» 1980 games - Old online video and arcade games for free    Old video and arcade games online for free. Pacman, Mario Bros Donkey kong, Space Invaders, and Frogger. Emulators on site.    http://www.1980-games.com/us/

» 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.    http://www.geekcomix.com/vgh/

» Arcade-History    A coin-operated game database with more than 20,000 machines featuring pictures and information.    http://www.arcade-history.com

» Armchair Arcade    Classic and modern computer and videogame online publication.    http://www.armchairarcade.com/

» 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.    http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/videogame.html

» Bubble Bobble HQ    A site dedicated to Taito's Bubble Bobble series of games. Includes an media collection and detailed game guides showing all the games secrets.    http://bubblebobblehq.110mb.com

» Chronology of Video Game Systems    Timeline of events tracing the history of video games, including standalone arcade machines, TV games and handheld game machines.    http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/vidgame/

» Classic Arcade Gaming    Classic Arcade Gaming chronicles the history of the golden age of coin-op video gaming including the games, players, contests, and scores.    http://www.classicarcadegaming.com/

» Classic BASIC Games    Collection of classic MS BASIC games and a BASIC Interpreter compatible with BASIC circa 1979.    http://awsoftware.org/classiccomputing.htm

» 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.    http://www.classicgaming.com/features/articles/computergaminghistory/

» Classic Home Video Games Museum    Devoted to video games made from 1972 to 1987.    http://gamesmuseum.h-body.org/

» Classic Retro Games    Directory of quality full versions of freeware retro remakes and ports.    http://www.classic-retro-games.com

» Classic Videogame Station Odyssey    Japanese videogame history including cartoons.    http://www.ne.jp/asahi/cvs/odyssey/

» Computer Gaming World Museum    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.    http://cgw.vintagegaming.org

» Computerspiele Museum    German site on a gaming museum located in Berlin. Offers information on projects and press coverage.    http://www.computerspielemuseum.de/

» Dangerous Dann's Museum of Video History    A site about various memorabilia around video games.    http://www.gamearchive.com/Video_Games/Danger_Dan/

» Dragon's Lair    Complete Dragon's Lair and Space Ace games collection, including music, collectibles, video, goodies and books.    http://www.dragonslairfans.com/

» Flat Batteries    Flat Batteries is here to promote video games as an art form worthy of respect as a valuable part of our culture.    http://www.flatbatteries.dsl.pipex.com/

» Gallery of Undiscovered Entities    The GUE is a repository of information, packaging pictures, and disk images of lesser-known computer games of the late 1970s and early 1980s.    http://gue.vintagegaming.org

» Game Collectors Finland    Suomen tietokonepelien, videopelien, konsolipelien ja peliautomaattien keräilijöiden mekka.    http://www.gamecollectors.info

» Game Downloads    Huge archive of reviewed abandonware, freeware and shareware games.    http://free-game-downloads.mosw.com/abandonware/

» Game Grandpas    Covering many systems from the Atari 2600 to the PS2.    http://ryangenno.tripod.com/

» GameSpot: History of Video Games    A history of personal video games from 1889 to 2001.    http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hov/

» Gameconsoles.com - uniting videogame players, collectors and homebrew creators.    Our mission is to unite video game players, collectors and homebrew creators, to educate and preserve the game console industry.    http://www.gameconsoles.com

» Games Implosion    Features a discussion forum area. Information about video game systems, video games, controllers and repair.    http://www.freewebs.com/gamesimplosion/

» Gotcha    Gives out awards to the best "golden age" computer games. Also includes information, images, reviews, and collectables.    http://www.classicgaming.com/gotcha/

» Great Game Database    Arcade and video games, technical information and related memorabilia from the classic era through the neoclassic.    http://www.ggdb.com/

» Guinness Book Coin-Op High Scores 1986-1997    Contains the Guinness Book Coin Operated Video Game High Scores and behind the scenes information behind these scores.    http://spyhunter007.com

» Halcyon Days    Halcyon days includes interviews with classic computer and video game programmers    http://www.dadgum.com/halcyon/

» 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.    http://www.videogames.org/html/

» Intellivision Classic Videogame Website    A journey through the classic system Intellivision.    http://www.intellivisionlives.com/

