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Bitmap Books Bitmap Books bring your classic gaming memories to life. So check back regularly to see what other gaming icons are being celebrated in book form.
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At Bitmap Books we work with the world’s most experienced writers, designers and gaming experts to create meticulously researched, visually ambitious books that all do one thing. 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 cele

bration 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 publishers 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!

21/07/2025

Might we introduce you to the Atari 2600+ PAC-MAN Collection?

Coming later this year with the new console:
🥳 ALL-NEW PAC-MAN Game for the 7800
🕹️ Collect BLINKY, INKY, PINKY, and CLYDE wireless joysticks
💥 Atari 7800 versions of arcade hits GALAGA, DIG DUG, and XEVIOUS

Learn more: https://link.atari.com/PAC-MAN

21/07/2025
21/07/2025
⚽️ Goal ⚽️We are offering £5.00 off our book - A Tale of Two Halves: The History Of Football Video Games (Captain's Edit...
20/07/2025

⚽️ Goal ⚽️

We are offering £5.00 off our book - A Tale of Two Halves: The History Of Football Video Games (Captain's Edition): see comments 💬

19/07/2025

My classic cool cover painting for Power Blade box 1991!

Celebrate the Amiga's 40th anniversary with Commodore Amiga: a visual compendium 🎂 This month marks the 40th anniversary...
19/07/2025

Celebrate the Amiga's 40th anniversary with Commodore Amiga: a visual compendium 🎂

This month marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of the first ever Amiga – the Amiga 1000. Through the 1980s and 1990s, the Amiga emerged as a powerful way to make and play games, serving as a proving ground for a wave of new talent that would go on to lead the future game industry.

Grab a copy: link in comments 💬

18/07/2025

Cada cierto tiempo, tenemos el honor de que Bitmap Books, nos tome en cuenta para admirar, sentir, deleitarse, con la maravilla de libros que crean. Cada libro del catálogo Bitmap ofrece el mismo n…

“If you know Bitmap Books, you know that the volume will be curated to the fullest, both from the editorial point of vie...
18/07/2025

“If you know Bitmap Books, you know that the volume will be curated to the fullest, both from the editorial point of view and in terms of graphics and content, with screenshots that make you feel the weight of time, a beautiful layout and interviews with historical figures”

Thank you to our friends at N3rdcore for their review of our book - Hurt Me Plenty: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 2003–2010

Check it out: https://n3rdcore.it/hurt-me-plenty-fps-libro-videogiochi-anni-2000/

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

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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.