We had the pleasure of welcoming game developer Junji Seki to the Embracer Games Archive!.He explored the archive, shared his passion, and donated some wonderful items. Seki-san also runs the Named Cassette Museum in Tokyo, documenting games with handwritten names.

New video on YouTube!.We’re making steady progress organizing the shelves and sharing updates on our ongoing work in the archive.

We’re currently sorting and cataloguing all NES and Famicom games in the archive, a true treasure hunt through gaming history. Here’s a glimpse of the NES shelves as they take shape.

The Embracer Games Archive will be in Cologne for Gamescom, ready to explore, connect, and share our passion for games. If you’d like to meet us, share ideas, or discuss potential collaborations, send us an email or drop us a message here, we’d love to connect!

Jonathan Rozenkrantz (middle), lecturer in Film Studies at Lund University, spent a week at the archive exploring classic cinematic games—hands-on research for his project on film’s influence on video games. We also had a visit from Karlstad University doing some research.

This week, Embracer Games Archive is at SpelAlmedalen with other organisations to promote gaming culture in Sweden. We are showcasing an exhibition proposing what could be included in a Swedish gaming culture canon.

Today we had a visit from some of our collaborators at Karlstad University. We’ve started preparing a small exhibition that will be part of the international Geomedia conference held at the university later this year.

Yesterday we welcomed a Swedish research network focused on speculative fiction. With members exploring sci-fi and fantasy across media—including video games—we hope the archive can be a helpful resource for their work.

A couple of photos from the entrance room, where we keep many of the game systems used to play the games stored in the archive.

Today, we had the pleasure of diving into a box of classic Game & Watch games. These gems, with their simple yet addictive gameplay, have truly stood the test of time. They're still fun to play and represent an important part of gaming history.

Here’s our Chief Archivist Natalia, preparing a small exhibition featuring games that could be part of a proposed Swedish cultural canon.

Centipede for the Atari 7800. We love the pun on the back of the box: "This game's got bugs!" 🐛.This time, that’s a good thing. 😄

Here are some pictures of the Atari tables we set up during last week’s visit from Atari CEO Wade Rosen.

New video! A Look Into Our Atari Collection – Plus Recent Additions to the Archive.

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We had the pleasure of welcoming Wade Rosen, CEO of Atari, to the archive today. A great visit with interesting conversations — and potential ways to support each other in preserving gaming culture. @WadeRosen

We had a visit from local librarians here in Värmland, where the archive is based. They’re exploring new ways to raise awareness that games—just like books—can also be borrowed from libraries.

New arrival at the archive: the original Grand Theft Auto. An influential game that started it all. Hard to believe GTA VI is coming later this year 😃

We received a fantastic donation to the archive this week — an Apple Lisa, one of Apple’s first computers . It was extremely expensive at the time and it is named after Steve Jobs’ daughter, Lisa. Now, of course, we’ll need to track down some games for it too!

New video from the Game Archive! We’ve had two archive students with us for their internship—let’s hear what they’ve discovered during their time here.