It felt like several Christmases had come at once when fans discovered that Internet Archive's library of classic PC games could be accessed from within Twitter - but all good things must come to an end, Digital Spy reports.

The social network pulled the plug on in-tweet MS-DOS gaming on May 1, likely because embedding playable games within posts violates its terms of service.

"Do not build end-to-end interactive experiences inside the video or audio player unrelated to Player Card content, such as the following: purchasing, gaming, polling, messaging, and data entry," reads an excerpt from Twitter's terms and conditions.

During a glorious few days, Twitter users were able to play the likes of Street Fighter 2, Doom, and Prince of Persia for free without logging out of the service.

However, all 2,400 of Internet Archive's PC classics are still available to access via the organisation's official website.

The non-profit group's archive is also home to millions of free books, movies, software, music and more.