Markt+Technik Verlag
German legacy video game publisher, magazine publishing house, and IP licensor headquartered in **Haar bei München (Haar near Munich), Bavaria, Germany** — long-confirmed Munich-area address per multiple historical sources including the BibTeX font bibliography (utah.edu) listing '@String{pub-MARKT-TECHNIK:adr = "Haar bei München, Germany"}' and Happy Computer N47 1987 magazine subscription address. Legal entity: Markt+Technik Verlag GmbH (also stylized 'Markt & Technik' / 'Markt Technik' in historical records). Iconic German computer/games publishing house of the 1980s-1990s era with two major business lines: (1) **Computer/games magazine publishing** — Power Play (one of Germany's flagship video game magazines, 'DAS MEISTGEKAUFTE COMPUTERSPIELE- UND VIDEOSPIELE-MAGAZIN' per Power Play September 1993 archive), Happy Computer, plus numerous adjacent computing magazines that shaped the German PC gaming culture; (2) **Budget software / video game publishing** — 31 'Published by' MobyGames credits across 8-bit and 16-bit-era German PC budget releases, plus 4 'Licensed by' Moby credits reflecting Markt+Technik's IP-licensor role on selected titles. Long-running Bavarian PC enthusiast/budget gaming hub through the home-computer era. Still active in publishing in modern era (per Preispunkt.ch CH price-comparison directory). Independent — no parent gaming corporation. Moby record: 'Markt+Technik Verlag GmbH'. WEBSITE (batch 1950, 11 Sep 2026): mut.de (official Markt+Technik Verlag GmbH web shop, live 200; title 'mut.de - Markt+Technik Verlag GmbH'; LinkedIn confirms company site). COLLISION WARNING: markt-technik.de is an UNRELATED electronics-industry trade portal (Elektroniknet) - not this publisher. Founded 1976 per Wikipedia/Wikiwand (founded_year field not yet in schema - folded here).
- Type: Publisher · Buyer
- Headquarters: Germany
- Activity taxonomy (by shipped credits): Publishing, Porting services, Game development and engineering, Storytelling and narrative services
- Credited games in the group: 14
Partners proven by shipped credits
- TREVA Entertainment — Publishing, 7 shared credits, 2016–2025
- Independent Arts Software — Development, Porting services, 5 shared credits, 2018–2021
- familyplay — Publishing, 4 shared credits, 2016–2018
- Korion Interactive — Development, Porting services, 4 shared credits, 2022–2025
- Nementic Games — Development, 3 shared credits, 2022–2024
- Higgs Games — Game development and engineering, Publishing, 3 shared credits, 2020–2023
- GeekPit Studio — Development, Game development and engineering, 2 shared credits, 2020–2023
- phenomedia publishing gmbh — Development, 2 shared credits, 2021–2023
- Sproing Interactive Media — Storytelling and narrative services, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
- Kalypso Media — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2018–2018
- bumblebee. — Development, 1 shared credits, 2016–2016
- Caipirinha Games — Development, 1 shared credits, 2022–2022
Source: Games Atlas (gamesatlas.app), based on MobyGames credits and Games Atlas analysis. Games Atlas does not estimate revenue or report the performance of individual games. Profile: https://gamesatlas.app/companies/markt-technik-verlag