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Met Nerds om Tafel - AFLEVERING 300!!!
1 Mar 2023

Lekker babbelen over games (en CHIPPAS) bij Met Nerds om Tafel. ;)
https://youtu.be/jGQ7tJpokGs

John Romero's Broken Keyboard
9 Feb 2023

Now officially on display at the Sound & Vision (Beeld & Geluid) Museum in Hilversum, the Netherlands!

PUNY PRINCE
1 Feb 2023

They made a fan-game of my fan-game "Mini Prince"! XD
https://www.popot.org/get_the_games.php?game=Puny_Prince

I'm in a Taiwanese Magazine
23 Jan 2023

And suddenly you're in a Taiwanese magazine (with 2 different articles)! :O

Thank you so much for this Luke Hsu! The quality of these magazines is stunning! <3

More info:
https://m.pcstore.com.tw/digiforce/

Interviewed by Victor Bart
16 Oct 2022

Victor Bart:
"I did an interview with Anne Bras about his Guinness World Record Largest Collection of Boxed PC Games! The collection it's finally opened in the HomeComputerMuseum in the Netherlands! Enjoy Watching!"

Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVMreNlQ2Js

NEW PANORAMA PICTURE!!!
7 Oct 2022

The new panorama picture of my Big Box PC Game Collection is now ONLINE!!! :O

Click here for the HD version:
https://annebras.nl/pcking/Media/worlds-largest-boxed-pc-game-collection-anne-bras-2.jpg

PC Pro Magazine, Issue 338
2 Oct 2022

A detailed article about collecting big box PC games and collecting in general. Go check out PC Pro Magazine, Issue 338 (out 06/10/2022).

Single issues can be bought here:
https://www.newsstand.co.uk/118-home-pc-magazines/1905-subscribe-to-pc-pro-magazine-subscription.aspx

OFFICIAL OPENING!!!
26 Sept 2022

What an amazing day! <3

The official opening of my Guinness World Record Big Box PC Game Collection at the Homecomputermuseum in Helmond, was a great success!

JP van Seventer (Dutch Game Garden, Davilex) had a great presentation about Game Archiving. Also Arjan Brussee (Guerrilla, Epic Games) joined the event, which lead to many great and nostalgic conversations.

"A W E S O M E ! ! !" ;)

Even the amazing cover band "Floppy Ears and the Big Guns" were back in action! <3 They even surprised the audience (and me) with a beautiful belly dance performance during the Prince of Persia song.

Also Wisefire (Ysbrand) made "micro music" with his Nintendo DS. Pretty neat!

Thanks to everyone who helped make this day unforgettable!

Video by: Victor Bart
https://youtu.be/874kfPNnXbw

John Jonk also wrote an artikel about it:
https://www.eigenwereld.nl/artikel.php?id=78894

--- CHIPPAS ---
25 Jul 2022

CHIPPAS is a whole new brand where I've designed the logo and bag for at my job at Bickery Food Group. Recognize the guy on the bag? ;) It's insane to realize that these CHIPPAS bags are now for sale in every Xenos store in the Netherlands! :O

So surreal!

My face on a bag of pinda pops! I'm really excited!

Tomb Raider Exhibit in Story World!
10 Jan 2022

My Tomb Raider games are now on display at the Storyworld Museum in Groningen (the Netherlands)!

Read here:
https://www.storyworld.nl/en/storyworld-spotlight/the-world-of-lara-croft

Two guys from Sweden
6 Jan 2022

I know a lot of you don't have the luxury of living close to the Home Computer Museum in Helmond the Netherlands. That's why it's time to bring it to you! ;)

Two guys from Sweden (David Bostrom and Sol Sunhede) visited the museum some time ago and made this awesome video!

https://youtu.be/EUmhb1lvh5g

Obviously the experience is completely different from being there in person yourself. So if you do have a chance to ever visit the museum, I would highly recommend it!

Enjoy the video!

Interview Tweakers.net
13 Nov 2021

I had an amazing interview (Dutch) for the website tweakers.net. Which in the Netherlands is kind of a big thing! It's about Big Box PC game collecting and all the things involved!

(It's a Plus-article, but you can read up to 3 Plus-articles a month with a free account)

Read here:
https://tweakers.net/reviews/9152/anne-bras-over-zijn-big-box-collectie-en-games-archiveren.html

Arranged Realism Exhibit
9 Oct 2021

Arranged Realism - Art in Games

Yesterday was the opening of the Arranged Realism: Art in Games exhibition in the Belvedere Museum in Heerenveen (the Netherlands).

