Extraleben
Nick and Kee just want to dust off their Commodore 64. One more trip back to the world of Space Invaders, Pac-Man, and Donkey Kong. But their nostalgia trip ends with a surprise: in a game from the 1980s, the aging joystick heroes discover a secret message.
WELCOME TO DATACORP
Suddenly, their old hacker instincts are reawakened. The friends embark on a hunt through the jungle of bytes—and find another clue: it leads to Iowa, deep in the American Midwest. Now there’s no turning back. Magically drawn into a digital treasure hunt, the duo sets off on a journey to the USA. For these hobby computer archaeologists, an odyssey begins that spans half the world—and the history of games. But in the end, this game is about much more than just the next high score.
The start of the Nick and Kee Series and my introduction to Constantin Gillies the author of the series.
I initially encountered the book in audiobook format, but found it compelling enough to revisit in its written form.