Retro Video Game and Culture blogs from the Bitmap Books team

Six spooky 1980s games based on classic monster movies

Alex Chatziioannou selects a handful of titles that demonstrate how far back the relationship between video games and movies go.

By Alex Chatziioannou October 25, 2024

On January 24, 1984, Apple launched its first Macintosh computer. Later rebranded as th...

By Will Freeman January 23, 2024

Our dedication to preserving video games and charting histories, legacies, and more is ...

By Graeme Mason January 9, 2024

Video games and Christmas make for a perfect match. There’s nothing like peeling the wr...

By Will Freeman December 12, 2023

From 1984 onwards, Sheffield software house Gremlin released quality game after game th...

By Graeme Mason November 14, 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