» Jammajup    Coin-op collection based in the UK. PLUS repairlogs, useful information, author's personal high scores since 1980, videogame polls, jammajup quiz, and links.    http://www.jammajup.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

» Lee's PeeknPoke    General arcade and console emulation site.    http://peeknpoke.emuunlim.com/newsitems.htm

» Lucasarts Museum    Chronicles all things related to the classic Lucasart's adventure games.    http://lucasarts.vintagegaming.org

» 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.    http://mobygames.com/

» NintendoLand    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.    http://www.nintendoland.com

» Oilzine.com    The history of the two pillars, pong and asteroids, of the home gaming market.    http://www.oilzine.com/features/features_details.asp?ID=49

» Phosphor Dot Fossils    Classic arcade video game history.    http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/

» Pirate's Portal    A games encyclopedia. Contains screen shots and games for many computers (including the VIC-20) sorted by title, country, genre, year, language and person.    http://pirates.emucamp.com/

» 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.    http://www.designboom.com/eng/education/pong.html

» RF Generation    Collects information related to video games. Consoles range from the Magnavox Odyssey to the Xbox 360.    http://www.rfgeneration.com

» Retro Experience    Play Retro Games, also have a look at the Atari St and Sega Megadrive Games Archives (including screenshots, reviews and box cover art).    http://www.retro-experience.co.uk

» Retro Games Blog    A website dedicated to retro and vintage computer games and their influence on modern day computer gaming.    http://www.retrogamesblog.co.uk

» Retro View    Tips, cheats, reviews, high scores and discussion of classic video games.    http://www.mameworld.net/retroview/

» 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.    http://www.retrobase.de

» SPOnG.com    Containing news, screenshots, summaries and details of developers and publishers, plus competitions, charts, trivia, tips, FAQs, and walkthroughs.    http://spong.com/

» 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.    http://www.zxscreens.i12.com/zxscreens/

» Supercade    A book that illustrate and document the history, legacy, and visual language of the videogame phenomenon.    http://www.supercade.com/

» The Armchair Empire    Find discussion about a number of classic video games from a wide range of games.    http://www.armchairempire.com/classic_gaming.htm

» 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.    http://www.thedoteaters.com

» The Lost Patrol Webshrine    Website zu Ocean Software`s Klassiker von 1990 für Amiga und AtariST.    http://thelostpatrol.knagge.com/

» 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.    http://www.theoldcomputer.com/

» The Stairway To Hell    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.    http://www.stairwaytohell.com/

» The Super-Kaga Computer Museum    Photo gallery of consoles, arcade games and computers. Reviews of movies that feature computers and computer games. Downloadable retro gaming wallpaper.    http://computermuseum.bigpondhosting.com/

» The Video Game Museum    An online video game museum with screenshots, scans, music, ads and reviews.    http://www.vgmuseum.com/

» The making of the Camel Trophy Videogame    A behind-the-scenes story of the making of the "Camel Trophy Video game" for the ZX Spectrum in 1985.    http://www.rescogita.com/cvg/cvgfeature_en_01.php

» TheCan.Org    Read, enjoy and contribute accounts of computer, video and online games that were cancelled or otherwise lost, precious, before release.    http://thecan.org/

» Twin Galaxies    Official scorekeeper for the world of video game and pinball playing since the early 1980s.    http://www.twingalaxies.com

» VOGONS - Very Old Games On New Systems    A forum about how to get older games to run on newer computers.    http://vogons.zetafleet.com/

» Video Games 101 - Video Games    Video game system information with a focus on Tomb Raider.    http://www.videogames101.net

» Vintage computer games and hardware    Includes photographs of vintage software and hardware.    http://www.stellatron.com/

» Visionnet - Retrogaming    Online gaming library of all common consoles, handhelds and homecomputers.    http://www.visionnet.nl/

» Zzapback: The Future is Retro    Information about classic games and computer magazines. Focus on Newsfield title: Zzap!64.    http://www.zzapback.com

» crates and barrels    This is about crates and barrels in videogames.    http://www.arminbwagner.com/crates_and_barrels/

» culturalstudies behind the videogame    The story of the videogames as a cultural media, the analysis of the influence between the videogame, the cinema and the social interaction.    http://culturavg.altervista.org/