Retro Video Game and Culture blogs from the Bitmap Books team

Videos Gaming’s Six Scariest Moments

For all of cinema’s most haunting works – and there are many – nothing quite scares lik...

By Will Freeman October 18, 2023

Here at Bitmap Books, we love video game cover art. So much so, our latest book, The Ar...

By Graeme Mason September 26, 2023

The work of a video game box artist is no simple task. Their job is to capture so much ...

By Will Freeman September 4, 2023

Here at Bitmap Books, we love arcade gaming. These glowing temples to neon and pixels r...

By Graeme Mason July 11, 2023

Some good news. We are now able to reinstate shipping to Australia, New Zealand, Malta ...

By Bitmap Books July 3, 2023

In 1988 the Famicom (or 'NES' as it was known outside Japan) had sold a little over 25 ...

By Nate Drake June 15, 2023