Console Classix Celebrates 30 Years of Console Gaming with the LargestSelection of Legal, Classic Console Games Online Anywhere
Console Classix's online classic game library features more than 3,000 uniquegames, including more than 600 Sega Genesis games, 500 NES games, 600 SuperNintendo games, 200 Sega Game Gear games and hundreds of other classic consolegames, including hits such as Final Fantasy, Lufia, and Chrono Trigger, whichare available online only at Console Classix.
Console Classix, is celebrating 30 years of home video console gaming by offering free access to part of its library. Free access includes games from Nintendo's NES, ColecoVision, and the Atari 2600, which launched in 1977. Console Classix, with nearly 3,000 titles features the largest library of classic console games that are legally playable anywhere online, including services such as GameTap, Xbox Live Arcade, and the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console.
"Console Classix was founded to help preserve console gaming history," says Aaron Ethridge, Owner of Console Classix. "The 30th Anniversary of the Atari 2600 is an exciting event, and I'm very pleased that we can be part of that legacy. By offering the games that made Atari great, we allow veteran players a chance to relive the past and provide younger gamers a chance to see where today's games were born. That is what Console Classix all about … preserving what the gaming industry has produced so it can be enjoyed throughout the future."
Console Classix currently offers more than 3,000 classic console games for nine different consoles available to play on a Windows PC, with new games being added on a weekly basis.
Console Classix games originally appeared on console video game systems including:
Atari 2600
ColecoVision
Game Boy
Game Boy Color
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
Sega Game Gear
Sega Genesis
Sega Master System
Minimum System requirements:
Windows 98, 2000, XP, or Vista
DirectX 8.0
Pentium 500 Mhz
256 Megs of RAM
Free Lite Console Classix Subscriptions are now available, which include access to hundreds of Nintendo (NES), Atari 2600, and ColecoVision games. To access the other console games subscription fees are $5 per month or $50 annually.