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The GBA Pixel Book

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When the Game Boy Advance debuted in 2001, the game industry was supposed to have moved on. In the years before, systems like Sony’s PlayStation had asserted that the future of games had three dimensions. The new millennium, many agreed, would be a place of polygons, not pixels.

And then – as told in The GBA Pixel Book – the Game Boy Advance landed on shelves, dazzling fans as it put 2D worlds front and centre of its offering. Nintendo’s compact pixel art powerhouse quickly established a stunning software library that remains influential almost quarter of a century on, with games like Fire Emblem, The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap, Advance Wars, Final Fantasy Tactics, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Metroid Fusion, Metal Slug Advance, Gunstar Future Heroes, and Mother 3.

All those releases and many, many more are included in The GBA Pixel Book, which Bitmap Books is proud to bring to English-language readers in partnership with German publisher Elektrospieler. The book, which has been meticulously translated from the German original, features a bounty of articles that delve deep into the GBA’s magnificent game portfolio, spotlighting over 240 titles. It also brings together almost 4,000 of screenshots from the games included, each of which has been especially composed and captured for this book. They are presented across 300-pages along with pixel art cut-outs, sprite work, vast montages, and immense level maps.

In grouping its contents by genre, The GBA Pixel Book also presents a fascinating look at the Game Boy Advance’s key role in evolving so many popular gaming forms, while charting the design trends that kept pixel art alive until it was embraced by today’s indie development movement. The GBA Pixel Book also continues the series established by Bitmap Books Elektrospieler with The SNES Pixel Book.

With the two publishers working together once more, you can also expect ambitious, eye-catching design, high quality printing on heavy gloss paper, and a sturdy, beautiful slipcase to protect the book.

Book Specifications

300 pages. 250mm × 250mm. 3mm protective board slipcase. Hardback cover. Edge-to-edge high quality lithographic print. Sewn binding for enduring quality and the ability to lay flat for ideal double-page image viewing. Shrink-wrapped. Free PDF for viewing on the go. Volumetric weight: 2.5kg.

