The Internet Archive is a gold mine for the history of the Internet, media and electronic games. This site, whose vocation is to constitute a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural resources in digital form, regularly unveils new collections: DOS video games, digitized vinyls... and today portable electronic games.
Among the pioneers of these electronic games, we find a small, century-old Japanese company: Nintendo and his games Game and Watch.
Before becoming known for its game consoles, from 1980 to 1991, Nintendo sold more than 43 million copies of its 59 handheld electronic games and enjoyed worldwide commercial success.
It is therefore to revive a part of nostalgia that The Internet Archive has put online the emulation of 74 games that marked the era of these handheld electronic games…games that many of us who were young in the 80s knew…even before handheld and portable game consoles came along to kill off these electronic gems.
The Internet Archive brings back the electronic games of your childhood!
Well, don't get carried away, because unfortunately, The Internet Archive collection does not include Nintendo games, which for me are the reference of the genre... probably due to rights issues.
But that said, this collection offers quite a few clones and very interesting series like a Tamagochi emulator, Pac-Man, Sonic, Double Dragon terminals… lots of gems to discover or rediscover.
The Internet Archive has given us another great gift, especially since emulating these types of games is a real technical feat. Moreover, in some cases, it involves destroying the electronic game – for example, some of the backgrounds are embedded in the LED screen itself. In order for the game to look like the game, the display has to be separated and scanned.
Electronic Games on The Interne Archive
Article updated on July 31, 2021 by Byothe
