Remember the days of pushing coins into an arcade machine and trying to claim the highest score? You can now relive the fun through the Internet Archive library of arcade games playable in a browser, reports CNET.

If you miss early arcade games, pay a visit to the Internet Archive to experience the new Internet Arcade. It is stocked with a whopping 900 coin-operated arcade games from the 1970s to 1990s that have been redesigned using the JSMESS emulator to operate free on Web browsers.

Among the games you can select are:

  • Alpha Mission
  • Berzerk
  • Defender
  • Krull
  • Kung-Fu Master
  • Paperboy
  • Q*bert
  • Qix
  • Sega's Star Trek
  • Street Fighter II
  • Super Pac-Man
  • The Three Stooges
  • Tron

With 900 games to experience, the Internet Arcade can keep you entertained for years.

A good place to start in the Internet Arcade is the archive's recommended list of games on the main page. There's also a list of the most downloaded games.

You may not have a perfect gameplay experience with every Internet Arcade game. Some of the titles have technical glitches.

"Vector games are an issue, scaling is broken for some, and some have control mechanisms that are just not going to translate to a keyboard or even a joypad," writes programmer Jason Scott.

Most of the games work well in the browser. If you played on real arcade machines, the biggest challenge is acclimating to the new style of controls.

The Internet Archive is hosting the Arcade as part of its mission to preserve computer history.

"From utilities and operating systems through to applications and games, older programs are coming back to life to excite, to teach and to enjoy," states the Internet Archive website.

Last year, the Archive offered the free classic console emulator, which is a JavaScript port of the MESS computer software emulator. The Verge reported it took two years to create and fine-tune the emulator so that modern browser users can run early video games or the first spreadsheet application. It includes popular 80s games, like Atari's Pitfall! and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

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