The exhibition was amazing! Merijn de Boer and his team really made these game worlds come to life!

It also was an honour to have a part of my Big Box PC Game Collection on display there! There were also some amazing art prints from the collection of Maarten van Grinsven!

The exhibition will be there till 23rd of January 2022!
https://www.museumbelvedere.nl/nu_te_zien/grote-zaal/

Meeting Arjan Brussee
7 Oct 2021

So I met Arjan Brussee, one of my hero's, in person today! The person behind Jazz Jackrabbit (and so much more)! :O

Game-On Forum Groningen
2 Oct 2021

Today was the opening of the Game On / Experience 50 years of videogames in Forum Groningen (the Netherlands)! Some of my super rare Jazz Jackrabbit items are visible on display there!

So much history!
Definitely worth a visit!

Website:
https://forum.nl/en/whats-on/game-on-experience-50-years-of-videogames

Dutch YouTuber ENZO KNOL about my Jazz Jackrabbit items:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU1YHtHKTs0&t=686s

NU.nl Game Prices Interview
13 Nov 2021

I was interviewed for the Dutch news website NU.nl about the ridiculous record prices at game auctions these days.

https://www.nu.nl/games/6145318

I'm on Instagram!
13 Nov 2021

If you like MS-DOS games, Big Box PC Games or other Retro Games/Game related stuff, be sure to follow me on Instagram!

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/bras.anne/

Meet Anne Bras the PC-King
21 May 2021

Here's a SHOWREEL about my life as a:
- Game Collector
- Game Archiver
- Game Historian
- Game Designer
- GAMER!!!

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtnwD6lLJ9g

BeeldBreak Podcast
20 May 2021

I'm in a BeeldBreak podcast!

Podcast op BeeldBreak:
https://vriendvandeshow.nl/beeldbreak-podcast/episodes/22-anne-bras-the-pc-king
Podcast Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtnwD6lLJ9g

Interview Harry Actie
2 Sept 2020

A fun interview with Harry Actie! ;)

Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dqAKmeNFS0

Interview Game Kings
7 Jun 2020

An awesome interview about my "hobby"!

Thanks JJ!
Thanks Gamekings!

Interview:
https://www.gamekings.tv/videos/de-grootste-pc-games-verzameling-ter-wereld-staat-in-nederland/

Mini Prince – OUT NOW!!!
9 May 2020

So I made a Prince of Persia fan-game called "Mini Prince" for MS-DOS! It's like a little tribute to the original game and can be downloaded for FREE at:
http://www.miniprince.nl/

Here you can read about who it came to be:
https://pckingblog.wordpress.com/2020/05/09/mini-prince-out-now/

LGR made an awesome video about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kXBxzLflyo

Interview The Genesis Temple
15 Feb 2020

Damiano Diamanti asked me some questions about my Guinness World Record! We ended up having a great conversation!

Later he showed me the article he wrote about it:
https://genesistemple.com/a-long-talk-with-anne-bras-guinness-record-holder-for-worlds-largest-collection-of-boxed-pc-games

Big Box PC Game Collector - FAQ presentation
13 Oct 2019

In this 5 minutes presentation I tried to answer most of the questions I often get as a game collector.

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr1g2Pt5zNk

The rarest game EVER???
24 Jan 2020

Ever heard of the game Akalabeth (by Richard Garriott)? This is probably one of the ALL TIME rarest PC games out there! And I'm thrilled to announce that I have recently found a legit copy of this game!!! :O

It is probably the only copy now existing in the Netherlands!

See here a little bit of info about the game:
https://youtu.be/SlKWw1jXroM?t=279

Amazing Christmas gift! <3
1 Jan 2020

My wife surprised me with this amazing LED pixel display backpack! It took me some time but I think I made the perfect animation for it! ;)

Can you guess all the titles of the games?

Alkmaar Regional Archive!
11 Nov 2019

So I visited the Alkmaar Regional Archive. Here they're also taking their first steps towards Game Archiving. During the "From Parchment to Pac-Man" Open Day people could learn about this in a playful way.

