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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.
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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.
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Arcade-History -
A coin-operated game database with more than 25,000 machines featuring pictures and information.
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Armchair Arcade - http://www.armchairarcade.com/
Classic and modern computer and videogame online publication.
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Brookhaven 1958 Video Game - http://www.armchairarcade.com/
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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Bubble Bobble HQ - http://www.armchairarcade.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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Chronology of Video Game Systems - http://www.armchairarcade.com/
Timeline of events tracing the history of video games, including standalone arcade machines, TV games and handheld game machines.
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Classic Arcade Gaming - http://www.armchairarcade.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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Classic BASIC Games - http://www.armchairarcade.com/
Collection of classic MS BASIC games and a BASIC Interpreter compatible with BASIC circa 1979.
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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.
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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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Classic Retro Games - http://gamesmuseum.h-body.org/
Directory of quality full versions of freeware retro remakes and ports.
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Classic Videogame Station Odyssey - http://gamesmuseum.h-body.org/
Japanese videogame history including cartoons.
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Computer Gaming World Museum - http://gamesmuseum.h-body.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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Computerspiele Museum - http://gamesmuseum.h-body.org/
German site on a gaming museum located in Berlin. Offers information on projects and press coverage.
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Crates and barrels - http://gamesmuseum.h-body.org/
This is about crates and barrels in videogames.
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culturalstudies behind the videogame - http://gamesmuseum.h-body.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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Dangerous Dann's Museum of Video History - http://gamesmuseum.h-body.org/
A site about various memorabilia around video games.
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Dragon's Lair - http://gamesmuseum.h-body.org/
Complete Dragon's Lair and Space Ace games collection, including music, collectibles, video, goodies and books.
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Flat Batteries - http://gamesmuseum.h-body.org/
Promotes video games as an art form worthy of respect as a valuable part of culture.
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Gallery of Undiscovered Entities - http://gamesmuseum.h-body.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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Game Collectors Finland - http://gamesmuseum.h-body.org/
Suomen tietokonepelien, videopelien, konsolipelien ja peliautomaattien keräilijöiden mekka.
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Game Downloads - http://gamesmuseum.h-body.org/
Huge archive of reviewed abandonware, freeware and shareware games.
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Game Grandpas - http://gamesmuseum.h-body.org/
Covering many systems from the Atari 2600 to the PS2.
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Games Implosion - http://gamesmuseum.h-body.org/
Features a discussion forum area. Information about video game systems, video games, controllers and repair.
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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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Gotcha - http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hov/
Gives out awards to the best "golden age" computer games. Also includes information, images, reviews, and collectables.
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Great Game Database - http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hov/
Arcade and video games, technical information and related memorabilia from the classic era through the neoclassic.
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Guinness Book Coin-Op High Scores 1986-1997 - http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hov/
Contains the Guinness Book Coin Operated Video Game High Scores and behind the scenes information behind these scores.
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Halcyon Days - http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hov/
Halcyon days includes interviews with classic computer and video game programmers
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Intellivision Classic Videogame Website - http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hov/
A journey through the classic system Intellivision.
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Jammajup - http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hov/
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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Lee's PeeknPoke - http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hov/
General arcade and console emulation site.
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Lucasarts Museum - http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hov/
Chronicles all things related to the classic Lucasart's adventure games.
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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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NintendoLand - http://mobygames.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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Oilzine.com - http://mobygames.com/
The history of the two pillars, pong and asteroids, of the home gaming market.
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Phosphor Dot Fossils - http://mobygames.com/
Classic arcade video game history.
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Pirate's Portal - http://mobygames.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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Pong to Pacman - http://mobygames.com/
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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Retro Experience - http://mobygames.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 Games Blog - http://mobygames.com/
A website dedicated to retro and vintage computer games and their influence on modern day computer gaming.
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Retro View - http://mobygames.com/
Tips, cheats, reviews, high scores and discussion of classic video games.
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RetroBase.de - Videogame preservation since Feb. 2002 - http://mobygames.com/
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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RF Generation - http://mobygames.com/
Collects information related to video games. Consoles range from the Magnavox Odyssey to the Xbox 360.
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Screens Edge - http://mobygames.com/
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 - http://mobygames.com/
Containing news, screenshots, summaries and details of developers and publishers, plus competitions, charts, trivia, tips, FAQs, and walkthroughs.
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Supercade - http://mobygames.com/
A book that illustrates and documents the history, legacy, and visual language of the videogame phenomenon.
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The Armchair Empire - http://mobygames.com/
Find discussion about a number of classic video games from a wide range of games.
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The Dot Eaters: Videogame History 101 - http://mobygames.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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The Lost Patrol Webshrine - http://mobygames.com/
Website zu Ocean Software`s Klassiker von 1990 für Amiga und AtariST.
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The making of the Camel Trophy Videogame - http://mobygames.com/
A behind-the-scenes story of the making of the "Camel Trophy Video game" for the ZX Spectrum in 1985.
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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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The Stairway To Hell - http://www.theoldcomputer.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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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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The Video Game Museum - http://computermuseum.bigpondhosting.com/
An online video game museum with screenshots, scans, music, ads and reviews.
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TheCan.Org - http://computermuseum.bigpondhosting.com/
Read, enjoy and contribute accounts of computer, video and online games that were cancelled or otherwise lost, precious, before release.
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Twin Galaxies - http://computermuseum.bigpondhosting.com/
Official scorekeeper for the world of video game and pinball playing since the early 1980s.
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Video Games 101 - Video Games - http://computermuseum.bigpondhosting.com/
Video game system information with a focus on Tomb Raider.
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Visionnet - Retrogaming - http://computermuseum.bigpondhosting.com/
Online gaming library of all common consoles, handhelds and homecomputers.
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VOGONS - Very Old Games On New Systems - http://computermuseum.bigpondhosting.com/
A forum about how to get older games to run on newer computers.
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Zzapback: The Future is Retro - http://computermuseum.bigpondhosting.com/
Information about classic games and computer magazines. Focus on Newsfield title: Zzap!64.
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