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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.

   
   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 25,000 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 a 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/

» Crates and barrels
   This is about crates and barrels in videogames.

   
   http://www.arminbwagner.com/crates_and_barrels/

» 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
   Promotes video games as an art form worthy of respect as a valuable part of culture.

   
   http://www.flatbatteries.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/

» 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://gotcha.classicgaming.gamespy.com/

» 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/

» 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 illustrates and documents 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
   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.

   
   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

» 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

» 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/