Video Game History Database Hub

The history of the video game industry is a very long and interesting story. From it's conception in the 50's and 60's, to it's birth in the 70's, to it's rise, fall, and rebirth in the 80's, to the glory years of the 90's and today, our favorite hobby has been on a long, strange trip.

Here at Pink Gorilla, we have a passion for gaming's history. Our research team has diligently poured through video game lore, and has presented many articles highlighting the games and personalities of days gone by. As the new year dawns, we are increasing our commitment to bringing you a comprehensive history of video games.

To help codify the large and unwieldy amount of information on the history of video games, we have created this handy "library" to house all of our previous retro articles. As the year goes on, we will add many new pieces to the library, including an massive timeline, chronicling the entire history of games from it's 19th century roots to the present day.

Arcade Classics: Our favorite arcade games of the past. And this time, it doesn't cost 25 cents to play!

The Very First Ever Video Games: The Galaxy Game and Computer Space
Mad Planets Review
Bad Dudes
Inside Pac-Man
Sega Arcade Classics

Classic Game Reviews: The best, and the rest, of the past.

Spacewar!: The Most Important Game Ever.
Plumbers Don't Wear Ties (3DO): A Video Walkthrough
Umihara Kawase (SNES)
Radiant Silvergun (SAT), Ikaruga (DC) and Judgement Silversword (WSC)
Steel Battalion (XBOX)
Pitcher's Duel (Vectrex)
The Legend of Zelda CDi games
Summer Carnival '92 (FC)
Operation Secret Storm (NES)
Mutant League Hockey (GEN)
Wizards and Warriors 2:Ironsword (NES)
ToeJam and Earl (GEN)
Guardian Heroes (SAT)
Takeshi's Castle (FC)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (SAT)
Powerfest '94 (SNES)
Mario and Wario (Super Famicom)

Console Histories: Bios of every important video game console ever (eventually)

Nintendo Virtual Boy
Pioneer LaserActive
Sega Mega Drive
Nintendo Color TV Games
NEC PC-Engine
Nintendo Super Famicom
Famicom Disk System
Nintendo Famicom
Apple Pippin
Neo Geo Pocket
Generation NEX
Magnavox Odyssey
Magnavox Odyssey Dedicated Consoles
Atari PONG Consoles
Coleco Telstar Consoles
Mid 70's PONG Clones Part 1
Mid 70's PONG Cones Part 2
Fairchild Channel F
RCA Studio II
Atari Game Brain
Atari VCS/2600: Part 1-System Overview
Atari VCS/2600 Part 2: Console Variations
Atari VCS/2600 Part 3: Controllers and Peripherals
Atari VCS/2600 Part 4: Rare Games
Atari VCS/2600 Part 5: More Rare Games
Bally Professional Arcade/Astrocade
APF M-1000/Imagination Machine

Miscellaneous: Strange, bizzare, and random pieces of gaming history.

The Legend of Segata Sanshiro
Johnny Turbo Vs. Sega
Michael Jackson and Sega
Captain N and the N-Team Part 1 and Part 2
The Atari Force
Steve Weibe's Donkey Kong 101
King Koopa's Kool Kartoons
Tron Games: Starring Tron Guy
Disk-kun: Behind the Mascot
Ulala: Behind the Music
Gaming Like it's 1979
The First Ever Video Game Competition
Atari Vs. Mattel: The Original Console War
A Tribute To Working Designs
A Look Back At Video Game Magazines