The Internet Archive is arguably best-known for its Wayback Machine, the neat and useful repository of home pages past that lets you, say, see what the White House’s Web site looked like 15 years ago. But it does a lot more than simply send surfers back in time.
Many video game enthusiasts learned that over a year ago with the launch of the console living room, a similar project that brought early games (like those on the old Atari consoles) into the browser as playable emulations.
Here’s a sample of the playable games out there:
Master of Orion
A super popular turn-based galactic conquest game that might remind some players of the Civilization series
The Oregon Trail
This game probably needs little introduction, but just in case: you travel from the east on the Oregon Trail like a pioneer — and it’s magical and addicting.
(Internet Archive)
The Lion King. …What? I liked it when I was a kid. Deal.
(Internet Archive)
There are a ton more, which you can explore here, or in a super fancy beta layout here. Some of the games are going to be buggy, but they’re working on it.
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