Orders are now live on our website for our latest release 🏃♂️🔫
Run 'n' Gun: A History of On-Foot Shooters & Run 'n' Gun: A History of On-Foot Shooters (Collector's Edition)
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An advance copy of A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games has just arrived at Bitmap HQ.
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Professional photographs coming soon...
Launching mid-June!
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WIN a limited edition black Evercade console. Comes with 9 game carts, plus a case. The black edition was limited to 3,000 units.
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**COMPETITION TIME**
Tis the season for giving and we have an awesome bundle of SEGA goodies to giveaway. 🎉
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– Metal Slug: The Ultimate History. The first officially-licenced book to document the lineage of one of gaming’s most beloved franchises.
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**COMPETITION TIME** To celebrate the restocking of The Art of Point-and-Click Adventure Games, you could win a signed book, 2 new Nintendo Switch games and a set of postcards. Just follow
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**COMPETITION TIME**
We’re giving away this selection of SNK goodies to one lucky winner.
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**COMPETITION TIME**
We’re giving away this bundle of collector’s editions from
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+ a book of your choice from
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A winner will be announced on 6th March 2020
We’re delighted to finally announce the 6th volume in our series of visual compendiums, which will be focused on the
@SEGA
Master System. Kickstarter campaign will launch on Monday 7th May at 7am BST.
🎮 Coming soon 🎮
PC Engine: The Box Art Collection
Includes more than 300 professionally shot pieces of box art, along with carefully reproduced screenshots.
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Coming this August: The Art Of The Box is a sumptuous, 564-page celebration of video game box art, featuring interviews and the work of 26 artists from across the last four decades. Sign-up to our newsletter for more details over the coming days
🚨 NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
PC Engine: The Box Art Collection
Our first major new release of 2023 is almost ready, due for release at the end of May.
Next month we’ll be revealing more details, so keep an eye on our social channels, newsletter and website.
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Get ready for the fight of your life in Go Straight: The Ultimate Guide to Side-Scrolling Beat ’Em Ups by
@davescook
and
@bitmap_books
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Bitmap Books is proud to announce it will be publishing a new title called The CRPG Book: A Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games. Reviewing over 400 role-playing classics from 1975 to 2015.
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Prizes: EU SNES mini (new), SNES/Super Famicom: a visual
Compendium (Hardback signed by Steve Mayles), Sealed issue 48 Super
Play magazine. Signed copy Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection
Winner chosen at random. Entry also on Facebook. Ends 4/3/18
How It Started vs. How It's Going. Today marks 10 years since Bitmap Books was founded. 29 books later and still going strong. A HUGE thank you to everyone that has purchased our books over the years. Also a massive thanks to everyone that has contributed and helped to create the
🚨 Coming Soon 🚨
PC Engine: The Box Art Collection - Collector’s Edition
The book comes with a sturdy protective slipcase and dust jacket with a stunning outer illustration by celebrated gaming illustrator Wil Overton.
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SOLD OUT!
Our new book A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games has sold out.
Thank you so much to everyone who purchased a copy.
Reprints of the Standard Edition will be available on October 16th 2021.
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COMPETITION TIME!
Win a SupaBoy SFC by Hyperkin, plus our Super Famicom Box Art book. To be in with a chance of winning this great prize, all you need to do is:
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One name will be selected at random on 9/11
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HOW WE SHIP OUR BOOKS
At Bitmap we expect a lot of shipping and packaging. We want our packaging to protect your books to the extreme, while also being affordable, memorable and sustainable. Equally, we want shipping that’s reliable, fast and economical.
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A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games
Pre-orders launch on May 9th at 5pm BST. Shipping will begin on May 23rd.
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🚨 LAUNCHING AT 12:00 NOON UK TIME TODAY 🚨
N64: a visual compendium - Packed with meticulously realised screenshots and game art, which accompany profiles of over 150 titles that defined the N64.
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Starting on Monday morning at 7am BST will be a Kickstarter campaign to hopefully fund our official SEGA Master System Book. If you would like a launch reminder, please sign up here:
Bitmap has a new book to reveal, and it’s frightfully exciting!
From Ants to Zombies: Six Decades of Video Game Horror delves into the remarkable and long history of games that terrify and delight in equal measure.
Launching on 31/10/23 🐜 🧟♂️
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Go Straight: The Ultimate Guide to Side-Scrolling Beat-’Em-Ups
🚨Pre-orders launch on February 14th at 17:00 GMT🚨
Shipping will commence on February 28th!
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NEOGEO: A Visual History is the first officially licensed NEOGEO art book of its kind to be released in the English language. Order now with global shipping:
A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games
At 652 pages and 370,000 words, A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games is Bitmap Books’ biggest project to date. Created in collaboration with author and founder of Hardcore Gaming 101, Kurt Kalata, this monumental book is a must buy!
Cover reveal! Go Straight: The Ultimate Guide to Side-Scrolling Beat-’Em-Ups by
@davescook
and
#bitmapbooks
. Coming in Feb 2022. Cover art by the hugely talented
@Jmanvelez
. More soon 🤜😵
⭐️ New Book Incoming ⭐️
PC Engine: The Box Art Collection - Collector’s Edition
The book comes with a sturdy protective slipcase and dust jacket with a stunning outer illustration by celebrated gaming illustrator Wil Overton (famed for his work with Rare and Super Play
At 644 pages, it's the biggest book we've ever published. The Games That Weren't covers unreleased games from 1975–2015 through a series of detailed written features and interviews. Pre-order now!
