“Software is culturally valuable,” archivist Jason Scott told Wired. The library launched on April 1 with more than 40 recreated programs designed to preserve the early era of computer gaming.
Now you can step back in time and load up these retro games straight from your browser, thanks to Software Library: Macintosh from the Internet Archive. But back in the ‘80s and ‘90s, these unavoidable titles were a great way of showing off a computer’s graphics capabilities while bringing addictive forms of gaming to the masses.Ī signature feature of old Macintosh computers was their collection of video games, from classics like Frogger and Space Invaders to the original Dark Castle these titles would become gaming essentials in the years ahead. The games you find pre-installed on some of today’s laptops are generally considered bloatware-unwanted licensed software that doesn’t do much more than take up space on your hard drive.
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