More than 2500 old games have just become free to play

This week, Archive.org has added the largest collection of MS Dos games to date that you can access for free.

At a time when you can access a bunch of games for a small amount of money, the news is that the bunch of games can be accessed for free, too. Specifically, the online archive at archive.org, which has been operating since 1996 with the aim of building a "library of the Internet," occasionally adds various games to its archives. They usually do it in smaller quantities, but yesterday they made an exception - they added more than 2500 games that you can access for free. These are old games from the eighties and nineties that were made for the MS DOS operating system and played through the emulator in your web browser.

Wondering how it's possible for them to have such a game base and give you access for free? The thing is, you don't install or own these games on your computer. The whole thing works on the streaming principle, but games are downloaded before you start playing them. This can sometimes be a double-edged sword because access to games is not instant, but it's still a good way to try out some older games.

Among the titles added is a series of cult hits. There are adventures like Full Throttle, The Secret of Monkey Island, Alone in the Dark and others. Among the others stand out the first Need for Speed, Rayman, Oddworld, Sensible Soccer and Championship Manager. Some of the games were not even publicly available until now. You can check out the full list here and then play them on the spot.