project, discovering which games were actually worth the dial-up or early broadband "cost" of a download was a communal effort. These lists—often formatted with the triple-dash prefix to stand out in forum signatures or search results—served as essential roadmaps for digital preservationists.

Vector graphics and physics-based movement at its finest. Centipede: A high-speed, bug-blasting psychedelic trip. Frogger: Simple, addictive, and incredibly stressful.