Play Arcade Classics-mame Online

Arcade Classics-mame is basically a time machine for anyone who misses the clunky joysticks and CRT glow of old-school arcades. It runs on MAME 0.243, so you’re getting the real deal—no watered-down mobile ports here. I fired up a few ROMs and immediately got sucked into that weirdly satisfying loop of just one more try on Pac-Man, even though I still can’t crack 50,000 points.

The interface is simple, which is good because you’ll want to spend your time playing, not fiddling with menus. Some of the ROMs feel brutally hard by today’s standards (looking at you, Donkey Kong), but that’s part of the charm. If you’ve ever fed quarters into a machine or just want to see what the fuss was about, this is as close as it gets without tracking down an actual arcade cabinet.