On the picture from left to right: Me, Mark Alphenaar (Alkmaar Regional Archive) and Dittmar Tukker (Gamedia).

https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/256382

Me on national television!
11 Nov 2019

I was asked to talk a little bit about the new game "Death Stranding" by Hideo Kojima (known from Metal Gear Solid) on NPO Start - Na Het Nieuws.

Watch it here:
https://www.npostart.nl/na-het-nieuws/11-11-2019/BV_101394954

Little World of Warcraft interview
3 Sept 2019

Another interview for the Dutch news website NU.nl. This time about World of Warcraft

https://www.nu.nl/weekend/5984291

Games signed by
David Fox & Noah Falstein

19 Aug 2019

David Fox & Noah Falstein (LucasArts) are signing my games at Gamescom in Cologne! :O

Retro Gamer (Issue 197)
10 Aug 2019

I'm in the latest Retro Gamer Magazine (Issue 197)! :D
URL

Signed drawing of Sam & Max
2 Aug 2019

And then this happened (hand drawn Sam & Max)! :O

Steve Purcell is such an amazing man!

GUINNESS WORLD RECORD!!!
12 Jul 2019

After a long wait of 2 years the moment is finally there...

I AM A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD TITLE HOLDER!!! :D

Text on certificate:
"The largest collection of boxed PC games is 1832 items, achieved by Anne Bras (Netherlands) in Zwolle, Netherlands, as verified on 17 June 2017."

I've received the certificate just a couple of days ago and I'm very excited that I can finally show it to you all! :D

Getting all the paperwork done was really killing and took me a little over 2 years. Obviously I'm still very happy with the result! :D

I would like to thank the following people that supported me over the years:

Family:
- Freya Maes-Bras
- Rob Bras
- Jose Vlaar
- Karin Blaauw
- Ronald Brink
- Kaj Bras

Counters:
- Molly Carroll
- Erik van Wace
- Steven Dax
- Liz Groot
- Daniëlle van Evert
- Loki Aldebaran
- Vicky Hds

Civil Law Notary:
- Geert Vermeulen

Main Witness:
- Rob Visser

Camera/Editing:
- Bart Remmers
- Paul Remmers

Special Thanks to:
- John Groenewold
- Naomi Groenewold-Slegers
- Aart Markies
- Geke Verhoog
- Paul Benjaminse
- Humphrey van Lee

Thank you all so very much!!! <3

RollerCoaster Tycoon interview
31 Mar 2019

I was interviewed for the Dutch news website NU.nl about the game RollerCoaster Tycoon because of its 20 year anniversary

https://www.nu.nl/games/5817846

Welcome to my Man Cave
19 Nov 2018

An amazing article written by Thomas Kouveld about my Man Cave, with beautiful pictures by Pim Geerts!

https://www.pimgeerts.nl/fotografie/annes-mancave/

Playtesting at Little Chicken
7 Nov 2018

Had a great time playtesting at Little Chicken Game Company today! Their new game Rescue Wings is about to come out soon! :)

Speaker at GameOn - Lithuania
4 Nov 2018

A while ago I was asked to give a presentation in Lithuania (Vilnius) about my "hobby". ;) It was really well organized and I had an amazing time! My presentation went alright and can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY5D5oNx-E4

New Arcade Cabinets at the
Sound & Vision Museum

19 Oct 2018

I received a small "Thank you!" note at work for preparing and installing the two new arcade cabinets that are now "play ready" at the Sound and Vision museum! ^^

A good variety of Dutch games can be played on the cabinets.

A2 Racer game in real life!
8 Sept 2018

Ever played the game "A2 Racer"? Well, I have at "De Koude Kermis" from DROPSTUFF.nl!!! :D

See their video for more action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVwrKwnxU_c

Unreleased Redcat 3 Promo
6 Sept 2018

Een tijdje geleden had ik een afspraak met Rudolf Wolterbeek Muller (vader van de RedCat games). Hij ging voor mij kijken of hij nog wat unieke RedCat/Davilex gerelateerde spullen had voor mijn verzameling. Naast enkele games/game items pakte hij ineens een VHS tape (videoband) tevoorschijn.

OMG!!! Dit had ik totaal niet verwacht. Op de voorkant was RedCat te zien met in zijn hand een groot geweer en de titel: “RedCat Kyrion’s Revenge”. Deze titel was voor mij onbekend. En dat terwijl ik toch echt dacht alle RedCat titels wel te kennen. Maar wat bleek… Dit was van een RedCat game die nog nooit was uitgebracht (het 3e deel van de 2 al bestaande RedCat DOS games)!!!

