Goodbye weekend plans: Internet Archive now lets you play 900 classic arcade games

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Cancel whatever plans you had for the rest of today.

The Internet Archive, a non-profit best known for backing up web pages, has added a collection of 900 video games from the 1970s to 1990s that can be played in your web browser — no coins required.

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Called the Internet Arcade, the collection includes familiar games such as Astro Invader and Pac Man, as well as more obscure titles from that era. Most include detailed background histories and links to play in the browser

Some of the games we tested were a bit clunky to play, but, remember, it's free and hopefully it gets better in time. Read more...

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