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Arcade Games Online – Gameex.com

Author: Melina Peters
by Melina Peters
Posted: Feb 17, 2015

Thanks to the Internet, nearly anything we could ever want or imagine is available just at the edge of our fingertips. Information, shopping, entertainment—it’s all right there for us. One of the greatest things that we have available in my opinion are arcade games online. Free arcade games online mean that I can entertain myself with simple, yet enjoyable games for only the monthly subscription price of an Internet connection.

While there are definitely plenty of arcade game sites online, many of the games that are available to play either aren’t very fun or are so glitchy that it has a dramatic effect on play. While these sites are better than nothing, I’ve found myself drifting away from them in the last couple of years in favor of something that’s a little closer to the arcade games that I really want to play.

Thankfully, I was able to find arcade games available for free online. These arcade games typically come in the form of ROMs and the emulators that run them. These programs are also available online, often free of charge as well. I personally have benefitted from the years of development that have gone into many of these emulators and ROMs. Instead of ponying up the cash for those crazy huge arcade machines, I simply download the software onto my computer and enjoy the same games for free that would otherwise cost me hundreds or thousands of dollars.

That’s not to say that these programs are without quirks. I’ve spent countless hours fidgeting with settings, ROMs that simply didn’t work and controllers that I could never get to function the way that I wanted. While this may discourage the casual gamer, I was determined enough to push through these discouraging moments and find a method of playing my games that worked for me.

Personally, I found success using an emulator front end to handle some of the more complex aspects of emulation for me, leaving me to simply play the games I want instead of having to become an IT expert just to have fun. In my particular situation, I really enjoyed using a front end from Gameex.com. This particular piece of software is established—almost ten years old—yet still benefits from regular patches and updates. By choosing this particular software, I know that I can depend on it to be around for the long run.

With the ability to manage the visual aspect of the emulation along with control and overall functionality of the ROM, I will never run an emulator without that software again. Now that I have enjoyed the simplicity of playing arcade games online for free without the headache of messing with a complicated emulator, I’ve decided that I’ll let all of the details be handled by the great Gameex software. So don’t waste your time on all of the cheesy flash games that are available online. Play the games that you know and love best using free online emulators.

www.gameex.com

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I work in a bank. I am a credit officer. I have a degree in economics and three years experience.

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