Games featured

Advance Guardian Heroes / Advance Wars / Advance Wars: Black Hole Rising / American Bass Challenge / Am. Tale: Fievel’s Gold Rush; / Animaniacs: Lights, Camera, Action / Ant Bully, The / Antz: Extreme Racing / Astro Boy: Omega Factor / Avatar: The Last Airbender / Back to Stone / Back Track / Backyard Baseball / Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance / Balloon Fight / Banjo-Pilot / Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus / Baseball Advance / Batman: Vengeance / Beyblade G-Revolution / Beyblade V-Force: Ultimate Blader Jam / Big Mutha Truckers / Bionic Commando / Black Belt Challenge / Black/Matrix Zero / Blender Bros. / Boktai 1, 2 and 3 / Bomberman Tournament / Boxing Feve / Breath of Fire 1 & 2 / Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars / Bruce Lee: Return of the Legend / Bubble Bobble: Old & New / Cabela’s Big Game Hunter / Capcom Classics Mini Mix / Car Battler Joe / Cars / Cartoon Network Speedway / Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow / Castlevania: Circle of the Moon / Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance / ChuChu Rocket / CIMA: The Enemy / Colin McRae Rally 2.0 / Columns Crown / Comix Zone / Contra Advance: The Alien Wars EX / Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced / Crash Nitro Kart / Crazy Chase / Crazy Taxi: Catch a Ride / CT Special Forces: Back to Hell / CT Special Forces: Bioterror / Custom Robo GX / Danny Phantom / Dark Arena / Deadly Skies / Defender of the Crown / DemiKids / Denki Block / Densetsu no Stafy 1 and 2 / Digimon Battle Spirit 2 / Digimon Racing / Dinotopia: The Timestone Pirates / Disney Sports Snowboarding / Disney Sports Soccer / Disney’s M. Quest 2: Starring Mickey & Minnie / Disney’s M. Quest 3: Starring Mickey & Donald / Disney’s M. Quest: Starring Mickey & Minnie / DK: King of Swing / Dokapon: Monster Hunter / Donkey Kong Country / Doom / Double Dragon Advance / Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure / Drill Dozer / Driver 2 / Duke Nukem Advance / Ecks vs. Sever / Earthworm Jim / Egg Mania / Elevator Action: Old & New / ESPN Great Outdoor Games: Bass 2002 / Eye of the Beholder, Dungeons & Dragons / F-14 Tomcat / F-Zero: Climax / F-Zero: GP Legend / F-Zero: Maximum Velocity / Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls / Final Fantasy IV / Final Fantasy Tactics Advance / Final Fantasy V / Final Fantasy VI / Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade / Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones / Flintstones: Big Trouble in Bedrock / Flushed Away / Frogger’s Adventure: Temple of the Frog / Game & Watch Gallery 4 / Gekido Advance / Godzilla Domination! / Goemon: New Age Shutsudou / Golden Sun / Gradius Advance / Grand Theft Auto Advance / Gunstar Future Heroes / Guru Logi Champ / Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak / Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets / Harvest Moon: (More) Friends of Mineral Town / Heidi: The Game / Hugo: Bukkazoom! / Ice Nine / Incredibles, The / International Karate Advanced / Invader / Iridion II / Iridion 3D / James Bond 007: NightFire / Jet Set Radio / Juka and the Monophonic Menace / Jurassic Park III: Dino Attack / Jurassic Park III: Park Builder / Justice League Heroes / Kill Switch / King of Fighters EX: Howling Blood / King of Fighters EX: Neo Blood / Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories / Kirby & the Amazing Mirror / Konami Krazy Racers / Kuru Kuru Kururin / Lady Sia / Legend of Spyro, The: The Eternal Night / Legend of Zelda, The: Minish Cap / LEGO Racers 2 / Legend of Zelda: LttP & Four Swords / Lilo & Stitch / Lufia: The Ruins of Lore / Lunar Legend / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario’s Cement Factory / Mario Golf: Advance Tour / Mario Kart: Super Circuit / Mario Party Advance / Mario Pinball Land / Mario Tennis: Power Tour / Mario vs. Donkey Kong / Max Payne / Mech Platoon / Medal of Honor: Infiltrator / Medal of Honor: Underground / Mega Man Battle Network 1 & 4 / Mega Man Zero 1 & 2 / Metal Slug Advance / Metroid Fusion / Metroid: Zero Mission / Mighty Final Fight / Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Battle Assault / Mortal Kombat Advance / Mother 3 / Mr. Driller 2 / Muppet Pinball Mayhem / Naruto: Ninja Council / Ninja Cop / Onimusha Tactics / Oriental Blue / Phalanx / Phantasy Star Collection / Pinball of the Dead / Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen / Pokémon Pinball: Ruby and Sapphire / Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire / Polarium Advance / R-Type III: The Third Lightning / Rampage: Puzzle Attack / Rapala Pro Fishing / Rave Master: Special Attack Force / Rayman Advance / Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc / Rebelstar: Tactical Command / River City Ransom EX / Riviera: The Promised Land / Road Rash: Jailbreak / Robotech: The Macross Saga / Sabre Wulf / Samurai Deeper Kyo / Scurge: Hive / SEGA Arcade Gallery / SEGA Rally Championship / Serious Sam Advance / Shaman King: Master of Spirits / Sheriff / Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon / Shining Soul / Shonen Jump’s One Piece / Sigma Star Saga / Silent Hill: Play Novel / Silent Scope / Sim City 2000 / Simpsons, The: Road Rage / Slime Morimori Dragon Quest / Sonic Advance / Sonic Advance 2 / Sonic Advance 3 / Sonic Battle / Sonic Pinball Party / Space Channel 5: Ulala’s Cosmic Attack / Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe / SpongeBob’s Atlantis SquarePantis / Spy Hunter / Spyro Adventure / Spyro: Season of Ice / SSX Tricky / Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith / Star Wars: Flight of the Falcon / Star X / Steel Empire / Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper / Summon Night: Swordcraft Story / Super Dodge Ball Advance / Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts / Super Mario Advance / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 / Sword of Mana / Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis / Tales of Phantasia / Teen Titans / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus / TMNT / Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 / Toy Robo Force / Turok Evolution / Ultimate Spider-Man / Virtua Tennis / Wario Land 4 / WarioWare, Inc.: Minigame Mania / WarioWare Twisted! / Wing Commander: Prophecy / Wings / Wolfenstein 3D / Yggdra Union / Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3 / Zatch Bell!: Electric Arena / Zoids Legacy / Zone of the Enders: Fist of Mars

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Reprint Updates

This first edition may have received minor updates when reprinted. If not specified here, these changes will not be significant, and likely be small text amends.

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