Books

Books

Looking for the perfect gift or just something for yourself to browse through? From retro designs to pixel art to gaming stories - you'll find it here!

A Guide To Japanese Role-Playing Games
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From Dragon Quest to Final Fantasy, from Megami Tensei to Pokémon, A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games explores the expansive history of Japanese role-playing games, beginning on 8-bit microcomputers, and following them all the way up to the heavy hitters of the modern era.
€42.06
Atari 2600/7800 - A visual compendium
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Spread over more than 500 pages, the VCS2600/7800 Compendium takes a look at the history of one of the most important early video game consoles ever
€34.58
Commodore 64: A Visual Commpendium (2nd Edition)
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Commodore 64: a visual Commpendium, celebrates one the most popular home computers of all time. It takes you on a journey through the C64’s varied and colourful gaming library. Starting in 1982 with early releases like Jupiter Lander and Beach Head, we travel forward through the decades.
€32.71
NES/Famicom: A Visual Compendium
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With its cutting edge graphics and extensive catalogue of iconic games, the NES/Famicom played a huge part in the history of videogaming.
€32.71
The Art of Point and Click Adventure Games (3rd Edition)
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The Art of Point-and-Click Adventure Games is a sumptuous 460 page, hardback coffee table book packed with the very best pixel art and classic scenes from the most defining games of this genre.
€29.91
NEOGEO: a visual history
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For a brief few years in the early 1990s, the NEOGEO was the pinnacle of video gaming. 
€42.06
A Gremlin in the Works
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This lavish 572 page book plots the course of the company, from initial successes with Monty Mole, Jack The Nipper and Thing On A Spring, to its ground-breaking Lotus-branded racing games, and eventual purchase by Infogrames in 1999.
€39.25
Metal Slug: The Ultimate History
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Metal Slug: The Ultimate History is the first officially-licenced book to document the lineage of one of gaming’s most beloved franchises.
€36.45
The Games That Weren't
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There are many games that have never seen the light of day - this book shows them, on over 600 pages.
€32.71
Nintendo64 Anthology Enhanced Edition
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360 pages, 388 game reviews (all games reviewed), interviews, complete history, Collector's Guide... Everything you need to know about Nintendo 64!
€44.86
The Art Of The Box
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A book covering the development of box covers, starting with early Atari ones and ending with recent AAA ones.
€36.45
From Ants To Zombies: Six Decades Of Video Game Horror
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From Ants to Zombies is a showcase for the remarkable range horror gaming has achieved, across six decades, from the 1970s to the 2020s, and over 70 hardware platforms, from the ZX Spectrum to the Xbox Series X.
€36.45
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AmigaOS 3.2 – Das Handbuch (German)
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A practical guide to the Amiga operating system for beginners, advanced users and professionals.
€22.94
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N64: A visual Compendium
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N64: a visual compendium tells the fascinating story of a console that changed the gaming world.
€34.58
Das inoffizielle GBA Pixelbuch (German)
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The Pixelbuch GBA is the ultimate reference book when it comes to GameBoy Advance games and their pixel art. Beautiful screenshots on over 300 pages.
€41.97
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Commodore Amiga: A Visual Commpendium
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Launched in 1985, the Amiga ushered in a new age of home computing. With its powerful 16-bit Motorola CPU and custom graphics and audio chipsets, it was an instant hit among gamers looking to move on from the eight-bit systems, as well as artists and musicians moving into the digital realm.
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ZX Spectrum: A Visual Compendium
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Invented by Sir Clive Sinclair, the successor to the ZX80 and ZX81 home computers would come to define an age of video gaming, with a range of games as quirky and eccentric as the computer that inspired them.