1980ies Gamers in Communist Germany

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In East Germany, a gamer scene emerged just before the fall of communism. Teenagers met at a computer club to swap and play C64 games. The state watched with interest.

https://www.zeit.de/digital/games/20...ce-gamer-crowd

The article is based on files from the stasi, the domestic intelligence service.

I'm sure there are a couple people here who fondly remember those days. It wasn't so different for the guys that were going to nuke us.

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