Tim has spent over a thousand hours assembling the high-resolution scans, restoring the images in Photoshop and color-correcting them back to their vibrant, as–new appearance. Each marquee takes up a full double-page spread in the book, and is faithfully recreated using beautiful lithographic printing on the highest quality paper.
The results of all that hard work are now available as a lasting record of the amazing artwork that adorned the arcades during the golden era of coin-op video gaming. Relive your mis-spent youth with artwork from dozens of coin-ops including Asteroid, Street Fighter II, Moon Patrol, Out Run, Gyruss, Battlezone, Q*Bert, Bubble Bobble and many more.
The full collection of classic arcade cabinet artwork is presented here for the first time in this stunning landscape hardback book, and accompanied by interviews with artists Larry Day and the late Python Anghelo.
Art of Atari
Atari is one of the most recognized names in the world. Therefore, i naturally assumed the original Atari artwork fell prey to similar disposal or theft or had simply been forgotten about all together. Thanks to art of atari, not any more!" -- from the Afterword by Robert V. Conte Dynamite Entertainment. In addition to hundreds of games created for arcades, and computers, home video systems, original artwork was specially commissioned to enhance the Atari experience, further enticing children and adults to embrace and enjoy the new era of electronic entertainment.
Sourced from museums and private collections worldwide, catalogs, advertisements, and more!ART OF ATARI includes behind-the-scenes details on how dozens of games featured within were conceived of, illustrated, this book spans over 40 years of the company's unique illustrations used in packaging, approved or rejected, and brought to life.
. But be warned, viewing these images may leave you with an overwhelming desire to revisit the ancient pixelated battlefields they each depict as well.
Art of Atari Poster Collection
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Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection
. It wasn't easy being a nintendo fan in the early 90s: the wonderful Super Famicom was released in Europe as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, but it was hobbled by a bordered, 50Hz image and delayed release schedule. Includes a foreword by long-time games journalist Steve Jarratt, launch editor of Edge and Nintendo magazine Total!
As a celebration of this unique artwork, bitmap books is proud to present Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection – a compilation of Japanese game packaging, professionally shot and presented as a glorious hardback edition. Dynamite Entertainment. Super famicom: the box art collection is an unmissable treat for anyone who had a passion for Nintendo's 16-bit games console, and who came to embrace the distinctive Japanese artwork adorning these iconic games.
As well as the benefits of faster, smoother, Japanese Super Famicom cartridges came in beautiful portrait-shaped boxes, full-screen gameplay, rather than the landscape packaging sold in Europe and North America. True nintendo fans got hold of a Japanese console and bought their games on the grey import market.
The book features around 250 titles, including many rare examples and some that have never before been documented in print.
VHS Video Cover Art: 1980s to Early 1990s
. All are amazing and inspiring works of art that captivate the imagination. Video cover art is a unique and largely lost artform representing a period of unabashed creativity during the video rental boom of the 1980s to early 1990s. Schiffer Publishing. Written and curated by tom “the dude designs” hodge, sci-fi, kids, comedy, this collection contains over 240 full-scale, poster artist extraordinaire and VHS obsessive, with a foreword by Mondo’s Justin Ishmael, horror, complete video sleeves in the genres of action, and thriller films.
It’s a world of mustached, phallic guns, buxom beauties, big explosions, muscled men, and nightmare-inducing monsters.
The C64 Mini
D. Paradroid, winter games, temple of apshai trilogy, pitstop ii, super cycle, netherworld, sword of fargoal, street sports baseball, speedball 2, nodes of yesod, silicon warrior, uridium, Monty on the Run, Robin of the Wood, West Bank, Who Dares Wins II, Thing on a Spring, Nobby the Aardvark, World Games, Street Sports Basketball, Speedball, Skate Crazy, Summer Games II, Spindizzy, Ranarama, Skool Daze, Street Sports Soccer, Tower Toppler, Trailblazer, Snare, Zynaps Note: Keyboard keys are non-functional Dynamite Entertainment.
Schiffer Publishing. High definition output at 720p via HDMI. Featuring high-definition output via hdmi, Boulder Dash, a classic style joystick and 64 built-in games including classics like California Games, Impossible Mission and Jumpman. Out goes the silent black and white experience and in with 64KB of RAM, color graphics, and synthesizer sound.
