Horror Game Fans Should Check Out This Stellar Book While It's Back In Stock

Clocking in at 664 pages, From Ants to Zombies discusses more than 130 horror games. It's divided into 13 chapters based on genre, setting, and "shades of fear," and you'll find commentary from iconic developers throughout the volume. This includes input from Keiichiro Toyama (Silent Hill) and Ken Levine (System Shock 2).

Bitmap Books makes some of the best video game art and history books around. You'll find gorgeous illustrations on each page along with an eye-catching hardcover design--ensuring it’s the centerpiece of your game room or book collection. From Ants to Zombies includes titles across more than 70 platforms released between 1970 through the 2020s.

As mentioned Bitmap Books titles receive small print runs--though titles are sometimes reprinted later on--so they often sell out. Prices tend to fluctuate dramatically, but Amazon has a bunch of other hardcover video game books from Bitmap in stock right now. The selection ranges from books focused on particular genres, such as the horror book above and Go Straight, a book about beat-'em-ups, to gorgeous overviews of retro hardware and classic game franchises.

• From Ants to Zombies: Six Decades of Video Game Horror -- $40.42 ($42.49)
• Go Straight: The Ultimate Guide to Side-Scrolling Beat-'Em-Ups (Hardcover) -- $45
• The Art of the Box (Hardcover) -- $43.78
• N64: A Visual Compendium (Hardcover) -- $48
• PC Engine: The Box Art Collection (Hardcover) -- $37.79
• The GBA Pixel Book (Paperback) -- $48
• NES/Famicom: A Visual Compendium (Hardcover) -- $63
• Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection (Hardcover) -- $47
• The Secret History of Mac Gaming: Expanded Edition (Hardcover) -- $51
• Commodore 64: A Visual Compendium (Hardcover) -- $53
• Commodore Amiga: A Visual Compendium (Hardcover) -- $59
• Artcade: Book of Classic Arcade Game Art (Hardcover) -- $62
• Metal Slug: The Ultimate History (Hardcover) -- $68
• The King of Fighters: The Ultimate History (Hardcover) -- $45
• NEOGEO: A Visual History (Hardcover) -- $65
• Sinclair ZX Spectrum: A Visual Compendium (Hardcover) -- $53
• The Games That Weren't (Hardcover) -- $53
• The CRPG Book: A Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games - Expanded Edition (Hardcover) -- $61
• Super NES/Super Famicom: A Visual Compendium (Hardcover) -- $63 | Sold out
• Game Boy: The Box Art Collection (Hardcover) -- $60 | Sold out
• A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games (Hardcover) -- $45 | Sold out
• The SNES Pixel Book (Hardcover) -- $63 | Sold out