A Quarter In, A Quarter-Million Out: 10 Years of Emulation at Internet Archive – Jason Scott on 10 years of “The Emularity” running at the Internet Archive:
10 years ago, the Internet Archive made an announcement: It was possible for anyone with a reasonably powerful computer running a modern browser to have software emulated, running as it did back when it was fresh and new, with a single click. Now, a decade later, we have surpassed 250,000 pieces of software running at the Archive and it might be a great time to reflect on how different the landscape has become since then.
Some of my favourites from the colletion:
- Prince of Persia (1990, Brøderbund Software, Inc.)
- Battle Chess (1988, Interplay)
- Nuclear War (1989, New World Computing, Inc.)
- Indianapolis 500 (1989, Papyrus Design Group, Inc.)
Source: A Quarter In, A Quarter-Million Out: 10 Years of Emulation at Internet Archive