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MobyGames - http://mobygames.com/
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. |
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The Video Game Museum - http://www.vgmuseum.com/
An online video game museum with screenshots, scans, music, ads and reviews. |
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Twin Galaxies - http://www.twingalaxies.com
Official scorekeeper for the world of video game and pinball playing since the early 1980s. |
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VideoLinksia - http://www.videoLinksia.com/
Exhibit of the true history of video games. An international traveling museum exhibit chronicling the history of mankind's first interactive media. |
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Brookhaven 1958 Video Game - http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/videogame.html
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. |
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1980 games - Old online video and arcade games for free - http://www.1980-games.com/us/
Old video and arcade games online for free. Pacman, Mario Bros Donkey kong, Space Invaders, Frogger and more. Emulators on site. |
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The Dot Eaters: Videogame History 101 - http://www.emuunlim.com/doteaters/
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. |
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SPOnG.com - http://spong.com/
Containing news, screenshots, summaries and details of developers and publishers, plus competitions, charts, trivia, tips, FAQs, and walkthroughs. |
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Armchair Arcade - http://www.armchairarcade.com/
Classic and modern computer and videogame online publication. |
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NintendoLand - http://www.nintendoland.com
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. |
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Supercade - http://www.supercade.com/
A book that illustrate and document the history, legacy, and visual language of the videogame phenomenon. |
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crates and barrels - http://medien.akbild.ac.at/armin/crates_and_barrels/
This is about crates and barrels in videogames. |
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Game Downloads - http://free-game-downloads.mosw.com/abandonware/
Huge archive of reviewed abandonware, freeware and shareware games. |
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Computer Gaming World Museum - http://cgw.vintagegaming.org
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. |
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Phosphor Dot Fossils - http://www.theLogBook.com/phosphor/
Classic arcade video game history. |
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Lucasarts Museum - http://lucasarts.vintagegaming.org
Chronicles all things related to the classic Lucasart's adventure games. |
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Intellivision Classic Videogame Website - http://www.intellivisionlives.com/
A journey through the classic system Intellivision. |
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Arcade History Database - http://www.arcade-history.com
Arcade History is an arcade video games database where you can find more than 4600 games featuring pictures and information. |
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Halcyon Days - http://www.dadgum.com/halcyon/
Halcyon days includes interviews with classic computer and video game programmers |
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History of Home Video Games - http://www.videogames.org/html/
A history of home video games from 1992 to 1996, as chronicled by Greg Chance. Includes links to relevant material. |
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Pong to Pacman - http://www.designboom.com/eng/education/pong.html
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. |
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I.C. When - http://www.icwhen.com/
A chronological history of computing, with a special emphasis on video games. |
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GameSpot: History of Video Games - http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hov/
A history of personal video games from 1889 to 2001. |
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The Stairway To Hell - http://www.stairwaytohell.com/
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. |
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Classic Videogame Station Odyssey - http://www.ne.jp/asahi/cvs/odyssey/
Japanese videogame history including cartoons. |
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Video Game Database - http://www.videogamedb.com/
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. |
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Jammajup - http://www.jammajup.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
Coin-op collection based in the UK. PLUS repairlogs, useful information, author's personal high scores since 1980, videogame polls, jammajup quiz, and links. |
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The Old Computer Dot Com - http://www.theoldcomputer.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. |
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Dangerous Dann's Museum of Video History - http://www.gamearchive.com/Video_Games/Danger_Dan/
A site about various memorabilia around video games. |
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Oilzine.com - http://www.oilzine.com/features/features_details.asp?ID=49
The history of the two pillars, pong and asteroids, of the home gaming market. |
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TheCan.Org - http://thecan.org/
Read, enjoy and contribute accounts of computer, video and online games that were cancelled or otherwise lost, precious, before release. |
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Retro Experience - http://www.retro-experience.co.uk
Play Retro Games, also have a look at the Atari St and Sega Megadrive Games Archives (including screenshots, reviews and box cover art). |