Pixel perfect display, with US/Europe display modes and crt filter options. Save game function.
Commodore 64: A Visual Commpendium
Schiffer Publishing. High definition output at 720p via HDMI. Pixel perfect display, with US/Europe display modes and crt filter options. Ac usb adaptor not included. Presented in full-color throughout, and complete with a spot-varnished protective dust cover, printed on high quality paper, this book is a treat for anyone who grew up playing games or learning their craft on this most ubiquitous of home computers.
Even when commodore was no longer being manufactured, the games kept coming. Supports software updates via USB flash drive. By the 1990s, creatures, talented coders were making the machine do things the original hardware designers didn't think were possible: games like Turrican, and Lemmings showed that there was life left in the old CPU yet.
Commodore 64: a visual commpendium celebrates one of the most popular home computers of all time, taking readers on a journey through the C64's varied and colorful gaming library. This book pays homage to the developers that kept the system alive, featuring games that were completed and released a decade after the last boxed C64.
Included: the c64 mini computer, usb cable for power, HDMI cable, 64 preinstalled games, classic USB joystick, instruction manual.
Super Mario Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years
. Save game function. This tome also contains an interview with producer takashi tezuka, star, items, and worlds from over thirty years of Mario, sun, tips to help you find every coin, obstacles, and mushroom--even explanations of glitches! With information on enemies, Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: the official guide to the First 30 Years is jam-packed with content from all seventeen Super Mario games--from the original Super Mario Bros.
Power up!Super Mario Bros. Track the evolution of the Goomba, witness the introduction of Yoshi, and relive your favorite levels. Information on enemies, items, obstacles, & worlds from over 30 years of Mario!. Hardcover: 256 pages. A must-have for any Mario fan!2 usb ports: plug in a usb keyboard and use as a fully functional home computer, or add a second joystick for 2-player games.
Playing With Power: Nintendo NES Classics
Dynamite Entertainment. Information on enemies, obstacles, items, & worlds from over 30 years of Mario!. Hardcover: 256 pages. A must-have for any Mario fan! Pixel perfect display, with US/Europe display modes and crt filter options. Included: the c64 mini computer, classic USB joystick, HDMI cable, 64 preinstalled games, usb cable for power, instruction manual.
Ac usb adaptor not included. Super mario encyclopedia is the definitive resource for everything Super Mario! Schiffer Publishing. 3, donkey kong, and the legend of Zelda!A journey through three eras of NES history. Commentary and history from Nintendo visionaries who pioneered this era of gaming. An inside look at the system and game paks.
Priceless excerpts from nintendo power magazine back issues!Plus maps, character art, and extras!TM & © 2016 Nintendo.
Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics
The games: discover everything you’ve always wanted to know about some of the most beloved SNES games, including the previously unreleased Star Fox 2!The History: Learn about the SNES development and the visionaries behind this groundbreaking console. The legacy: an in-depth look at how the SNES has left its mark on the gaming industry, and how its legacy continues.
The memories: featuring a plethora of fan art, music, and more, this book is a love letter to playing with Super Power!Speedrunning Tips: Some of the best speedrunners around share their tips and strategies for getting the best times in these beloved classic games. Exclusive foreword: written by Reggie Fils-Aimé, President and COO of Nintendo of America.
Collectible hardback version with slipcase. Supports software updates via USB flash drive. Dynamite Entertainment. Ac usb adaptor not included. Super mario encyclopedia is the definitive resource for everything Super Mario!
Nintendo 64 Anthology Classic Edition
Dynamite Entertainment. By interviewing the people involved at the time - martin hollis rare - GoldenEye and Eric Caen Titus - Superman; acknowledged as one of the machine's worst games- Matt Manent has worked to make this book an encyclopedia honoring the Nintendo 64 we've all come to love. Ac usb adaptor not included.
Super mario encyclopedia is the definitive resource for everything Super Mario!2 usb ports: plug in a usb keyboard and use as a fully functional home computer, or add a second joystick for 2-player games. Prima. 6. Schiffer Publishing. Included: the c64 mini computer, classic USB joystick, 64 preinstalled games, usb cable for power, HDMI cable, instruction manual.