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The SNES Pixel Book

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Bitmap Books is proud to present The Unofficial SNES Pixel Book. Created in collaboration with German publisher Elektrospieler this lavish, 272-page volume celebrates the golden age of 16-bit gaming on Nintendo’s ultra-popular home console.

The book, which has been painstakingly translated from the original German text, features in-depth articles exploring the major genres to be found in the SNES’s huge portfolio of games. These are accompanied by tens of thousands of screenshots, specially taken, composed and selected for this volume, comprising a combination of single images, cut-outs, sprawling montages and gigantic level maps.

So, whether as a colossal spaceship, multi-screen boss monster, giant fortress, or comprehensive level overview, you can admire your favourite games and characters in ways rarely seen before. The book features a huge number of titles, from obscure oddities to the biggest classics, including Street Fighter II, Super Mario World, Super Castlevania IV, Axelay, Chrono Trigger, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Final Fantasy VI – all beautifully presented and preserved for eternity.

The many games have been grouped by genre, alongside thoughtful and fascinating insights into the evolution of genres and design trends, and their impact on today’s video game landscape. Overall, the project represents the culmination of many years’ work by its authors, Robert Bannert and Christine Bauer, and translator Thomas Nickel.

The book is offered in hardback with a spot-varnished protective slipcase, and is produced to Bitmap Books’ usual superlative standards.

Book Specifications

272 pages. 250mm × 250mm. Spot-varnished 3mm protective board slipcase. Spot-varnished cover. Edge-to-edge high quality lithographic print. Hardback. 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

The 7th Saga / ActRaiser / ActRaiser 2 / Another World (Out of this World) / Arcana / Art of Fighting / Axelay / Bahamut Lagoon / Bass Masters Classic / Bassin’s Black Bass / Battletoads in Battlemaniacs / Breath of Fire / Breath of Fire 2 / Bust-a-Move (Puzzle Bobble) / Castlevania: Vampire’s Kiss / Chrono Trigger / Clay Fighter / Contra 3: The Alien Wars (Super Probotector) / Cool Spot / Cybernator / Demon’s Crest / Disney’s Aladdin / Disney’s The Jungle Book / Donkey Kong Country / Dragon Quest 6 / Dungeon Master / E.V.O.: Search for Eden / Earthbound / Earthworm Jim / Equinox / Extra Innings / Eye of the Beholder / F-Zero / Fatal Fury Special / Final Fantasy 2 / Final Fantasy 3 / Final Fight 2 / Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem / Flashback: The Quest for Identity / The Flintstones: The Treasure of Sierra Madrock / Front Mission / Gradius 3 / Hagane / Harvest Moon / Illusion of Time / Indiana Jones’ Greatest Adventures / Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball / Kid Clown in Crazy Chase / Killer Instinct / The King of Dragons / Kirby Super Star / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Knights of the Round / The Legend of the Mystical Ninja / The Legend of Zelda / The Lion King / Looney Tunes B-Ball / The Lost Vikings / Lufia & the Fortress of Doom / The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse / Mario Paint / MechWarrior / Mega Man Soccer / Mega Man X / Metal Warriors / Micro Machines / NBA Jam / Ogre Battle / Paladin’s Quest / Parodius / Pilotwings / Pinocchio / Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure / Pocky & Rocky / Populous / Pop’n TwinBee / R-Type 3: The Third Lightning / Rock n’ Roll Racing / Samurai Shodown / The Secret of Evermore / Secret of Mana / Sensible Soccer / Shadowrun / Sim City / Smash Tennis / Soldiers of Fortune (The Chaos Engine) / Soul Blazer / Star Fox (Star Wing) / Street Fighter 2 / Street Fighter 2 Turbo / Stunt Race FX / Super Aleste (Space Megaforce) / Super Bomberman / Super Castlevania 4 / Super Ghouls ’n Ghosts / Super Mario All-Stars / Super Mario Kart / Super Mario RPG / Super Mario World / Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island / Super Metroid / Super Punch-Out!! / Super Soccer / Super Star Wars (Trilogy) / Super Street Fighter 2 / Super Tennis / Super Turrican / Tecmo Super Bowl 3: Final Edition / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time / Terranigma / Tetris & Dr. Mario / Tetris Attack / Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose! / Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports Challenge / Wario’s Woods / Wild Guns / Wing Commander / Wizardry 5: Heart of the Maelstrom / Yoshi’s Safari / Young Merlin / Zombies Ate My Neighbors

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Reprint Updates

This 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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  • JS
    jeffrey s.
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    Verified Buyer
    2 weeks ago
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    (THE UNOFFICIAL SNES Pixel book)You pay for what you get and with BITMAP it’s quality

    So I’m sitting at my computer and I own about 30+ art books most are DarkHorse and from Amazon and surprisingly I’ve had pretty good luck with their shipping but usually they just throw the book in a box that is too big with some brown paper sometimes not even that. so I have that too at least 5–10 times start a return and just do our placement which is free but I do have to drive to the UPS store and drop the book off. With BITMAP it may be the best packaging I’ve ever seen the box showed up in a 100% recyclable brown box that was the perfect size for it with the logo on one side and on the other side some pixel art and a very easy to pull tab after that it was in another box that said thank you for your order and consider leaving a review and it had the same very easy tear here to open tab. And then it came wrapped in beautiful green paper with the logo pattern on it, and each corner of the book had heavy duty protectors on it. Like even if your mailman dropped your book and accidentally ran it over it would probably still let up in perfect condition and you can just tell the heart and passion that the people at the company have not only the books. Very high-quality hardcover, binding, and paper.

    Well, if you made it this far, I did wanna make a shout out to how I found out about BITMAP

    i’ve been listening to Game Scoop! for about I don’t know about 10 years. Listening every Friday for the last five years for sure. my favorite part is 20 questions where users can…

  • OE
    Oscar Eduardo R.
    Flag of Colombia
    Verified Buyer
    4 months ago
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Awesome

    The definitive book to embark on and learn about pixel art in video games. Incredible.

  • RD
    Robin De H.
    Flag of Netherlands
    Verified Buyer
    8 months ago
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Astonishing Pixel Images

    Good size and full of really sharp images. A pleasant surprise to read. Also great packaging for shipping.

  • SP
    Stavros P.
    Flag of Greece
    Verified Buyer
    9 months ago
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    ALL perfect!

    Received on time, perfect packaging, perfect quality! Highly recommended!

  • K
    Kurt
    Flag of Belgium
    Verified Buyer
    1 year ago
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Throwback to my youth

    This book is created with so much love for the snes that it reads so smooth.

    The choice to work not per genre but with a game and all what is derived from it is just so great.

    I hope someone will create a sortlike book for the NES.

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