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Every classic game, every legal way to play it

Most classic games are out of print. Here is where the rest live.

Search a title and see every legal way to play it now: subscription, store, collection, or browser archive. When a game comes back into print, it shows up here first.

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A shelved arcade port comes back on a collection

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A shelved arcade port comes back on a collection
Rights untangled after two decades. What changed.
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Why music licences keep games off sale
The soundtrack expires before the game does.
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Streaming retro: what a subscription really covers
Libraries rotate. How to tell what stays.
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Playing early computer games in a browser tab
The archive collections, and how to use them well.
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DOS classics patched for modern systems
Which re-releases fixed the sound, and which did not.
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Why libraries cannot lend games remotely
The copyright exemption stops one step short.
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One search, every option

Subscriptions, stores, collections and archives in a single list for each game.

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Out of print, marked plainly

When no legal option exists, the page says so, and tells you what it would take to change.

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Alerts on return

Follow a game. When it comes back into print, you get one email.

The question every retro player asks is not "is it good" but "can I still play it". The name answers yes, and the site says where.

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