Carnegie Mellon Preserves History of Gaming 'Firsts'

"Was “Pong” really the first video game? Did jumping first appear in “Donkey Kong?” To answer these questions and more about video and computer games, a team of master’s degree students at Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) has created a new and improved Game Innovation Database. "

Atari Email

"Jed Margolis got his hands on something precious: a decade of internal mail from the now-defunct Atari Games corporation, makers of some of the more beloved arcade games in history and one of the more amazing stories in computer history. Buried among these large collections of e-mails from the Atari Corp. VAX are discussions of programming, trivia, jokes, and some real insights into the day-to-day concerns of this company."