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
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Trigger Happy: A Visual Celebration of Video Game Controllers
73 reviews
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Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The Ultimate History
24 reviews
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Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The Ultimate History (Collector's Edition)
45 reviews
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50 Indie Games that Changed the World
108 reviews
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The Games of a Lifetime
157 reviews
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Hurt Me Plenty: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 2003–2010
81 reviews
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The GBA Pixel Book
197 reviews
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A Tale of Two Halves: The History Of Football Video Games (Captain's Edition)
52 reviews
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A Tale of Two Halves: The History Of Football Video Games
63 reviews
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Run 'n' Gun: A History of On-Foot Shooters
157 reviews
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A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games
1531 reviews
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The Art Of The Box
235 reviews
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The Art of Point-and-Click Adventure Games
675 reviews
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I’m Too Young To Die: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 1992–2002
331 reviews
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THE KING OF FIGHTERS: The Ultimate History
578 reviews
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Go Straight: The Ultimate Guide to Side-Scrolling Beat-’Em-Ups
635 reviews
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The Secret History of Mac Gaming: Expanded Edition
168 reviews
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The Games That Weren't
342 reviews
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Metal Slug: The Ultimate History
552 reviews
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A Gremlin in the Works
134 reviews
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From Ants to Zombies: Six Decades of Video Game Horror
286 reviews
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Generation 64 - How the Commodore 64 inspired a generation of Swedish gamers
21 reviews
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I’m Too Young To Die: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 1992–2002 (Collector's Edition)
11 reviews
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Run 'n' Gun: A History of On-Foot Shooters (Collector's Edition)
64 reviews
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The Definitive Book of SNES RPGs Vol. 1
52 reviews
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