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Dave Dempsey

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3. 11. 2014 - 10:45

Today's Webtip: Internet Arcade

Oodles and oodles of quarter free gameplay, in your browser.

Remember arcade games? the old fashioned put your money in a slot variety that sucked the pocket money out of millions of kids across the ages?

Well, now some of the classics are available to play online. And not in a "this website might go down any minute" kind of way. The internet Archive and Mr. Productivity Killer Jason Scott have popped a while mess of browser playable games up on the internet.

Amongst the all time classics like Boggy '84, Bogy Manor and Magical Spots, you will find some impressive names, from Defender to Zaxxon.

There appear to be around 900 roms available, some more playable than others. The front page of the Arcade provides some suggestions for games that should be playable in a powerful enough environment.

The Internet Arcade