Tons of Classic Arcade Games

I still remember my first arcade video game, it was Xevious, a vertical scrolling shoot em up game with great graphics and playability. I spend most of my money on that game and had some trouble with my parents because of this.

Now, I found a site that has heaps of classic arcade games for your playing pleasure. Games include all time classics like Pacman, Bomberman, Donkey Kong, 1942, Yie Ar Kung Fu and lots more. The games require java to play so make sure you have java installed, if not head over to sun.java.com and download the latest JRE.

Enjoy these fine games, head over to 1980-games.com

Update: The website is still up and operational, and not a lot has changed since our first review. The front page of the service lists several of the most popular games right away on screen. You can launch them directly with a single click, and all should work just fine provided that you have the Java Runtime Environment installed on your computer as a plugin.

Game windows are kinda small at the beginning, but you can click on the big Screen link below which improves game window size considerable.

Controls are usually displayed on the right of the game window. You need to insert coins into many games first before you can start playing them. This is done with a tap on the 5 key on the keyboard. You start most games with a tap on 1. Controls use the cursor keys for movement, and ctrl, alt and space for actions. Not all keys may be usable though depending on the game.

Games are furthermore sorted into categories on the left, e.g. Sport or Shooter, and larger groups at the top. Here you can access logic games, remakes or Nintendo games for instance.

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Author: Martin Brinkmann, Friday November 25, 2005 -
Tags:arcade games, Games