Top 15 The Console Living Room Alternative and Similar Games | Dec 2024

The Internet Archive Console Living Room harkens back to the revolution of the change in the hearth of the home, when the fireplace and later television were transformed by gaming consoles into a center of videogame entertainment. Through use of the JSMESS emulator system, which allows direct access to these programs in your browser with no additional plugins or settings, these games can be enjoyed again. Simply click on the screenshot or "Emulate This" button for each individual cartridge, and on modern browsers the games will just start to run. As nostalgia, a teaching tool, or just plain fun, you'll find hundreds of the games that started a billion-dollar industry. ...

1. EmulationStation

EmulationStation EmulationStation is a graphical and themeable emulator front-end that allows you to access all your favorite games in one place, even without a keyboard!Works with any controllerEmulationStation provides an interface that is usable with any 4-button controller, set up from within the program itself.Give each system the look it deserves......

2. jGameBase

jGameBase jGameBase is a fully-­featured retro-gaming emu­lator frontend and game database utility. It is a sister app­lication to the Windows program GameBase (without "j"), the official frontend for the GB64 Collection.Screenshot of jGameBase GUI jGameBase sup­ports vir­tually any emu­lator for any sys­tem and has ver­satile data­base search­ing and filter­ing......

3. Megaman Origins

Megaman Origins Between MM3 and MM4 there was a MM adventure, never told, until now:Protoman has dissapeared after defeating Dr Wily for the Third time and Megaman is wondering where he could be. But suddenly 8 Robot Masters appears trying to destroy the World! But after the battle 4 misterious Robots appear,......

4. Mega Man Rock Force

Mega Man Rock Force Megaman Rock Force is a fan-made game designed to mimic the look and feel of classic 8-bit Megaman games.......

5. Evoland

Evoland Evoland is a journey through the history of action/adventure gaming, allowing you to unlock new technologies, gameplay systems and graphic upgrades as you progress through the game. Inspired by many cult series that have left their mark in the RPG video gaming culture, Evoland takes you from monochrome to full......

6. Megaman 3D (Series)

Megaman 3D (Series) A 3D fanmade Megaman game.A 3D Megaman sequel with 50 bosses, a huge overworld including the metropolis of Megacity, vehicles, jetpacks, tons of powerups, NPC allies and an epic story.......

7. BizHawk

BizHawk BizHawk is a multi-system emulator designed predominantly around the production of Tool Assisted Speedruns (TAS). It is written in C# and requires .NET 4.0 to run. BizHawk focuses on core accuracy and power user tools while still being an easy-to-use emulator for casual gaming. Like RetroArch, BizHawk uses cores to......

8. Pixel Dungeon

Pixel Dungeon Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike game with pixel-art graphics and simple interface.Explore the depths of Pixel Dungeon, collect useful items, fight fierce monsters to find Amulet of Yendor (surprise!) - the ultimate artifact of this game world.Features- Pixel-art graphics- Music by Cube_Code- Basic sound fx- Simple touch interface- 25......

9. Unleashed Pixel Dungeon

Unleashed Pixel Dungeon Unleashed Pixel Dungeon is a game based on the open-source Shattered Pixel Dungeon, with scores of enhancements.FEATURESDifficulty Levels:Tutorial - adds useful hints to the dungeon, badges earned only on deathEasy - easier mobs, tougher hero, better drops, badges only on death, save anywhereNormal - base game, save only at level......

10. Futuridium

Futuridium Futuridium is an indie shoot'em up video game, influenced by the Commodore 64 title Uridium and Star Fox.You are a lone starship pilot who get lost in a dimensional loop just before a battle: with a limited and constantly depleting energy bar your only hope is to fly as fast......

11. Project Zomboid

Project Zomboid Project Zomboid is a Zombie Survival RPG. Here are some of its planned features:Retro-isometric style with plenty of zombie insides thrown in for good measure.A massive city and the surrounding areas to traverse, explore and loot.Open-ended sandbox world – survival is your only goal, and we’re sorry to tell you…......

12. Anodyne

Anodyne In Anodyne, you explore and fight your way through nature, urban and abstract themed areas in the human Young's subconscious, evoked by a 16-bit-era visual style and a moody, dream-like soundtrack.Play as the human Young, exploring Young's dream world: HOTELS, OUTER SPACE, VAST PLAINS AND BEACHES are among the many......

13. AdvanceMenu

AdvanceMenu AdvanceMENU is a GNU/Linux, DOS and Windows front-end for AdvanceMAME, MAME, MESS, RAINE and any other emulator.The main features are:Simply download and run. Copy the executable and run it.Auto update of the ROM info.Vertical and horizontal orientation.Support for any TV/Arcade Monitor like AdvanceMAME but it's good also for a......

14. JSMESS

JSMESS The JAVASCRIPT MESS project is a porting of the MESS emulator, a program that emulates hundreds of machine types, into the Javascript language. The MESS program can emulate (or begin to emulate) a majority of home computers, and continues to be improved frequently. By porting this program into......

15. mGALAXY

mGALAXY mGalaxy is the best and easiest Mame and multi-emulator frontend for Windows layed out in a neat and nice interface.More social network pages:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/mGalaxyFE......