3D-Movie-Maker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/microsoft-3d-movie-maker
Language: SWIG
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-05-04T04:12:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1602, "days_push": 1582, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3834, forks 275 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:23.823290+00:00)

## What it is
The original 1995 source code for Microsoft 3D Movie Maker, a children's 3D animation application, released under the MIT license for historical reference. It includes a build of Argonaut's BRender rendering engine and is not intended to build with modern tooling.

## Use cases
- study 1990s Windows multimedia application source code
- explore the BRender 3D rendering engine
- restore or port 3D Movie Maker to modern systems
- research historical Microsoft software archives
- learn how 90s kids' creative software was built

## When to choose
- you want to study or preserve vintage Microsoft source code
- you're researching the BRender engine or 90s multimedia software
- you want to fork and experiment with retro 3D animation code

## When to avoid
- you need a working 3D animation tool for modern systems
- you expect the code to compile with current compilers
- you need supported, maintained software

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: graphics, animation, game-engine
- domain: graphics, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: historical-source-code, 3d-movie-maker, brender, retro-software, 1995, microsoft, game-development

## Member repositories
- microsoft/Microsoft-3D-Movie-Maker (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:23.823290+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:26:17.707463+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/Microsoft-3D-Movie-Maker (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:23.823290+00:00, sha a4b357ae1bae)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.