Founded by graphic designer Sam Dyer, Bitmap books is an independent publisher of retro gaming books
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Founded by graphic designer Sam Dyer, Bitmap Books is an independent publisher of retro gaming books covering the early days of home computers and consoles. Its sumptuous, high-quality books are presented as a visual celebration of the genre, enabling you to relive this golden age of video games. Each volume is filled with interviews, quotes and anecdotes from the artists, programmers and publishe
rs that created the games. Bitmap Books is intent on producing the very finest products, using the best printers working to the highest standards. The books themselves are perfect-bound using thread for maximum durability and, where possible, include special bonus features such as promotional postcards or posters and special packaging. Bitmap books currently has many titles in its portfolio, with more in production and plenty of contenders on its to-do list! So check back regularly to see what other gaming icons are being celebrated in book form.
Micro but Many: an unofficial Micro Machines Collection
Lovers of the diminutive toys will adore this visual celebration of the Micro Machines brand, packed with stunning photography and curated by designers of the Micro Machines themselves.
Grab your copy here: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/micro-but-many-an-unofficial-micro-machines-collection
Metal Slug: The Ultimate History
A comprehensive guide to the popular run n’ gun franchise, with unrivalled access to SNK’s archives, designers and developers.
Check out our SNK collection: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/snk-books
First of two quick posts today, starting with an unreleased sequel to Dinamic's Army, Navy and Arctic Moves called Desert Moves for , and . Just how far did this development get, or was it merely vapourware?
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2024/06/desert-moves/
Thank you so much to the awesome team at El Output for their feature on some of our books.
Read the feature here: https://eloutput.com/videojuegos/reportajes/bitmap-books-libros/
Check out our online store here: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books
Are you ready for handheld heaven at London Gaming Market?
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I’m Too Young To Die: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 1992–2002
Details over 180 first-person shooters, covering games for the PC, Mac, Amiga, Super Nintendo, Mega Drive, PlayStation, Saturn, 3DO, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, and more!
Reprints are due in March 2025 🔫
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I’m Too Young To Die: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 1992–2002
From obscure oddities to genre-defining behemoths, I’m Too Young To Die celebrates the first-person shooters that transported players to alien worlds, alternate realities and futuristic battlefields, and in doing so triggered the 3D-graphics arms race.
Reprints are due in March 2025 🔫
Get an email reminder here: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/i-m-too-young-to-die-the-ultimate-guide-to-first-person-shooters-1992-2002
Get to London Gaming Market for mega awesome mini arcades!
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Go Straight: The Ultimate Guide to Side-Scrolling Beat-’Em-Ups
Birthed in the arcades and honed on home consoles, the side-scrolling beat ’em up continues to excite end enthrall. This colossal guide describes every major game in the genre across 456 vibrant and colourful pages.
Available now: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/go-straight-the-ultimate-guide-to-side-scrolling-beat-em-ups
Ninja Baseball Bat Man 🥷⚾️
Featured in our book - Go Straight: The Ultimate Guide to Side-Scrolling Beat-’Em-Ups
From Kung-Fu Master to Streets of Rage 4, Go Straight is a comprehensive guide to the world of street brawlers, featuring every major game in the genre, beautifully presented and expertly critiqued.
Available now: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/go-straight-the-ultimate-guide-to-side-scrolling-beat-em-ups
Check out the consoles on offer at London Gaming Market!
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Game Boy: The Box Art Collection
Nintendo’s popular handheld played host to a vast library of games, and this box art collection is a showcase of the illustrations used on Game Boy packaging around the world.
Check it out: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/game-boy-the-box-art-collection
Going to take a while to back up this current batch, but finally got a working setup for backing up JAZ disks for now and in the future if there is a need.
Game Boy: The Box Art Collection
From Batman to Bomber Man, Zelda to ZOOP, the Game Boy boasted every type of genre. Remind yourself of the games you owned, and discover some you’ve never heard of, in Game Boy: The Box Art Collection.
Check it out: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/game-boy-the-box-art-collection
Collect custom items at London Gaming Market!
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From Ants to Zombies: Six Decades of Video Game Horror
Spotlighting more than 130 horror releases, From Ants to Zombies covers over six decades of games starting back in the 1970s and going all the way up to today, across some 70 platforms.
www.horror-book.com
Haunted House 👻🏠
Featured in our book - From Ants to Zombies: Six Decades of Video Game Horror
Takes you through the fascinating history of horror games that use their medium’s deeply engrossing power to deliver unforgettable scares and thrillingly tormenting narratives.
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My classic Land of Xeen map I repainted in 2013!
Get a modded Game Boy at London Gaming Market!
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Splurge on plushies at London Gaming Market!
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The CRPG Book: A Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games (Expanded Edition) - Coming Soon 📚
An exhaustive treatise on the genre, covering all the seminal games across a 40-year period.
