ZX Spectrum Visual Compendium book launches its Kickstarter

Fantastic news for every retro gamer across the globe, especially anyone that has owned a ZX Spectrum and as hinted in our review of the Amiga visual compendium, today saw the launch of the Bitmap Books Sinclair ZX Spectrum: a visual compendium on kickstarter. The campaign went live at 7 a.m. and in just 3 hours is already nearly fully funded!

Commodore 64 : A visual Commpendium [Book Review]

Like many people of a similar age to me, the Commodore 64 holds a very special place in my heart. One of the first computers I spent a large amount of time with, either typing in BASIC listings from books and magazines, to playing games relentlessly, my C64 was the first computer I could call "mine". Of course I'd meant to learn to program on it, but that plan went right down the drain when my gaming habit went from a couple of games on tape and Frogger on cartridge to a small-ish box of disks marked "Games" that one day just magically appeared at our house.

The Bitmap Books Commodore 64: a visual Commpendium book encapsulates brilliantly the memories of the contents of that box.

Commodore Amiga: a visual Compendium - A very retro Kickstarter! [UPDATE]

Usually the only thing we feature on this site are games and retro hardware. But today we are going to feature a new Kickstater campaign that will be both very special for retro gamers and new gamers, wanting to know more about our golden age of gaming. Welcome to the Commodore Amiga: Visual Compendium; A visually impressive Amiga book which will focus on the visual side of the computer. From in-game pixel art to game maps to box artwork. A book crammed with incredible high resolution detail published by Bitmap Books and the creation by Sam Dyer who did the highly successful Commodore 64: a visual Compendium.