diff --git a/src/client/AuthorPage.tsx b/src/client/AuthorPage.tsx
index 10aae79..eccad50 100644
--- a/src/client/AuthorPage.tsx
+++ b/src/client/AuthorPage.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { Link, useParams } from "react-router-dom";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { css } from "@emotion/css";
+import { Game } from "../server/util/types";
 // import { type Pico8Player } from "@athingperday/react-pico-player";
 
 type Info = {
 	author: string | null;
-	games: string[];
+	games: Game[];
 };
 
 export const AuthorPage = () => {
@@ -44,11 +45,23 @@ export const AuthorPage = () => {
 			`}
 		>
 			<h1>{author}</h1>
-			{info.games.map((game) => (
-				<Link key={game} to={`/u/${author}/${game}`}>
-					<h3>{game}</h3>
-				</Link>
-			))}
+			<div
+				className={css`
+					display: flex;
+					flex-wrap: wrap;
+				`}
+			>
+				{info.games.map((game) => (
+					<Link
+						key={game.carts[0].name}
+						to={`/u/${author}/${game.carts[0].name}`}
+					>
+						<h3>
+							<img src={game.carts[0].src} />
+						</h3>
+					</Link>
+				))}
+			</div>
 		</div>
 	);
 };
diff --git a/src/server/api/getAuthor.ts b/src/server/api/getAuthor.ts
index 5da1fc1..e633105 100644
--- a/src/server/api/getAuthor.ts
+++ b/src/server/api/getAuthor.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { FirRouteInput, FirRouteOptions } from "../util/routewrap.ts";
 import { authors } from "../../data/authors.ts";
 import { Octokit } from "octokit";
 import { decrypt } from "../util/crypt.ts";
+import { Game } from "../util/types.ts";
+import { getGame, getGameFromSha } from "../util/getData.ts";
 
 const method = "GET";
 const url = "/api/author";
@@ -38,15 +40,21 @@ const handler = async ({ payload }: FirRouteInput<typeof payloadT>) => {
 	});
 
 	// TODO: get the games.
-	const games: string[] = [];
+	const games: Game[] = [];
 
 	if (Array.isArray(gameStuff.data)) {
-		games.push(
-			...gameStuff.data
-				.map((x) => x.name)
-				.filter((x) => x.endsWith(".p8.png"))
-				.map((x) => x.slice(0, -".p8.png".length)),
+		const newGames = await Promise.all(
+			gameStuff.data
+				.filter((x) => x.name.endsWith(".p8.png") && x.type === "file")
+				.flatMap(async (x) => {
+					const name = x.name.slice(0, -".p8.png".length);
+					const game =
+						(await getGameFromSha(x.sha)) ??
+						(await getGame(authorData.username, name));
+					return game ? [game] : [];
+				}),
 		);
+		games.push(...newGames.flat());
 	}
 
 	return {
diff --git a/src/server/util/getData.ts b/src/server/util/getData.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db906b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/util/getData.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { Octokit } from "octokit";
+import { decrypt } from "./crypt";
+import { authors } from "../../data/authors";
+
+type Game = { carts: { name: string; src: string }[] };
+
+const gameCache: Record<string, Game> = {};
+
+export const getGame = async (
+	author: string,
+	name: string,
+): Promise<Game | null> => {
+	const authorData = authors.find((x) => x.username === author);
+
+	if (!authorData) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	const pat = decrypt({
+		password: process.env.ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD!,
+		cyphertext: authorData.auth.pat,
+	});
+
+	const octokit = new Octokit({
+		auth: pat,
+	});
+
+	const gameData = (
+		await octokit.rest.repos.getContent({
+			owner: authorData.username,
+			repo: authorData.repo,
+			path: `.picobook/${name}.p8.png`,
+		})
+	).data;
+
+	if (Array.isArray(gameData)) {
+		return null;
+	}
+	if (gameData.type !== "file") {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	if (!(gameData.sha in gameCache)) {
+		gameCache[gameData.sha] = {
+			carts: [{ name, src: `data:image/png;base64,${gameData.content}` }],
+		};
+	}
+	return gameCache[gameData.sha];
+};
+
+export const getGameFromSha = async (sha: string): Promise<Game | null> => {
+	if (gameCache[sha]) {
+		console.log("cache hit");
+	}
+	return gameCache[sha] ?? null;
+};
diff --git a/src/server/util/types.ts b/src/server/util/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a94be7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/util/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export type Game = { carts: { name: string; src: string }[] };