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Rummage through bargain bins at London Gaming Market!
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I’m Too Young To Die: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 1992–2002 From obscure oddities to genre-defining behemoths, I’m Too Young To Die celebrates the first-person shooters that transported players to alien worlds, alternate realities and futuristic battlefields, and in doing so triggered the 3D-graphics arms race. Reprints are due in March 2025 🔫 Get an email reminder here: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/i-m-too-young-to-die-the-ultimate-guide-to-first-person-shooters-1992-2002 #bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #art #reading #foryou #asmr #bookstagram #booktok #imtooyoungtodie #fps #comingsoon
Ninja Baseball Bat Man 🥷⚾️ Featured in our book - Go Straight: The Ultimate Guide to Side-Scrolling Beat-’Em-Ups From Kung-Fu Master to Streets of Rage 4, Go Straight is a comprehensive guide to the world of street brawlers, featuring every major game in the genre, beautifully presented and expertly critiqued. Available now: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/go-straight-the-ultimate-guide-to-side-scrolling-beat-em-ups #bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #art #reading #foryou #beatemup #gostraight #asmr #bookstagram #booktok #fyp #ninjabaseballbatman
Game Boy: The Box Art Collection From Batman to Bomber Man, Zelda to ZOOP, the Game Boy boasted every type of genre. Remind yourself of the games you owned, and discover some you’ve never heard of, in Game Boy: The Box Art Collection. Check it out: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/game-boy-the-box-art-collection #bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #gameboy #nintendo #boxart #art #bookstagram #booktok #fyp #samuraispirits
Haunted House 👻🏠 Featured in our book - From Ants to Zombies: Six Decades of Video Game Horror Takes you through the fascinating history of horror games that use their medium’s deeply engrossing power to deliver unforgettable scares and thrillingly tormenting narratives. www.horror-book.com #bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #art #reading #foryou #halloween #fromantstozombies #horror #fyp #asmr #bookstagram #booktok #fyp #hauntedhouse
Mass effect 3! Featured in our book - The CRPG Book: A Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games (Expanded Edition) - Coming Soon 📚 More than 500 pages long, this lavish hardback is a compete history of the computer role-playing scene from 1975 to 2015. Sign up for a handy email reminder: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/the-crpg-book-a-guide-to-computer-role-playing-games #bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #art #reading #foryou #crpg #jrpg #rpg #bookstagram #booktok #fyp #masseffect3
Gods on the Amiga! Featured in our book - Commodore Amiga: a visual compendium Relive the halcyon gaming days of the Commodore Amiga in this stunning visual compendium – 420 pages packed with classic 16-bit games. Check out our collection of Commodore books: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/commodore-books #bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #art #reading #foryou #amiga #commodore
Creatures on the C64! Featured in our book - Commodore 64: a visual compendium Discover the vast library of games that made the Commodore 64 the most popular home computer of the 1980s! Check out our Collection of Commodore books: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/commodore-books #bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #art #reading #foryou #c64 #commodore
Atari 2600/7800: a visual compendium - Coming Soon 📚 You only have to mention Space Invaders, Asteroids, Pac-Man, Defender and Joust to know we’re taking about Atari’s classic consoles. This visual compendium is a vivid reminder of when Atari was a household name. Reprints are due in August 🕹️ Get an email reminder here: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/atari-2600-7800-a-visual-compendium #bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #art #reading #foryou #asmr #bookstagram #booktok #atari #comingsoon #joust #fyp
From Ants to Zombies: Six Decades of Video Game Horror Comes as a hardback, with a unique glow-in-the-dark logo and text. www.horror-book.com #bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #art #reading #foryou #halloween #fromantstozombies #horror #fyp #asmr #bookstagram #booktok #fyp #glowinthedark
A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games At 652 pages and 370,000 words, created in collaboration with author and founder of Hardcore Gaming 101, Kurt Kalata, this monumental book is a must buy! Buy now with tracked global shipping and a free PDF: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/a-guide-to-japanese-role-playing-games #bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #jrpg #art #rpg #bookstagram #booktok #fyp #hylide
N64: a visual compendium Packed with meticulously realised screenshots and game art, which accompany profiles of over 150 titles that defined the N64. Buy now: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/n64-a-visual-compendium #bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #art #reading #foryou #asmr #n64 #nintendo #nintendo64 #bookstagram #booktok #fyp #blastcorps
PC Engine: The Box Art Collection Every page in PC Engine: The Box Art Collection is packed with thoughtful, exciting design – just like those PC Engine game covers. And every game featured includes an insightful review and expert summary. Buy now with tracked global shipping: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/pc-engine-the-box-art-collection #bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #art #reading #foryou #pcengine #bookstagram #booktok #fyp #foryou #f1triplebattle #f1 #formula1 #monacogp