Ik was super nieuwsgierig naar wat er op stond en ging proberen daar achter te komen. Een aantal weken later had ik eindelijk de mogelijkheid om de VHS tape af te spelen op een oude videorecorder en voor het allereerst kon ik de beelden met mijn eigen ogen bewonderen: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrPEK2Idbis).

YES!!! Het was een RedCat 3 promo video! Hoe gaaf is dat! :D En het feit dat RedCat 3 als game nooit is uitgebracht maakt deze video extra bijzonder! In plaats van RedCat 3 is uiteindelijk de welbekende “RedCat: De Razende Rekenrace” verschenen. Dat was de eerste educatieve RedCat game en tevens de eerste RedCat game binnen Davilex.

Uiteraard heb ik er gelijk werk van gemaakt om de video beelden te digitaliseren zodat deze niet verloren zullen gaan.

Nogmaals bedankt voor alles Rudolf!

Ready Player One Display
29 Mar 2018

I was invited by our local cinema to talk about setting up a "Ready Player One" display cabinet for the premiere of the movie.

I'm quite happy with the result.

The trailer of the movie can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSp1dM2Vj48

RedCat Master Diskette
2 Mar 2018

I had a meeting with Rudolf Wolterbeek Muller. He used to work at Davilex and is the man behind a Dutch educational game series called "RedCat" (I grew up with many of his games). He also worked on the "A2 Racer" series (or "Autobahn Raser" in Germany) and the game "Amsterdoom". ;)

He went to see if he had some unique RedCat/Davilex related items for my collection. He first put down some games and indicated that I could take what I didn't have yet. Then ... from a plastic bag he suddenly takes out the "Master Diskette" from the very first RedCat game! My heart skipped when I saw that. This RedCat game was made even before Rudolf worked at Davilex, and RedCat was still a DOS platform/action game instead of an educational game.

Rudolf himself had no longer the possibility to read floppy disks and asked me if I could save what was on it. The contents of the diskette is now back in the hands of the maker (in the form of a .zip file). I was allowed to keep the disk itself.

These are the moments...

Jazz Jackrabbit Event
18 Feb 2018

- World's largest Jazz Jackrabbit collection on display
- A visit from the Jazz2online.com community
- A visit from Michiel van der Leeuw
- A custom made Jazz Jackrabbit Arcade cabinet
- LIVE Jazz Jackrabbit 1 speedrun by (record holder) SimonN
- LIVE Jazz Jackrabbit music
- Some amazing donations...!!!

I would gladly organize an awesome day like this again! :D

Michiel van der Leeuw
18 Feb 2018

Jazz Jackrabbit Plush van Michiel van der Leeuw came to see me during the Jazz Jackrabbit Event. He's one of the makers of the Jazz Jackrabbit games.

He brought me a rare Jazz Jackrabbit Plush! A plush I was searching for for years!

Thank you for your visit and your awesome donation Michiel! ^^

Team Hoi
18 Jan 2018

I had the honor to meet Metin Seven and Reinier van Vliet from Team Hoi!

They donated 2 games they had made back in the day.
- HOI (signed)
- Moon Child (signed)

It was really cool to meet them! :D

Dutch Games & Jazz Jackrabbit exhibition!
1 Jan 2018

Tons of original games from the following Dutch developers:
- Davilex (RedCat + A2 Racer)
- Triumph Studios (Age of Wonders)
- Vlambeer (Nuclear Throne)
- The Vision Factory (The Apprentice)
- Two Tribes (Toki Tori)
- Boys without Brains (Hawkeye)
- Team Hoi (Moon Child)
- Radarsoft (Eindeloos)
- Guerrilla Games (Killzone)

Next to the original games (some playable) you can also find almost all of the official Jazz Jackrabbit merchandise on display. Some of the items have, after the original release of the game, never seen the light of day. Definitely a must see for Jazz Jackrabbit fans!

All at the National Videogame Museum in Zoetermeer from January 1 to April 30, 2018

With my face in the newspapers!
27 Dec 2017

A two page article about me and my games collection in the Noordhollands Dagblad!

The article can be found HERE.

Noord Nederlands Orchestra
22 Dec 2017

The Noord Nederlands Orchestra performed the music of Horizon Zero Dawn together with other popular game songs from Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Destiny, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, Killzone, The Witcher 3 and Journey. They even played to complete Heart of Darkness suite which was one of my favorites.

