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Games People Play
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We publish books that delve into the history of video games, cult machines, forgotten software, underground demos and everything else that shaped the digital era from the 1980s to the present day.

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Halfway between nostalgia and documentation, our books are as much for today's curious as yesterday's enthusiasts.

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Our mission is to preserve and revive an era when innovation was packed into 64 kilobytes. Passion for retro culture and the pixelated world of early computing, video games and vintage technologies.

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  • 5 Star Review  Excellent quality. The goodies and the packaging are also excellent. Great value for the price!

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    thumbErvin / Abaddon
    16 January 2024

    5 Star Review  Super T-shirt, j’adore! Mais j’ai peur de le porter, je n’ai pas envie de l’abîmer… objet collector 😉

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    thumbStéphane Clairembourg
    17 July 2025

    5 Star Review  just amazing! so much digital art in one package! When I was leafing through the book and looking at the logos from my old Amiga days, I could sometimes hear the intro music to these artworks. 🙂

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    thumbJugger
    17 January 2024
  • 5 Star Review  It's worth it if you are interested in the amiga and more specifically the demo scene.
    A beautifull book, like vol 1 and 2, lots of interviews, beautiful pictures, barcode to directly view the videos of many demos, ....
    Made by Amiga and demo scene passionates, to see a side of the demo scene that we don't necessarily have !
    A must to have !

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    Demoscene the Amiga renaissance
    thumbAlexandre
    17 October 2024

    5 Star Review  Great stuff for passionate

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    Psygnosis - Games people play Tome One
    thumbNicolas G.
    1 August 2025

    5 Star Review  I hesitated to buy these books for a long time, but in the end I didn't regret it. I grew up with the Amiga and the demo scene was an important part of my youth (I'm almost 50 now). Reading the book and watching the corresponding demos on YouTube at the same time gave me a lot of great dejavu. The background information on the respective programmers, graphic designers and musicians is also very interesting, although there could have been a little more of it. I bought the first two parts together and am looking forward to the third part being released.

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    Demoscene the AGA years
    thumbPeter W.
    5 February 2024
  • 5 Star Review  The packaging is very good as well as the overall quality of the further contents. THe Book itself is well made and the content is as good as promised. Overall I'm very satisfied and can only recommend it to everybody who likes this topic.

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    thumbAttila
    16 January 2024

    5 Star Review  A beautiful book with high production-value, just as it was with the previous book. A fast delivery too. thanks!

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    Demoscene the AGA years
    thumbAnonymous
    22 December 2024

    5 Star Review  These are gorgeous, high quality books! No issues during ordering and shipping. Would buy again.

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    Demoscene the AGA years
    thumbNelson S.
    21 May 2025
  • 5 Star Review  Incredible job, amazing quality print, a must have for all old school scene members . CPT/ (the frog buds,paradox,angels,hysteria...)

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    Demoscene the AGA years
    thumbbenjamin chape
    30 January 2024

    5 Star Review  I love it, great books!

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    Demoscene the Amiga renaissance
    thumbGeralf W.
    20 February 2025

    5 Star Review  Super livre, de très bonne qualité. J'ai acheté les deux premiers volumes et j'ai hâte d'avoir le troisième.
    Les goodies offerts avec sont très sympas aussi.

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    Demoscene the Amiga years
    thumbPatrice LE COQ
    7 December 2023
  • thumbVille S.
    14 August 2025

    5 Star Review  I received my books after a rather longer than expected shipping delay but as soon as I unpacked my order of all 4 available books - all worries were gone:
    - Pristine Quality
    - Beautifully done and more-than-awesome layout
    - Packaged professionally, not a single dent in any of the books

    I'm in awe at the pure beauty of these books and it's wonderful content. For the asked price, this is beyond anyone's expectations!
    Don't think too long, put them in the basket and buy them - you won't regret!

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    thumbJakeTheDog
    20 November 2024

    5 Star Review  Amazing service. I was wxpwcting this book with a lot on anxiety. It arrived sooooo fast!!!! As usual, they are simple GREAT. I bought ALL the stuff they are producing, in my top 3 retro book publishers. Well done!!!!

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    thumbSebastián Gurvitsch
    11 September 2025
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