It’s FA Cup Final day today in England ⚽️ We are playing Sensible Soccer here at Bitmap HQ. Check it out in our book - Commodore Amiga: a visual compendium View our collection of Commodore books: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/commodore-books #bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #art #reading #foryou #asmr #bookstagram #booktok #fyp #amiga #commodore #sensiblesoccer #facup #mancity #manutd #football #soccer #wembley
PC Engine: The Box Art Collection At 372 pages in length, PC Engine: The Box Art Collection includes more than 300 professionally shot pieces of box art. Buy now with tracked global shipping: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/pc-engine-the-box-art-collection #bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #art #reading #foryou #pcengine #bookstagram #booktok #fyp #foryou #atomicrobokid
ARTCADE - The Book of Classic Arcade Game Art (Extended Edition) At 356 pages and featuring cabinet artwork from around 300 arcade classics, this unique volume is a fantastic reminder of the golden age of coin-operated video games. Check it out: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/artcade-the-book-of-classic-arcade-game-art-extended-edition #bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #foryou #tbt #arcade #artcade #art #marquee #asmr #bookstagram #booktok #fyp #moonpatrol
N64: a visual compendium Inside N64: a visual compendium you’ll find a rich written history of a machine that marked the moment Nintendo moved to fully embrace 3D, resulting in some of the best games ever made. Buy now: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/n64-a-visual-compendium #bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #art #reading #foryou #asmr #n64 #nintendo #nintendo64 #bookstagram #booktok #fyp
Game Boy: The Box Art Collection Despite its size, the Game Boy wasn’t short of classic games. We’ve brought together over a hundred titles – plus box art photography, screenshots and expert commentary – as a reminder of the handheld phenomenon. Check it out: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/game-boy-the-box-art-collection #bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #gameboy #nintendo #boxart #art #bookstagram #booktok #fyp #avp #alienvspredator #alien #predator
From Ants to Zombies: Six Decades of Video Game Horror From Ants to Zombies covers a variety of genres (from rail shooters to open-world RPGs), settings (from haunted mansions to infested space stations) and shades of fear (from creeping existential dread to stomach-churning outbursts of violence). www.horror-book.com #bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #art #reading #foryou #halloween #fromantstozombies #horror #fyp #asmr #bookstagram #booktok #fyp #dinocrisis
Commodore Amiga: a visual compendium Commodore Amiga: a visual compendium includes nearly 200 legendary games, including stone-cold classics like Defender of the Crown, Lemmings, Shadow of the Beast, Turrican and Populous. Check out our collection of Commodore books: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/commodore-books #bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #art #reading #foryou #amiga #commodore #turrican #turrican2
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Founded by graphic designer Sam Dyer, Bitmap Books is an award-winning independent publisher of retro gaming books which aims to celebrate the software, hardware, developers, and code shops which laid down the foundations for the billion-dollar industry we know and love today.
Its sumptuous, high-quality books are presented as a visual celebration of the video game industry, enabling you to relive the golden age of video games. 18 books have been published so far, and each is filled with interviews, quotes and anecdotes from the artists, programmers and publishers that created some of the most iconic games of all time.
Developers such as Mark Cerny, former SEGA staffer, creator of Marble Madness and chief architect of the PlayStation 4 and PS Vita; legendary developer siblings Ste and John Pickford; point-and-click trailblazers Tim Schafer and Ron Gilbert; SNK producer Yasuyuki Oda and many, many more have all contributed exclusive content to these books. These insightful interviews are complemented by bespoke features which painstakingly uncover the history of this fascinating realm of entertainment.
Furthermore, Bitmap has worked closely with industry veterans like SEGA, SNK and Atari to create officially-licenced books which come complete with enhanced access and exclusive assets. NEOGEO: A VISUAL HISTORY is perhaps of the most comprehensive English-language study on the legendary '90s family of systems, while SEGA Master System: a visual Compendium has SEGA's official blessing, making it one of the most detailed and captivating tributes to the seminal 8-bit console yet seen.
Each and every Bitmap product is not only lavishly illustrated but also comes packed with textual content created by some of the best writers operating in the video game industry. Respected writers such as Steve Jarratt (EDGE, Total!, Official Nintendo Magazine), Julian Rignall (CVG, Mean Machines) and Damien McFerran (Retro Gamer, Nintendo Life) have all contributed to these books, while talented illustrators like Craig Stevenson have helped to truly bring these pages to life.
Bitmap Books is dedicated to producing the very finest products and uses the very best printers working to the highest standards. The books themselves are bound using thread instead of glue for maximum durability and, where possible, include special bonus features, such metallic inks, bookmark ribbons and spot-varnished dust jackets. To ensure that your book reaches you in pristine condition, we take the utmost care when it comes to postage and packaging.
As well as offering a wide and varied portfolio of books, Bitmap constantly has new titles in development and production and is committed to growing its offering for many years to come. Be sure to check back regularly to see what other gaming icons are being celebrated in book form.
