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Official account for Bitmap Books 📚 We pride ourselves on creating retro gaming books of the highest quality. https://linktr.ee/bitmapbooks
Thank you for the support, very much appreciated 🫶
06.08.2025 20:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Not usually one to pick favourites, but The CRPG Book from @felipepepe.bsky.social @bitmapbooks.com is right at the top of my list.
It's also this week's Recommended Read! 👇
Nearly 700 pages. Covering more than 400 games. Designed with over 2,000 screenshots. With insight from 167 volunteers. 🤯
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: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #books #retrogaming #gaming #booksky @stuartmaine.bsky.social
New Gamers With Jobs is live and features some quality Aarons! Aaron Potter @aaronpotter.bsky.social joins my co-host Aaron Amendola @turbohoodie.com and I to talk about his upcoming book, 50 Indie Games That Changed the World @bitmapbooks.com. Don’t miss this one!
06.08.2025 10:46 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Micro but Many: an unofficial Micro Machines Collection
Boasting more than 1,000 of the tiny vehicles, a beautifully-produced tribute to the much-loved and highly desirable toys.
Save £5.00: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #book #micromachines #microbutmany #car #toys #booksky
FROM ANTS TO ZOMBIES: SIX DECADES OF VIDEO GAME HORROR by @bitmapbooks.com : buff.ly/2FrpGv9
From Ants to Zombies is a showcase for the remarkable range horror gaming has achieved, across six decades, from the 1970s to the 2020s, and over 70 hardware platforms #residentevil #silenthill
Metal Slug: The Ultimate History
SNK’s visually stunning shooter gets its own lavish book – where the game’s elaborate graphics are presented in all their amazing, irreverent detail!
Reprints coming soon: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #gaming #metalslug
We're today adding an unknown and early #GameBoyColor prototype called "Some Metal Head" (working title), created during the very early days of DC Studios. Seems to be the start of a sort of Metal Slug/Turrican style game that sadly didn't get far:
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/08/some...
Metal Slug 3 - Featured in our book - Metal Slug: The Ultimate History
A love letter to SNK’s madcap shooter.
Reprints coming soon: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #gaming #metalslug #neogeo #snk #booksky
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04.08.2025 13:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I’m Too Young To Die: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 1992–2002
Details over 180 first-person shooters!
Out now: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #book #fps #gaming #booksky @stuartmaine.bsky.social
I’m Too Young To Die: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 1992–2002
From obscure oddities to genre-defining behemoths.
Out now: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #book #fps #gaming #booksky @stuartmaine.bsky.social
Hurt Me Plenty: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 2003–2010
Priced at £34.99, a 464-page hardback printed to the highest standards using special Pantone ink & high-quality paper.
Buy now with a free PDF: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
@stuartmaine.bsky.social @ianpestyart.com
Black - Featured in our book - Hurt Me Plenty: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 2003–2010
Buy here with a free PDF: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #books #retrogaming #fps #gaming #black #booksky @stuartmaine.bsky.social
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: youtu.be/oOkWybedO8o?...
#bitmapbooks #books #retrogaming #gaming #beatemup
More #GameBoyColor prototypes for you, with two for Road Rash which was released in 2000 by Electronic Arts. These two builds are from the 7th and 10th August, around 2 months or so before the final release. Not much seems to be different:
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/08/road...
Have you read our latest blog? - THE AMIGA AT 40 – A DEVELOPER’S STORY
Link in bio 🔗📝
Commodore Amiga: a visual compendium: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #books #retrogaming #gaming #amiga #amiga40 #blog #booksky @spadgy.bsky.social
GAME BOY: THE BOX ART COLLECTION by Bitmap Books
This unique book by @bitmapbooks.com is a vibrant celebration of some of the finest cover artwork for this monochrome marvel, which kick-started the handheld games industry
Find more here: buff.ly/zbQOgOF
#gameboy #bookstagram #gamingculture
Go Straight: The Ultimate Guide to Side-Scrolling Beat-’Em-Ups
An exhaustive chronicle of games covering nearly 40 years of bare knuckle, street fighting action.
Available now: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #beatemup #booksky @davecook.bsky.social
Go Straight: The Ultimate Guide to Side-Scrolling Beat-’Em-Ups
This colossal guide describes every major game in the genre across 456 vibrant and colourful pages.
Available now: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #beatemup #booksky @davecook.bsky.social
Game Boy: The Box Art Collection
We’ve brought together over a hundred titles – plus box art photography, screenshots and expert commentary.
Out now: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #books #retrogaming #gaming #gameboy #nintendo #boxart #booksky
The Amazing Spider-Man - Featured in our book - Game Boy: The Box Art Collection
A 372-page celebration of Nintendo’s handheld, its games and the vibrant packaging they came in.
Out now: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #books #retrogaming #gaming #gameboy #boxart #booksky
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30.07.2025 14:28 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚨 Coming Soon 🚨
50 Indie Games that Changed the World
Tells the stories of 50 of the most influential indie games ever made.
Due August - Sign up for a stock alert: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #books #retrogaming #new #comingsoon #booksky @aaronpotter.bsky.social
🚨 Coming Soon 🚨
50 Indie Games that Changed the World
Tells the stories of 50 of the most influential indie games ever made.
Due August - Sign up for a stock alert: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #books #retrogaming #new #comingsoon @aaronpotter.bsky.social #booksky
Thank you, most kind 🥰
29.07.2025 21:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
From Ants To Zombies 🐜🧟♂️
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.
Out now: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #book @alexanderhad1.bsky.social
Also, we have added another build of Sarge's Heroes for the #GameboyAdvance has been added from 01/09/2000, as well as another 7 prototype builds of Micro Machines 1 & 2 for the #GameboyColor. Links in first reply.
28.07.2025 15:57 — 👍 16 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
From Ants To Zombies 🐜🧟♂️
Comes as a hardback, with a unique glow-in-the-dark logo and text.
Out now: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #horror #fromantstozombies #booksky @alexanderhad1.bsky.social
Thanks a lot Will 👏🤩
28.07.2025 21:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
