Alter Ego

Remember the time before FPS?
Remember when you didn't need to check the specifications on the back of the box to determine if the state-of-the-art PC you bought last week wasn't now too obsolete to play the latest releases?
Remember the time when games didn't come on DVDs, nor even CDs or floppy disks but on cassette?
If you can answer "yes" to all of the above, then you probably used to own (or at least have access to) one of the 8-bit home computers and enjoyed the "Golden Age" of gaming - the time when games were written in bedrooms, not in Software Development departments and titles could be purchased for a mere £1.99 from your local newsagent (Mastertronic - joy!).

They were good days weren't they?
Well despite the fact that the Sony PSP is now breathing life into these old classics (for example System 3, makers of the acclaimed Last Ninja title which 1 in 4 Commodore 64 owners bought (and the rest of us copied onto a TDK C90), are bringing back classics like Last Ninja, Summer Games, etc tarting up the graphics and releasing them for this portable uber-gadget), you don't need the latest gadgets to revisit some of your fave 8-bit games. They're all there .. on t'tinternet.
Do you need to load emulators?
No.
Not at all some of them are just there for playing in your browser.
That's fabulous that is..
Take, for example, a truly unique Activision title - Alter Ego - you can play that in your browser of choice (hopefully that browser is Avant Browser as IE sucks) and what a unique game it is!!
You can also play Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy!
So, it's Christmas and you're stuck in work, fire up your browser, click the links and rather than the corporate slog in the festive time, relive the time when games were fun and you didn't need a £300 lump of ugly plastic stuck next you your telly just to play them!
Happy Days