Links to sites on the 'Net for student research.

Games History

IC When.com: Historical timeline
American Museum of the Moving Image: Online exhibition of classic games
Pong-Story: All about Pong
The Arcade Flyer Archive: Vintage promo flyers, scanned and organized
The Atari Historical Society
ClassicGaming: Also links to FilePlanet ROM/MAME vault for emulator files
Classic Gaming Expo: Annual convention in Las Vegas for enthusiasts
Classic Video Games Nexus: Fan site, so-so
Digital Press Site: Links, emulators, message boards, etc.
The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers: Who wrote what.
SUPERCADE: Van Burnham's promo page. Has links, email listserve.
The Video Game Museum: Video game pics, scans, etc. Lots of nostalgia
Official Intellivision Classic Videogame Website: Just what it says. Emulators as well.
GameArchive: Decent page of older games
KLOV.com -- Killer List of Videogames: A very comprehensive archive of arcade games
VIDEOTOPIA: Online part of the travelling game exhibition
Atari Gaming Headquarters Main Page: Atari-only archive, source
Charles Babbage Institute: Computer history page
COMPUTE! Archive of Atari-only magazine from early 80s.
Phaze's Classic Videogame Magazine Museum: Fan site. Has some old magazines.
The Digital A.N.A.L.O.G. Archive: Another Atari enthusiast magazine from early 80s.
Chronology of Video Game Systems (1984-2002): Short, so-so timeline

 

Academic Sites

DiGRA: Digital Games Research Organization.
Digiplay Initiative
: Good site for links, with a good bibiography of games papers and books.
Game Research: A for-profit research team that posts some articles. They maintain a good listserve with recent articles.
Research at the MIT Media Lab
Life Online and Off: Katz et al paper about social networks and the Internet
Games, Gamers and Gaming Culture: Finnish site with good updated links and papers
Game Culture: Academic site, lists some articles, journals
Game Studies: Dedicated games journal, online articles.
www.ludology.org: Grab-bag of game theorists
RE:PLAY modules 1-4: Discussion on game issues.
Computer Games as a Learning Resource: Online article on topic
IJIGS: Journal for designers
The Norrathian Scrolls: Stupendous research effort by an undergraduate. Worth visiting.
The Journal of Virtual Environments

Games Present & Industry Links

The Video Game Yellow Pages: Industry directory.
IGDA: Professional Developer's Association. Very well-run site and group with regualr events, news.
Gamasutra - The Art & Science of Making Games: Industry site for developers and publishers. Sign-up required, but worth it. Good weekly email and discussion groups.
The ESA: Trade group for the industry. Party-line information, slick and professionally presented.
Gamespot: Pseudo-journalistic site for game reviews, downloads, links to official sites, some articles.
All Game Guide: Comprehensive listing of every game ever made for every platform. Most comprehensive database available.

 

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Last updated: 11/5/04