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A Dave’s Videogame Classics makes up for in content. It’s basi-
cally an interactive timeline where
http://davesclassics.warzone.
you can choose a year between
tari Gaming
Headquarters
pened in videogame history during
The emulator capital of the
http://www.atarihq.com com/ 1972-1996 and find out what hap-
Keita Iida and crew has Internet. Every videogame system that era. If you do nothing else at
amassed an amazing amount of emulator you could possibly want is least go to the site to view the pic-
information for the “Atari Gaming here for your Mac or PC. ture of Sesame Street’s Grover.
Headquarters.” Filled with pictures, Download classic as well as newer
interviews, system and cartridge system emulators. We highly rec- Tomorrow’s Heroes
information for everything Atari, in- ommend you download the MAME http://www.tomheroes.com
cluding the Jaguar and Lynx. Keita emulator (Multi Arcade Machine “Tomorrow’s Heroes” has a tre-
and his staff leave no stone un- Emulator) which allows you to play mendous classic gaming section
turned and display their which includes private
vast knowledge impres- party videogame ads, a
sively. We give this site our chat room, collecting tips,
highest recommendation. and the wonderfully written
“Retrogaming Times”
I.C. When online newsletter penned
http://www.icwhen.com by site owner, Tom Zjaba.
Atari alumnus, Don If you’re into Spider-man
Thomas, keeps you posted and the likes, be sure to
on the latest classic gaming check out his comic book
happenings. icwhen.com section as well.
also features Don’s online
book, The Chronological AdventureVision.com
History of Video Games The Adventure Vision
and Computers, which is a very unique cartridge-
takes you through a histori- based handheld
cal timeline of videogames videogame unit which was
from 1800 to the present. sold in 1982. The website
Definitely a must-read. features screenshots, box-
There are also feature arti- shots, sound and video
cles as well as a few games files and roms to
to play on the site. download. The odds of
finding an Adventure Vi-
The Blue Sky Rangers arcade perfect versions of vintage sion for yourself are slim to none,
http://www.makingit.com/ games. You can also download so do yourself a favor and visit Jeff
bluesky/home.shtml older computer emulators such as Folejewski’s Adventure Vision trib-
The Blue Sky Rangers were the the Apple II and the Atari 400 and ute page.
programmers for the Mattel Intellivi- 800. Chat rooms, message boards
sion and M Network games for the and utilities for the emulators round
Atari VCS. Their site gives the in- out an incredible site.
side scoop of what really happened Want your website to be consid-
back in “the days”. Great stories, The Vectrex FAQ ered for a listing in this column?
unreleased prototypes of hardware (Frequently Asked Questions) Just send us your particulars....
and software and the hype of what http://www.gamesdomain.com/ website URL, contact name and a
never came to exist are all here. games/vectrex.html valid e-mail address.
You can also order the incredible Maintained by Gregg Wood-
“Intellivision Lives CD” from the site cock, it’s everything you need to Drop us a line via snail mail at:
which gives you the ability to play know about the Vectrex game sys- Classic Gamer Magazine
most of the Intellivision games on tem. Includes game list, repair tips 7770 Regents Road #113-293
your home computer. and the history of our favorite table- San Diego, Ca 92122
top. It doesn’t appear to have been Or send us your site information via
updated recently but then again it e-mail:
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http://www.classicgamer.com
The History of Home
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What this page lacks in style it
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