PC Engine: The Box Art Collection - Collector’s Edition

The collector’s edition of PC Engine: The Box Art Collection comes housed within a sturdy slipcase which features an exclusive cover illustration by Wil Overton.

Available now: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/pc-engine-the-box-art-collection-collectors-edition

NES/Famicom: a visual compendium

Nintendo’s incredible 8-bit console is remembered and revered in this beautiful, full-colour compendium, featuring the biggest and best cartridge games of the 1980s.

Reprints due in November, get an email reminder: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/visual-compendiums/products/nes-famicom-a-visual-compendium

Castlevania - Featured in our book - NES/Famicom: a visual compendium

With 512 full-colour pages, packed full of all your favourite 8-bit titles (plus a few you may never have heard of), NES/Famicom: a visual compendium is perfect for Nintendo fans of all ages

Reprints due in November, get an email reminder: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/visual-compendiums/products/nes-famicom-a-visual-compendium

The Games Of A Lifetime

A video game time machine that takes you on an incredible journey from the very dawn of the industry, through the decades to the present day.

Reprints due 20th August, get a stock alert here: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/the-games-of-a-lifetime

Coming Soon

50 Indie Games that Changed the World

Tells the stories of 50 of the most influential indie games ever made, via original interviews, expert commentary, and fascinating insights from the people behind them.

Due 20th August - Sign up for a stock alert: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/50-indie-games-that-changed-the-world

NEOGEO: A Visual History

From Art of Fighting to World Heroes, via Samurai Shodown and Metal Slug – SNK’s classics games are all presented in glorious detail in NEOGEO: A Visual History.

Check out our SNK Collection: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/snk-books

NAM-1975 - Featured in our book - NEOGEO: A Visual History

Featuring every major title on the system, NEOGEO: A Visual History is an exhaustive treatise on the most exclusive games machine ever made.

Check out our SNK Collection: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/snk-books

N64: a visual compendium

The 1990s was a wildly innovative time for video games, with new players, new technologies, and new audiences presenting Nintendo with tremendous opportunity and challenge, as it readjusted to a new era. N64: a visual compendium offers an unmissable profile of that period.

Check out our collection of Visual Compendiums: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/visual-compendiums

Dr. Mario 64 - Featured in our book - N64: a visual compendium

Includes four bookmark ribbons inspired by the N64 logo, so you can find your favourite pages lighting fast

Check out our collection of Visual Compendiums: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/visual-compendiums

From DOOM to Call of Duty, I’m Too Young To Die and Hurt Me Plenty cover over 400 classic FPS titles.

Use the code FPS5 and get £5.00 off when you buy both books together.

Buy here: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/fps-books

Micro but Many: an unofficial Micro Machines Collection

Boasting more than 1,000 of the tiny vehicles, Micro But Many: an unofficial Micro Machines collection is beautifully-produced tribute to the much-loved and highly desirable toys of the 1980s and 1990s.

Save £5.00: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/micro-but-many-an-unofficial-micro-machines-collection

Metal Slug: The Ultimate History

SNK’s visually stunning shooter gets its own lavish book – Metal Slug: The Ultimate History – where the game’s elaborate graphics are presented in all their amazing, irreverent detail!

Reprints coming soon: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/metal-slug-the-ultimate-history

Metal Slug 3 - Featured in our book - Metal Slug: The Ultimate History

The first official Metal Slug book of its kind, this sumptuous hardback is a love letter to SNK’s madcap shooter, packed full of conceptual artwork, behind-the-scenes info and exclusive interviews.

Reprints coming soon: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/metal-slug-the-ultimate-history

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!

Out now: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/i-m-too-young-to-die-the-ultimate-guide-to-first-person-shooters-1992-2002

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.

Out now: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/i-m-too-young-to-die-the-ultimate-guide-to-first-person-shooters-1992-2002

Hurt Me Plenty: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 2003–2010

Priced at £34.99, Hurt Me Plenty is a 464-page hardback printed to the highest standards using special Pantone ink and high-quality paper, with an illustrated cover by video game artist Ian Pestridge.

Buy here with a free PDF: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/hurt-me-plenty-the-ultimate-guide-to-first-person-shooters-2003-2010

Black - Featured in our book - Hurt Me Plenty: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 2003–2010

For retro gamers, anyone interested in the history of one of the biggest gaming genres, and First-Person Shooter fans who’ve stalked through jungles, dropped from orbit, or fought through hell.

Buy here with a free PDF: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/hurt-me-plenty-the-ultimate-guide-to-first-person-shooters-2003-2010

Shout out to Dead Bunnies for their YouTube review of our book - Go Straight: The Ultimate Guide to Side-Scrolling Beat-’Em-Ups

Watch here: https://youtu.be/oOkWybedO8o?si=Kt2JrHAK0z1e1oQC

Have you read our latest blog? - THE AMIGA AT 40 – A DEVELOPER’S STORY

Thanks to Will Freeman who looks back at four decades of the Commodore Amiga and influential developers Torben Bakager and Martin Pedersen (Battle Squadron & Hybris)

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To immerse yourself in the art and history of the Amiga line, buy our book - Commodore Amiga: a visual compendium: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/visual-compendiums