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While every Bitmap Book considers history to some degree, here you’ll find our titles that are particularly focused on the story of games’ incredible journey through popular culture.
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  • Leaps + Bounds: a Visual Guide to Nine Console Generations

    64 reviews
    £32.49 GBP
    £32.49 GBP
    5.0
    Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
    64 Reviews

  • Trigger Happy: A Visual Celebration of Video Game Controllers

    73 reviews
    £32.49 GBP
    £32.49 GBP
    4.9
    Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
    73 Reviews

  • Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The Ultimate History

    14 reviews
    £34.99 GBP
    £34.99 GBP
    4.9
    Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
    14 Reviews

  • Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The Ultimate History (Collector's Edition)

    30 reviews
    £54.99 GBP
    £54.99 GBP
    5.0
    Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
    30 Reviews

  • 50 Indie Games that Changed the World

    108 reviews
    Available: 17 Jun 2026
    £32.49 GBP
    £32.49 GBP
    5.0
    Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
    108 Reviews

  • The Games of a Lifetime

    156 reviews
    Available: 20 Jul 2026
    £32.49 GBP
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    5.0
    Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
    156 Reviews

  • Hurt Me Plenty: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 2003–2010

    81 reviews
    £34.99 GBP
    £34.99 GBP
    4.9
    Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
    81 Reviews

  • The GBA Pixel Book

    197 reviews
    Available: 17 Jun 2026
    £32.49 GBP
    £32.49 GBP
    5.0
    Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
    197 Reviews

  • A Tale of Two Halves: The History Of Football Video Games (Captain's Edition)

    52 reviews
    £44.99 GBP
    £44.99 GBP
    5.0
    Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
    52 Reviews

  • A Tale of Two Halves: The History Of Football Video Games

    62 reviews
    £34.99 GBP
    £34.99 GBP
    5.0
    Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
    62 Reviews

  • Run 'n' Gun: A History of On-Foot Shooters

    157 reviews
    £34.99 GBP
    £34.99 GBP
    5.0
    Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
    157 Reviews

  • A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games

    1527 reviews
    £34.99 GBP
    £34.99 GBP
    5.0
    Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
    1,527 Reviews

  • The Art Of The Box

    235 reviews
    Available: 20 Jul 2026
    £34.99 GBP
    £34.99 GBP
    5.0
    Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
    235 Reviews

  • The Art of Point-and-Click Adventure Games

    675 reviews
    Available: 17 Jun 2026
    £32.49 GBP
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    5.0
    Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
    675 Reviews

  • I’m Too Young To Die: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 1992–2002

    331 reviews
    Available: 17 Jun 2026
    £34.99 GBP
    £34.99 GBP
    4.9
    Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
    331 Reviews

  • THE KING OF FIGHTERS: The Ultimate History

    578 reviews
    Coming Soon
    £34.99 GBP
    £34.99 GBP
    5.0
    Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
    578 Reviews

  • Go Straight: The Ultimate Guide to Side-Scrolling Beat-’Em-Ups

    635 reviews
    Available: 20 Jul 2026
    £34.99 GBP
    £34.99 GBP
    5.0
    Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
    635 Reviews

  • The Secret History of Mac Gaming: Expanded Edition

    168 reviews
    Coming Soon
    £29.99 GBP
    £29.99 GBP
    4.9
    Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
    168 Reviews

  • The Games That Weren't

    342 reviews
    Available: 17 Jun 2026
    £34.99 GBP
    £34.99 GBP
    4.9
    Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
    342 Reviews

  • Metal Slug: The Ultimate History

    551 reviews
    £34.99 GBP
    £34.99 GBP
    5.0
    Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
    551 Reviews

  • A Gremlin in the Works

    134 reviews
    £29.99 GBP
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    5.0
    Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
    134 Reviews

  • From Ants to Zombies: Six Decades of Video Game Horror

    286 reviews
    Available: 17 Jun 2026
    £34.99 GBP
    £34.99 GBP
    5.0
    Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
    286 Reviews

  • Generation 64 - How the Commodore 64 inspired a generation of Swedish gamers

    21 reviews
    £24.99 GBP
    £24.99 GBP
    5.0
    Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
    21 Reviews

  • I’m Too Young To Die: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 1992–2002 (Collector's Edition)

    11 reviews
    £54.99 GBP
    £54.99 GBP
    5.0
    Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
    11 Reviews

  • Run 'n' Gun: A History of On-Foot Shooters (Collector's Edition)

    64 reviews
    £49.99 GBP
    £49.99 GBP
    5.0
    Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
    64 Reviews

  • The Definitive Book of SNES RPGs Vol. 1

    52 reviews
    £34.99 GBP
    £34.99 GBP
    4.9
    Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
    52 Reviews
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