Classic games archive

[Ellie]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25527786

Classic video games from the 1970s and 1980s have been put online by the Internet Archive and can be played within a web browser for nothing.

The collection has launched with games from five early home consoles, including the Atari 2600 and Colecovision.

The games do not have sound, but will soon, the Internet Archive said.

"In coming months, the playable software collection will expand greatly," archivist Jason Scott wrote.

"Making these vintage games available to the world, instantly, allows for commentary, education, enjoyment and memory for the history they are a part of."

The other machines included are the Atari 7800, the Magnavox Odyssey (known as the Philips Videopac G7000 in Europe) and the Astrocade.

Well-recognised titles such as Pacman, Space Invaders and Frogger are all in the archive - with more consoles and games expected soon.

https://archive.org/details/consolelivingroom

Holy crap. There are literally hundreds of games on this thing, and for once it's literally literally.

 

[coyotecraft]

Atari games were so boring. Space invaders was the only game worth playing, out of the games we had. Pinball was my second favorite, but the ball would get stuck on edges. Asteroids was kinda fun but after 5 min you'd be looking for something else to play.
There was also this racing game where you basically dodge cars or collect the right shape for whatever you were controlling. I don't remember what that was called.