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History and Culture
The Classic Video Games Literature List - (formerly The Classic Video Games Book & Periodical List), by Lee K. Seitz - Information on classic video game literature. (3463 hits)
Ralph H. Baer's official website - Creator of "Odyssey", the first game console ever, licensed to Magnavox in 1971. Also creator of the popular memory game "Simon" (1978). (2340 hits)
The Video Game Museum - Video game pics, scans, endings, and music. (2337 hits)
The Galaxy Game - An article about The Galaxy Game (another arcade version of SpaceWar!, like Computer Space), the second arcade videogame, installed in Tresidder Union in September 1971. (2208 hits)
The Vintage Gaming Network - (former Dave's Videogame Classics) - Probably the best emulation related website. (1688 hits)
La Bastille: A Tech House Art Installation - Tetris - World's largest fully-functional Tetris game placed on the windows of a building in Rhode Island. (1538 hits)
Planet-Tolkien.com - UK's largest leading resource for J.R.R. Tolkien related information (1501 hits)
Atari Gaming Headquarters - Atari And Classic Videogame Coverage (1485 hits)
Forbidden Forest (Unofficial Site) - A tribute website devoted to the game "Forbidden Forest" by Paul Norman for the Commodore 64. (1476 hits)
videogames.com's History of Pac-Man - The history of one of the most popular videogame of the early videogaming era, created in 1980 by Namco of Japan. The character of Pac-Man quickly became an icon in the then newborn videogame industry. (1364 hits)
Videotopia - An international traveling museum exhibit chronicling the history of mankind's first interactive media. (1346 hits)
Big Five Software - Official website of the software house who produced early classic games like Miner 2049er. They even released an amulator of their games for Windows. (1340 hits)
The Atari Time Machine - Atari company and product information. Member of the Atari Historical Society. (1332 hits)
The real "Pong" F.A.Q. - Created and mantained by Sly D.C. (1306 hits)
Lee's Eclectic Classic Video Games Info - Classic videogaming resources (1296 hits)
The origin of SpaceWar - by J.M. Graetz - A reprint from the August, 1981 issue of Creative Computing magazine about the first computer videogame in history, created by the earliest hackers at the MIT, in 1962. (1291 hits)
Pong Story - The history of the first successful arcade game which signed the beginning of the commercial videogames era. Installed in the Andy Capp's Tavern, a Sunnyvale, California bar, on September 1972 with minimal instructions: "Avoid missing ball for high score". (1254 hits)