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I.C. When
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A chronological history of computing, with a special emphasis on video games.
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A Brief History of Home Video Games
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The history of home video games with essays concerning the industry and its players. Covers the industry until 1996.
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History of Home Video Games
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A history of home video games from 1992 to 1996, as chronicled by Greg Chance. Includes links to relevant material.
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The Video Game Museum
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An online video game museum with screenshots, scans, music, ads and reviews.
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Pong to Pacman
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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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Classic Videogame Station Odyssey
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Japanese videogame history including cartoons.
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Phosphor Dot Fossils
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Classic arcade video game history.
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The Dot Eaters: Videogame History 101
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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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The Old Computer Dot Com
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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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Brookhaven 1958 Video Game
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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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Supercade
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A book that illustrate and document the history, legacy, and visual language of the videogame phenomenon.
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TheCan.Org
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Read, enjoy and contribute accounts of computer, video and online games that were cancelled or otherwise lost, precious, before release.
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Video Games
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A personal story of the early video game history.
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Gotcha
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Gives out awards to the best "golden age" computer games. Also includes information, images, reviews, and collectables.
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Oilzine.com
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The history of the two pillars, pong and asteroids, of the home gaming market.
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Classic Gaming: The History of Computer Gaming Part 1
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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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Screens Edge
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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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SPOnG.com
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Containing news, screenshots, summaries and details of developers and publishers, plus competitions, charts, trivia, tips, FAQs, and walkthroughs.
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GameSpot: History of Video Games
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A history of personal video games from 1889 to 2001.
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Mintfresh's Classic Games Site
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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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RetroBase.de - Videogame preservation since Feb. 2002
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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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Flat Batteries
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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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Dangerous Dann's Museum of Video History
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A site about various memorabilia around video games.
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Classic BASIC Games
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Collection of classic MS BASIC games and a BASIC Interpreter compatible with BASIC circa 1979.
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The Dragon's Lair / Space Ace Computer Games Collection
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Complete Dragon's Lair & Space Ace games collection, including all items:music, collectibles, video, goodies and books.
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NintendoLand
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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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MobyGames
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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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Halcyon Days
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Halcyon days includes interviews with classic computer and video game programmers
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Vintage computer games and hardware
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Includes photographs of vintage software and hardware.
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Retro Experience
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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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Gaming in the Media World
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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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Lucasarts Museum
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Chronicles all things related to the classic Lucasart's adventure games.
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Classic Arcade Gaming
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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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Video Game Database
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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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The Stairway To Hell
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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 Home Video Games Museum
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Devoted to video games made from 1972 to 1987.
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Jammajup
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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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Retro View
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Tips, cheats, reviews, high scores and discussion of classic video games.
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Great Game Database
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Arcade & video games, technical information and related memorabilia from the classic era through the neoclassic.
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Game Grandpas
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Covering many systems from the Atari 2600 to the PS2.
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Computer Gaming World Museum
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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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Flynn's Classic Games
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A website that reviews classic PC games and shows where you can buy them.
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culturalstudies behind the videogame
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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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Armchair Arcade
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Classic and modern computer and videogame online publication.
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Otsuge - Video Game History
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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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ButtonBashers
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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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Comcamel.com - The hump of Empire Earth
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Comcamel.com provides information, news, images and strategies for Empire Earth (2), the best RTS game around.
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VOGONS - Very Old Games On New Systems
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A forum about how to get older games to run on newer computers.
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Link Cable of Time
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Linking gaming past to gaming present with reviews and backstories on all of the major developers of the gaming industry.
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Guinness Book Coin-Op High Scores 1986-1997
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Contains the Guinness Book Coin Operated Video Game High Scores and behind the scenes information behind these scores.
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Twin Galaxies
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Official scorekeeper for the world of video game and pinball playing since the early 1980s.
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Lee's PeeknPoke
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General arcade and console emulation site.
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Classic Retro Games
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Directory of quality full versions of freeware retro remakes and ports.
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crates and barrels
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This is about crates and barrels in videogames.
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Game Downloads
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Huge archive of reviewed abandonware, freeware and shareware games.
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GameArchive.net
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The Library of past and present computer and video games.
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Game Collectors Finland
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Suomen tietokonepelien, videopelien, konsolipelien ja peliautomaattien keräilijöiden mekka.
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1980 games - Old online video and arcade games for free
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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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Arcade History Database
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Arcade History is an arcade video games database where you can find more than 4600 games featuring pictures and information.
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Visionnet - Retrogaming
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Online gaming library of all common consoles, handhelds and homecomputers.
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Video Games 101 - Video Games
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Video game system information with a focus on Tomb Raider.
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Games Implosion
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Features a discussion forum area. Information about video game systems, video games, controllers and repair.
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The Stairway To Hell
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Dedicated to BBC Micro Games, Acorn Electron Games, BBC Micro Emulation and BBC Emulators. Reviews, scans, music mp3, mags, instructions, and documentation.
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The Old Computer
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Dedicated to all aspects of retro computing, old computers, games consoles, handhelds, games and watches.
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