Retro Video Game and Culture blogs from the Bitmap Books team

Slim Pickings: A Brief History of Gaming Card Carts

There’s something about the HuCARD that few other physical gaming formats can deliver. ...

By Will Freeman April 20, 2023

In the early 1980’s 15 year-old Adam Clayton noticed a rather unusual hidden message wh...

By Nate Drake April 8, 2023

At Bitmap we’re obsessed with game art, from screenshots and box designs to concept ill...

By Sam Dyer March 16, 2023

Teleport to the 70’s to learn about the original cheat code. Although most of us learn ...

By Nate Drake March 8, 2023

Puzzle games and the Game Boy go hand in hand. With its small screen and – how to put t...

By Graeme Mason February 19, 2023

At Bitmap Books, we like to think we are cataloguing the very best of video games histo...

By Nate Drake January 21, 2023