Game Boy: The Box Art Collection
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Description
Whether you're an old-school Game Boy fan, or discovering the wonders of Nintendo's million-selling portable system for the very first time, Game Boy: The Box Art Collection is the book for you – it's a vibrant celebration of some of the finest cover artwork for this monochrome marvel, which kick-started the handheld games industry.
Despite the fact that we live in a world where the average smartphone makes the Game Boy look like an abacus, in purely technical terms, Nintendo's trailblazing handheld still manages to capture the attention of gamers all over the world – and flicking through these pages, it's easy to see why. It's home to some of the most famous names in the videogame business, such as Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Metroid, Mega Man, Castlevania, Gradius and Final Fantasy, and many of its best titles hold up surprisingly well by modern standards – with technology this basic, developers of the period needed to make sure the gameplay was compelling and addictive.
We've worked closely with some of the world's most renowned Game Boy collectors to pull together a varied selection of titles that spans both Western and Eastern tastes. We've tried to strike the right balance between the two, and we hope you'll enjoy seeing some familiar pieces of art rubbing shoulders with covers for games you perhaps know from the dim and distant past, but have never before seen presented in the packaging shown here.
The other notable addition is the inclusion of screenshots on each page, giving you the opportunity to see what the games in question actually look like. As if that wasn't enough, we've gone to the extra effort of professionally translating the titles of Japanese games into Romaji – something that, to our knowledge, has never been properly attempted before in any English-language book. Game Boy: The Box Art Collection also includes a foreword by Gameboycameraman, a collector's interview and an extensive feature on the history of the Game Boy.
At 372 pages long, Game Boy: The Box Art Collection also boasts a metallic silver textured cover with a metallic blue foil logo. As with all our books, we use thread sewn binding for extra durability and print lithographically on high-quality paper to showcase the gorgeous visuals as they deserve.
Includes contributions from:
Jas Austin, Jean-Jacques Calbayrac, Tim Girvin, Vincent Haucourt, Michael Lynch, Paul Machacek, Damien McFerran and Chris Sutherland.
Book Specifications
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- MKMatthias K.Verified Buyer4 weeks agoRated 5 out of 5 starsAwsome book for al GB lovers
I bouth this book alongside the GBA Pixelart Book and this book is eaqually great:
"Game Boy: The Box Art Collection" is an incredible collecton of every series that ever was on the god old original Game Boy. Sometimes the show the japanese Boxart, somteimes the western release and from some series they even show various games.... but every page has a nice selection of screenshots and and great text about the specific gb version, the developers or the cover artist.
I think this is agreat book not only for videogame enthusiasts and old scool gamers, but even for designers and illustrators.
As with my other book, the quality is really great from the nice cover texture and shiny title print to the pages inside. I was really positively suprised in every way. Absolutely recommended!!!
- BBenVerified Reviewer6 months agoRated 5 out of 5 starsBest Present received and great customer service
I received this book as a present and was so happy with it. Found out they had more books so i ordered the Super Famicom and GBA pixel book. I noticed that there is also and pdf format of the books.
So i contacted customer service had a nice talk with Sam (creative director) and eventually i also got an pdf file for my Game Boy book. Easy for reading on the road.
So buying presents for my retro game friends will be easy 2025 😁😁😁😁
It was a nice experience to shop here.
Nice holiday and a happy new year
Ben
- WWeskhy1 year agoRated 5 out of 5 starsUn ouvrage magnifique
Un magnifique ouvrage qui rejoint le statue d'oeuvre littéraire intemporelle. Je suis vraiment ravi de l'avoir en ma possession et d'avoir pu en parler sur notre site, c'est LE livre qu'il vous faut absolument vous procurer.
Voici l'article que nous avons réalisé dessus :
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- ZLZuzana L.Verified Buyer1 year agoRated 5 out of 5 starsGameboy The Box ART collection
Super knihe. Nakoľko som zberateľ. Pekná do zbierky. ❤️
- IPIvan P.Verified Buyer1 year agoRated 5 out of 5 starsGreat as usual
I continue to come back and buy new books form Bitmap. They all have such incredible quality and you see the love and passion in each of them.
This book, like all others, is well made with beautiful photos and artwork inside. If you love the Game Boy, you’ll love this book.
The Game Boy is one of my favorite handhelds, so having this book with the box arts is a nice complement for it. It doesn’t have Game Boy Advance which is my absolute favorite but I’m sure that’s coming one day, right? Hopefully a pixel art book like the SNES.
