Video Games History

• Games: History 

• Classic Basic Games  - Collection of classic games from the '70s to the early '80s. Includes original, un-cut versions of some games.
• Classic Videogame Station History  - Presents the history of the early Japanese video games and cartoons. With image galleries and links to related information.
• Demu  - Nonprofit archive of computer history focusing on classic games for DOS and Windows 3.1 and 95 computers.
• Digital Press  - Site devoted to historical games, with forums, articles, and an online game rarity guide.
• The Dot Station  - Covers the vast and varied 40-year history of video games - from the early coin-operated units to those displayed on oscilloscopes to today's latest home video game consoles.
• Gamespot: History of Video Games  - In-depth articles providing a look at video games fro ma historical perspective.
• International Center for the History of Electronic Games (ICHEG)  - Facility dedicated to collecting, studying, and interpreting video and other electronic games. Presents game history and research information.
• MobyGames  - Extensive database of classic and current video games allowing users to review games, view screenshots and game information, chat in the forums, and read news.
• Monopoly Game History, Landlord's Game History  - Features the history of Landlord's and monopoly games including game images, rules, articles, and commentary.
• The Old Computer  - Presenting the different aspects of retro computing, gaming, and collecting - from Atari 2600, Zenneth, Colecovision, Amiga, and to the Spectrum computer gaming systems.
• Playing History  - Information and resources on games from the past. Presents descriptions, ratings, and reviews.
• Pong Story  - dedicated to Ralph H Baer, inventor of Pong. Includes articles, photographs and advertisements.
• Remain in Play  - Features old DOS and some non-DOS games that are now available as freeware but were once released commercially.
• Retrobase  - Promotes the preservation of classic videogames. Features a complete database of classic videogames with screenshots and release details.
• Retromags  - Vintage video game magazine archive. Aims to preserve old magazines related to video games and video gaming. Presents cover scans an digitized copies.
• RF Generation  - Collection of video games related information from the classic to the newer generation gaming consoles. With a downloadable program that enables video game collectors to showcase and keep track of their collections online.
• Scott Adams Grand Adventures  - Official site for the creator of the personal computer gaming industry.
• Stairway to Hell  - Dedicated to preserving the games released for the Acorn range of 8-bit home computers - namely the BBC Micro series and the Acorn Electron.
• Super Kaga Magma-nastic Computer Game Museum  - Photo gallery of consoles, arcade games, and vintage computers. With reviews of movies that feature computers and computer games.
• Supercade  - Visual chronicling of video games. Pays tribute to the technology, games, and creators of influential games in the past.
• TheGameConsole.com  - Illustrated history of home video games with information on gaming systems from the nineteen seventies to present.
• Video Game Ads  - Posts a collection of television commercials for classic and contemporary games.
• Video Game Museum  - Online video game exhibit offering game screenshots, magazine and cover scans, music, vintage video games advertisements, and reviews.
• The Video Game Revolution  - PBS produced site offering a look at the history and development of video games as an entertainment medium.
• The Videogame History Timeline  - Chronological presentation of the development of video games created by a group of enthusiasts.
• Videotopia  - International traveling museum exhibit that chronicles the art, science, and development of video games.
• Vision Net NL  - Source of information on computer games from the 1970s to the 1990's. With downloadable emulators for vintage video games.