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    1.I.C. When
     A chronological history of computing, with a special emphasis on video games.
    www.icwhen.com
    2.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.
    www.geekcomix.com
    3.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.
    www.videogames.org
    4.Videotopia
     Exhibit of the true history of video games. An international traveling museum exhibit chronicling the history of mankind's first interactive media.
    www.videotopia.com
    5.The Video Game Museum
     An online video game museum with screenshots, scans, music, ads and reviews.
    www.vgmuseum.com
    6.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.
    www.designboom.com
    7.Classic Videogame Station Odyssey
     Japanese videogame history including cartoons.
    www.ne.jp
    8.Phosphor Dot Fossils
     Classic arcade video game history.
    www.theLogBook.com
    9.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.
    www.emuunlim.com
    10.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.
    www.theoldcomputer.com
    11.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.
    www.osti.gov
    12.Great Game Database
      video games, technical information and related memorabilia from the classic era through the neoclassic.
    www.GreatGameDatabase.com
    13.Supercade
     A book that illustrate and document the history, legacy, and visual language of the videogame phenomenon.
    www.supercade.com
    14.TheCan.Org
     Read, enjoy and contribute accounts of computer, video and online games that were cancelled or otherwise lost, precious, before release.
    thecan.org
    15.Intellivision Classic Videogame Website
     A journey through the classic system Intellivision.
    www.intellivisionlives.com
    16.Video Games
     A personal story of the early video game history.
    www.virtualgaz.co.uk
    17.Fire-Button
     A community for all computer and videogamers. Includes game information, screenshots and cover scans for over 50 different platforms. Rate, review and add comments in the forum or visit the web directory.
    fire.spejs.net
    18.Oilzine.com
     The history of the two pillars, pong and asteroids, of the home gaming market.
    www.oilzine.com
    19.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.
    www.classicgaming.com
    20.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.
    www.zxscreens.i12.com
    21.SPOnG.com : The Internet Computer Games
      walkthroughs.
    SPOnG.com
    22.Mintfresh's Classic Games Site
     Dedicated to the history of classic computer and console games. Includes a timeline charting important events up to the current period.
    www.mintfresh.0catch.com
    23.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.
    www.retrobase.de
    24.Pirates Portal - the games encyclopaedia
     Provides an overview of old platform video and computer games. Focusing on 8 bit machines including: screenshots, online music, covers, highscores, credits, and short reviews.
    pirates.emucamp.com
    25.Video Game Gurus
     Where video game collectors come to show off. Information on classic and modern systems, including a timeline of video games.
    www.geocities.com
    26.Flat Batteries
     Flat Batteries is here to promote video games as an art form worthy of respect as a valuable part of our culture.
    www.flatbatteries.com
    27.Old Computer Magazine Website
     VG, Atari User, Dragon User, Sinclair User, Your Sinclair, Personal Computer Games, Sinclair projects and more!
    www.old-computer-mags.co.uk
    28.Dangerous Dann's Museum of Video History
     A site about various memorabilia around video games.
    www.gamearchive.com
    29.Classic BASIC Games
     Collection of classic MS BASIC games and a BASIC Interpreter compatible with BASIC circa 1979.
    awsoftware.org
    30.binary heritage dot com
     A site detailing the history and development of video games. Retro game discussion in forums.
    www.binaryheritage.com
    31.Halcyon Days
     Halcyon days includes interviews with classic computer and video game programmers
    www.dadgum.com
    32.The Dutch Classic Games Site
     A collection of popular classic games sites world wide. Play online or download games from the good old days.
    classicgames.pagina.nl
    33.Vintage computer games and hardware
     Top UK site with plenty of photos of vintage software and hardware.
    www.stellatron.com
    34.Retro Console
     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.
    www.retroconsole.com
    35.Steven Poole - Trigger Happy: Videogames and the Entertainment Revolution
     Steven Poole - Trigger happy: videogames and the entertainment revolution, New York 2000 - eBook
    womba.time2host.de
    36.Experience Sega Megadrive and the Atari St
     Sega Megadrive, Atari St, Games, Reviews, Screenshots, Box Cover Art and Box Blurbs
    www.retro-experience.co.uk
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