Classic video games from the 1970s and 1980s have been put online by the Internet Arc

[Jazzy]

Classics like the original Donkey Kong can be found in the archive

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.

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Will you be playing any of these games?

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Very cool and I love old school games!

 

[Jazzy]

Very cool and I love old school games!

Do you have a favorite one?

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Pac man - http://www.webpacman.com/pacman.php
Frogger - http://www.webpacman.com/frogger.php
Asteroids - http://www.webpacman.com/asteroids.php
Space Invaders - http://www.webpacman.com/spaceInvaders.php
^Those aren't the exact original games, but are pretty close replicas.

All good in my opinion. Pong is fun too.

 

[Jazzy]

How about Donkey Kong?

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Donkey Kong is alright I suppose.

 

[JetWing34]

Emulating games can be great sometimes because it is cool to play console games on the PC.

 

[Raven]

Pretty cool. But really not the same feeling as playing them on the old consoles!

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Emulating games can be great sometimes because it is cool to play console games on the PC.

Do you have any emulators? I used to have a few.

 

[DrLeftover]

There's all kinds of emulators.

This site has a good selection of them:

http://www.emulator-zone.com/

JNES is a decent one. MAMI is as well.

However, that being said, good luck getting them to work under windows 7 or 8.