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Topia!: Games: Video Games: History (40)
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I.C. When - A chronological history of computing, with a special emphasis on video games. 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. 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. Videotopia - Exhibit of the true history of video games. An international traveling museum exhibit chronicling the history of mankind's first interactive media. Game Grandpas - Covering many systems from the Atari 2600 to the PS2. The Video Game Museum - An online video game museum with screenshots, scans, music, ads and reviews. 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. Classic Videogame Station Odyssey - Japanese videogame history including cartoons. Phosphor Dot Fossils - Classic arcade video game history. 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. 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. 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. Great Game Database - Arcade & video games, technical information and related memorabilia from the classic era through the neoclassic. Supercade - A book that illustrate and document the history, legacy, and visual language of the videogame phenomenon. TheCan.Org - Read, enjoy and contribute accounts of computer, video and online games that were cancelled or otherwise lost, precious, before release. Intellivision Classic Videogame Website - A journey through the classic system Intellivision. Video Games - A personal story of the early video game history. Gotcha - Gives out awards to the best "golden age" computer games. Also includes information, images, reviews, and collectables. Fire-Button - A community for all computer and videogamers. Includes game information, screenshots and cover scans for over 50 different platforms. Rate, review and add comments in the forum or visit the web directory. Oilzine.com - The history of the two pillars, pong and asteroids, of the home gaming market. 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. 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. 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. GameSpot: History of Video Games - A history of personal video games from 1889 to present. 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. 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. 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. Video Game Gurus - Where video game collectors come to show off. Information on classic and modern systems, including a timeline of video games. Flat Batteries - Flat Batteries is here to promote video games as an art form worthy of respect as a valuable part of our culture. Old Computer Magazine Website - Featuring great magazines from the 80's including: Zzap! 64, Crash, Big K, C&VG, Atari User, Dragon User, Sinclair User, Your Sinclair, Personal Computer Games, Sinclair projects and more! Dangerous Dann's Museum of Video History - A site about various memorabilia around video games. Classic BASIC Games - Collection of classic MS BASIC games and a BASIC Interpreter compatible with BASIC circa 1979. 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. binary heritage dot com - A site detailing the history and development of video games. Retro game discussion in forums. Aven - games station - A catalog of links to classic game systems and emulators. 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. Video Games and Magazines from David Ahl - The Creative Computing collection of vintage video games and magazines at bargain prices. Atari 2600, 5200, 7800 games, rare Nintendo strategy guides and 80's era magazines. Halcyon Days - Halcyon days includes interviews with classic computer and video game programmers The Dutch Classic Games Site - A collection of popular classic games sites world wide. Play online or download games from the good old days.
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