The fonts seen with old computer systems such as those from Apple and Commodore, as well as Microsoft Windows 3.1 and older, form an integral part of our interaction with these systems. These days ...
Bitmap Books releases The Arcade 1971–1999, a 408-page history of 120 classic coin-op games featuring stories from the developers who created them.
The Bitmap Theory initiative, launched just last summer, is swiftly gathering momentum. Its objective is to integrate a digital realm, often referred to as the metaverse, within the Bitcoin blockchain ...
There is a moment, before you even open a Bitmap Books release, when you start to realise the book is only part of the actual product. Table of Contents Born from nostalgia The sound of 900 boxes ...
As someone whose pre-console gaming years were largely spent in the company of an Amiga 500—the hunky gray box finally replaced a hand-me-down Spectrum that my uncle had given us—this got me thinking, ...
Rebellion announced today its acquisition of the iconic The Bitmap Brothers brand and portfolio. The Bitmap Brothers were responsible for what many regard as some of the stand-out games of the late ...
Independent game studio Rebellion Developments has today announced the acquisition of The Bitmap Brothers. Founded in 1987 by Mike Montgomery, The Bitmap Brothers is best-known for titles such as ...
One of the operations that low-level APIs tend to give you that higher level graphics systems tend to ignore is the bitblt - bit-block operation (pronounced bit-blit). This is essentially a low-level ...
In introductory programming books, variables are often explained as follows:"A variable is a named box that holds a value."This is a very easy-to-understand explanation for grasping variables at first ...