MobyGames
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.
Classic Arcade Gaming
classicarcadegaming.com
Classic Arcade Gaming chronicles the history of the golden age of coin-op video gaming including the games, players, contests, and scores.
Video Game Database
videogamedb.com
Video game database is a searchable database of all games for all systems that is continually being updated by gamers. Features screenshots, reviews, and ratings.
Classic BASIC Games
awsoftware.org
Collection of classic MS BASIC games and a BASIC Interpreter compatible with BASIC circa 1979.
Zzapback: The Future is Retro
zzapback.com
Information about classic games and computer magazines. Focus on Newsfield title: Zzap!64.
The Dragon's Lair / Space Ace Computer Games Collection
users.skynet.be
Complete Dragon's Lair & Space Ace games collection, including all items:music, collectibles, video, goodies and books.
Mintfresh's Classic Games Site
mintfresh.0catch.com
Dedicated to the history of classic computer and console games. Includes a timeline charting important events up to the current period.
JAMMAJUP Coin-op Collector & Enthusiast (NEW DOMAIN)
jammajup.co.uk
Classic arcade site.
Classic Retro Games
classic-retro-games.com
Directory of quality full versions of freeware retro remakes and ports.
RF Generation. The Classic and Modern Video Games Database.
rfgeneration.com
RF Generation is a website that collects information related to video games. Consoles range from the Magnavox Odyssey to the Xbox 360. Our goal is to become the most comprehensive video game database and video game collection tool on the internet.
Oilzine.com
oilzine.com
The history of the two pillars, pong and asteroids, of the home gaming market.
ButtonBashers
buttonbashers.net
A site dedicated to when video games were simple and addictive. Going back as early as Pong, up to the PSX and SEGA Saturn era.
SPOnG.com
spong.com
Containing news, screenshots, summaries and details of developers and publishers, plus competitions, charts, trivia, tips, FAQs, and walkthroughs.
Dangerous Dann's Museum of Video History
gamearchive.com
A site about various memorabilia around video games.
Lee's PeeknPoke
peeknpoke.emuunlim.com
General arcade and console emulation site.
Otsuge - Video Game History
themsg.com
The world's most advanced list of pc and console video games,including the history of every game in every country.
Classic Gaming: The History of Computer Gaming Part 1
classicgaming.com
Part one of this multi-part history features William Higinbotham who created the first game: Tennis for 2. With photographs and audio clip.
Chronology of Video Game Systems
islandnet.com
Timeline of events tracing the history of video games, including standalone arcade machines, TV games and handheld game machines.
Gotcha
classicgaming.com
Gives out awards to the best "golden age" computer games. Also includes information, images, reviews, and collectables.
Gaming in the Media World
users.tinyonline.co.uk
A review site of game software based around fictional or non-fictional characters in the media world, such as Films, Books, Celebrities, Comics and TV.
Video Games
virtualgaz.co.uk
A personal story of the early video game history.
Intellivision Classic Videogame Website
intellivisionlives.com
A journey through the classic system Intellivision.
Phosphor Dot Fossils
thelogbook.com
Classic arcade video game history.
GameSpot: History of Video Games
gamespot.com
A history of personal video games from 1889 to 2001.
Supercade
supercade.com
A book that illustrate and document the history, legacy, and visual language of the videogame phenomenon.
The Old Computer Dot Com
theoldcomputer.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.
A Brief History of Home Video Games
geekcomix.com
The history of home video games with essays concerning the industry and its players. Covers the industry until 1996.
Brookhaven 1958 Video Game
osti.gov
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.
NintendoLand
nintendoland.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.
Screens Edge
zxscreens.i12.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.
TheCan.Org
thecan.org
Read, enjoy and contribute accounts of computer, video and online games that were cancelled or otherwise lost, precious, before release.
Classic Videogame Station Odyssey
ne.jp
Japanese videogame history including cartoons.
History of Home Video Games
videogames.org
A history of home video games from 1992 to 1996, as chronicled by Greg Chance. Includes links to relevant material.
RetroBase.de - Videogame preservation since Feb. 2002
retrobase.de
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.
