playback

playback deals with the history of computer and video games, from the first notion of an electronic entertainment device in 1947, right up to the present day. What discerns it from other sites on the subject is that it does not focus on technical aspects, companies involved, the people behind them, nor any other historical aspect but the games themselves. It’s all about what people played back in the day, and the goal is to show today’s interested gamers how they can get a look at those games, and, wherever possible, even how to try them out first-hand (through simulators, emulators, faithful remakes.)

The blog deals with all major gaming areas:

• Early laboratory experiments
• Arcade games
• Home computers
• Game consoles
• Portables / Handhelds

You can browse the site by either selecting a year or a category from the menu. Each post normally deals with a specific system, development, game, or game series. Because I am not able to reverse the order of posts on this system, they will be in reverse chronological order. This means that if you were for example to explore the Arcade category, you would have to read from last post to first if you wanted to follow the timeline. However, within each specific year, there is no special order to the entries.