Is Console Living Room free?

Yes. Console Living Room is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.

How long does Console Living Room take?

Five to fifteen minutes of proper attention. We file it under "Coffee break" — atari, Colecovision and Intellivision, inside the page.

Does Console Living Room work on a phone?

Console Living Room really wants a mouse and a wide window. It will load on a phone, but the experience is built for desktop.

What kind of site is Console Living Room?

We list it under Pixel Nostalgia — old software, running again, in a tab. Reading a scanned 1982 instruction manual before playing the game is the part that genuinely recreates the era.

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Console Living Room

Atari, Colecovision and Intellivision, inside the page

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Coffee break · Best on desktop

Free, no sign-up · online since 2013

What Console Living Room actually is

Early cartridge systems run in the browser here, covering the Atari 2600, Colecovision, Intellivision, the Magnavox Odyssey and several machines that barely sold. Titles in this Internet Archive collection load with their box art and surviving manuals, and need no configuration.

Why it is worth your time

Reading a scanned 1982 instruction manual before playing the game is the part that genuinely recreates the era.

We built one too

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Common questions

Is Console Living Room free?: Yes. Console Living Room is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.
How long does Console Living Room take?: Five to fifteen minutes of proper attention. We file it under "Coffee break" — atari, Colecovision and Intellivision, inside the page.
Does Console Living Room work on a phone?: Console Living Room really wants a mouse and a wide window. It will load on a phone, but the experience is built for desktop.
What kind of site is Console Living Room?: We list it under Pixel Nostalgia — old software, running again, in a tab. Reading a scanned 1982 instruction manual before playing the game is the part that genuinely recreates the era.

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Console Living Room

Atari, Colecovision and Intellivision, inside the page

Visit archive.org More Pixel Nostalgia

archive.org

Coffee break · Best on desktop

Free, no sign-up · online since 2013

What Console Living Room actually is

Why it is worth your time

Reading a scanned 1982 instruction manual before playing the game is the part that genuinely recreates the era.

We built one too

Games Arcade

Browse quick browser games grouped by puzzle, arcade, word, board, and casual play.

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Common questions

Is Console Living Room free?: Yes. Console Living Room is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.
How long does Console Living Room take?: Five to fifteen minutes of proper attention. We file it under "Coffee break" — atari, Colecovision and Intellivision, inside the page.
Does Console Living Room work on a phone?: Console Living Room really wants a mouse and a wide window. It will load on a phone, but the experience is built for desktop.
What kind of site is Console Living Room?: We list it under Pixel Nostalgia — old software, running again, in a tab. Reading a scanned 1982 instruction manual before playing the game is the part that genuinely recreates the era.