The Making of Karateka, Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, and Tetris Forever getting physical releases on Nintendo Switch

Digital Eclipse has announced not one, but three physical releases – The Making of Karateka, Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, and Tetris Forever are all getting the boxed treatment.

These titles were previously made available digitally as part of the company’s Gold Master series. They will now be available physically for the first time.

Standard editions will be sold for $34.99 (€34.99). There’ll also be Deluxe Editions for The Making of Karateka and Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, featuring special packaging and unique collectibles for $69.99 (€69.99). Finally, Tetris Forever is getting a collector’s edition for $139.99 (€139.99) and includes special packaging, collectibles, and an exclusive handheld unit featuring two Tetris games.

Below are overviews of the different titles:

Tetris Forever

In the 40 years since its creation in 1984 by Alexey Pajitnov, a puzzle-loving computer programmer in the Soviet Union, Tetris has become one of the most iconic and beloved video games in history. Over 220 official Tetris games have been released, and the game has inspired a feature film, e-sports tournaments, and more. Four decades later, it’s the game that hundreds of millions of players still can’t put down. Tetris Forever showcases the history of Tetris with interactive timelines that combine playable games, digital artifacts, and over two hours of video featurettes starring Alexey, The Tetris Company founder Henk Rogers, and more key players in the incredible Tetris story.

The Making of Karateka

Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner was a college student when he created one of the biggest-selling games of 1984: Karateka. Now, this interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse tells the story of how a teenager with an Apple II created one of the most groundbreaking, influential games of all time.

Discover how Karateka became one of the first games to include cinematic scenes, a moving original soundtrack, rotoscoped animation, and a Hollywood-style love story, influencing decades of games that followed.

Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story

In the British gaming universe of the 1980s and ‘90s, nobody made games like Jeff Minter. Now, in this interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse, players can experience the history of one of the weirdest, wildest game developers to ever exist — a man who loves shooters, sheep, lasers, and llamas.

Journey back in time to an era of cassette tapes, photocopied zines, and README.TXT. An era in which a kid with a Commodore VIC-20 and dreams of radioactive sheep could become one of Britain’s best-known game makers. A bonafide virtual museum, players can file through design documents, blast through playable games, and watch all-new videos that tell the fascinating story of a true independent game designer.