You can play MS-DOS games on Twitter and it's amazing

Brett Molina | USA TODAY

We have come a long way from Commodores, Ataris and arcade cabinets.

Many people are aware of the Internet Archive, an incredible database of historic information related to the Web. Among its many treasures include a vast collection of old-school video games available on its servers.

But there's one more incredible perk to the Archive's collection, as Wired discovered: many of the MS-DOS games on the site can be embedded on Twitter. And playable within a tweet.

The experience works a lot better on desktop than mobile, since you can use the keyboard to control the game. Also, not every game will work as well. Donkey Kong, for example, is pretty straightforward: Arrow buttons to move and climb ladders, Spacebar to jump.

The process is simple: users simply take the URL from Internet Archive, paste it in their tweet and it will automatically embed itself. I did this direct through the main Twitter desktop client, so it's not clear how well this works if you use a URL shortener or a third-party app.

Want to check out if a favorite game works? Here's the Internet Archive's full selection.

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