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And yet no one even really knows they exist.

These are seminal programs which shaped the software development and business world. Important programs like Turbo C 1.0 and WordPerfect 4.1/4.2/5.0 have disappeared. I've always wanted something similar to this archive, but for historically important application programs. So if guilt is in any way preventing you from playing these archived games, hopefully this assuages that a bit.

Still, it seems like the IA is at least trying to keep this within the letter of some kind of copyright law. We can probably assume that the Copyright Office hasn't made any recent changes to its exemptions that would make what's been done here an issue, but given that the most recent confirmation of the exemption is from nearly 10 years ago, it's tough to say for certain. It's worth noting that the exemption notice is from 2003, and it was evidently renewed in 2006.

Computer programs and video games distributed in formats that have become obsolete and which require the original media or hardware as a condition of access.

Computer programs protected by dongles that prevent access due to malfunction or damage and which are obsolete.

UPDATE: Giant Bomb user helpfully pointed out that the Internet Archive folks have a DMCA exemption from the Copyright Office, which allows the site to archive: