Newly added games and magazine reviews

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Find out what critics says about these games on the day of release in game magazines! Full color high quality scans, earliest reviews!

Newly added games list

march 04, 2023

Gameplay video added! - Heavyweight Champ

 

november 9, 2022

Trivia 7 and 8  added  (Quake 3: Ray Traced)

 

december 25, 2021 

Trivia 13 added (Phantasmagoria)

 

december 23, 2021  

Gameplay video added -  Habitat

Trivia added - Battle Royale games (Terminator)

 

may 8, 2021  

New game added! - Video Pinball (First video game with realistic physics)

 

april 29, 2021  

New photos addedd -  Galaxian 3 (GH-28 model)

 

march 26, 2021  

New game added! - Military Flight Simulator (Advanced 3D flight simulator)

 

march 9, 2021  

New game added! -  Steeplechase (First sidescrolling game)

Trivia №2 added -  Frogs

 

february 23, 2021  

New game added! -  Road Runner (First holographic video game)

 

february 22, 2021  

New game added! - Bulls & Cleots (First game for personal computer)

Trivia №5 added -   I'm Your Man

 

february 21, 2021  

New game added! - Auto Test (First full motion video game)

New game added! -  Streets of Fury EX (Most advanced digitized game)

New game added! - Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (First cloth physics (soft body physics)

New game added! - ReVolte (First self-shadowing)

New game added! -  Gift (First unified lightning and shadowing)

 

february 20, 2021

New game added! -   Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory  (First game with parralax mapping)

 

New game added! -   Giants: Citizen Kabuto (First normal mapping)

 

New game added! -  Manbiki Shounen (first stealth game)

 

New game added! - Tunnel B1  (First 3d lens flare effect)

february 19, 2021

New game added! - Metaltech: EarthSiege (1994) (First dynamic skies in 3d video game)

Trivia №15 added - Resident Evil 4

Image added (source code part) -  Star Trek

 

february 18, 2021

New game added! -   Rocket Jockey (1996)  (First game with ragdoll physics)

Trivia №4 added - Starship 1 

Trivia №11 added - Spacewar!

 

september 22, 2020
Trivia №4 added -
Computer Space

september 21, 2020

Trivia №9 added -  Urban Chaos

 

may 12, 2020

Trivia  added - Doom; Half-Life; Grand Theft Auto 3; Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas; Condemned: Criminal Origins; F.E.A.R.

 

April 10, 2020

Video  added - NASA Virtual Reality Headset (reupload in higher quality)

April 8, 2020

Video  added - Mouse in the Maze (1959) - first video game character

April 4, 2020

Trivia added - Gun Fight; Doom; Zaxxon

April 1, 2020

New game added! - Remember me (2013) - First game with physically based rendering

Cover art, review added - Days Gone

Photos added - Pool

 

March 29, 2020

New videos added - Computer Space;  Resistance: Fall of Man:  WinBack: Covert Operations

Magazine reviews added - Battle Arena Toshinden 2;   Terminator

Cover art added - Mizzurna Falls

 

january 4, 2020

New game added! - DiRT 2 - First displacement mapping

 

december 29, 2019

Video,Trivia added - Half-Life (1998) - oldest active official multiplayer, Doom

 

november 9, 2019

Photos of arcade cabinet,magazine commercials, posters added -  Nurburgring 1. Heavyweight Champ

 

october 12, 2019

Magazine reviews, game art, making of pictures, poster, pictures of the computer, trivia added -  Nurburgring 3, Virtua Fighter, The House of the Dead 4 special, Tennis for Two, Outcast, Resistance: Fall of Man

 

october 10, 2019

Magazine reviews, game art, magazine commercials added -  The 7th Guest, Astron Belt, L.A. Noire, Nurburgring 3

september 20, 2019

Trivia added - Gotcha (second color game ever)

august 24, 2019

New game added! - DiRT 2 -First displacement mapping

august 22, 2019

New game added! -  Star Trek (1976) -First game for personal computer

june  18, 2019

New video and trivia added - Assassin's Creed

june  8, 2019

Trivia added - Battlefield: Bad Company

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april  22, 2019

Posters, photos added - Cyber Dome, Super Mario 64, MDK, Bikini Karate Babes 2, Black Mesa, Keep of the Lich-Lord

april  21, 2019

Posters, photos added - Heavyweight Champ, Twin Course T.T., Nuerburgring Powerslide, Yakyuken, Bradley Trainer. Dance Aerobics, Reikai Doushi

april  20, 2019

Trivia added -   Quantum Break

april  15, 2019

Trivia added -  Interceptor (first sprite scaling  game).  Monaco GP

march 27, 2019

Trivia added -  Bikini Karate Babes 2

february 17, 2019

New photo added -  The House of the Dead 4 special

january 19, 2019

New gameplay video added - Interceptor

january 18, 2019

New magazine scans added -   Lock-On,   MIDI Maze

december 23, 2018

New game added - Terminator (DOS) - First open world 3d city game

november 16,  2018

New game added - Sheriff  (arcade) - First game with background music

october 5,  2018

New game added - Quake 3: Ray Traced (Windows) -First Ray tracing in video games

october 4,  2018

Trivia added - Half-Life, Heavy Rain

june 22, 2018 

New game added! - Gotcha (color)

aLL Videos reuploaded (some in better qiality), Trivia added - Resistance: Fall of ManThe Secret WorldBattlefield 4.

june 18, 2018 

Videos reuploaded till  F.E.A.R.  (2005) 

june 18, 2018

Videos reuploaded till  Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2003) 

june 13, 2018

Videos reuploaded till  ARQuake (2000)

june 10, 2018

Videos reuploaded till Descent 3 (1999)       

june 6, 2018

New game added - Battle Arena Toshinden 2 (1995) - First 3D breast bounce animation

Videos reuploaded till  Fade to Black  (1995)     

june 4, 2018

Videos reuploaded till  Magic Carpet   (1994)   

may 31, 2018

Videos reuploaded till  Street Fighter II  (1991) 

may 28, 2018

Videos reuploaded till Thunder Blade (1987)

may 27, 2018

Videos reuploaded till Hang-On (1985)

Poster added - Hang-On

may 24, 2018

Videos reuploaded till Tropical Angel  (1983)

Trivia added - TX-1

may 24, 2018

Videos reuploaded till Journey (1983)

may 21, 2018

Videos reuploaded till Wayout  (1982)

Trivia added - SubRoc-3D

may 20, 2018

Videos reuploaded till Bradley Trainer (1981)

Trivia addedDonkey KongBradley Trainer

may 18, 2018

Videos reuploaded till  Wizard and the Princess

may 9, 2018

Videos reuploaded till  Frogs (1978)

may 8, 2018

Videos reuploaded till Death Race, new video added - Knights in Armor (1976)

may 7, 2018

Videos reuploaded till Gun Smoke new video added - Moto-Cross (1976)

may 1, 2018

Videos reuploaded till 1974

march 27   , 2018

Trivia added - Grand Theft Auto 3 

march 14, 2018

Trivia added - Soul Edge

january 28, 2018

New trailers added! - Clock Tower 2: The Struggle WithinJet Set Radio

january 27,  2018

New trailers added! - Fade to BlackQuantum BreakDays Gone

january 26,  2018

New trailers added! -  Silent Hill 2Dragons LairThe Vanishing of Ethan Carter

january 22,  2018

New game added!  - Virtua Figher 4 (arcade)  -First normal mapping

january 21,  2018

New game added!  -  Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast) - First full  cel shading

january 20,  2018

New game added!  - Clock Tower 2: The Struggle Within  (Playstation) -First 3d psychological horror game

january 19,  2018

 New game added!  - No Respect (Windows) - First lens flare effect

january 18,  2018

New game added!  - BS Chrono Trigger: Character Library  (SNES) - First DLC (Downloadable content)

                            Cyber Dome (arcade) First arcade augmented reality game

january 17,  2018

New game added!  - Fade to Black  (DOS) - First polygonal Third-person shooter
january 15,  2018

New game added!  - AX-6: Powered Knight (NEC PC-6001) - First Mecha game

january 14,  2018

New game added!  - Monaco GP (arcade) - First sprite scaling

january 3,  2018

New game added!  -Superman (Atari 2600) - First licensed movie game

december 30,  2017

 New game added!  -  Scramble (IBM Simon) -  First mobile phone game

december 29,  2017

New game added!  -  PainStation (arcade)  First game with pain feedback

december 28,  2017

New game added!  - NASA Virtual Reality Headset (custom computer) First Virtual Reality headset

december 23,  2017

New game added!  -  Days Gone (PlayStation 4) - First MASSIVE technology in games

december 19,  2017

New game added!  - Quantum Break (Windows) - Advanced ingame realism

december 18,  2017

New game added!  -  The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (Windows) -First game with Photogrammetry

december 16,  2017

New game added!  - Cowgirl (Oculus Rift)  -First virtual reality 3D adult game

december 15,  2017

New game added!  -Keep of the Lich-Lord  (IPad) -First HD handheld game

december 14,  2017

New game added!  - Dragons Lair (Blu-ray player) -First game for Blu ray players

december 13,  2017

New game added!  - Silent Hill 2 (Xbox)First Per-pixel lighting

december 12,  2017

New game, trailer added! - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (Playstation 2) -First soft body physics

december 10,  2017

New game, trailers added!  - Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox) - First screen space crepuscular rays

december 9,  2017

New game added!  - Pirates of the Caribbean (Arcade) -First game with surround screens      

december 7,  2017

New game, trailers added! - Severance: Blade of darkness (Windows) - First unified lightning and shadowing

                                    -The Horde (3DO) - First strategy game with 3d elements

december 6,  2017

New game added! -  Recca (NES)  - First Bullet hell game

december 4,  2017

New game added! - Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force   (Windows) - First game with anisotropic filtering

december 3,  2017

New game added! Pork Barrel   (TRS-80) - First political game      

december 2,  2017

New game added! - Kingpin: Life of Crime (Windows) - First 3D gangster's game

december 1,  2017

New game added! -   The Godfather: The Action Game  (Amiga) - First realistic gangster's game

november 30,  2017

New game added! -  I'm Your Man (DVD player) - First game for  DVD players

november 29,  2017

New game added! - Des Blood (Windows) -  First CGI 3D erotic video game

november 28,  2017

New game added! - Montezuma's Return  (Windows)- First Bump-mapping and self-shadowing

november 27,  2017

New game added! -   Cyber Pong (arcade)  - First motion detection game

november 26,  2017

New game added! -   Blast Corps (Nintendo 64) - First per object motion blur

november 25,  2017

New game added! Peg Game (Browser) - First browser game

Trivia added -   Wolfenstein 3D, Quake
november 24,  2017
New game and trailer  added! - Mortal Kombat 2 (SNES) - First game with  haptic suit

Review, trivia added - 3rd Space Incursion

november 23,  2017
New game and trailer  added! Wabbit (Atari 2600) -  First female protagonist

november 21,  2017
New game added! - Mario and me (custom computer) - First live action onscreen avatar

november 19,  2017
New game added! -   Tell Me Why 2 (CD-I)  First game with CGI intro

november 18,  2017
New game added! International 3D Tennis (Amiga) - First sports 3D game

New game added! - november 16,  2017 

New game added! Speed Freak (arcade) - First free ride 3D racing game

november 15,  2017

New game added! -   Super Bug (arcade)  - First game with scrolling  playfield

november 14,  2017

New game added! -  Air Race (arcade)  -  First racing game with flat-shaded 3-D polygons

november 12,  2017

New game added! -Video Jogger (Atari 2600)   First game with floor game controller pad

New game added! - Vette! (DOS)  First 3d open world racing with interactive pedestrians

november 11,  2017

New game added! -Maze Mania  (laserdisc player) - First  interactive live action game

New game added! - Dancing Feats (Atari 8-bit)  - First music simulator

november 10,  2017

New game added! - Gun Smoke (1975)   First holographic game

New game added! - Pool  (1954) - First real time graphics

Trivia and description added - Time Traveler

november 8,  2017

magazine reviews,trivia added - Tread Marks, Harley Davidson: Wheels of Freedom, ICO, Max Payne, The Legend of Zelda:The Wind Waker, EyeToy: Play, Myst IV: Revelation, Painkiller, Half-Life 2:  Lost Coast, Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard, TOCA Race Driver 3, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, The Eye of Judgment, Mafia 2, Vanquish, Heavy Rain, L.A. Noire, Black Mesa, The Secret World, Battlefield 4, Crysis 3

november 5,  2017

magazine reviews added- Astron Belt, Pole Position, Space Harrier, MIDI Maze, Xybots, Assault, Die hard, Thunder

Blade, R360 - G-Loc Air Battle, Pit-Fighter, Street Fighter II, Terminator 2 - Judgment Day, S.T.U.N. Runner,Prince of Persia, Exterminator, Super Glove Ball, Corporation, Alpha Waves, Rad Mobile, Catacomb 3D, Arabian

fight, Mortal Kombat, Alone in the Dark, Comanche: Maximum Overkill, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the

Fathers, Terminator: Future Shock, Phantasmagoria, Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss,Wolfenstein 3D, Battle Isle 2220:Shadow of the Emperor, Cyberbykes, SimCopter, ZPC, Streets of SimCity, Blade Runner, Lights Out 

november 2,  2017 -

magazine reviews, description added - Gran Trak 10, Moto-Cross, Star Ship, Santa paravia en fiumaccio, Rally-X, Treasure Hunt, Alternate Reality: The City, Hang-On,
Athletic World, Assault, Lock-On, Chiller, MIDI Maze, Driller, Dance Aerobics, Xybots, The Colony, NARC, Starglider 2, BBC

october 15,  2017

trailer added -  Battlefield 4

october 12,  2017  

trailers added - Black MesaThe Secret WorldCrysis 3

october 11,  2017             

trailers added - Mafia 2, Bikini Karate Babes 2, L.A. Noire

october 3,  2017

trailers added -  VanquishHeavy RainTarget shooting

october 2,  2017

trailers added - Grand Theft Auto 4Alone in the DarkFar Cry 2Battlefield: Bad CompanyStar Wars: The Force UnleashedMirror's Edge
september 28,  2017

trailers added - The House of the Dead 4 specialThe Eye of JudgmentCrysis Warhead
september 16,  2017

trailers added - CrysisCall of Duty 4: Modern WarfareAssassin's Creed

august 21,  2017

trailers added - Half-Life 2:  Lost CoastCondemned: Criminal OriginsResistance: Fall of Man

july 23,  2017

magazine reviews added - Softporn Adventure, Scramble, Hogan's Alley, Ice Climber, Habitat, 4-D Boxing

Beatmania , Mizzurna Falls, Brave Fire Fighters, Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan Fury, Police 911 , ARQuake, The House of the Dead 4 special Project Milo Target shooting  ,Bikini Karate Babes 2 , Displair Holographic game

july 10,  2017

magazine reviews added - Grand Theft Auto 4, Doom, Descent, Galaxian 3 (GH-28 model), Earthbound, Magic Carpet, Mirror's Edge, Quake, Virtua Striker

july 8,  2017

official site screenshots, cover art, rare screenshots arcade, premiere event pictures added - Bikini Karate Babes 2,
The House of the Dead 4 special, ICO, Metal Gear Solid 2:Sons of Liberty, Resident Evil 4, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

july 6,  2017

magazine reviews,previews, commercials added - Resident Evil 4,  Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Space Invaders,   Pac-Man, President Elect, Moondust, Space Tactics, Tron: Deadly Discs

june 22,  2017

magazine reviews,previews, commercials, trailers added - BattlezoneKing's QuestAssassin's CreedGrand Theft Auto 4,

Star Wars: The Force UnleashedAlone in the DarkIndiana JonesMafia 2L.A. NoireMirror's EdgeBattlefield: Bad CompanyCondemned: Criminal OriginsHalf-Life 2Doom 3Blue lightningResident Evil 4,    F.E.A.R., Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard

june 19,  2017

magazine reviews,previews, commercials, trailers added - Virtua Fighter 3Virtua StrikerWayoutCastle Wolfenstein, Condemned: Criminal OriginsGrand Theft Auto 4Half-Life 2Myst IV,  Painkiller 

june 18,  2017

magazine reviews, commercials,art,  trailers added - BerzerkAtari PongComputer SpacePongDonkey KongTurbo, ZaxxonHaunted HouseGotchaShark JawsNurburgring 1 (Night driver review), BattlezoneGun FightDragon's LairFrogsSpace panicStarhawkSpace WarsJourneyNFL FootballStar RiderWizardry: Proving Grounds of the

Mad OverlordCastle WolfensteinSubRoc-3DJump BugSpace InvadersPac-ManPole PositionEyeToy: Play, Doom 3Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

june 11,  2017

magazine reviews, previews and commercials, trailers added = Red FactionMetal Gear Solid 2:Sons of LibertyThe Legend of Zelda:The Wind WakerGrand Theft Auto 3Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasQuake 3 arenaQuake, Riven: The Sequel to MystUnrealRequiem: Avenging AngelSega Rally ChampionshipSoul EdgeShenmueStar Trek: Secret of Vulcan FuryTenchu: Stealth AssassinsTom Clancy's Rainbow SixTerminator: Future ShockTron: Deadly DiscsUrban Chaos

june 9,  2017

trailers added - Max PayneGrand Theft Auto 3ICO

june 4,  2017

magazine reviews, previews and commercials, trailers added - Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan FuryRequiem: Avenging Angel,

Quake 3 arenaRed FactionMetal Gear Solid 2:Sons of LibertyPolice 911Grand Theft Auto 3Gran Turismo 2

 Resistance: Fall of ManTenchu: Stealth AssassinsAssassin's CreedAlone in the DarkL.A. NoireMafia 2

Eye of Judgment

june 2,  2017

trailers added- ShenmueGran Turismo 2Outcast

May 30,  2017

magazine reviews, previews and commercials, trailers added- Heavy Rain (rare preview  2006)Descent 3Tenchu: Stealth AssassinsTrespasser: Jurassic ParkQuake 3 arenaUrban ChaosHalf-LifeMax PayneGrand Theft Auto: San AndreasAlone in the DarkAssassin's CreedRed FactionEyeToy: Play

May 25,  2017

magazine reviews, previews and commercials, trailers  added -  DoomDaytona USAGran Turismo 2OutcastGrand Theft Auto: San AndreasMagic CarpetRise of the Triad: Dark WarTerminator: Future ShockQuakeUnreal, PhantasmagoriaDoom 3F.E.A.R.Half-Life 2Flight UnlimitedHalf-LifeRequiem: Avenging AngelI-War,   MDKBlade Runner 

May 17,  2017

magazine reviews, previews and commercials, trailers , cover art added- SimCopterVirtua Fighter 3Super Mario 64WinBack: Covert OperationsGran Turismo 2ZaxxonDonkey KongHaunted House , Trespasser: Jurassic ParkMicrosoft flight Simulator 1.0Bikini Karate Babes 2The Legend of Zelda:The Wind WakerMortal KombatVirtua RacingDark EdgeSoul EdgeVirtua Fighter 3Terminator 2 - Judgment DayMax PayneMDKMetal Gear Solid 2:Sons of LibertyMagic CarpetDaytona USA

May 15,  2017

Trailers added - Descent, PhantasmagoriaBattle Isle 2220:Shadow of the Emperor

May 15,  2017
Errors Corrected- magazine reviews scans enlarged for viewing 

May 14,  2017

Trailers added -  Mortal KombatKiller InstinctEarthbound

May 12,  2017

Trailers added -Super Glove BallThe 7th GuestMagic Carpet

april  29, 2017

magazine reviews, previews and commercials, trailers added - F.E.A.R.Resident Evil 4Riven: The Sequel to MystShenmueUrban ChaosGrand Theft Auto 3Metal Gear Solid 2:Sons of LibertyVirtua FighterDoom 3Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasHalf-Life 2Gran Turismo 2Half-LifeI-War38 Ambush AlleyAthletic World,Blue lightning

april  27, 2017
Trailers added - 
Thayer's questIce ClimberDance Aerobics

april  27, 2017

magazine reviews, previews  added   Alone in the DarkBattlefield: Bad CompanyCrysis WarheadFar Cry 2Grand Theft Auto 4Star Wars: The Force UnleashedHeavy RainResident Evil 4Mirror's EdgeMafia 2Doom 3The Legend of Zelda:The Wind WakerCrysisPainkillerGrand Theft Auto: San AndreasF.E.A.R. 

april  11, 2017
magazine reviews, previews and commercials added -  Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the

Mad OverlordWizard and the PrincessCosmo LemansNFL FootballRescue On Fractalus!Bruce LeeKing's QuestKaratekaGrand Theft Auto 3Virtua Fighter 3Super Mario 64Half-LifeWinBack: Covert OperationsGran Turismo 2Quake 3 arenaDoom 3Resident Evil 4Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasHalf-Life 2,

Trespasser: Jurassic ParkUnrealGrand Theft Auto 4Assassin's CreedResistance: Fall of ManWii SportsCrysis

Mafia 2Battlefield: Bad Company

march 5, 2017

magazine reviews added- Wizard and the PrincessStar CastleBattlezonePac-ManDefenderBradley Trainer

march 1, 2017 

added Download games section

february 28, 2017

trailers  added -  Star ShipHaunted HouseZaxxon
february 10, 2017

magazine reviews added  - Thayer's questKing's QuestI, RobotPac-LandKaratekaKung-Fu Master, Microsoft flight Simulator 1.0,  WayoutWizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad OverlordAstron BeltJourney

january 23, 2017

magazine reviews,commercials added -   Xevious , Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad OverlordAlien GardenJourneyCosmo LemansShenmueThe Legend of Zelda:The Wind WakerCondemned: Criminal OriginsRed BaronBerzerkMoondustAstron BeltBruce LeeRescue On Fractalus!King's QuestStar RiderTX-1NFL FootballTumbleweedsI, RobotPresident ElectWayoutHaunted House, Tron: Deadly Discs, Dragon's LairPongDefenderPac-Man,Space InvadersCastle Wolfenstein,Donkey Kong,ZaxxonTurbo, Space panicPole PositionMoon Patrol

january 6, 2017
magazine reviews,previews,commercials and photos added -   
Castle WolfensteinJourney ,Spacewar!SubRoc-3D , Tennis for TwoDragon's LairMystery HouseWizard and the PrincessWizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad OverlordDrillerStar Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2DefenderDescent 3Donkey KongVirtua RacingGrand Theft Auto 4Doom 3Magic CarpetGalaxianAstron BeltPole PositionAlien GardenWayoutSpace panicScrambleXeviousMicrosoft flight Simulator 1.0MoondustTX-1

december 27, 2016

Resident Evil 4 -photo of special console

Grand Theft Auto 4 -photo of special console

Blade Runner magazine review

Riven: The Sequel to Myst  magazine review

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2  magazine review

Battlezone magazine review

Microsoft flight Simulator 1.0 magazine review

Half-Life magazine commercial

Donkey Kong magazine review

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