Even Julie Elven was there to sing "Aloy's Theme" from Horizon Zero Dawn for us!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UvnlXW2cmw

Opening of the
National Videogame Museum

1 Dec 2017

Together with my wife and a good friend I went to the opening of a new games museum called the National Videogame Museum. I was amazed by the great ambience! Really remarkable what they managed to build in such a short time!

In the picture on the left you see me behind my favorite game machine in the museum.

Game Research Magazine
30 Nov 2017

Cool mentioning in an article about Game Archiving
in the magazine Game Research special publication
(Utrecht University).

The article begins on page 48:
http://gate.gameresearch.nl/GAME-RESEARCH-MAGAZINE-screen-edition.pdf
Power Unlimited article
27 Nov 2017

A nice Power Unlimited article about their visit at the
Games & Computers museum in Zwolle.

They also talk about my PC games collection! http://www.pu.nl/artikelen/feature/een-bezoekje-aan-het-gamemuseum-in-zwolle/
Visiting Guerrilla Games!
15 Nov 2017

A nice visit at Guerrilla Games where they showed me their amazing awards cabinet filled with Guerrilla Games awesomeness!

It's cool to have friends working there! :)

Easter Eggs presentation Schagen
29 Oct 2017

I gave my "Easter Eggs in Games" presentation for the 5th time. This time it was during the Retro Game Dag in Schagen (my city of birth).

I had a really great time there since there were a lot of awesome retro games you could play and all the consoles you could dream of. I also got a lot of compliments on my presentation. Which is always very heart-warming.

Oh, and Victor Bart also came to make a video that day. Here's a small part about my Pinball level creating skills! :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi08REWEtSM

Nice video Victor!

Maarten & Judith - Project Two
16 Oct 2017

Maarten and Judith both used to work at PMR / Project Two Interactive (the publisher of Jazz Jackrabbit). They invited me for a visit. During my visit we talked about their time there. They were really open about it. I also received a huge Project Two donation. I felt like a child in a candy store! Actually, there were only a few games among them and the rest was mainly rare merchandise/memorabilia (exactly the items to make a collector like me very enthusiastic). I even received some of their last Jazz Jackrabbit items. This was an amazing moment!

In the picture you see Maarten and Judith standing next to my Project Two Cabinet during the Jazz Jackrabbit Event (a few months after my visit).

Thank you very much Maarten and Judith!

SCORE magazine (Czech magazine)
1 Aug 2016

Two whole pages about my boxed PC game collection plus an extra article with my famous panorama picture of my entire games collection.

It's really cool to see that people from other countries also enjoy what I do.

Visiting Davilex!
9 Jun 2017

It's really cool to see that Davilex still exists after all these years even though they don't make games anymore.

During my visit I got an enormous donation of games.
Davilex is the bomb! <3

A2 Racer (signed)
20 Nov 2016

A2 Racer signed by Rudolf Wolterbeek Muller (former owner of Redcat Software which later joined forces with Davilex). During his time at Davilex he worked on great games like the RedCat series, Amsterdoom, but also the awesome game series called A2 Racer.

I came to him with my jewelcased copy of A2 Racer telling him I was never able to find a boxed copy of the game and that I still hoped to find one so I could make my A2 Racer collection complete. Then he said something that surprised me. He told me that A2 Racer never came out in a box, only in jewelcase. I had never known this but it made me smile since my search for a complete (and even signed) copy of A2 Racer was now over. :D

Thank you Rudolf!

A neat introduction video!
7 Nov 2016

A few days before the opening of my games exhibition I met Rafael! A guy who came all the way from Isreal to the Netherlands just to see my games collection! This meant a lot to me and took the day off so I could meet Rafeal in person and go to the museum in Zwolle together!

He asked if he was allowed to film! Ofcoure this was no problem at all, but I never thought the video would become this amazing!

The video has been online for a few days now and it means a lot to me to see this enormous wave of positive feedback/reactions! I definitely have Rafael to thank for this really remarkable and amazing video and his friendship!

These great pieces of history can now forever be remembered and enjoyed by many!

Link to the video (ENGLISH):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFAz9fkXxx4

Thank you soooo much Rafael!!!

Panorama!!!
5 Nov 2016

Just... breathtaking!

