Welcome to the launch of Cloning The Classics a website dedicated to the creation of faithful clones of classics arcade games as web playable Java Applets.

Each of the classic arcade games that I clone will feature the following.

An overview of the game. A gameplay and features specification describing what will be cloned. A web playable arcade game implemented as a Java Applet and finally the source code to the clone will be released as an open source project so that other game developers can learn from my cloning attempts.

I will strive to make each arcade game clone look, sound and play as close to the original as able. Since these clones are being built from scratch an exact replica will not possible but they will remain faithful to the original game. If exactness is what you are after then you should probably check out an arcade game machine emulator like MAME

Well lets get this show on the road and clone some classic arcade games!