A link to Bookmark for Retro Fans

The Internet Archive Now Lets You Play 900+ Classic Arcade Games In Your Browser

Retro fans need this link: Internet Arcade

A great source of all the classics, and so much easier than downloading each MAME ROM 🙂

The Internet Arcade is a web-based library of arcade (coin-operated) video games from the 1970s through to the 1990s, emulated in JSMAME, part of the JSMESS software package. Containing hundreds of games ranging through many different genres and styles, the Arcade provides research, comparison, and entertainment in the realm of the Video Game Arcade.

The game collection ranges from early “bronze-age” videogames, with black and white screens and simple sounds, through to large-scale games containing digitized voices, images and music. Most games are playable in some form, although some are useful more for verification of behavior or programming due to the intensity and requirements of their systems.

Pro tip from Techcrunch:

It can be a bit weird to figure out a game’s controls in MAME some times. The 5 key lets you insert a coin; the 1 key is usually the Player 1 start button. Arrows are usually used for directional stuff, with CTRL/ALT/SPACE used for the three primary buttons. Beyond that, you’ll have to mash buttons a bit to figure it out [or hit TAB to dive into the key configurations])

Favourites I’ve found so far:

• Bionic Commando
• Street Fighter II
• Ghouls ‘n Ghosts aka One Hard Ghoulie
• Wardner

– back in the day I could complete this with 10p… although don’t remember it being in English, or by Sega? 🙂