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A unique and lavishly produced history of the visionary British software house, created by videogame history publisher Read-Only Memory

The Bitmap Brothers: Universe

A comprehensive history of the visionary British software house behind seminal titles such as Xenon 2: Megablast, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe and The Chaos Engine.
A comprehensive history of the visionary British software house behind seminal titles such as Xenon 2: Megablast, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe and The Chaos Engine.
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Darren Wall
Darren Wall
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Into the Wonderful: Universe Has a Shipping Date!

Dear Bitmap Backer,

It’s the update I’ve been itching to deliver, and no doubt one you've been itching to read. We’re sending Universeto print! At last! The design is... Read more

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'Re-fund!'

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'Micro-etched in holofoil'

Dear Bitmap Backer,

It’s time again for our weekly Universe digest, taking us up to our book’s production.

This week we got through a huge amount of image retouching and... Read more

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'A Dapper Chap Without a Doubt'

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Copy editing complete!

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Unveiling Universe

Hello Bitmap Backer,

I’m excited to say that we’ve been making sterling progress since our last update. Our copy editor Rich (who worked on the last Read-Only Memory title, Britsoft:... Read more

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Text complete / Tetsuya Mizuguchi joins the cast

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Speedball 2 – Full Chapter / Shipping News

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'There Were Always Stories to Tell.'

Since we last checked in with you, Duncan has been hard at work wrapping up his now-epic 12-chapter history of The Bitmap Brothers. To give you an idea of how... Read more

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Schedule News

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'They said they wanted an alien. Oh God, I thought.'

With our interviews wrapped up, Duncan has been carefully editing and organising each contributor’s commentary and binding these recollections together with an authoritative guiding voice and a sprinkle of dry... Read more

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'Lawless, chaotic and fun'

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Bitmap Shaders

Yesterday I ran an update with information about our decision to reproduce game imagery in The Bitmap Brothers: Universewith the textural nuances of a CRT screen. It was pointed... Read more

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Scanlines: The Payoff

With every Read-Only Memory title, we look to experiment with how we present in-game artwork on the printed page. When we began to talk about how to show pixel art... Read more

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Progress Report / New ROM Products

Interviews and project progress

Our interviews for The Bitmap Brothers: Universecontinue apace – most recently, Duncan spoke to Gary Carr (a designer/artist who later went on to join Bullfrog)... Read more

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'Maximum Blast'

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Successfully raised £48,697 with 1,224 backers

Goal Activated!

Late on Sunday evening, total pledges for The Bitmap Brothers: Universebroke through the all-important £40,000 barrier! That means our campaign has been successfully funded and later this year you'll... Read more

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Super Nashwan Power Required!

Our campaign to create a sumptuous hardback Bitmap Brothers history book is thundering along, with less than £9,000 currently needed to hit our goal. We're reaching out to every news... Read more

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Crowdfund Deluxe

Hello honorary Bitmap Brothers and Sisters!

Welcome to our The Bitmap Brothers: Universecampaign. I’m hugely grateful for all of your pledges – over the coming months I’ll be sharing... Read more

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