New games made by the community for the original consoles. Every one is open source and free to share. Click Play and it runs right here.
Real 80s arcade cabinets, emulated and preserved by the Internet Arcade at the Internet Archive. Each game plays here in a window from archive.org. The games aren't stored on RetroVideoGames.
Arcade games are played from the Internet Archive's collection at archive.org. RetroVideoGames isn't connected to the Internet Archive. If you enjoy them, consider supporting the Archive.
Pick a console, then choose a game file from your phone or computer. The file stays on your device. Nothing is uploaded to us. See Help for how to back up games you own.
Run PC games from the DOS days in your browser. Choose a .zip of a DOS game you have, pick the file that starts it, and play.
These were released for free by the people who made them. Get them from these official pages.
MMOs and online console games from the 90s and 2000s that you can still play with other people today, kept alive by fans or still run by the original studio.
Community-run servers are made by fans and aren't connected to RetroVideoGames or to the original publishers. Each one sets its own rules. Read their guides before you install anything.
How to get your games onto RetroVideoGames the legal way, plus controllers and saves.
A cartridge reader plugs into your computer by USB and copies a game you own to a file. Popular ones:
PlayStation and Sega CD games can be copied from your own disc with a computer disc drive and a disc-imaging program. Saving the copy as a single .chd or .pbp file works best here, since this site loads one file at a time.
A few consoles need their startup file, called a BIOS, to run games: PlayStation, Sega CD, Saturn and Atari Lynx. That file is copyrighted like the games, so it has to come from a console you own. Console tools and cartridge readers can copy it. Most other consoles here don't need one.
Plug in or pair an Xbox, PlayStation or most USB controllers and press a button. On phones you get on-screen buttons. Use the emulator's menu to save and load. Saves are kept in this browser on this device, so they won't follow you to another phone or computer.
RetroVideoGames doesn't host or link to copies of commercial games or BIOS files. Please don't ask us to. Emulators are legal, but sharing games you don't have the rights to isn't.
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