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A chronological history of computing, with a special emphasis on video games.
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INDEX Home Garden at Osprey Lakes The Splendor Awe of New Zealand PC Video Game History Pac-Man Café Entertainment Photo Gallery Auctions Thomas Solutions SpiritSaved ©1997-2005 Donald A. Thomas, Jr Résumé...The history of home video games with essays concerning the industry and its players. Covers the industry until 1996.
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A Brief History of Home Video Games This site is now woefully out of date. It has even been brought to my attention that some of my sources were not entirely accurate. However, I have no interest to fix these things. This site is now merely kept...A history of home video games from 1992 to 1996, as chronicled by Greg Chance. Includes links to relevant material.
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Welcome to the History of Home Video Games Homepage! This page is dedicated to Home Videogames. Are you into Arcade Games? Don't fret! There's plenty of info out there. Click here if you're interested in that sort of thing. Well, videogames.org is back up, this time it should be...An online video game museum with screenshots, scans, music, ads and reviews.
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The Video Game Museum The largest source for video games M were to remove banner ads, would you be willing to contribute via paypal to help us out with hosting? Yeah, anything is better than the popups on this site. No, I don't contribute money to anyone. a fat boys....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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the history of video games from ‘pong’ to ‘pac-man’ M chips now the arcade is about to get a whole lot more crowded, between 1971 and 1973, 30 videogames are produced for the arcade by 11 manufacturers. in 1974 the company kee games, headed by joe keenan releases tank...Classic arcade video game history.
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Phosphor Dot Fossils theLogBook.com's Classic Video Game Archive Console and computer coverage has been moved to the brand new Classic Consoles Computers page. Check out our reviews of Classic Gaming Expo 05 and America's Videogame Expo 05 Dallas. The Arcade Classics! Amidar Arabian Asteroids Asteroids Deluxe Atari Basketball...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 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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Brookhaven 1958 Video Game DOE Research and Development (R&D) Accomplishments Video games capture the rapt attention of millions of children and adults. U.S. annual shipments more than doubled from 69 million in 1996 to 159 million in 1998 During this time, U.S. sales increased from 3.6 billion dollars to 6.2...A book that illustrate and document the history, legacy, and visual language of the videogame phenomenon.
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Welcome to SUPERCADE Supercade domain has fallen victim to the Klez virus. If anyone has received spam from a sender at Supercade.com, please accept my apologies.Unfortunately, there's nothing I can do about it as the spam isn't actually coming frommy server. However, if...Read, enjoy and contribute accounts of computer, video and online games that were cancelled or otherwise lost, precious, before release.
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thecan.org A pet cemetary for dead games. In the Can Title Company Submitted by Three Rings Daniel James Bookai Racer D3 Design Daniel James Middle-earth Sierra Daniel James The Math Garden Sierra Jon Bock Babylon 5 Sierra Awaiting Material Amulets and...A personal story of the early video game history.
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video games Video games will go down as the most popular form of entertainment of the latter part of the 20th Century and beyond. In the video game heyday of the early 1980's, there were one and a half million games being...Gives out awards to the best "golden age" computer games. Also includes information, images, reviews, and collectables.
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GOTCHA Classic Computer Gaming Welcome to the homepage for GOTCHATM the Gaming Obsession Throughout Computer History Association This site uses frames and Java, and it is best viewed in 800 x 600 or higher Click Here To Enter If your browser doesn't support Java...The history of the two pillars, pong and asteroids, of the home gaming market.
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Oilzine.com V announce their debut album The Poison and future in-store signings at HMV stores. Forbidden Planet is hosting a signing by Terry Pratchett at the Forbidden Planet on Saturday 22nd Oc Emergency Crisis in Niger after drought and plague Tell...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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ClassicGaming.com The History of Computer Gaming Part 1 Welcome to part one in a multi-part series meant to entertain and astonish you with the history of gaming on computers. Yes kid, there was a time when games didn't require the latest 3D accelerator cards and teams of designers....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/
Containing news, screenshots, summaries and details of developers and publishers, plus competitions, charts, trivia, tips, FAQs, and walkthroughs.
