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The following link has a complete list of emulators http://www.classicgaming.com/vault/arcademu.shtml the best and recommended one to download is the MAME which stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. There are different versions, so make sure to click on the one that applies to your machine. Once you've downloaded this emulator (we'll use the win95 version for this example) unzip to a newly created directory on your hard drive called /mame32. When completed, you're ready to download some classic arcade games.

Open up Classic Gaming's Vault screen again and scroll down until you see the list of classic video game systems and the alphabetical list of games offered under each system. Click on D-G under "Arcade Games" and scroll down until you see all of the different versions of Galaga. There are quite a few, and I only downloaded the Namco one, but the others should work. To the right, you'll notice the size and then the word MAME meaning that this particular download works for the emulator you just installed on your hard drive. Click on the first Galaga (Namco) to proceed to the download page.(yes it's only 22kb!!). The download screen should have two links, always try the BoraNet, Korea mirror first but be warned that it doesn't always work and has slow download times, and sometimes does not always included all of the files. WHat I do is first try the BoraNet, download it, if available and then try it out. If, the BoraNet does not work you're going to have to download by clicking on the first link. From this link you are taken to Fileplanet/Gamespy's downloads and after clicking "download" you are taken to a list of servers. They have fast downloads but they only have a few free servers so you may have to end up waiting in line before you can begin the download. It is very user friendly and tells you your place in line and the estimated wait time. If you can't or don't want to wait you can pay a fee to subscribe to GameSpy and have access to their dedicated servers. Once the download completes all you have to do is move/save it in the /mame32/rom directory and the run the emulator, select the game, and play. It's that easy.

I've spent the last few weeks downloading all different types of games all of them use the original code run through the emulator, and include classics such as Joust, Track & Field, 720 Degrees, Donkey Kong, and many more. They even include options or "Dip Switches" in which you can change certain game settings. This includes the number of lives, number of credits, bonus life, etc... Now instead of playing a 2 hour game of Age of Empires, I find myself more and more playing Galaga or 720 for hours on end!

My final bit on finding free games is a little risky and NOT recommended, but I'll tell you a little about it because most people know it's out there. Peer to peer file sharing has exploded over the last couple years and with the death of Napster, there were soon other programs to replace it such as Morpheus and Kazaa. Both Morpheus and Kazaa offer the ability to search for software files, and yes if you were to type in a current title you most likely would get some results from your search. The reason I don't recommend this is because of the following points:

1. 1. There are a large number of viruses with peer-to-peer file sharing.
2. Files are not always complete and can sometimes take hours or even
days to download and you're not guaranteed to get a complete download.3. A lot of the searches from peer to peer come up with the correct names
of games but have the wrong, sometimes harmful files in them.
2. 4. It's illegal copyright infringement.