Embracer Games Archive
@embracergamesarchive.com
The official Bluesky account for the Embracer Games Archive. We believe that games carry a heritage worth celebrating and safeguarding for the future.
https://embracergamesarchive.com/
https://embracergamesarchive.com/
Our Chief Archivist at the Embracer Games Archive, Natalia Kovalainen, has just been awarded a prestigious prize for her outstanding work!
This acknowledgment means a great deal not only to Natalia and our team, but to everyone committed to safeguarding the rich and diverse history of video games.
This acknowledgment means a great deal not only to Natalia and our team, but to everyone committed to safeguarding the rich and diverse history of video games.
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Our Chief Archivist at the Embracer Games Archive, Natalia Kovalainen, has just been awarded a prestigious prize for her outstanding work!
This acknowledgment means a great deal not only to Natalia and our team, but to everyone committed to safeguarding the rich and diverse history of video games.
This acknowledgment means a great deal not only to Natalia and our team, but to everyone committed to safeguarding the rich and diverse history of video games.
Hello,
Natalia will be traveling to Rome next week to participate in a panel discussion at the Checkpoint Festival about games preservation efforts. She is looking forward to sharing insights with fellow professionals in the field.
Natalia will be traveling to Rome next week to participate in a panel discussion at the Checkpoint Festival about games preservation efforts. She is looking forward to sharing insights with fellow professionals in the field.
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Hello,
Natalia will be traveling to Rome next week to participate in a panel discussion at the Checkpoint Festival about games preservation efforts. She is looking forward to sharing insights with fellow professionals in the field.
Natalia will be traveling to Rome next week to participate in a panel discussion at the Checkpoint Festival about games preservation efforts. She is looking forward to sharing insights with fellow professionals in the field.
We’re currently managing a major donation from our friends at Plaion. Soon, we’ll be recording a video to share how we handle and care for this remarkable collection, from arrival to archival. Stay tuned!
November 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We’re currently managing a major donation from our friends at Plaion. Soon, we’ll be recording a video to share how we handle and care for this remarkable collection, from arrival to archival. Stay tuned!
Over the past few days, Natalia has been carefully curating the shelves near the archive entrance. Since we welcome such a wide variety of guests, our goal is to showcase a diverse and meaningful mix of the incredible games that have shaped our industry through the years.
October 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Over the past few days, Natalia has been carefully curating the shelves near the archive entrance. Since we welcome such a wide variety of guests, our goal is to showcase a diverse and meaningful mix of the incredible games that have shaped our industry through the years.
The reorganization of our archive shelves is moving forward, and here’s a glimpse of the section where we’ve gathered the different Game Boy versions in the archive. It’s remarkable to think of the joy and memories the Game Boy has brought to so many over the years.
September 18, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The reorganization of our archive shelves is moving forward, and here’s a glimpse of the section where we’ve gathered the different Game Boy versions in the archive. It’s remarkable to think of the joy and memories the Game Boy has brought to so many over the years.
30 Years Ago Today: PlayStation Arrived in the US.
Hard to believe how far things have come since then. What are your favorite games for the original PlayStation?
Hard to believe how far things have come since then. What are your favorite games for the original PlayStation?
September 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
30 Years Ago Today: PlayStation Arrived in the US.
Hard to believe how far things have come since then. What are your favorite games for the original PlayStation?
Hard to believe how far things have come since then. What are your favorite games for the original PlayStation?
This week, our team gathered to plan the next steps for the Games Archive. We’re proud to share that all 77,421 items are now catalogued in our database!
We’re motivated, proud, and excited to keep building this unique resource for gaming culture. It’s work we truly care about.
We’re motivated, proud, and excited to keep building this unique resource for gaming culture. It’s work we truly care about.
September 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
This week, our team gathered to plan the next steps for the Games Archive. We’re proud to share that all 77,421 items are now catalogued in our database!
We’re motivated, proud, and excited to keep building this unique resource for gaming culture. It’s work we truly care about.
We’re motivated, proud, and excited to keep building this unique resource for gaming culture. It’s work we truly care about.
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.
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.
August 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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.
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.
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.
Here’s a glimpse of the NES shelves as they take shape.
August 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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.
Here’s a glimpse of the NES shelves as they take shape.
We’re heading to Gamescom!
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!
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!
August 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
We’re heading to Gamescom!
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!
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.
July 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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. Join us to explore games as an industry, culture, and research field.
June 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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. Join us to explore games as an industry, culture, and research field.
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.
June 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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!
June 5, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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.
June 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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.
May 23, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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.
May 21, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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. 😄
We love the pun on the back of the box: "This game's got bugs!" 🐛
This time, that’s a good thing. 😄
May 15, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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. 😄
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.
May 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Here are some pictures of the Atari tables we set up during last week’s visit from Atari CEO Wade Rosen.
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.
May 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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.
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.
May 6, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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.
April 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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 was named after Steve Jobs’ daughter, Lisa. Now, of course, we’ll need to track down some games for it too!
April 29, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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 was named after Steve Jobs’ daughter, Lisa. Now, of course, we’ll need to track down some games for it too!
We’ve started testing a large-scale sorting process for the archive’s collection. First up: Xbox.
One aisle is now dedicated to most of the Xbox-related items we’ve gathered so far
One aisle is now dedicated to most of the Xbox-related items we’ve gathered so far
April 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
We’ve started testing a large-scale sorting process for the archive’s collection. First up: Xbox.
One aisle is now dedicated to most of the Xbox-related items we’ve gathered so far
One aisle is now dedicated to most of the Xbox-related items we’ve gathered so far
We recently had the pleasure of hosting guests from France who are planning Odyssée—a new museum dedicated to video games and pop culture near Paris. It was a rewarding day of sharing knowledge and inspiration!
April 8, 2025 at 6:55 AM
We recently had the pleasure of hosting guests from France who are planning Odyssée—a new museum dedicated to video games and pop culture near Paris. It was a rewarding day of sharing knowledge and inspiration!