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SPOnG.com: The Internet Video Games Database A museum of computer and videogames with daily gaming news, screenshots, packshots, FAQs, features and reviews F commission students to educate Scotland. Forums: No comments post Children of Mana New Screens Squenix RPG for DS looks gorgeous. Forums: 1 comment read US Assault on Iran Game on the Offence Touchy Iranians upset by game that paints...A history of personal video games from 1889 to 2001.
http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hov/
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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Untitled Chat trade show displays cheap web hosting php hosting Web hosting Domain web hosting web hosting WebSite Hosting web hosting provider notebook computer This website is now DEAD It is moving Link will be here when the site is ready,...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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RETROBASE.NET Videogame preservation since February 2000 ...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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Flat Batteries Modern and Retro Gaming Culture Culture http flatbatteries.com/...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/
A site about various memorabilia around video games.
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GameArchive: Dangerous Dann Page Mar and closely resembled the structure of Williams video game code by using simultaneosly running threads to produce the very stunning effects seen in Level 7 games. Thursday October 27th, 2005 contact 160;stats 160;frame breaker 160;about gamearchive Wanted To Buy...Collection of classic MS BASIC games and a BASIC Interpreter compatible with BASIC circa 1979.
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Classic Basic Games Welcome to my collection of classic BASIC games! Each game included in this collection is an original, un-cut classic game from the 70s and early 80s. Although these versions are TRS-80 versions, they are very similar, if not identical, to...Complete Dragon's Lair & Space Ace games collection, including all items:music, collectibles, video, goodies and books.
http://users.skynet.be/nuno
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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Welcome to NintendoLand! Welcome to the dreamland for every Nintendo enthusiast! We are the BIGGEST site on the internet dedicated to the classic Nintendo consoles and games! Read the complete history of Nintendo, play online games, and learn all about Mario. Plenty of...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/
Halcyon days includes interviews with classic computer and video game programmers
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Halcyon Days Programmers was released as a commercial product in March 1997. At the time it was one of the first retrogaming projects to focus on lost history rather than game collecting, and certainly the first entirely devoted to the game authors...Includes photographs of vintage software and hardware.
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stellatron.com The website for stellatron.com can be found by clicking here. stellatron.com is registered through Easily.co.uk get web site hosting or domain name registration here...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
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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Retro Experience Sega Megadrive Atari St Play Retro Games Genesis Games or have a look at the Atari St and Sega Megadrive games archives including game reviews,screenshots,release info and box cover art The aim of Retro Experience is to evoke memories of a bygone age of gaming.Enjoy! Latest news I...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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New Page 2 This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them....Chronicles all things related to the classic Lucasart's adventure games.
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The LucasArts Museum This website catalogs all of the adventure games that Lucasfilm LucasArts released from 1986 to the present. We strive to offer enough images and documentation to make the most serious collector happy. Recently, we've expanded to cover international releases and...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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Classic Arcade Gaming (dot com home page G for short and everything that goes along with it. I'm Mark Alpiger, a former (and present) CAG buff, and this site's webmaster. My goal is to provide a great source of unique and valuable information about the arcade games...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/
Devoted to video games made from 1972 to 1987.
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Classic Home Video Games Museum ...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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JAMMAJUP COIN-OP COLLECTOR AND RETRO ENTHUSIAST I apologise for any delays or disruption- Jammajup (Jj) This site has JAVA features.if you are unable to view java you may need to download JAVA Sun Microsystems CONTENTS (CLICK Title) MY COLLECTION (List) COLLECTION PICS COIN-OP BOOKS SCORES 1980-Today...Tips, cheats, reviews, high scores and discussion of classic video games.
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Raspy tongue Retro View Retrogaming and emulation View will no longer be updated in its current form. This is mainly because, at the present time, I simply do not have the time to update the site. I am hoping however, to re-launch some time this year, in...Arcade & video games, technical information and related memorabilia from the classic era through the neoclassic.
http://www.ggdb.com/
Covering many systems from the Atari 2600 to the PS2.
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Main screen of videogames101 I ran into a real big hassle this month. My money has been running a little low as of late and I lost the right to update the site here until I paid up. Everything's OK now but I won't...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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CGW Museum Home You climb the finely chiseled stone steps and swing open the heavy oaken door to the Museum. You take a few steps inside Directly to your right, a bulletin board spells out the latest news: 26 June 2005 A Tale...A website that reviews classic PC games and shows where you can buy them.
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Flynn's Classic Games I finished a review for a fantastic RPG based on the exploits of everyone's favorite barbarian: Conan the Cimmerian. With a title screen like that, you know the game has to be bad ass. In other, more interesting, Classic Game...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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videogame's culture Nato quindi trenta anni fa, il videogames entrato a far parte della nostra cultura. Nel corso di questi anni il media ludico ha subito molti stadi di trasformazione, passando da 8220;passatempo ludico” a 8220;esperienza ludico interattiva” grazie alle nuove sperimentazioni...Classic and modern computer and videogame online publication.