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Classic Arcade Gaming - http://www.classicarcadegaming.com/
Classic Arcade Gaming chronicles the history of the golden age of coin-op video gaming including the games, players, contests, and scores. |
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Flynn's Classic Games - http://studentwebs.winona.edu/awflynn2605/
A website that reviews classic PC games and shows where you can buy them. |
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Guinness Book Coin-Op High Scores 1986-1997 - http://spyhunter007.com
Contains the Guinness Book Coin Operated Video Game High Scores and behind the scenes information behind these scores. |
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Retro View - http://www.mameworld.net/retroview/
Tips, cheats, reviews, high scores and discussion of classic video games. |
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culturalstudies behind the videogame - http://culturavg.altervista.org/
The story of the videogames as a cultural media, the analysis of the influence between the videogame, the cinema and the social interaction. |
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A Brief History of Home Video Games - http://www.geekcomix.com/vgh/
The history of home video games with essays concerning the industry and its players. Covers the industry until 1996. |
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Classic Gaming: The History of Computer Gaming Part 1 - http://www.classicgaming.com/features/articles/computergaminghistory/
Part one of this multi-part history features William Higinbotham who created the first game: Tennis for 2. With photographs and audio clip. |
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Classic Home Video Games Museum - http://gamesmuseum.h-body.org/
Devoted to video games made from 1972 to 1987. |
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Flat Batteries - http://www.flatbatteries.com
Flat Batteries is here to promote video games as an art form worthy of respect as a valuable part of our culture. |
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Game Collectors Finland - http://www.gamecollectors.info
Suomen tietokonepelien, videopelien, konsolipelien ja peliautomaattien keräilijöiden mekka. |
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Game Grandpas - http://ryangenno.tripod.com/
Covering many systems from the Atari 2600 to the PS2. |
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Gotcha - http://www.classicgaming.com/gotcha/
Gives out awards to the best "golden age" computer games. Also includes information, images, reviews, and collectables. |
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Link Cable of Time - http://www.linkcableoftime.com
Linking gaming past to gaming present with reviews and backstories on all of the major developers of the gaming industry. |
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Lee's PeeknPoke - http://peeknpoke.emuunlim.com/newsitems.htm
General arcade and console emulation site. |
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Classic Retro Games - http://www.classic-retro-games.com
Directory of quality full versions of freeware retro remakes and ports. |
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Screens Edge - http://www.zxscreens.i12.com/zxscreens/
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. |
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Video Games - http://www.virtualgaz.co.uk/videogamespage.htm
A personal story of the early video game history. |
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Otsuge - Video Game History - http://www.themsg.com
The world's most advanced list of pc and console video games,including the history of every game in every country. |
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Great Game Database - http://www.ggdb.com/
Arcade & video games, technical information and related memorabilia from the classic era through the neoclassic. |
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VOGONS - Very Old Games On New Systems - http://vogons.zetafleet.com/
A forum about how to get older games to run on newer computers. |
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GameArchive.net - http://www.gamearchive.net
The Library of past and present computer and video games. |
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Vintage computer games and hardware - http://www.stellatron.com/
Includes photographs of vintage software and hardware. |
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Classic BASIC Games - http://awsoftware.org/classiccomputing.htm
Collection of classic MS BASIC games and a BASIC Interpreter compatible with BASIC circa 1979. |
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RetroBase.de - Videogame preservation since Feb. 2002 - http://www.retrobase.de
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. |
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The Dragon's Lair / Space Ace Computer Games Collection - http://users.skynet.be/nuno
Complete Dragon's Lair & Space Ace games collection, including all items:music, collectibles, video, goodies and books. |
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Gaming in the Media World - http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/youngsteve/SystemFrames.htm
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. |
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Comcamel.com - The hump of Empire Earth - http://www.compair.buildtolearn.net/camel/
Comcamel.com provides information, news, images and strategies for Empire Earth (2), the best RTS game around. |
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ButtonBashers - http://www.buttonbashers.net
A site dedicated to when video games were simple and addictive. Going back as early as Pong, up to the PSX and SEGA Saturn era. |
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Mintfresh's Classic Games Site - http://www.mintfresh.0catch.com/
Dedicated to the history of classic computer and console games. Includes a timeline charting important events up to the current period. |
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