Coming in July 2020 – The Games That Weren't by Frank Gasking. Packed full of unreleased games from 1975 – 2015, spread over 644 pages. Sign-up for updates 🗑
Go Straight: The Ultimate Guide to Side-Scrolling Beat-’Em-Ups
Reprints are due in August - get a handy email reminder:
This colossal guide describes every major game in the genre across 456 vibrant and colourful pages.
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A huge thanks to everyone that has placed an order this week 🙏 We are working through everything as fast as we can. As soon as your order ships, you will be sent tracking details via email. Shipping begins on Monday. We appreciate your patience. BB
I’m Too Young To Die: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 1992–2002
Covering all-time classics, failed experiments and the obscurest of hidden gems, plus exclusive interviews with the people who made them.
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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, Populous and Flashback.
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To celebrate the reprint of The Art of Point-and-Click Adventure Games, we’re giving away two limited edition copies of The Lion’s Song by
@SuperRareGames
. Retweet this post and Follow
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to enter. Winners picked at random on 10th September. GOOD LUCK!
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A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games
Collector’s Edition limited to 2,000 units, which will never be printed again.
Released June 25th at 5PM BST/9AM PDT - £54.99
Full details here:
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OUT NOW! Metal Slug: The Ultimate History is the first officially-licenced book to document the lineage of one of gaming’s most beloved franchises – spread over 454 pages and presented as an A4 hardback edition. With worldwide shipping. 💥
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Thanks so much if you've pre-ordered The Art of Point-and-Click Adventure Games. Shipping will begin at the beginning of September so keep an eye out for a tracking number. We appreciate your patience 🐵🐵🐵
Over the next few days we will be announcing lots more information about Game Boy: The Box Art Collection. Make sure you're signed-up to so you don't miss a thing!
The Unofficial SNES Pixel Book
Created in partnership with German publisher Elektrospieler, this sumptuous 272-page book chronicles the pioneering games of the 16-bit SNES, packed with exclusive imagery and expert commentary.
Available now:
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SEGA® Master System: a visual compendium features over 200 classic Master System games, exclusive interviews and features. Find out more here:
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THE KING OF FIGHTERS: The Ultimate History
Lauded as the most important vs fighter series of all time, THE KING OF FIGHTERS is presented here in amazing detail: the games, their history, the characters and combat, told exclusively by the people who made them.
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Metal Slug: The Ultimate History
A comprehensive guide to the popular shoot ’em up franchise, with unrivalled access to SNK’s archives, designers and developers.
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The face of Konami games for more than a decade, Tom DuBois’ iconic work features on Blades of Steel, Super C, Legend of Mystical Ninja, plus the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Castlevania series among many others.
Find out more in The Art Of The Box:
🔥 COMING SOON 🔥
PC Engine: The Box Art Collection - Collector’s Edition
Comes housed within a sturdy slipcase which features an exclusive cover illustration by Wil Overton (Rare/Super Play magazine). Also included is a protective dust jacket, which also features Wil’s
🚨COMPETITION TIME! 🚨
Here's your chance to win a brilliant, rare, and valuable print by
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T&Cs and more info:
💥 Reprints of our books will be available for pre-order on the 14th August with shipping starting on the 21st August 💥
📚The CRPG Book: A Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games (Expanded Edition)
📚Go Straight: The Ultimate Guide to Side-Scrolling Beat-’Em-Ups
📚The Art of
A MASSIVE thanks to everyone that has ordered The JRPG Book since launch yesterday. We're blown away by the response. Shipping will commence on Monday!
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NEW BOOK! RUN ’N’ GUN: A GUIDE TO ON-FOOT SHOOTERS 🏃♂️🔫
The Bitmap Books team is thrilled to announce a brand new title. Authored by journalist, author, and comic book writer Dave Cook, Run ’n’ Gun: A Guide To On-foot Shooters takes a look at the traditional shoot-‘em-up’s
The Games That Weren’t
The Games That Weren’t chronicles 40 years of video game projects that never made it past ‘work-in-progress’. Discover more than 80 unreleased gems from the annals of gaming.
Reprints are due in August - get an email notification here:
NEOGEO: A Visual History
This monster hardback book – A4 in size and 400 pages long – offers a wealth of information on SNK, its NEOGEO hardware and the classic games it produced during the 1990s.
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For the collectors out there, Game Boy: The Box Art Collection also comes in two special, limited run, never-to-be-repeated versions. Pre-orders launch at 5pm BST on the 28th September 2020. Download a handy calendar reminder here:
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We’re very proud to announce that Bitmap Books have been working in collaboration with award-winning design agency,
@SuppleStudio
, to create a set a video game themed stamps for the Royal Mail. Pre-order now. They will be released on the 21st January.
SNES/Super Famicom: a visual compendium
Nintendo’s SNES/Super Famicom remains one of the most popular consoles ever made and played host to an amazing array of titles. Relive those thrilling days of 16-bit gaming with this beautiful visual compendium.
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Pre-orders open on 2nd June for The Games That Weren't. This 644 page tome showcases 40 years worth of tragically unreleased videogames through beautifully imagery and detailed written features. Sign-up for all the details and a launch alert:
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Game Boy: The Box Art Collection
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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.