Bitmap Books- PC Engine: The Box Art Collection

[Harrison]

This next retro gaming book from Bitmap Books has finally been published and released.

PC Engine: The Box Art Collection.

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This is the third Box Art book they have made. The first 2 being for the Super Famicom and the Gameboy.

I really like the format of these books. Whilst it does concentrate on one game box art cover per page, they also include some screenshots, information and a brief description of the game and how good the version is on that system.

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The PC Engine (TurboGrafx 16 in the west) isn't a system I've ever owned, only ever having played it's games via emulation. This book covers a broad snapshot of the most popular games released for the system so it will be great as a reference to dig into the system games catalogue and explore what it has to offer. After a quick flick through there are versions of well known games I want to try out to see what these versions are like. Such as Shadow of the Beast, Bomberman and Streat Fighter II.

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There is a large chapter at the front of the book exploring the PC Engine. It's development and release. The addition of the CD drive, as well as its popularity and games developers.

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Well worth getting this if you even have a passing interest.

As usual this book meets Bitmap Books very high stanards of quality they have become known for. It's a large square book with a thick silver cover and a strong binding. The pages are of a thick high quality paper with detailed high quality colour printing. A lot of time and effort as always has been put into this book.

[Harrison]

And as always I'm still just as impressed with the quality and level of packaging these books arrive in. Plus the little attentions to detail.

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[Kin Hell]

Quality!