Bitmap Books has revealed Trigger Happy: A Visual Celebration of Video Game Controllers, a new hardback dedicated entirely to the weird, wonderful, and occasionally baffling pads, sticks, and input devices that shaped gaming. It’s a chunky 396-page release showcasing around 200 controllers through more than 500 photographs, drawing on collectorRead More →
Fans of Super Nintendo Entertainment System role-playing games will be thrilled to know that they can get this without first randomly generating a character. Bitmap Books has opened pre-orders on its forthcoming book, The Definitive Book of SNES RPGs Volume 1. We love Bitmap Books titles at Gaming Retro —Read More →
Few things beat retro gaming, but when you want to switch things around a bit, reading is one of the best alternatives, and Bitmap Books are hard to beat. They’ve listed a new book on their website, 50 Indie Games That Changed the World, and many of the titles withinRead More →
Bitmap Books’ amazing library of retro gaming-themed titles are stunning to behold. Thick, beautifully produced volumes with full colour spreads, often running over 500 pages, they are the sort of book you can enjoy looking at as well as reading. From time to time, Bitmap Books reprints older titles, perhapsRead More →
Alright, fellow frag fanatics, let’s talk about the era that shaped the shooters we love today. Yeah, I’m talking about 2003-2010. That beautiful, chaotic period where the FPS genre exploded, branched out, and basically redefined what it meant to hold a digital gun. And guess what? Bitmap Books just droppedRead More →
Publishers of some of the best retro gaming books around, Bitmap Books, have announced a selection of reprinted volumes are in preparation. Heading back onto the virtual shelves of their online store this May are: Reprints coming in May 📖 🎲 A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games🎮 Game Boy: TheRead More →
Bitmap Books has made a name for itself, selling wonderfully crafted books documenting the history of video games. Their Visual Compendium series, in particular, offers a stunning range of titles covering everything from the Commodore 64 to the SNES/Super Famicom. Details about Bitmap Books’ upcoming entry into this series, SegaRead More →
In 2021 Bitmap Books released the Super Famicom: Box Art Collection book featuring a series of art and information from hit Super Famicom/SNES titles like Super Metroid, Mortal Kombat, Prince of Persia and more! It’s still available, but as we’re always impressed by Bitmap Books production standards, we thought youRead More →
We recently covered Bitmap Books’ upcoming title on PC Engine Box Art, but it didn’t take them long to reveal a few pages on social media. Bitmap Books has posted a sneak peek on their Twitter page. 👀 SNEAK PEEK 👀 A few images of our upcoming book – PCRead More →
