Do you miss old school arcade games like Pac Man, Galaga, and Tron? Well then you're in luck because The Internet Arcade has those and plenty of others for you to play!
The Internet Arcade is an online archive containing hundreds of web versions of coin-operated games from the 1970s-1990s. Of course, the experience of playing with a keyboard and web browser is different from using the controls in an old-school arcade cabinet. But the JSMESS emulation software used by the Internet Arcade does a pretty good job with preserving the original look of the games.
Happy gaming!
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