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Your Own Personal 80's Arcade

Free Game Widgets For Your Personalized Start Page

By Daniel Nations, About.com

Have you ever wanted your own personal 80's arcade? The following arcade widgets will help you turn Netvibes, or any other personalized start page that accepts web widgets, into your own personal arcade.

Donkey Kong

Free Game Widget

The 1981 arcade classic comes to life on your personalized start page with the ever-energized Mario jumping over barrels to save the princess from the mean old giant monkey.

Space Invaders

Arcade Widget

In the early 80's, many a night was wasted trying to keep earth safe from an invasion of space invaders set to conquer the world by slowly traveling on horizontal lines.

Breakout

Breakout

Break through a wall of bricks with a ball and a paddle. Now, that's some real old-fashioned fun for the family.

Asteroids

Asteroids Game Widget

Perhaps the greatest video game ever to only use the colors black and white, Asteroids has entertained millions since it came out in 1979. Watch out for that little alien spaceship!

PacMan

Arcade Widget

A list of arcade games wouldn't be complete without the most famous overeater of all time.

Frogger

Free Game Widget Frogger

The game that redefined the idea of roadkill, see how well you can do getting that little frog across the street and through the river to the other side.

Centipede

Centipede

From frogs to centipedes and spiders, see how well you can do avoiding their clutches in this retrospective garden.

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