1970 ✦ THE GOLDEN AGE OF VIDEO GAMES ✦ 1999
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THE RETRO INDEX / 1970—1999

EVERY MACHINE.
EVERY LEGEND.

Explore the hardware, games, studios, people and culture that defined three extraordinary decades.

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17 COLLECTIONS
Arcade Universe01Arcade UniverseCabinets, arcade boards, coin-op classics and the culture of the arcade.ENTER COLLECTION ↗Home Computers02Home ComputersThe machines that brought games into our homes.ENTER COLLECTION ↗Gaming Consoles03Gaming ConsolesThe consoles that changed entertainment forever.ENTER COLLECTION ↗Handheld Gaming04Handheld GamingGaming beyond the living room.ENTER COLLECTION ↗Legendary Games05Legendary GamesThe games that shaped a generation.ENTER COLLECTION ↗Gaming Companies06Gaming CompaniesThe studios, publishers and manufacturers behind the industry.ENTER COLLECTION ↗The Creators07The CreatorsProgrammers, designers, musicians and visionaries.ENTER COLLECTION ↗Gaming Icons08Gaming IconsLegendary characters and franchises.ENTER COLLECTION ↗Game Genres09Game GenresExplore three decades of gameplay innovation.ENTER COLLECTION ↗Music & Soundtracks10Music & SoundtracksChiptunes, sound chips and original scores.ENTER COLLECTION ↗Retro Technology11Retro TechnologyThe hardware behind the pixels.ENTER COLLECTION ↗Gaming Culture12Gaming CultureMagazines, stores, ads and the people who played.ENTER COLLECTION ↗Lost & Forgotten13Lost & ForgottenRare prototypes and overlooked masterpieces.ENTER COLLECTION ↗Gaming History14Gaming HistoryA timeline of the gaming revolution.ENTER COLLECTION ↗Collector’s Corner15Collector’s CornerCartridges, boxes and preservation.ENTER COLLECTION ↗Play the Arcade16Play the ArcadeDiscover original Pause Play Games titles.ENTER COLLECTION ↗B2B17B2BHTML5 game licensing, white-label arcade solutions and branded games for businesses.ENTER COLLECTION ↗
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MACHINES, MAKERS & ICONS

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MACHINES & CONSOLES

3DO↗Acorn Archimedes↗Acorn Electron↗Amiga 1000↗Amiga 1200↗Amiga 500↗Amiga 600↗Amiga CD32↗Amstrad CPC 464↗Amstrad CPC 6128↗Apple II↗Atari 1040ST↗Atari 2600↗Atari 7800↗Atari 800↗Atari 800XL↗Atari Falcon↗Atari Jaguar↗Atari Lynx↗BBC Micro↗Bally Astrocade↗ColecoVision↗Commodore 128↗Commodore 64↗Commodore VIC-20↗FM Towns↗Fairchild Channel F↗Game Boy↗Game Boy Color↗Game Gear↗IBM PC DOS↗Intellivision↗MSX↗MSX2↗Magnavox Odyssey↗NES↗Neo Geo AES↗Neo Geo CD↗Neo Geo Pocket↗Nintendo 64↗Odyssey²↗PC Engine↗Philips CD-i↗RCA Studio II↗Sega 32X↗Sega CD↗Sega Dreamcast↗Sega Master System↗Sega Mega Drive↗Sega Saturn↗Sharp X68000↗Sony PlayStation↗Super Nintendo↗TRS-80 Color Computer↗Vectrex↗WonderSwan↗ZX Spectrum↗ZX81↗
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STUDIOS & MANUFACTURERS

Acorn Computers↗Activision↗Amstrad↗Apogee Software↗Atari↗Bullfrog Productions↗Capcom↗Codemasters↗Commodore↗Data East↗Electronic Arts↗Epic MegaGames↗Gremlin Graphics↗Hudson Soft↗Imagine Software↗Interplay↗Irem↗Konami↗LucasArts↗Lucasfilm Games↗MicroProse↗Midway↗Namco↗Nintendo↗Ocean Software↗Origin Systems↗Psygnosis↗Rare↗SNK↗Sega↗Sierra On-Line↗Sinclair Research↗Sony Computer Entertainment↗Taito↗Team17↗Technōs Japan↗The Bitmap Brothers↗Toaplan↗U.S. Gold↗Ultimate Play the Game↗Williams Electronics↗id Software↗
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LEGENDARY GAMES

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THE TECHNOLOGY

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GAME GENRES

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