Game Boy followers can save massive on a really cool e book at Amazon for a restricted time. The Game Boy Encyclopedia, which launched on November 30, is a reference e book containing the entire 1,100-plus video games that launched for Nintendo’s Game Boy and Game Boy Shade within the west. Usually $43, this 320-page hardcover is on sale for only $27.40.
$27.40 (was $43)
Written by veteran video game journalist Chris Scullion, The Game Boy Encyclopedia looks at every game released in the West for both the Game Boy (~580 games) and its 1998 successor, the Game Boy Color (~560 games), which tallies up to around 1,150 games total. Inside the book, each game is covered with screenshots and trivia factoids, resulting in a comprehensive, though unofficial, look at the system over its long and storied run.
If you’re looking for some more gaming history, you can check out Scullion’s other books on other influential video game consoles and their libraries. You can complement the GameBoy book with the NES, SNES, and N64 encyclopedias. The SNES e book additionally contains part devoted to the Nintendo’s largest flop, the Digital Boy, and its small 22-game library. All three books can be found now in hardcover and paperback.
On the Sega aspect, followers can return to the corporate’s 16-bit period with this e book on the Sega Genesis. There’s additionally a Dreamcast encyclopedia that covers over 600 video games from the short-lived system.
The Video Game Encyclopedia Collection
- The Sega Genesis Encyclopedia
- The Sega Dreamcast Encyclopedia
- The NES Encyclopedia
- The SNES Encyclopedia
- The N64 Encyclopedia
- The GameBoy Encyclopedia
The Historical past of Nintendo Books
Game Boy and Nintendo followers basically must also take a look at Florent Gorges’ The History of the Game Boy and Famicom/NES books, which can be found for $28 every at Amazon. Launched in English for the primary time final yr, these books are deeply researched and primarily based on many hours of interviews Gorges performed with builders who labored at Nintendo when the NES and Game Boy have been being developed.
Bitmap Books Video Game Artwork Books
Bitmap Books additionally has an excellent number of reads devoted to traditional video video games and trendy masterpieces. The writer not too long ago lined interactive terror with the discharge of From Ants to Zombies: Six Decades of Video Game Horror, and it has additionally printed books on retro consoles, the attractive field artwork of video video games, and extra. These are fantastically designed books that should be each instructional and showpieces in your assortment, and every launch is often a chunky learn that goes into exhaustive element on its material.