History Websites

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

Japanese videogame history including cartoons.

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.

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

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

Classic arcade video game history.

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

A journey through the classic system Intellivision.

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

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.

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

Halcyon days includes interviews with classic computer and video game programmers

Classic Arcade Gaming chronicles the history of the golden age of coin-op video gaming including the games, players, contests, and scores.

Covering many systems from the Atari 2600 to the PS2.

The story of the videogames as a cultural media, the analysis of the influence between the videogame, the cinema and the social interaction.

Classic and modern computer and videogame online publication.

Contains the Guinness Book Coin Operated Video Game High Scores and behind the scenes information behind these scores.

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

Huge archive of reviewed abandonware, freeware and shareware games.

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

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

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

Video game system information with a focus on Tomb Raider.

Photo gallery of consoles, arcade games and computers. Reviews of movies that feature computers and computer games. Downloadable retro gaming wallpaper.

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.

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

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

News items, screenshots, artwork, and press coverage.

A behind-the-scenes story of the making of the "Camel Trophy Video game" for the ZX Spectrum in 1985.

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

This is about crates and barrels in videogames.

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

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

Devoted to video games made from 1972 to 1987.

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

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