Old school games have always been fun, yet simple and easy to play.

They may not have the best of the graphics but you could surely enjoy a trip down memory lane!

When it comes to emulators, Linux is right up there.

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Here is how you might play those old, free games on your Linux machine.

There are various emulators available for Linux, let us look at them one by one.

Using DOSBox you might play all those DOS games that you loved.

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The best way to download your favorite game is to Google it.

Check your distributions package manager, Ubuntu users cansudo apt-get install dosbox.

ZSNES

ZSNES emulates the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (NES/SNES).

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you’ve got the option to install ZNES using your package manager.

Once installed you would need to download some of those old, free games.

These are generally called SNES ROMs.

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These are freely available across the Internet and specially on various p2p networks.

gnuboy

gnuboy emulates the GameBoy console.

It has great compatibility with almost every free old school game you might want to play.

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you’re gonna wanna installgnuboy-sdlorgnuboy-svgaorgnuboy-xdepending upon which libraries you want to support.

Again, as above, gnuboy is generally available through the package manager.

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