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Welcome to Armchair Arcade! Welcome to Armchair Arcade Click here to enter....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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Otsuge PC and Console Video Games Dragon32, Tom Clancy's: Splinter Cell I have to quest which takes forever on a PvP server, but in the end you get to have so much more fun Now about this site. I just registered www.themessage.jp, which is going to be my personal site until...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.
http://www.buttonbashers.net
Comcamel.com provides information, news, images and strategies for Empire Earth (2), the best RTS game around.
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www.Comcamel.com Where we will try and help you out as much as we can whilst we produce more strategies on our site. Today we have added 3 new strategies plus two key pieces of information Region Powers and Civilisation Advantages.It would...A forum about how to get older games to run on newer computers.
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VOGONS Index Schedules and announcements about program releases. 106 697 2005-10-25 10:59 pmby Reckless System Specs Feel that you haven't shown off the l33tness of your system enough in your profile? Post your full system specs here to be oogled at! 43...Linking gaming past to gaming present with reviews and backstories on all of the major developers of the gaming industry.
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Link Cable of Time: News Updates Just wanted to let everybody know I'm not dead. Hopefully I'll be writing some more soon Giant 08/06/05 Hello, all. I've been experimenting with Photoshop, but I still haven't found a way to make the layout I want for the...Contains the Guinness Book Coin Operated Video Game High Scores and behind the scenes information behind these scores.
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Coin-Op American Edition Guinness Book of World Records This web site contains world records for Spy Hunter as well as all coin-operated games. Its best viewed using Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. News Tricks FAQ Links History Masters Contest Questions Golden Age Play Games Contact Me Tournament [1985][1987]...Official scorekeeper for the world of video game and pinball playing since the early 1980s.
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Welcome to Twin Galaxies Winnipeg will bring back the glory days of arcade rivalry with a weekend festival of coin-op competition, under the watchful eyes of one of Twin Galaxies premiere referees, Mr. R. Kelly Flewin. Many arcade titles will be monitored by Twin...General arcade and console emulation site.
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Lee's Peek n Poke Check out whats been happening in the world of emulation (Check out the Index Page of PeeknPoke for the latest Emulation news) 2000-2002 (older news from PnP past not online as yet, A history file is in the works) 2003...Directory of quality full versions of freeware retro remakes and ports.
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Classic Retro Games If you are a vintage games fan, like me, you are definately going to love the games in this directory. Many classics from the seventies, eighties and a couple from the ninetees aswell, are to be found in the categories...This is about crates and barrels in videogames.
http://medien.akbild.ac.at/armin/crates_and_barrels/
A journey through the classic system Intellivision.
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Official Intellivision Website With realistic graphics and challenging games, Intellivision quickly earned millions of loyal fans. Thanks to the support of those fans, Intellivision was the only videogame system to survive the 1983 industry crash. Consoles and new games were made until 1990,...Huge archive of reviewed abandonware, freeware and shareware games.
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Game Downloads Abandonware zone Enter one or more words that must all appear in category, title or description.To search a particular category, just include it in the search text box. Questions, comments, suggestions, error reports, advertising: games@moREMOVETHISsw.com...The Library of past and present computer and video games.
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GameArchive.net The Library of Computer Video Games Florida game restriction bill introduced [PlayStation 2 Xbox PC]Oct 26, 2005 23:02)Senator Alex Diaz de la Portilla's SB492 bears striking resemblance to recently passed California bi..Nintendogs: Dachshund Friends Contest FAQOct 26, 2005 22:43)Nintendogs: Dachshund Friends (DS)Nintendogs: Dachshund Friends, DSThe Elder...Suomen tietokonepelien, videopelien, konsolipelien ja peliautomaattien keräilijöiden mekka.
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Game Collectors Finland Pelikeräilyä suomessa Finlandin sivut ovat tarkoitettu tapaamispaikaksi ja tietolähteeksi konsoli peliautomaatti- ja tietokone- pelien keräilijöille suomessa. Sivuiltamme löydät monia artikkeleita jotka auttavat sinua harrastuksessasi, aktiivisen keskustelufoorumin sekä lukemattomia keräilyyn ja pelilaitteisiin liittyviä linkkej UUTISET Foorumi-softa päivitetty! 26.10.05 klo:04:31 kirjoittanut Juha Olemme siirtyneet...