Awesome video by DOSGamert!
25 Oct 2016

Bart Remmers and his girlfriend from DOSGamert came to the Grand Opening of my boxed pc games exhibition and made this amazing video!

Link to the video (with English subtitles):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_MskbZVtcM

Thanks a million!!! :D

Easter-Egg presentation Schagerbrug
23 Oct 2016

There was a nice group of people during my "Easter Eggs in Games" presentation. I showed them what Easter Eggs are, the origin, the effect that they have and ofcourse many amazing examples! ;)

GRAND OPENING INVITATION!!!
Boxed PC Games Exhibition

25 Sept 2016

YEAH!!! It's finally happening! The Grand Opening of worlds largest boxed pc games exhibition! After 10 years of collecting my dream will finally come true: "To share my awesome collection with the world!". It will be on sunday, oct 16 (that's within a couple of weeks) in the Games en Computers museum in Zwolle!

I hereby invite you to drop by for a visit! :)

FACEBOOK EVENT:
www.facebook.com/events/126152347845141

Kid Alchemist Game Jam
29 Jan 2016

A Game Jam game that Joep Aben and I made!

STORY
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Your name is Thomas Wild, a young and smart little kid whose dream is to become a real alchemist. One day you get dumped into the "Alchemist Cave". You probably bragged a bit to much about your potion brewing skills during class and some of your classmates just couldn't stand it anymore.

"You can only call yourself a real alchemist if you survive the cave and find the exit!" one of your classmates said. Even though you're very angry at them for throwing you in there and knowing that the only way out is through the cave you also know that they're right. The "Alchemist Cave" is one of the most dangerous caves in the land. No one can survive the cave unless you're able to brew some really powerful potions.

So enough with being angry and let's show the world what a powerful alchemist you really are!!!
------------------------

The game can be found here:
www.kidalchemist.nl

PS. You can even make your own levels in Paint! ;)

I won the "Crap! I'm Broke" YouTube Contest
15 Apr 2015

I have been a participant in the "Crap! I'm Broke" YouTube Contest (a game by: Arcane Circus) and I WON!!! :D

The object of the contest was to record a playthrough of the game and then post the video on Youtube. The video in which the player reached the highest level won the contest. The winner recieved a one-of-a-kind physical collector's edition of "Crap! I'm Broke"!
This is without a doubt the rarest boxed game I have, since “there is only ONE!”. :)

This collection includes:
- Physical Cardboard Big Box and Jewelcase CD box
- CD including the game, the trailer, screenshots and soundtrack with 4 never-before-heard bonus demo tracks
- Instruction Card
- Certificate of Authenticity signed by the creators of the game proving you won the contest
- Grim Reaper Fridge Magnet
- Arcane Circus Business Card

Watch my playthrough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMnP1nge1Bg

You can play the game here:
http://www.gamesbutler.com/game/23248/Crap!_I'm_Broke/

FOLDER QUEST:
What do you do now?

24 Jan 2015

This year I was a participant of the Global Game Jam at the “Warp Zone: A Free Jam in Amsterdam 2015” During which I made the game “FOLDER QUEST: What do you do now?”.

A Folder Quest is an "adventure" game that consists of a sh!tload of folders. Each folder contains a part of a story. The player can make decisions which lead from one folder to another and in that way control the story.

Click here to play (FREE TO PLAY):
www.folderquest.com

My game was mentioned as one of three noteworthy games in The Netherlands at the end of a summary of the Global Game Jam in Enschede by Inside Gamer.
You can read the article HERE.

Flappy Bird for Game Boy Advance
18 Jan 2015

An awesome gift from Jay van Hutten during my housewarming! Flappy Bird for the GBA!!! Programmed by Jay himself!

Link to the video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNm9kNV9rnw

Thnx Jay! :D

Me in the "ZoZitDat" magazine
28 Oct 2014

This was a Special Records Edition that came with the normal issue (10-2014). My colleague discoverd it and took it to work.

Thank you Rienk!

Retro Game Experience 2014
12-14 Sept 2014

One of the highlight of 2014 was my part in the Retro Game Experience 2014 in museum “Beeld en Geluid” (Visual and Sound) in Hilversum. I got to exhibit my complete LucasArts collection. People could view my collection as well as play some of the games on “old style” pc’s. It was amazing to be able to do a show-and-tell with a small but important part of my enormous collection and see the many positive reactions from so many people.

