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Internet Archive

Almost 2,400 classic MS-DOS games are now playable on your browser

Now you can relive Prince of Persia all over again for free.

IF YOU NEVER heard of the Internet Archive before now, but remember PC gaming in the late 80s or early 90s, you may want to sit up and take notice.

The organisation, which archives classic books, movies, software, music and more, has made almost 2,400 MS-DOS games available to play online. The catalogue includes classic games like Prince of Persia, Lemmings 2 – The Tribes, Commander Keen, and Manic Mansion.

The browser-based emulator is still very much in beta so there are a few bugs here and there (garbled sound for Prince of Persia would be one), but the way the emulator sets up is similar to how it did it all those years ago.

It should be noted that no controls for any of the games is provided so you will have to go by memory or figure them out on your own. But once you do, you can relive those memories all over again.

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Should that not be to your liking, the Internet Archive also has a collection of classic Atari and Arcade games available for you to play online as well.

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    Mute Pat Maher
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    Jan 7th 2015, 7:35 PM

    Well that’s 2015 taken care of : )

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    Mute Joanna
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    Jan 7th 2015, 7:41 PM

    And I was so close to starting the ironing this week.

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    Jan 7th 2015, 7:35 PM

    Ah shite, won’t see my husband tonight now

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    Jan 7th 2015, 8:03 PM

    Hi Jennie…..

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    Mute Kane Abel
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    Jan 7th 2015, 7:34 PM

    The Red Baron/Sopwith how many hours passed so pointlessly entertainingly!?!

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    Jan 7th 2015, 7:44 PM

    Is “Elite” on there…?

    That game burned up many of my childhood evenings…

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    Jan 7th 2015, 7:44 PM

    I have an old Amstrad 6128+ with colour monitor that I got in 89 or 90 I think, but must fix the drive belt. Been meaning to fix it for the last 10 years and I think this will be the year!

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    Jan 7th 2015, 7:47 PM

    Batman The Movie on Amstrad CPC 6128: http://youtu.be/bsHl46FFRJQ

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    Mute Graham Kavanagh
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    Jan 7th 2015, 8:05 PM

    Are you the same Art Van guy from boards.ie?

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    Jan 7th 2015, 8:08 PM

    Never was on boards.ie Graham…Cén fáth?

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    Mute Dave O'Hanlon
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    Jan 7th 2015, 8:26 PM

    Ah yes had one of those, hard to believe that there were computers without hard discs.

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    Jan 8th 2015, 9:31 AM

    You don’t still have the original controller , do you?!

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    Jan 8th 2015, 9:43 AM

    I suppose you don’t still have the original controller , Dave?!

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    Jan 7th 2015, 8:02 PM

    Who else taught prince of persia was a mule hard game?

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    Jan 7th 2015, 10:13 PM

    I finished it. It took months!

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    Mute Martin Byrne
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    Jan 8th 2015, 6:43 AM

    I kinda fancied the prince. He was so plucky and enthusiastic. Somebody fetch the smelling salts.

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    Jan 7th 2015, 8:16 PM

    Lemmings!! I remember loving the music in lemmings as a child.

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    Mute Laura Jane
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    Jan 7th 2015, 7:40 PM

    cd\princemegahits

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    Jan 7th 2015, 8:14 PM

    Best news ever!

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    Jan 7th 2015, 7:50 PM

    There goes my productivity.

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    Mute Peter Slattery
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    Jan 7th 2015, 8:04 PM

    Day of the Tentacle. One of my all time favourites.

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    Mute Lily
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    Jan 7th 2015, 7:34 PM

    Loved lemmings and prince of Persia. But those graphics :(

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    Mute Dave O'Hanlon
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    Jan 7th 2015, 10:45 PM

    Appreciate the substance.

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    Jan 7th 2015, 8:06 PM

    Loved Dizzy the egg, dangerous Dave and prince of Persia.
    Mind you the graphics and music left a lot to be desired.
    Happy days :)

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    Jan 7th 2015, 7:48 PM

    Alley Cat- I’m determined to beat those Sleeping Dogs

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    Jan 7th 2015, 8:29 PM

    There is already the option of downloading an emulator(all free), I think the amstrad one is called WinApe.

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    Jan 7th 2015, 10:53 PM

    Best news story of 2015 so far!

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    Jan 7th 2015, 9:44 PM

    Is Dizzy the Egg included? Oh please…please…please make it so!

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    Jan 7th 2015, 8:50 PM

    Great Stuff… Hopefully they have ‘Gauntlet’. Absolute classic on the C64

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    Jan 7th 2015, 11:37 PM

    Better go hunt for a joystick to make the most of the memories flooding back!

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    Jan 7th 2015, 9:09 PM

    Paulie Python is on there!!! Well, there’s me going to work tomorrow with panda eyes.

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    Jan 7th 2015, 10:40 PM

    Prince of Persia happy days was sum hard game to play especially with the Amiga 500 :)

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    Jan 8th 2015, 6:53 PM

    If Sid Meier’s Civilisation is on there that’s the weekend sorted…

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    Mute Kevin O' Brien
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    Jan 8th 2015, 3:28 AM

    Prince of Persia, I feel like I spent literally years of my life playing that 1 game. Absolutely loved it.

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