Play beyond play

We have created an experience where you can not only try your favourite games and explore the game history, but also step into, and let yourself be immersed by, games. Join us on a journey through the game history. The Game Portal is the link between reality and the magical worlds of computer games.

In Game Demo you can try games that are still under development. They have been created with focus on specific areas, such as the design or unusual user interfaces. Such as Pump the Frog, a puzzle game that uses a bicycle pump to control the game. You can also try virtual cognitive behavioural therapy, currently being tested in a scientific study at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg. Before you leave Play Beyond Play, you can create your own avatar. You scan yourself and choose looks and accessories. When done, you can let your avatar wander out in the exhibition together with previous visitors and stay in the world of computer games forever.

Play Beyond Play also features exhibits from gaming history, such as the Saab D2 (Sweden’s first transistor-equipped computer, on which one of the country’s first computer games was created) and classic machines such as the Commodore 64, Apple II, Atari Pong, Atari 2600 and Amiga 500. Those who remember the Dactyl Nightmare VR game, which was a common fixture in arcades back in the early 1990s, now have the chance to revisit those times thanks to an emulation of that game. You can also try out the ‘Virtuality 1000CS’ – the first gaming machine in which the player could experience VR – and play the Space Invaders arcade game.