Internet Archive has released a new update, allowing you to play 2500 MS-DOS games on your browser for free. In case you didn’t know, Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library that archives digital versions of old PC/MS-DOS games, books, audio recordings and videos.
According to the team, this latest update ranges from tiny recent independent productions to long-forgotten big-name releases from decades ago. Therefore, you can now play for free Mortal Kombat, Doom, Jurassic Park and Alone in the Dark. You can also find Shadow Warrior, Duke Nukem 3D, Redneck Rampage and more classic PC games.
Internet Archive basically uses an emulator in order to run these old games on your browser. However, I’ve tried some of them and the results weren’t that great. Mortal Kombat had major slowdowns and audio issues, as did Jurassic Park. Moreover, the CD-ROM version of Jurassic Park could not load at all.
Speaking of Jurassic Park, I have to say that I’m really glad to have finally played/tested the MS-DOS version. This version was created by OCEAN, the same team responsible for the SNES version. And while these two versions share some similarities, I have to say that the MS-DOS version cannot come close to what OCEAN created for the SNES.
What this ultimately means is that PC gamers will encounter major emulation issues with some games. So yeah, emulation is not perfect at this point, and I don’t know when and if thing will improve. Still, this is a pretty cool archive library so you should at least check it out.
You can browse the library and start playing your favourite MS-DOS games by visiting this link.
Have fun!
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They will be improving the emulation software in the future. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/be23104828846513a53b92ede16a77bb8c22473df2ce4ebf9e891414db38c115.png
That’s crazy! I found this site by accident yesterday because I was looking up info on Blue Max: Aces of the Great War, (for nostalgia sake) and now you have an article about it.
Bad a*s!.!.!
I can see 6934 games
https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games?tab=collection
Or, you can just run them in DosBox on your own device.
I really don’t get this trend these days, of people who ‘want’ to be tethered to do things. Most people tend to want to get rid of tethers.
What a time to be alive. The age of stupid is upon us.
What the hell are you talking about? Are you trying to say you “downloaded” your emulated games (and the emulator) without this “teather” of yours? Or do you really see Archive.org, a broadly OPEN platform as restrictive… like, serious!?
And Supaplex is in it!! One of the best games I played on PC as a child back in the day. I remember it had Sound Blaster and it was amazing how the sound changed. Completed all 113 levels and could do the 2nd level (the maze) with my eyes closed. Great memories from it, Murphy going to sleep if you let it still in a place with a wall close to him.
Check that game, is awesome.
bad perfomance i test jazz jackrabbit 1994 and sound have problems
Downloading game data…
Game Metadata?
Game File List?
Emulator Metadata?
Game File (1 of 1) (0%; 2.8 MiB of 1.5 GiB)
1.5GB for The Secret of Monkey Island from 1990 ? What is this? An interactive movie captured from an old PC?