Editions are an important mechanic of Progressbar95. It is as well a reward you get after completing a certain number of levels. 6 editions are present in most operating systems, whilst 13 editions are present in 8-bit computers. Gaining an edition would also gain you a Badge (also called a Label).
Once you earn an edition on a Progressbar system you also get a new startup screen, and in the boot menu, it shows what badges you have. BarOS's boot menu shows what edition of the OS you have in brackets under the OS name, and BarOS systems show the badges you have in the startup screen.
Systems with badges get bonus points as labels go higher and eventually unlock new operating systems with enough Pro or Expert badges, or servers for Grand badges on certain systems. They also allow you to use user wallpapers (all Progressbar and Progressbar Server systems and BarOS 9 and higher, a pattern editor is available if you are in BarOS 8 or below, or BAR/X), themes and cursors.
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Regular is the lowest edition that you can obtain by getting the operating system. In this edition, you are not allowed to use custom wallpapers and no bonus points are awarded. The regular bootscreens of Progressbar 3.14, 95, 95 plus, 98, Meme, 2000 and 11 use "hypercasual UI game" in place of the label. Its real life counterpart may be the "Home" edition used for Windows XP onwards.
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Professional (often shortened to Pro) is the second lowest edition you can obtain by reaching a certain level (consult the table below). In the PC version, two Pro labels are required to unlock Progressbar 3.14, three are required to unlock Progressbar 2, four are required to unlock Progressbar 1, and five are required to unlock PB-DOS Shell. When you complete a level in an operating system with a "Pro" label, it gives you 1000 points (or 1500 with Hardcore). In an operating system with a Pro label or higher, you are allowed to use custom wallpapers. When you get a Pro badge on a system, you will get the "Congratulations! Special game label" message (prior to 0.6006, it didn't always appear).
Prior to version 0.30, the Pro label was called OSR 2 in Progressbar 95 and 95 plus and Second Edition (SE) in Progressbar 98.
Its real life counterpart is obviously the edition of the same name used in Windows NT versions from 2000 onwards (except Windows Vista).
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| 10 | PB-DOS Shell to Progressbar 95 and Bar System 1 |
| 20 | Progressbar 95 plus, 98 and Bar System 2 |
| 30 | Progressbar NOT 4.0, Meme, 2000, Whisper, XB, NOT 4.0 Server to Server 2002 and Bar System 3 |
| 40 | Progressbar Wista, 7, Server 2005 to Server 2021 and Bar System 4 |
| 50 | Progressbar Nepbar, 81, 10, Bar System 5 and BAR/X |
| 60 | Progressbar Largehorn, 1X to 11.22, Server 2023, Bar System 6 and BarOS 7 |
| 70 | BarOS 8 to 14, H@ckgresh and B OS |
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.png "Progressbar 95 Professional Startup (old).png (835 KB)")
Expert is the fourth highest edition that you can obtain by reaching level 100. One Expert label is required to unlock Progressbar NOT 4.0, while two are required to unlock Progressbar NOT 3.60. When you complete a level in an operating system with an "Expert" label, it gives you 3000 points (or 4500 on Hardcore). Sometimes, you may get the message "Congratulations!" with the Expert badge and "Special game label" below it when you get this label. Its real life counterpart may be the "Enterprise" edition used for Windows Vista onwards.
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Master is the third highest edition that you can obtain by reaching level 250. When you complete a level in an operating system with a Master label, you will get 5000 points. Sometimes, you may get the message "Congratulations!" with the Master badge and "Special game label" below it when you get this label.
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Adept is the second highest edition that you can obtain by reaching level 500. When you complete a level in an operating system with the Adept label, you will get 7000 points. Sometimes, you may get the message "Congratulations!" with the Adept badge and "Special game label" below it when you get this label.
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Grand is the highest edition you can obtain by reaching level 1000. One Grand label on Progressbar 98 is required to unlock Progressbar NOT 4.0 Server, one Grand label on Progressbar 2000 is required to unlock Progressbar 2000 Server, and so on. When you complete a level in an operating system with the Grand label, you will get 10000[1] points. Grand may be a real-life counterpart of Ultimate editions of Vista and 7. Sometimes, you may get the message "Congratulations!" with the Grand badge and "Special game label" below it when you get this label.
