rental founded 2000 headquarters south carolina key people aaron ethridge ceo & president products video games for video game consoles website consoleclassix.com console classix is a united states online video game rental subscription service whose niche is in providing console games for play on a home computer system . console classix currently offers an unlimited play subscription for 5.99 a month or credit for donations of old game cartridges mailed to their headquarters . the paid subscription allows you to play premium consoles such as super nes sega genesis and game boy whenever there is a copy available . users who do not have a paid subscription can still play nintendo entertainment system atari 2600 and colecovision games for free provided no single user is playing the game . contents 1 technology overview 2 requirements 3 external links 4 references technology overview edit console classix is a digital video game rental system . the current method of distribution relies on client server technology and virtual machines to allow the user to play console games on the pc . the current console classix client includes a variety of virtual machines specifically designed to play the games available on the different platforms they offer . the client receives the virtual machine image and stores it temporarily in memory until the user either loses their internet connection or shuts down the game . once the client stops communicating to the server that the game is in use the game is digitally checked back in to allow another user the opportunity to play . console classix has multiple copies of the games available so many users can play the same game . the following consoles are currently supported atari 2600 colecovision game boy to game boy advance nintendo entertainment system game gear master system genesis super nes nintendo 64 turbografx 16 requirements edit internet connection windows 98 windows 2000 xp pentium 2 233 mhz or better processor external links edit console classix official site references edit retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title console classix & oldid 733451575 categories online retailers of the united statescompanies established in 2000companies based in north carolina navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 august 2016 at 22 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view