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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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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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Computerspiele Museum - http://www.computerspielemuseum.de/
German site on a gaming museum located in Berlin. Offers information on projects and press coverage. |
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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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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, and Frogger. Emulators on site. |
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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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Game Downloads - http://free-game-downloads.mosw.com/abandonware/
Huge archive of reviewed abandonware, freeware and shareware games. |
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Intellivision Classic Videogame Website - http://www.intellivisionlives.com/
A journey through the classic system Intellivision. |
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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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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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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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RF Generation - http://www.rfgeneration.com
Collects information related to video games. Consoles range from the Magnavox Odyssey to the Xbox 360. |
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Supercade - http://www.supercade.com/
A book that illustrates and documents the history, legacy, and visual language of the videogame phenomenon. |
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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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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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Chronology of Video Game Systems - http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/vidgame/
Timeline of events tracing the history of video games, including standalone arcade machines, TV games and handheld game machines. |
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Crates and barrels - http://www.arminbwagner.com/crates_and_barrels/
This is about crates and barrels in videogames. |
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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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Gallery of Undiscovered Entities - http://gue.vintagegaming.org
The GUE is a repository of information, packaging pictures, and disk images of lesser-known computer games of the late 1970s and early 1980s. |
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The Armchair Empire - http://www.armchairempire.com/classic_gaming.htm
Find discussion about a number of classic video games from a wide range of games. |
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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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Arcade-History - http://www.arcade-history.com
A coin-operated game database with more than 25,000 machines featuring pictures and information. |
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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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The Old Computer Dot Com - http://www.theoldcomputer.com/
Includes forums, a museum, ROMs, retro shop, magazines, libraries, news, and a hall of fame. Emulators listed are Atari, Nintendo, C64, Colecovision, Amiga, Spectrum, Plus4, Vic20, Vectrex, MSX, Bios, and Sega Master System. |
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Armchair Arcade - http://www.armchairarcade.com/
Classic and modern computer and videogame online publication. |
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Gotcha - http://gotcha.classicgaming.gamespy.com/
Gives out awards to the best "golden age" computer games. Also includes information, images, reviews, and collectables. |
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The Super-Kaga Computer Museum - http://computermuseum.bigpondhosting.com/
Photo gallery of consoles, arcade games and computers. Reviews of movies that feature computers and computer games. Downloadable retro gaming wallpaper. |
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Bubble Bobble HQ - http://bubblebobblehq.110mb.com
A site dedicated to Taito's Bubble Bobble series of games. Includes a media collection and detailed game guides showing all the games secrets. |
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The Lost Patrol Webshrine - http://thelostpatrol.knagge.com/
Website zu Ocean Software`s Klassiker von 1990 für Amiga und AtariST. |
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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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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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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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Game Collectors Finland - http://www.gamecollectors.info
Suomen tietokonepelien, videopelien, konsolipelien ja peliautomaattien keräilijöiden mekka. |
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Flat Batteries - http://www.flatbatteries.com/
Promotes video games as an art form worthy of respect as a valuable part of culture. |
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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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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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Pirate's Portal - http://pirates.emucamp.com/
A games encyclopedia. Contains screen shots and games for many computers (including the VIC-20) sorted by title, country, genre, year, language and person. |
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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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Zzapback: The Future is Retro - http://www.zzapback.com
Information about classic games and computer magazines. Focus on Newsfield title: Zzap!64. |
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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 Games Blog - http://www.retrogamesblog.co.uk
A website dedicated to retro and vintage computer games and their influence on modern day computer gaming. |
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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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Dragon's Lair - http://www.dragonslairfans.com/
Complete Dragon's Lair and Space Ace games collection, including music, collectibles, video, goodies and books. |
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The making of the Camel Trophy Videogame - http://www.rescogita.com/cvg/cvgfeature_en_01.php
A behind-the-scenes story of the making of the "Camel Trophy Video game" for the ZX Spectrum in 1985. |
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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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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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Visionnet - Retrogaming - http://www.visionnet.nl/
Online gaming library of all common consoles, handhelds and homecomputers. |
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The Dot Eaters: Videogame History 101 - http://www.thedoteaters.com
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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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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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. |