poly.play

04/05/2026

On Aug 1, 2026, I’m hosting a special Open Day for 10 years of polyplay.
Join me in Weimar for a behind-the-scenes look, a chat, and some browsing—with discounts.
More: https://rtro.de/openday

02/05/2026

10 years of polyplay 🎉 What started as a small passion project grew into releases on 50 platforms, 8000+ customers, and 60000 shipped items. A wild journey—with ups, downs, and lots of learning. Now it’s time to scale back a bit … but not stop. Full story: https://rtro.de/10years

01/05/2026

On Saturday, May 16, 2026, polyplay will have a booth at ARC, the Amiga Ruhrpott Convention. ARC is entirely dedicated to the classic computer. Other exhibitors include , , , and . Check it out:

AMIGA Ruhrpott Convention 🕹️ Hier dein Ticket für die ARC #4 ordern ∙ Duisburg-Bergheim 16.05.2026 ∙ Save the Date! ∙ Nerdstuff, Games & Technik ∙ coole Leute

30/04/2026

The nano SwinSID b replacement chip is back in stock—an affordable, compact alternative to the original sound chip, ideal for replacing faulty or missing SIDs and preserving .

29/04/2026

Years in the making: the sequel to a landmark modern interactive fiction game . Berlin author Stefan Vogt, inspired by 1980s pop culture & classics, continues the the award-winning story in Hibernated 2. You can pre-order now: https://rtro.de/h2

28/04/2026

The Spectrum in a White Edition—a pure white version paying homage to the legendary millionth ZX Spectrum—is now available. It includes The Spectrum, the 8-button joystick TheJOYSTICK, TheMICRODRIVE, and CRASH magazine. You can order it here: https://rtro.de/whitespeccy

Atari, Commodore, Amstrad, Sinclair – at poly.play you will find hardware and software for many popular retro systems. The White Edition includes the Spectr

27/04/2026

On the weekend of May 1–3, polyplay will once again have a booth at the Vintage Computer Festival Europe ( ) in , Germany. Come check it out: https://www.vcfe.org/E/

27/04/2026

»Commodore 64 – Past, Present, and Future of a Home Computer,« which I designed and typeset, will be published in May. Volume 6 of the »Computer Archaeology« series, based on a 2024 Bonn conference, now expanded with contributions on AI, quantum computing & digital humanities. Pre-order now: https://rtro.de/c64book

Atari, Commodore, Amstrad, Sinclair – at poly.play you will find hardware and software for many popular retro systems. Computerarchäologie - Band 6 Editors:

26/04/2026

»Evil Spirit« is a graphic horror adventure for the by Windogo Productions with an atmospheric soundtrack, in which players must solve tricky puzzles and fight for their very survival.
The game is now available for pre-order: https://rtro.de/evilspirit

08/11/2025

Attention, DOS gamers: Polyplay is releasing its first pure -DOS game for and compatible computers: Alien Intruder is a single screen jump-and-shoot arcade platformer. You have 60 seconds to rescue all the crew members captured by the aliens on each stage before running to the exit. Order now: http://rtro.de/alienintruder