Internet Archive's MS-DOS Game Collection

Here's some Friday fun for you. The Internet Archive has a collection of thousand of old MS-DOS games, dating back to the early days of personal computing. Thanks to Moore's Law and advances in computer emulation over the last three decades you can play them at your convenience in your browser.

Software for MS-DOS machines that represent entertainment and games. The collection includes action, strategy, adventure and other unique genres of game and entertainment software. Through the use of the EM-DOSBOX in-browser emulator, these programs are bootable and playable. Please be aware this browser-based emulation is still in beta - contact Jason Scott, Software Curator, if there are issues or questions. Thanks to eXo for contributions and assistance with this archive.

I've looked at a few of these and it's interesting to relive the earliest days of my computing career. Those of you who grew up with more powerful computers may not realize just how primitive the early games were.

It's fun just to browse this archive, even if you don't play any of the games (figuring out how some of them work may be a challenge).