Nice stocking stuffers…for folks with giant, book-shaped stockings.
In search of one thing to do while you don’t really feel like enjoying video games? Studying about video games is a good suggestion, and Restricted Run Video games has introduced a brand new guide publishing imprint for that very goal: Press Run.
Let by Led by former video games journalists Jeremy Parish (1Up Community, USgamer, IGN, Retronauts) and Jared Petty (IGN, Kinda Humorous, Digital Arts), Press Run will publish books on video video games and game-adjacent subjects on a month-to-month foundation, beginning right now. And as you’d count on, nearly all of the books presently introduced will probably be of curiosity to Nintendo avid gamers.
NES Works 1987
Collector’s Version, Paperback ($34.99), Hardcover ($39.99) – Obtainable Nov. 2022
An enormous take a look at each recreation that shipped for Nintendo’s 8-bit console in its breakout yr, 1987. Every little thing you can ever need to find out about timeless masterpieces like The Legend of Zelda, Punch-Out!!, and Castlevania, in addition to extra esoteric titles like Arkanoid and Sqoon. The definitive guide on this important slice of online game historical past!
Digital Boy Works
Paperback ($29.99) and Hardcover ($34.99) – Obtainable Now
A revised second version of our complete Digital Boy retrospective. Comprises in-depth timelines, retrospectives, and images of each recreation printed within the U.S. and Japan for Nintendo’s least in style (however arguably most fascinating!) system.
The Historical past of Sunsoft Vol. I by Stefan Gancer
Paperback ($19.99) and Hardcover ($34.99) – Obtainable Now
An exhaustively researched exploration of the historical past of one in every of gaming’s true inventive powerhouses, Japanese writer Sunsoft. From its origins as a textile firm to its breakout titles for arcades and NES, The Historical past of Sunsoft is supported by in depth interviews and first-hand accounts by the folks behind the corporate!
These books will probably be joined every month by quite a lot of new books, together with works by authors Kurt Kalata, Chris Kohler, and extra.
Wanting forward, some books will probably be out there as restricted collector’s editions, whereas the essential editions of each printed guide will flow into for so long as they’re in demand.
Within the meantime, in the event you occur to be close to the Portland Retro Expo the weekend of October 14-16, you possibly can meet Jeremy Parish for a meet and greet at sales space #267. A signing occasion on the Restricted Run Retail retailer in Apex, North Carolina on November fifth.
For extra info on Press Run books (together with pattern chapters) and to position your orders, go to limitedrungames.com/collections/books.
