So, I've been recently working on some stuff for some classes I'll be giving soon at a local university. Since I've had to do all this early work on my spare time I've decided to post the slides here. They are free for anyone to check and use as they please. I'll adapt them later to use on my classes at that university.
http://www.eclipse-games.net/teaching/GameHistory/Brief%20History%20of%20Videogames.pptx
or the zip one:
http://www.eclipse-games.net/teaching/GameHistory/Brief%20History%20of%20Videogames.zip
In any case I'll be more than happy to hear what you think of these selection of 2D games. There are quite a few, but I think most of them are there for a good reason.