Computer Coliseum

Game History - Computer History - History by Generation - Historical Timeline

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Game History

A Brief History of Video Games - by Sam Hart

Apple History

Charles Babbage Institute - CBI

Chronology of Computer History - 3000BC - 1994,
doesn't cover the last 8 years but it's extensive

Chronology of Digital Computing Machines to 1952

Chronology of Personal Computers by Ken Polsson

Computer Chronicles

Computer History Association of California

Computer Museum - Amsterdam

ComputerHistory.org

Computers: History and Development -
Jones Telecommunications and Multimedia

Computers, Video Games and Arcade Collector's Webring -
302 Sites

8-Bit Operating Systems

ENIAC Virtual Museum in Pennsylvania

Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present - v12.0.2

Historic Computer Images - US Army

Historical Computer Society Virtual Computer History Museum

History, History of Computers, and Education

History of Computers - A Timeline

History of Computers - Links and Resources

History of Computing

History of Computing Information

History of Shareware

Intel Museum

Hobbes Internet Timeline v5.2

Museum Computer Network

Museum of Calculators

National Archive for the History of Computing - UK

Personal Computer Museum - Stenungsund, Sweden

Pioneers of Computing - WW-VL

Software Museum, The - Amsterdam

Software History Center

Telemuseum - Stockholm

The History Of Computers During My Lifetime by Jason Patterson

Triumph of the Nerds: A History of the Computer - PBS

Twenty Five Years of the Microprocessor

Usenet History

Virtual Museum of Computing, The

Computer History

Anthrox -
Nintendo 64/SNES/Amiga/Playstation/Sega/Drea/Video Games

Archives In Hiberation - Apollo/Apple II/Atari/MacIntosh/X11

Atari Lynx - Portable - by Sam Hart

Atari Pong - Arcade Version - by Sam Hart

Atari Pong - Home Version - by Sam Hart

Atari VCS/2600 - by Sam Hart

Atari 5200 - by Sam Hart

Atari 7800 - by Sam Hart

Bally Professional Arcade - by Sam Hart

Brief History of Home Video Games - by Sam Hart

Dot Eaters - Classic Video Game History

Fairchild Channel F - by Sam Hart

Game SX - Video Game Tech -
Large Resource of Technical Information

History of Video Games

History of Home Video Games -
New Owners - Video Games and Acessories also

Jaguar Programming Doc - Zip File from Jeff Frohwein

Magnavox Odyssey - by Sam Hart

NEC TurboGraphix-16 - by Sam Hart

Nintendo Entertainment System - by Sam Hart

Nintendo Game Boy - Portable - by Sam Hart

Pete's Arcade Games Page

RCA Studio II - by Sam Hart

Sega Genesis - by Sam Hart

Sega Game Gear - Portable - by Sam Hart

Sega Master System - by Sam Hart

Sega Saturn - by Sam Hart

SNK Neo-Geo - by Sam Hart

Steve Cooper's Computer/Game Page

Super Nintendo Entertainment System - by Sam Hart

The Video and Computer Games FAQs

History by Generation

by Sam Hart

First Generation, 1972 - 1977

Second Generation, 1977 - 1981 - "Golden Age"

Third Generation, 1981 - 1984 - "Dark Ages"

Fourth Generation, 1985 - 1989 - "Post Crash" 8-bit Era

Fifth Generation, 1989 - 1995 - 16-bit Era

Sixth Generation, 1995 - Present - 32/64 bit Era

Historical Timeline

as compiled by Sam Hart

1972

Magnavox Odyssey - First Home Videogame - May of 1972

Atari Pong -Arcade version

1974

Atari Pong -Home version

1976

Fairchild Channel F

1977

Atari VCS/2600

RCA Studio II

1978

Bally Professional Arcade

Magnavox Odyssey²

1979

Mattel Intellivision

Milton-Bradley Microvision

1981

Emerson Arcadia 2001

1982

ColecoVision

Atari 5200

Milton-Bradly Vectrex

1984

Atari 7800

1985

Nintendo Entertainment System

Sega Master System

1987

Atari XEGS

1988

Atari Lynx - Portable

Nintendo Game Boy - Portable

1989

NEC TurboGraphix-16

Sega Genesis

1990

NEC TurboExpress

Sega Game Gear - Portable

SNK Neo-Geo

1991

NEC TurboDuo

Sega CD

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

1992

Philips CD-I

1993

Panasonic 3D0

Atari Jaguar

1995

Sega Saturn

Sony Playstation

Nintendo VirtualBoy -Portable

1996

Nintendo 64