Retro Video Game and Culture blogs from the Bitmap Books team

How Easter Eggs first hatched in video games

In the early 1980’s 15 year-old Adam Clayton noticed a rather unusual hidden message wh...

By Nate Drake April 8, 2023

At Bitmap we’re obsessed with game art, from screenshots and box designs to concept ill...

By Sam Dyer March 16, 2023

Teleport to the 70’s to learn about the original cheat code. Although most of us learn ...

By Nate Drake March 8, 2023

Puzzle games and the Game Boy go hand in hand. With its small screen and – how to put t...

By Graeme Mason February 19, 2023

At Bitmap Books, we like to think we are cataloguing the very best of video games histo...

By Nate Drake January 21, 2023

Avid followers of our books will be aware that there appears to be a level of mystery a...

By Sam Dyer January 9, 2023