In keeping with the theme of a tech job - that I never had....

People expect PC techs to know about computers.  Most people expect PC techs to know how to solve problems with PCs, using some simple and not so simple tricks.  As a tie in from my previous blog (for those who care enough to click "follow"), I have a trick that, is either overlooked as too simple, or quasi-legal.  Whatever.  I know how to set up a home arcade system, on your PC.  First, make sure you are running XP or better - 98, for all its brawn, still had the BSOD to deal with.  2 GB or more of ram, about 200 GB HDD available, 64 MB of video memory AT A MINIMUM (preferably higher, for obvious reasons), and at least 2 usb ports.  Pick up a logitech gamepad with a profiler (sells for about $15-20; the profiler is a proprietary mapping program that convinces the computer a button press on the gamepad is actually a button press on the keyboard), and a second gamepad, NOT logitech.  Logitech only allots the mapper to profile ONE gamepad at a time. 
Now for the software.  Games that have been out of publication for 10 years or more TYPICALLY have had their licenses expire, and are therefor not piracy protected PER SE.  I claim no responsibility for ANY legal actions taken as a result of this blog's informative attempts. 
Moving on. 
Finding these titles is not tough - they are labeled ROM files, with a myriad of extensions that I won't go into here.  After finding these files, you need some way to run them.  That's where the emulator comes into play, as it were.  Searching for these programs is no different that searching for the files - just replace ROMs with Emulators.  MOST sites have "click-traps;" these tell you to "click here to"...whatever.  Use your common sense when, not if, this comes up.  After you have a working emulator (and this will take some time) up and running and the rom files unzipped and placed where the emulator can see them, time to set up the gamepad.  Logitech's Profiler, like I said earlier, will let you customize every button press to emulate a keystroke.  Consult the help files in the Profiler Help menu for a step-by-step.  Then, configure the emulator's input configure to match what your gamepad is set at.  Most emulators are friendly enough to recognize keystrokes (and by extension, button presses) when setting the button config in their input or options menus (TYPICALLY). 
After that, Game On!