Author Archives: Jason Scott

The 12 Games of Christmas (And Nearby Holidays)

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Jason Scott

The Internet Archive has had thousands of games available to play in your browser for over five years now, but the joy of booting up these items immediately never seems to grow old. In fact, the main issue is there’s … Continue reading →

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Don’t Click on the Llama

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Jason Scott

WE HAVE ONE SIMPLE REQUEST…. DO NOT CLICK ON THE LLAMA. Clicking on the Llama will release Webamp, a javascript-based player that mimics, down to individual strangeness and bugs, the operations of the once dominant Winamp, a media player considered to … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Audio Archive, News, Software Archive | 7 Comments

Over 1,100 New Arcade Machines Added to the Internet Arcade

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Jason Scott

The Internet Arcade, our collection of working arcade machines that run in the browser, has gotten a new upgrade in its 4th year. Advancements by both the MAME emulator team and the Emscripten conversion process allowed our team to go … Continue reading →

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Puzzling Pictures at the Decentralized Web

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Jason Scott

Normally, I’m Jason Scott, Free-Range Archivist at the Internet Archive… but at the quickly-approaching Decentralized Web Summit being hosted at the San Francisco Mint, I’ll be your puzzle emcee overseeing a fun event and contest that takes place all over … Continue reading →

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Spam Faxes and the Wonders of Ephemera

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Jason Scott

In 2002, a father in the UK gathered up a pile of fax paper from his fax machine and took it home. Was he looking at some treasured writings and gathered cultural touchstones and wanted to preserve them? No, he … Continue reading →

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Some Very Entertaining Plastic, Emulated at the Archive

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Jason Scott

It’s been a little over 4 years since the Internet Archive started providing emulation in the browser from our software collection; millions of plays of games, utilities, and everything else that shows up on a screen have happened since then. … Continue reading →

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Emulation in the Browser adds WebAssembly

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Jason Scott

Since we introduced our approach to Emulation in the Browser (now simply called The Emularity) back in 2013, there’s always been plans to continually improve the experience and advance the various web technologies that make it happen. As of today, … Continue reading →

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30 Days of Stuff

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Jason Scott

Jason Scott, free-range archivist, reporting in as 2017 draws to a close. As part of our end-of-year fundraising drive, I thought it might be fun to tweet highlighted parts of the vast stacks of content that the Internet Archive makes … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Cool items, Emulation, Image Archive, Movie Archive, Music, Software Archive, Video Archive, Wayback Machine - Web Archive | 8 Comments

HyperCard On The Archive (Celebrating 30 Years of HyperCard)

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Jason Scott

On August 11, 1987, Bill Atkinson announced a new product from Apple for the Macintosh; a multimedia, easily programmed system called HyperCard. HyperCard brought into one sharp package the ability for a Macintosh to do interactive documents with calculation, sound, … Continue reading →

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Macintosh Collection Hand-Screenshotted… Plus: HyperCard!

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Jason Scott

The Internet Archive’s emulated Early Mac collection, which was announced last week, has had all its content screenshotted by hand for maximum visual beauty and accuracy. Normally, we utilize a set of automated scripts that do screenshotting, allowing for a … Continue reading →

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