Play 900 Retro Arcade Games In Your Browser

Games about 10 years agoby Free Reyes

Got a lot of extra time and a nostalgia for old arcade games? We've got exciting new for you. Thanks to Archive.org (Internet Archive) and emulation software that works through JavaScript, you can now play 900 retro arcade games.

Jason Scott , who combined the MAME and JSMESS projects, had this to say about "The Internet Arcade":

Of the roughly 900 arcade games (yes, nine hundred arcade games) up there, some are in pretty weird shape – vector games are an issue, scaling is broken for some, and some have control mechanisms that are just not going to translate to a keyboard or even a joypad. But damn if so many are good enough. More than good enough. In the right browser, on a speedy machine, it almost feels perfect.

I tested a couple games and it's amazing to see game emulation in a browser and working on so many classic titles. The controls on some games are a bit funky and some run crazy slow (time for a computer upgrade), but it's a fun experience.

Play Games at "The Internet Arcade"

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