Bitmap Books Video Games Atari 2800/7800: A Visual Compendium

Atari established the home video game industry, and its name immediately became synonymous with 8-bit adventure. The Atari 2600 system was the first piece of gaming equipment to dominate the world’s collective living room, offering the most iconic titles of all time, like Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Defender, Joust, Pitfall and many, many more. But the gaming giant fell just as swiftly, due to a full-scale video game crash in 1983. Even after this catastrophe, Atari soldiered on, and just one year later, produced the powerful 7800 console — a machine that should have returned Atari to its former glory, had everything gone according to plan…

Atari 2600/7800: A Visual Compendium showcases the very best pixel art, cover art and product design on each system. Spread over 528 pages, it features over 200 classic games, with articles on third-party developers, interviews with key industry figures and features on cover art, prototypes and even “homebrew” releases.