The content remains unbiased and authentic. However, it does not affect our editorial integrity. The above article may contain affiliate links which help support Guiding Tech. Is it Mortal Kombat? Contra, perhaps? Let us know in the comments below. If you lived through the 90’s, you’re bound to have a favorite pixelated game. Some of the most frustrating and entertaining console games from the Atari and Sega era are available to play online. Remember the feverous button presses, tilting your whole body along with the controller, getting angry, calling your brother a cheat and running off from the living room? Ah, Sunday mornings. If you grew up with a console in the 80’s or the 90’s, well you were a lucky bugger, weren’t you. A lot of games and demos had superior sound support for this card (1990's). If you really wanna have fun, try to find a GRAVIS sound card. Find MS DOS 6.22+ for good compatibility. You can relive the glory of the claw by playing Pac-Man, Berzerk, Hangman, and more. This way you can mount the DOS FAT16 partition in Linux and download your games/software then reboot and run DOS native to play the games. You’re bound to find your favorite childhood game here.Ĭompared to what kids spent in Arcades, the spending on games on smartphones seems minuscule, even the ones with in-app purchases. Now, here are some of my favorite DOS games, the ones I remember playing on my dad’s office computer (we didn’t have a PC at home in the 90’s). If you do run into any problems, they’ll be code based. Given that the computer you’re using is dozens or hundreds of times faster than the computer from the 80’s (thank you Moore’s law), there should not be any performance issues. While DOS certainly had its misses as any platform, the archive features numerous classic titles that are worth it for any gaming aficionado.
Everyone is now able to play over 2,300 MS DOS games for free in their internet browser. After that, the experience is pretty smooth. The software library at has just added even more games to their ever-growing game library.
They’re being emulated in your browser, so loading will take some time. Visit this page to check out the DOS based games. This means that not only will you be able to play DOS games like Prince of Persia, you can also play coin-based arcade and console games from yesteryear like Mortal Combat, Sonic the Hedgehog, and lots more.
More on emulation: Learn how to install emulators on PS Vita, how to play Nintendo DS games on your iPhone, and how to play old Nintendo Classic games on your Mac. Bringing thousands of DOS, Arcade and Console games from the 80’s and 90’s, right in your browser window. So you can go back and see what the homepage of Google looked like all those years ago (Spoiler alert: surprisingly similar).Īnd now, the Internet Archive has done it again. It archives websites and programs for the greater good of humanity. The Internet Archive is doing God’s work.