Historical Software Collection at The Internet Archive Features Classic Software and Games Emulated in a Web Browser
The Internet Archive has launched the Historical Software Collection, an archive of historically significant software, applications, and games that can be easily run in browsers using JSMESS, a Javascript port of the MESS emulator. You can experience the classic word processing software Wordstar, iconic games like Pac-Man, Karateka, Lemonade Stand, and The Hobbit, and other obsolete programs right in your browser over at the Historical Software Collection.
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