I.C. When
icwhen.com
A chronological history of computing, with a special emphasis on video games.
Halcyon Days
dadgum.com
Halcyon days includes interviews with classic computer and video game programmers
Videotopia
videotopia.com
Exhibit of the true history of video games. An international traveling museum exhibit chronicling the history of mankind's first interactive media.
The Video Game Museum
vgmuseum.com
An online video game museum with screenshots, scans, music, ads and reviews.
Armchair Arcade
armchairarcade.com
Classic and modern computer and videogame online publication.
crates and barrels
medien.akbild.ac.at
This is about crates and barrels in videogames.
The Dot Eaters: Videogame History 101
thedoteaters.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.
Pong to Pacman
designboom.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.
1980 games - Old online video and arcade games for free
1980-games.com
Old video and arcade games online for free. Pacman, Mario Bros Donkey kong, Space Invaders, Frogger and more. Emulators on site.
Retro Experience
retro-experience.co.uk
Play Retro Games, also have a look at the Atari St and Sega Megadrive Games Archives (including screenshots, reviews and box cover art).
Lucasarts Museum
lucasarts.vintagegaming.org
Chronicles all things related to the classic Lucasart's adventure games.
The Stairway To Hell
stairwaytohell.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.
Game Downloads
free-game-downloads.mosw.com
Huge archive of reviewed abandonware, freeware and shareware games.
Vintage computer games and hardware
stellatron.com
Includes photographs of vintage software and hardware.
Classic Home Video Games Museum
gamesmuseum.h-body.org
Devoted to video games made from 1972 to 1987.
Game Collectors Finland
gamecollectors.info
Suomen tietokonepelien, videopelien, konsolipelien ja peliautomaattien keräilijöiden mekka.
Retro View
mameworld.net
Tips, cheats, reviews, high scores and discussion of classic video games.
Games Implosion
freewebs.com
Features a discussion forum area. Information about video game systems, video games, controllers and repair.
The Super-Kaga Computer Museum
computermuseum.bigpondhosting.com
Photo gallery of consoles, arcade games and computers. Reviews of movies that feature computers and computer games. Downloadable retro gaming wallpaper.
Game Grandpas
ryangenno.tripod.com
Covering many systems from the Atari 2600 to the PS2.
Flat Batteries
flatbatteries.dsl.pipex.com
Flat Batteries is here to promote video games as an art form worthy of respect as a valuable part of our culture.
VOGONS - Very Old Games On New Systems
vogons.zetafleet.com
A forum about how to get older games to run on newer computers.
GameArchive.net
gamearchive.net
The Library of past and present computer and video games.
Jammajup
jammajup.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
Coin-op collection based in the UK. PLUS repairlogs, useful information, author's personal high scores since 1980, videogame polls, jammajup quiz, and links.
Arcade-History.com
arcade-history.com
Arcade video games, slot machines, pinball database, where you can find more than 5000 games featuring pictures.
Video Games 101 - Video Games
videogames101.net
Video game system information with a focus on Tomb Raider.
Twin Galaxies
twingalaxies.com
Official scorekeeper for the world of video game and pinball playing since the early 1980s.
Great Game Database
ggdb.com
Arcade & video games, technical information and related memorabilia from the classic era through the neoclassic.
Visionnet - Retrogaming
visionnet.nl
Online gaming library of all common consoles, handhelds and homecomputers.
Flynn's Classic Games
studentwebs.winona.edu
A website that reviews classic PC games and shows where you can buy them.
Link Cable of Time
linkcableoftime.com
Linking gaming past to gaming present with reviews and backstories on all of the major developers of the gaming industry.
Computer Gaming World Museum
cgw.vintagegaming.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.
Guinness Book Coin-Op High Scores 1986-1997
spyhunter007.com
Contains the Guinness Book Coin Operated Video Game High Scores and behind the scenes information behind these scores.
culturalstudies behind the videogame
culturavg.altervista.org
The story of the videogames as a cultural media, the analysis of the influence between the videogame, the cinema and the social interaction.