Czechoslovak
Game Archive
We are preserving the local history which shaped our video games into a global phenomenon. Discover the roots of Czech and Slovak gaming culture with us.
18Organization members- 9Years of effort
- 50Years of history
- 2850Printed materials
- 150Local games
- 41Terabytes of data
News
We published an interview with Petr Tuček and his games
Petr Tuček - born in 1970 in Prague - is the creator of several small ZX Spectrum games from the late 1980s, all of which we preserved in 2026. We have published both the interview and the games themselves on our website.
An article about a Czechoslovak television game prototype
At this year's ByteFest, we unveiled a rare TV tennis prototype from TESLA-VÚST. Jiří Bernášek wrote an article about this rarity on our website, summarizing its history and explaining how it works. We scanned and published the magazine Doupě
After a summer break, we're bringing you another scan of a Czech game magazine, this time it's Doupě. Doupě began in the summer of 1999 as an online game magazine published by Computer Press. Starting from 2005, it evolved into a monthly print publication coming out eleven times a year. Our Activities
Collection
We maintain a registry of more than 10,000 items, which include primarily, but not exclusively, video games on original media, gaming consoles and computers, peripherals, rewritable media with user programs, and literature.
Number of items in database: 10779
Recent item: Plastový box na kazety "I❤️MUSIC"
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Interviews
A continuously expanding collection of interviews with representatives of Czech and Slovak gaming culture. These testimonies expand our knowledge of the domestic video game scene in a way that other historical sources cannot offer.
Latest interview: Petr Tuček, author of small ZX Spectrum games from the late 1980s
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Magazine database
We are building a library of Czech and Slovak video game magazines which we are gradually digitizing. We also maintain a public database of these magazines where you can view the contents of all completed issues.
Number of magazines: 26
Recently added: Oficiální Český PlayStation Magazín
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Visual materials
Our collection of visual materials includes historical photographs, video game packaging, posters, flyers and other similar promotional materials, photographs of our collection items or video game screenshots.
View Emil Fafek Collection 
František Stárek Čuňas Collection
The staff of the samizdat magazine Vokno began experimenting with personal computers as part of their activities in the 80s. The collection contains tapes of Vokno editor Frntišek Stárek featuring programs created by the editorial staff.
Programs from Czechoslovak Television
In the 1980s, Czechoslovak Television broadcast two programs during which software for the ZX Spectrum was distributed. This project contains almost all of these programs.
Jiří Bernášek Collection (BeWeSoft)
Jiří Bernášek is a former game and software developer for eight-bit Atari computers. This collection contains a selection of his archival floppy disks containing programs and source codes for Bernášek's games and other software.
Atari club Citov
Computer club Citov operated from 1986 until the revolution in 1989. This project collects materials related to the activities of the club as well as the activities of its members after the club's disbandment.
Articles
Television game prototype from Czechoslovak Tesla VÚST
In 1977, Czechoslovakia saw the arrival of an exciting novelty - the so-called Television games. In this article we focus on the TV HRY machine from Tesla VÚST, the most advanced contemporary local game and today one of the oldest surviving. Without the use of a microprocessor or game chip it offers four pong-like games. Škoda's promotional adventure game, or "Don't disturb my circles!"
In 1997, the car manufacturer Škoda released a promotional CD-ROM that combined typical marketing materials with an interactive interface similar to point-and-click adventures. Learn more about this unique multimedia endeavor in this article. Obvody MAS601 vs AY-3-8500 pod detektivní lupou
V předchozích dvou článcích jsme si podrobně prohlédli unikátní herní konzoli XD-8001 z Piešťanské Tesly, z pohledu uživatele, vnitřku přístroje, i struktury samotných integrovaných obvodů, které celou hru řídí. Tento závěrečný článek uzavře naši dobrodružnou cestu historickou herní technologií několika ukázkami zajímavých nálezů ve struktuře čipů, a konečně i srovnáním kvalit MAS601-603 s podobně zaměřeným, celosvětově dominantním čipem AY-3-8500, jehož zdokumentování se výborně zhostil Cole Johnson. Support us
The Czechoslovak Game Archive is a project of the non-profit association Herní historie. It is a volunteer activity born out of love for games and the history of our culture. Your support helps us maintain and develop our activities.
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