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	Brookhaven 1958 Video Game - http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/videogame.html 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.
	MobyGames - http://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.
	Computerspiele Museum - http://www.computerspielemuseum.de/ German site on a gaming museum located in Berlin. Offers information on projects and press coverage.
	Twin Galaxies - http://www.twingalaxies.com Official scorekeeper for the world of video game and pinball playing since the early 1980s.
	Retro View - http://www.mameworld.net/retroview/ Tips, cheats, reviews, high scores and discussion of classic video games.

	Supercade - http://www.supercade.com/ A book that illustrates and documents the history, legacy, and visual language of the videogame phenomenon.
	The Video Game Museum - http://www.vgmuseum.com/ An online video game museum with screenshots, scans, music, ads and reviews.
	SPOnG.com - http://spong.com/ Containing news, screenshots, summaries and details of developers and publishers, plus competitions, charts, trivia, tips, FAQs, and walkthroughs.
	Intellivision Classic Videogame Website - http://www.intellivisionlives.com/ A journey through the classic system Intellivision.
	Game Downloads - http://free-game-downloads.mosw.com/abandonware/ Huge archive of reviewed abandonware, freeware and shareware games.

	Halcyon Days - http://www.dadgum.com/halcyon/ Halcyon days includes interviews with classic computer and video game programmers
	The Armchair Empire - http://www.armchairempire.com/classic_gaming.htm Find discussion about a number of classic video games from a wide range of games.
	Pong to Pacman - http://www.designboom.com/eng/education/pong.html 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.
	The Old Computer Dot Com - http://www.theoldcomputer.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.
	Gallery of Undiscovered Entities - http://gue.vintagegaming.org The GUE is a repository of information, packaging pictures, and disk images of lesser-known computer games of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

	Arcade-History - http://www.arcade-history.com A coin-operated game database with more than 25,000 machines featuring pictures and information.
	Computer Gaming World Museum - http://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.
	A Brief History of Home Video Games - http://www.geekcomix.com/vgh/ The history of home video games with essays concerning the industry and its players. Covers the industry until 1996.
	Chronology of Video Game Systems - http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/vidgame/ Timeline of events tracing the history of video games, including standalone arcade machines, TV games and handheld game machines.
	1980 games - Old online video and arcade games for free - http://www.1980-games.com/us/ Old video and arcade games online for free. Pacman, Mario Bros Donkey kong, Space Invaders, and Frogger. Emulators on site.

	NintendoLand - http://www.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.
	Crates and barrels - http://www.arminbwagner.com/crates_and_barrels/ This is about crates and barrels in videogames.
	Game Collectors Finland - http://www.gamecollectors.info Suomen tietokonepelien, videopelien, konsolipelien ja peliautomaattien keräilijöiden mekka.
	The Stairway To Hell - http://www.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.
	Armchair Arcade - http://www.armchairarcade.com/ Classic and modern computer and videogame online publication.

	Lucasarts Museum - http://lucasarts.vintagegaming.org Chronicles all things related to the classic Lucasart's adventure games.
	Classic Arcade Gaming - http://www.classicarcadegaming.com/ Classic Arcade Gaming chronicles the history of the golden age of coin-op video gaming including the games, players, contests, and scores.
	VOGONS - Very Old Games On New Systems - http://vogons.zetafleet.com/ A forum about how to get older games to run on newer computers.
	Video Games 101 - Video Games - http://www.videogames101.net Video game system information with a focus on Tomb Raider.
	RF Generation - http://www.rfgeneration.com Collects information related to video games. Consoles range from the Magnavox Odyssey to the Xbox 360.

	Phosphor Dot Fossils - http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/ Classic arcade video game history.
	Classic BASIC Games - http://awsoftware.org/classiccomputing.htm Collection of classic MS BASIC games and a BASIC Interpreter compatible with BASIC circa 1979.
	Visionnet - Retrogaming - http://www.visionnet.nl/ Online gaming library of all common consoles, handhelds and homecomputers.
	The Super-Kaga Computer Museum - http://computermuseum.bigpondhosting.com/ Photo gallery of consoles, arcade games and computers. Reviews of movies that feature computers and computer games. Downloadable retro gaming wallpaper.
	http://gotcha.classicgaming.gamespy.com/ - http://gotcha.classicgaming.gamespy.com/ Gives out awards to the best "golden age" computer games. Also includes information, images, reviews, and collectables.

	Classic Videogame Station Odyssey - http://www.ne.jp/asahi/cvs/odyssey/ Japanese videogame history including cartoons.
	TheCan.Org - http://thecan.org/ Read, enjoy and contribute accounts of computer, video and online games that were cancelled or otherwise lost, precious, before release.
	Screens Edge - http://www.zxscreens.i12.com/zxscreens/ 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.
	Great Game Database - http://www.ggdb.com/ Arcade and video games, technical information and related memorabilia from the classic era through the neoclassic.
	Oilzine.com - http://www.oilzine.com/features/features_details.asp?ID=49 The history of the two pillars, pong and asteroids, of the home gaming market.

	Classic Retro Games - http://www.classic-retro-games.com Directory of quality full versions of freeware retro remakes and ports.
	Flat Batteries - http://www.flatbatteries.com/ Promotes video games as an art form worthy of respect as a valuable part of culture.
	Retro Games Blog - http://www.retrogamesblog.co.uk A website dedicated to retro and vintage computer games and their influence on modern day computer gaming.
	Guinness Book Coin-Op High Scores 1986-1997 - http://spyhunter007.com Contains the Guinness Book Coin Operated Video Game High Scores and behind the scenes information behind these scores.
	Dragon's Lair - http://www.dragonslairfans.com/ Complete Dragon's Lair and Space Ace games collection, including music, collectibles, video, goodies and books.

	Bubble Bobble HQ - http://bubblebobblehq.110mb.com A site dedicated to Taito's Bubble Bobble series of games. Includes a media collection and detailed game guides showing all the games secrets.
	The making of the Camel Trophy Videogame - http://www.rescogita.com/cvg/cvgfeature_en_01.php A behind-the-scenes story of the making of the "Camel Trophy Video game" for the ZX Spectrum in 1985.
	culturalstudies behind the videogame - http://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.
	The Lost Patrol Webshrine - http://thelostpatrol.knagge.com/ Website zu Ocean Software`s Klassiker von 1990 für Amiga und AtariST.
	Classic Home Video Games Museum - http://gamesmuseum.h-body.org/ Devoted to video games made from 1972 to 1987.

	Zzapback: The Future is Retro - http://www.zzapback.com Information about classic games and computer magazines. Focus on Newsfield title: Zzap!64.
	GameSpot: History of Video Games - http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hov/ A history of personal video games from 1889 to 2001.
	The Dot Eaters: Videogame History 101 - http://www.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.
	RetroBase.de - Videogame preservation since Feb. 2002 - http://www.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.
	Game Grandpas - http://ryangenno.tripod.com/ Covering many systems from the Atari 2600 to the PS2.

	Jammajup - http://www.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.
	Dangerous Dann's Museum of Video History - http://www.gamearchive.com/Video_Games/Danger_Dan/ A site about various memorabilia around video games.
	Lee's PeeknPoke - http://peeknpoke.emuunlim.com/newsitems.htm General arcade and console emulation site.
	Games Implosion - http://www.freewebs.com/gamesimplosion/ Features a discussion forum area. Information about video game systems, video games, controllers and repair.

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