A Brief History of Home Video Games
The history of home video games with essays concerning the industry and its players. Covers the industry until 1996.
http://www.geekcomix.com/vgh/Arcade Timewarp - classic arcade games, video games, arcade machines
Site dedicated to classic arcade systems.
http://www.arcadetimewarp.com
Armchair Arcade
Classic and modern computer and videogame online publication.
http://www.armchairarcade.com/
Brookhaven 1958 Video Game
The first video game may have been developed at the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1958. William Higinbotham designed Tennis for Two for a laboratory visitors day.
http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/videogame.html
Classic Arcade Gaming
Classic Arcade Gaming chronicles the history of the golden age of coin-op video gaming including the games, players, contests, and scores.
http://www.classicarcadegaming.com/
Classic BASIC Games
Collection of classic MS BASIC games and a BASIC Interpreter compatible with BASIC circa 1979.
http://awsoftware.org/classiccomputing.htm
Classic Gaming: The History of Computer Gaming Part 1
Part one of this multi-part history features William Higinbotham who created the first game: Tennis for 2. With photographs and audio clip.
http://www.classicgaming.com/features/articles/computergaminghistory/
Classic Home Video Games Museum
Devoted to video games made from 1972 to 1987.
http://gamesmuseum.h-body.org/
Classic Videogame Station Odyssey
Japanese videogame history including cartoons.
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/cvs/odyssey/
Computer Gaming World Museum
Dedicated to the preservation and presentation of the first 100 issues (1981-1992) of Computer Gaming World magazine, the first magazine devoted exclusively to computer games.
http://cgw.vintagegaming.org
culturalstudies behind the videogame
The story of the videogames as a cultural media, the analysis of the influence between the videogame, the cinema and the social interaction.
http://culturavg.altervista.org/
Dangerous Dann's Museum of Video History
A site about various memorabilia around video games.
http://www.gamearchive.com/Video_Games/Danger_Dan/
Flat Batteries
Flat Batteries is here to promote video games as an art form worthy of respect as a valuable part of our culture.
http://www.flatbatteries.com
Flynn's Classic Games
A website that reviews classic PC games and shows where you can buy them.
http://studentwebs.winona.edu/awflynn2605/
Game Grandpas
Covering many systems from the Atari 2600 to the PS2.
http://ryangenno.tripod.com/
GameSpot: History of Video Games
A history of personal video games from 1889 to present.
http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hov/
Gaming in the Media World
A review site of game software based around fictional or non-fictional characters in the media world, such as Films, Books, Celebrities, Comics and TV.
http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/youngsteve/SystemFrames.htm
Gotcha
Gives out awards to the best "golden age" computer games. Also includes information, images, reviews, and collectables.
http://www.classicgaming.com/gotcha/
Great Game Database
Arcade & video games, technical information and related memorabilia from the classic era through the neoclassic.
http://www.ggdb.com/
Halcyon Days
Halcyon days includes interviews with classic computer and video game programmers
http://www.dadgum.com/halcyon/
History of Home Video Games
A history of home video games from 1992 to 1996, as chronicled by Greg Chance. Includes links to relevant material.
http://www.videogames.org/html/
I.C. When
A chronological history of computing, with a special emphasis on video games.
http://www.icwhen.com/
Intellivision Classic Videogame Website
A journey through the classic system Intellivision.
http://www.intellivisionlives.com/
Jammajup
Coin-op collection based in the UK. PLUS repairlogs, useful information, author's personal high scores since 1980, videogame polls, jammajup quiz, and links.
http://www.jammajup.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
Lucasarts Museum
Chronicles all things related to the classic Lucasart's adventure games.
http://lucasarts.vintagegaming.org
Mintfresh's Classic Games Site
Dedicated to the history of classic computer and console games. Includes a timeline charting important events up to the current period.
http://www.mintfresh.0catch.com/
MobyGames
An online database of the PC entertainment software industry's products from 1982 to present. Includes game descriptions, screenshots, boxcovers, reviews, trivia, links and ratings.
http://mobygames.com/
NintendoLand
Contains history of Nintendo and technical specifications about the NES, SNES, Game Boy, Virtual Boy, and Nintendo 64. Also offers reviews, game secrets, online games and message boards.
http://www.nintendoland.com
Oilzine.com
The history of the two pillars, pong and asteroids, of the home gaming market.
