DMOZ - Games: Video Games: History

History

A collection of materials related to the history of video games.

Related categories 6

Sites 42

1980-Games.com

Old video and arcade games online for free. Pacman, Mario Bros Donkey kong, Space Invaders, and Frogger. Emulators on site.

Arcade-History

A coin-operated game database with more than 29,000 machines featuring pictures and information.

Armchair Arcade

Classic and modern computer and videogame online publication.

Ausretrogamer

An independent video games website committed to spreading the nostalgic vibe of retro gaming culture. Australia.

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.

Chronology of Video Game Systems

Timeline of events tracing the history of video games, including standalone arcade machines, TV games and handheld game machines.

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.

Classic BASIC Games

Collection of classic MS BASIC games and a BASIC Interpreter compatible with BASIC circa 1979.

Classic Home Video Games Museum

Devoted to video games made from 1972 to 1987.

Classic Retro Games

Directory of quality full versions of freeware retro remakes and ports.

Classic Videogame Station Odyssey

Japanese videogame history including cartoons.

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.

Computerspiele Museum

German site on a gaming museum located in Berlin. Offers information on projects and press coverage.

Crates and barrels

This is about crates and barrels in videogames.

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.

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.

Dragon's Lair

Complete Dragon's Lair and Space Ace games collection, including music, collectibles, video, goodies and books.

Flat Batteries

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

Game Downloads

Huge archive of reviewed abandonware, freeware and shareware games.

Game Grandpas

Covering many systems from the Atari 2600 to the PS2.

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.

Halcyon Days

Halcyon days includes interviews with classic computer and video game programmers

Intellivision Classic Videogame Website

A journey through the classic system Intellivision.

Lee's PeeknPoke

General arcade and console emulation site.

The Lost Patrol Webshrine

News items, screenshots, artwork, and press coverage.

Lucasarts Museum

Chronicles all things related to the classic Lucasart's adventure games.

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.

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.

The Old Computer

Includes forums, a museum, retro shop, magazines, libraries, news, and a hall of fame. Offers emulators and ROMs for most older gaming systems.

Phosphor Dot Fossils

Classic arcade video game history.

Retro Games Blog

A website dedicated to retro and vintage computer games and their influence on modern day computer gaming.

RetroBase.net

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.

RF Generation

Collects information related to video games. Consoles range from the Magnavox Odyssey to the Xbox 360.

SPOnG.com

Containing news, screenshots, summaries and details of developers and publishers, plus competitions, charts, trivia, tips, FAQs, and walkthroughs.

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.

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.

Supercade

A book that illustrates and documents the history, legacy, and visual language of the videogame phenomenon.

TheCan.Org

Read, enjoy and contribute accounts of computer, video and online games that were cancelled or otherwise lost, precious, before release.

The Video Game Museum

An online video game museum with screenshots, scans, music, ads and reviews.

Video Games 101 - Video Games

Video game system information with a focus on Tomb Raider.

Visionnet - Retrogaming

Online gaming library of all common consoles, handhelds and homecomputers.

VOGONS - Very Old Games On New Systems

A forum about how to get older games to run on newer computers.