Retro Video Game and Culture blogs from the Bitmap Books team

Six Retro Games that Shaped Christmas

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

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

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

By Graeme Mason July 11, 2023

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), or Super Famicom, was a haven for role-...

By Graeme Mason May 28, 2023