If you get a Grand badge on a Progressbar system, the logo will be darker than the regular logo. This also applies to server systems, but more darker as the consumer counterpart.
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Though not direct editions, they are technically editions.
- Plus (stylized as +PLUS): This version supposedly indicates that it is an add-on/modified version of Progressbar. It is only used in Progressbar 95 plus. Its real life counterpart is most certainly Microsoft Plus!.
- Progressstation: Progressstation is used in Progressbar NOT 4.0 and Progressbar NOT 3.60, replacing the "hypercasual UI game" label. Its real life counterpart is most certainly the Workstation edition, used in Windows NT 3.5 and NT 4.0. Since the "Progressstation" text never changes, this supposedly means that either there are other editions of Progressbar NOT 4.0 and Progressbar NOT 3.60 that the player is not able to access, a new edition is coming soon, or the full names are "Progressbar NOT 4.0 Progressstation" and "Progressbar NOT 3.60 Progressstation" from the beginning. However, the first statement was sometimes clarified by some players as false, due to Progressbar NOT 4.0 Server existing since 0.9280.
8-bit computers[]
8-bit computers feature their own badge system with unique editions and different level requirements. Starting at Level 8 with User, every subsequent badge will have double the level requirement of the previous one, similar to the sequence of bits used on computers and consoles.
Nil, shown as NIL, is the lowest edition you can obtain by getting the computer. In this edition, no bonus points are awarded.
User, shown as USER, is the second lowest edition you can obtain by reaching level 8. Beating a level with the USER tag awards you 64 additional points.
Professional, shown as PRO, is the third lowest edition you can obtain by reaching level 16. Beating a level with the PRO tag awards you 128 additional points.
Geek, shown as GEEK, is the fourth lowest edition you can obtain by reaching level 32. Beating a level with the GEEK tag awards you 256 additional points.
Hacker, shown as HCKR, is the fifth lowest edition you can obtain by reaching level 64. Beating a level with the HCKR tag awards you 512 additional points.
Expert, shown as XPRT, is the sixth lowest edition that you can obtain by reaching level 128. Beating a level with the XPRT tag awards you 1024 additional points.
Master, shown as MSTR, is the seventh highest edition that you can obtain by reaching level 256. Beating a level with the MSTR tag awards you 2048 additional points.
Adept, shown as ADPT, is the sixth highest edition that you can obtain by reaching level 512. Beating a level with the ADPT tag awards you 4096 additional points.
Grand, shown as GRND, is the fifth highest edition you can obtain by reaching level 1024. Beating a level with the GRND tag awards you 8192 additional points.
Cool, shown as COOL, is the fourth highest edition you can obtain by reaching level 2048. Beating a level with the COOL tag awards you 16384 additional points.
Nerd, shown as NERD, is the third highest edition you can obtain by reaching level 4096. Beating a level with the NERD tag awards you 32768 additional points.
Spod, shown as SPOD, is the second highest edition you can obtain by reaching level 8192. Beating a level with the SPOD tag awards you 65536 additional points.
Equals, shown as =, is the highest edition you can obtain by reaching level 16384. Beating a level with the = tag awards you 131072 additional points.
Changelog[]
| Update | Version | Type | Description |
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| 0.25 | Release | OSR 2 badge is added for Progressbar 95 and 95 plus. | |
| 0.26 | Release | Second Edition (SE) badge is added for Progressbar 98. | |
| 0.28 | Release | Professional badge is added for Progressbar Meme and 2000. | |
| 0.3 | 0.30 | Release | OSR 2 and SE badges are both renamed to Professional. |
| 0.4 | 0.48 | Release | Expert badge is added and bonus icons for the Professional and Expert badge are also added. |
| 0.5 | 0.500 | Release | The badge icons for Progressbar 10 are redesigned. |
| 0.54 | 0.5040 | Release | The badge icons for Progressbar 1 are redesigned. |
| 0.56 | 0.5430 | Release Candidate | Master, Adept and Grand badges are added and the Professional badge icon for Progressbar 2 has changed. |
| 0.64 | 0.6202 | Beta | The badge icons have been redesigned. |
| 1.00 | 0.9967 | Beta 2 | User, Geek, Hacker, Cool and Nerd badges are added for 8-bit systems. |
| 0.9970 | Release Candidate | Spod badge is added. | |
| 0.9971 | Release Candidate | Equals (=) badge is added. |