Every day of the exhibition I also held a presentation about Easter Eggs in videogames. During this Retro Talk I revealed the often funny things that are hidden in games most of us played, as well as teaching them some of the origins of Easter Eggs in gaming.

The website 365Gaming did a piece on the entire weekend in which I am mentioned a couple of times. The article can be found HERE.

Meet Anne Bras (Pixelcake.nl)
17 Apr 2014

The people from Pixelcake.nl approached me for an interview. In this (dutch) interview I talk about my collection, how it all started, what the situation is right now, some beautiful pieces from my collection, how many games we're talking about, my plans for the future (world record and stuff), and many more interesting things!

This interview is definitely worth watching!

Click here for the interview (dutch):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0WYYTR9bXE

Want.nl as well as Retropals picked up on the interview, both were inspired to write a piece about me.
- Read the article from Want.nl HERE.
- Read the article from Retropals HERE.

Me on live TV (Amsterdam)
02 Apr 2014

Future Vision Amsterdam has asked me if I would like to talk a bit about my collection during their show. Ofcourse I had no problems with that. ;)

You can click on the picture to go directly to my part of the show.

Click here for the full show:
www.salto.nl/streamplayer/salto1_ondemand.asp?y=14&m=04&d=02&t=1800&s=0

WARP-ZONE:
A Free Jam in Amsterdam

25 Jan 2014

Together with 5 other artists I worked on the art for the game Infinite Beating. Infinite Beating is an odd-ball Smash Bros-esque fighter for 2-4 players that was created during the jam "Warp-Zone: A Free Jam in Amsterdam".

Since so many artists worked on the this game, it gained a uniquely mixed style. Looks include pixel art, watercolour painting, vector, digital painting and 3D.

Click here to play (FREE TO PLAY):
> Infinite Beating

SaltoTV interview
10 Jan 2014

A live radio/TV interview about games and game addiction. It was a bit weird to be there without knowing what we were going to talk about. :P

You can click on the picture to go directly to the interview.

Click here for the full broadcast (dutch):
www.salto.nl/streamplayer/salto1_ondemand.asp?y=14&m=01&d=10&t=1100&s=0

A Double Fine Visit!
03 Jan 2014

A visit from Drew Skillman and Lydia Choy (Double Fine Productions). It was really nice meeting them both. They both were very kind people. We had a great talk about how games are made now compared to how they were made in the past.

They both also signed my Brutal Legend game! :D

Meeting Charles Martinet
(the voice of Mario)

27 Nov 2013

And then all of a sudden you're standing there together with Charles Martinet!!! O.O;;;

What a great man!

C64 music legend Jeroen Tel
26 Oct 2013

I met Jeroen Tel during the Retro Event 2013 in Elst. Jeroen is well known for composing music for over one hundred different games (mostly C64 games).

He also performed that evening during the event.

Here's one of his great concerts:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6quMeYUogcM

Boys Without Brains
26 Oct 2013

YEAH!!! :D

I finally got my "Flimbo's Quest" game (for the C64) signed by the original makers (Boys Without Brains). I met them during the Retro Event in Elst!!!

Very nice people! I had an amazing time!

The PC-king strikes again
(Kijk-online)

24 Sept 2013

An article from Kijk-online.com about the beginning of my Guinness World Record Attempt.

Read the article here (dutch):
kijk-online.com/guinness-book-of-world-records/

The internet has found me again (reddit)
20 Sept 2013

Here's the URL to the original reddit post:
http://www.reddit.com/...

PC-Collection Photoshoot!
14 Sept 2013

After months of preparation I finally managed to arrange a photoshoot of my entire collection! :D This was something I wanted to do for a very long time and look how AWESOME the result is! :)

A lot of people ask me if I have the biggest collection in the world and to be honest I'm not sure. But since I have many beautiful photos now (you can click on the photo for a full size version) I decided to try set a record for "Largest collection of big boxed PC games" at Guinness World Records!!! :D

I have no idea what the outcome will be but I might have a good change don't you think? ;)

Extra details:
- My double games were also in the photo.
- My Lucas Arts collection is NOT in this photo because it's exhibited at the "Bonami Spelcomputer Museum" in Epe.

I would like to thank the following people for making it all possible!!!

