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Classic 80's Arcade Games - the ultimate Time Waster
by Jason Clarke Oct 13th 2009 at 12:00PM
If you grew up in the 80's in the golden age of video game arcades, you're going to like this Time Waster. Classic 80's Arcade Games is actually a mega time waster, since it's a site dedicated to 80's arcade games, with tons of free online-playable games. Games like 1943, Commando, Contra, Defender, Dig Dug, Frogger... the list just goes on and on.
The games are built on various platforms - Shockwave, Flash, Java, and even DOS and Windows games. Some are offered on multiple platforms, and some have downloadable emulator ROMs available.
It's not clear to me what the legality of these games is; in most cases they are abandonware, but I imagine that copyrights still exist for many of them. Classic gaming is big business, and even though underground trading of game ROMs for MAME setups has been going on for years, that still doesn't legitimize the practice.
In any event, Classic 80's Arcade Games is a wonderful compilation of the games from my youth that I loved. I hope it doesn't go away any time soon.
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Believe it or not, Atari have just released a bunch of old games on their own website. These aren't clones, these aren't even 'loving interpretations' -- these are the real thing, remade by Atari themselves. This comes as part of a re-launch for the Atari website which includes an online store.
I warn you, if you read on, this might turn into more than just a mere ten-minute time-waster.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Scruffy Bob said 1:22PM on 10-13-2009
80's -> '80s
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Scruffy Bob said 1:24PM on 10-13-2009
Ah nevermind - that's how the linked website has it.