http://www.oilzine.com/features/features_details.asp?ID=49
Old Computer Magazine Website
Featuring great magazines from the 80's including: Zzap! 64, Crash, Big K, CandVG, Atari User, Dragon User, Sinclair User, Your Sinclair, Personal Computer Games, and Sinclair projects.
http://www.old-computer-mags.co.uk/
Phosphor Dot Fossils
Classic arcade video game history.
http://www.theLogBook.com/phosphor/
Pirates Portal: The Games Encyclopaedia
Provides an overview of old platform video and computer games. Focusing on 8 bit machines including: screenshots, online music, covers, highscores, credits, and short reviews.
http://pirates.emucamp.com/
Playable Classic Games
Features downloadable classic games.
http://oldies.50free.org
Pong to Pacman
Contains information on the creators of such great games like pong and pacman. Covers the history of video games from 1975 through the mid eighties.
http://www.designboom.com/eng/education/pong.html
Retro Console
Retro Console offers a set of video game consoles that are compatible with the classic game consoles of long ago. The first product is a NES compatible system with many advantages over the original system.
http://www.retroconsole.com
Retro Experience
Play Retro Games, also have a look at the Atari St and Sega Megadrive Games Archives (including screenshots, reviews and box cover art).
http://www.retro-experience.co.uk
Retro View
Tips, cheats, reviews, high scores and discussion of classic video games.
http://www.mameworld.net/retroview/
RetroBase.de - Videogame preservation since Feb. 2002
Covers Atari 5200, 7800, Jaguar, Lynx, ColecoVision, Vectrex, Intellivision, PC-Engine aka Turbo Grafx 16, Super Nintendo (SNES), Sega Game Gear, Mega Drive aka Genesis, SG-1000, Neo Geo and NG.
http://www.retrobase.de
Roald E. Peterson III
A Web site devoted to the old, but classic turn-based space empire strategy game, Anacreon Reconstruction 4021 and other classic retro games.
http://blake.prohosting.com/~tjpete
Screens Edge
A museum dedicated to preserving pixel artwork from the first 25 years of home computer and video games. Specializes in the 3 main home computer formats of the 1980's: Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC.
http://www.zxscreens.i12.com/zxscreens/
SPOnG.com : The Internet Computer Games
A catalogue of over 55,000 games on around 70 platforms. Containing news, screenshots, packaging, summaries and details of developers and publishers, plus competitions, charts, trivia, tips, FAQs & walkthroughs.
http://SPOnG.com/
Supercade
A book that illustrate and document the history, legacy, and visual language of the videogame phenomenon.
http://www.supercade.com/
The Dot Eaters: Videogame History 101
The history of videogames, from arcade, home consoles and computers. Includes pictures and audio files, as well as text covering the history of major machines and games.
http://www.emuunlim.com/doteaters/
The Dragon's Lair / Space Ace Computer Games Collection
Complete Dragon's Lair & Space Ace games collection, including all items:music, collectibles, video, goodies and books.
http://users.skynet.be/nuno
The Old Computer Dot Com
A site dedicated to all aspects of retro computing and gaming. Museum, emulators, ROMs, retro Shop, magazines, and articles. From Atari 2600, Zenneth, colecovision, amiga, and spectrum.
http://www.theoldcomputer.com/
The Stairway To Hell
Archive of software released for the Acorn range of 8-bit home computers. BBC Micro Games, Acorn Electron games, BBC Micro Emulation and BBC Emulators with reviews, scans, music mp3, mags, instructions and documentation.
http://www.stairwaytohell.com/
The Video Game Museum
An online video game museum with screenshots, scans, music, ads and reviews.
http://www.vgmuseum.com/
TheCan.Org
Read, enjoy and contribute accounts of computer, video and online games that were cancelled or otherwise lost, precious, before release.
http://thecan.org/
Video Game Database
Video game database is a searchable database of all games for all systems that is continually being updated by gamers. Features screenshots, reviews, and ratings.
http://www.videogamedb.com/
Video Game Gurus
Where video game collectors come to show off. Information on classic and modern systems, including a timeline of video games.
http://www.geocities.com/vggurus2002/
Video Games
A personal story of the early video game history.
http://www.virtualgaz.co.uk/videogamespage.htm
Videotopia
Exhibit of the true history of video games. An international traveling museum exhibit chronicling the history of mankind's first interactive media.
http://www.videotopia.com/
Vintage computer games and hardware
Includes photographs of vintage software and hardware.
http://www.stellatron.com/
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