SETUP:
- Marjolein Pronk
- Molly Carroll
- Erik van Wees
- Koen Sandbrink
- Judith Hoohenkerk
- Joëlla Spier

TRANSPORT:
- Rob Bras

LOCATION PROVIDED BY:
- Paul Benjaminse

PHOTOGRAPHY:
- Sophie Troost

ONLINE SUPPORT:
- kijk-online.com
- retrokings.nl
- spelcomputermuseum.nl

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
- Aart Markies
- Geke Verhoog

Super Mario Bros 3
Subway map of Amsterdam

09 Aug 2013

This is what you get when you're a gamer AND a cartographer. ;)

You can buy the poster here:
www.redbubble.com/people/hangman3d/works/10638541

Interview for Kijk-online
05 Aug 2013

Kijk-online.com was in search of game-collectors. After we made contact online an interview followed.

Read the interview here (dutch):
kijk-online.com/the-recollection-the-pc-king

Invited by Nintendo
12 Jun 2013

Me and John (from the Bonami Spelcomputer Museum) were invited by Nintendo to visit the Nintendo office in the Netherlands for the "Nintendo Post E3".

There we were able to play all the games that were shown at "E3 2013" (plus some extra games that weren't shown at E3, like "Sonic Lost World").

Here's a video with all the games from the E3 2013:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13D1I5s236o

Tim Schafer signs my game!!! O.O
12 Apr 2013

A great friend of mine went to San Fransico, also in the hopes of meeting Tim Schafer in real life. The moment I heard about that I asked her if she wanted to take one of my game boxes (Psychonauts - By Tim Schafer) with her in the hopes of getting it signed by him.

Against all odds it all worked out as planned. Even better actually since many of the Double Fine crewmembers also signed the box!!! So I guess I'm now the happiest man in the world! ^^

On the picture (left) you see Tim Schafer signing the game box and in the smaller picture you see my friend Molly on the right, talking to Tim Schafer on the left (2 days after he shaved his beard)

I'm now the lucky owner of a signed Psychonauts game in box all thanks to Molly! Thank you sooo much Molly! ^^

Retrokings.nl visits the Exhibition
06 Apr 2013

The people from Retrokings.nl wrote an article about their visit at my LucasArts Exhibition.

Read the article here (dutch):
http://retrokings.nl/lucasarts-springlevend/

It's still possible to visit the LucasArts Exhibition.
(till June 30, 2013).

I'm in the credits of Toki Tori 2
04 Apr 2013

I would like to thank the people from Two Tribes since it was a great honer to be able to playtest their game Toki Tori 2.

See my name in the Credits here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13D1I5s236o

Or on their website:
http://twotribes.com/message/toki-tori-2-out-now/

LucasArts Exhibition
From 02 Apr 2013 to 30 Jun 2013

Founded in 1982 by filmmaker George Lucas, LucasArts is a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software worldwide for video game console systems, computers, mobile devices and the Internet.

During this exhibition you will find almost all the old LucasArts games that came out in original big box and many of them are playable in the museum!

Click HERE for the poster!

Location:
Bonami-Spelcomputer-Museum
Martk 5
8161 CL Epe

Special thanks to:
www.spelcomputermuseum.nl

Throne of Games VIRAL on 9gag
13 Mar 2012

Here's the URL to the original 9gag post:
http://9gag.com/gag/3325007

Me & Notch AKA Markus Persson!
(the man behind Minecraft)

03 Nov 2011

I was one of the few lucky people who met Markus Persson during his short stay in Utrecht (he just dropped by in his private jet)! It's not often that you can talk for more then an hour with this guy! Jens Bergensten was also there! I've had some really inspiring conversations with these guys! :)

Thank you both very much Markus & Jens!

PC-Games Exhibition
17 Jun 2010

More than 150 PC games in original big box and 200 old DOS games playable for all the visitors!

Location:
HKU, Utrecht School of the Arts
(in Hilversum)

Special thanks to:
- Erik v. Wees
- Nicky Markies
- Wendy Draaijer
- My parents

Peace through Power!
07 Mar 2010

Actor Joseph Kucan, better known as Kane from the Command & Conquer-series, was in the Netherlands for a "meet and greet" during the release of Command & Conquer: Tiberian Twilight (part 4 of the Tiberian series).

He's a great guy with a good sense of humour. He forgot that most of the boxes he had to sign were very dark and since he only had a black marker this was not very convenient, so he borrowed my silver marker for all the signatures (I still have that marker). ^^