Boss Fight Books Series

33 primary works • 33 total works

Wikipedia: "Boss Fight Books is a Los Angeles-based book publisher and its eponymous series of books about video games. Similar to the style of 33⅓, a series of books about individual record albums, each book focuses solely on one video game. The company was founded by Gabe Durham in June 2013, and following a successful Kickstarter campaign in Jul…

Book 1

EarthBound

3.65 · 507 Ratings · 69 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions

An RPG for the Super NES that flopped when it firs…

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Book 2

Chrono Trigger

by Michael P. Williams

3.39 · 427 Ratings · 58 Reviews · published 2014 · 3 editions

Last summer, Boss Fight Books gave fans the chance…

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Book 3

ZZT

by Anna Anthropy

4.01 · 289 Ratings · 52 Reviews · published 2014 · 3 editions

In 1991, long before Epic Games was putting out bl…

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Book 4

Galaga

by Michael Kimball

3.13 · 205 Ratings · 46 Reviews · published 2014 · 3 editions

For fifteen seconds of the one of the highest-gros…

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Book 5

Jagged Alliance 2

Jagged Alliance 2

by Darius Kazemi

4.05 · 206 Ratings · 22 Reviews · published 2014 · 3 editions

The turn-based tactical role playing series Jagged…

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Book 6

Super Mario Bros. 2

Super Mario Bros. 2

3.48 · 337 Ratings · 33 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions

In perhaps the most famous switcheroo in all of ga…

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Book 7

Bible Adventures

Bible Adventures

4.10 · 284 Ratings · 46 Reviews · published 2015 · 3 editions

In the beginning, a small unlicensed game developm…

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Book 8

Baldur's Gate II

Baldur's Gate II

3.48 · 242 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2015 · 2 editions

Upon its release in 2000, BioWare's PC role-playin…

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Book 9

Metal Gear Solid

Metal Gear Solid

3.63 · 426 Ratings · 61 Reviews · published 2015 · 5 editions

Before they co-created the hit web series Hey Ash,…

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Book 10

Shadow of the Colossus

Shadow of the Colossus

by Nick Suttner

3.71 · 284 Ratings · 39 Reviews · published 2015 · 3 editions

A massive, open world, brimming with mystery. A ga…

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Book 11

Spelunky

4.44 · 1449 Ratings · 127 Reviews · published 2015 · 2 editions

When Derek Yu released Spelunky for free in 2008, …

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Book 12

World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

3.67 · 149 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 2016 · 3 editions

At more than 100 million user accounts created and…

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Book 13

Super Mario Bros. 3

Super Mario Bros. 3

3.76 · 244 Ratings · 34 Reviews · published 2016 · 5 editions

Upon its 1990 NES release, Super Mario Bros. 3 fle…

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Book 14

Mega Man 3

by Salvatore Pane

3.72 · 176 Ratings · 30 Reviews · published 2016 · 3 editions

Capcom's Keiji Inafune followed the unexpected suc…

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Book 15

Soft & Cuddly

by Jarett Kobek

3.73 · 66 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2017 · 2 editions

A computer game so nauseatingly gory that it came …

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Book 16

Kingdom Hearts II

Kingdom Hearts II

by Alexa Ray Corriea

3.56 · 191 Ratings · 31 Reviews · published 2017 · 4 editions

Light and darkness. Heroes and villains. Final Fan…

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Book 17

Katamari Damacy

Katamari Damacy

3.76 · 205 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2017 · 3 editions

The universe falls into chaos. The moon and the st…

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Book 18

Final Fantasy V

Final Fantasy V

by Chris Kohler

4.18 · 295 Ratings · 33 Reviews · published 2017 · 3 editions

When Final Fantasy V was released for the Japanese…

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Book 19

Shovel Knight

by David L. Craddock

3.88 · 147 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 2018 · 2 editions

In 2014, Yacht Club Games released its very first …

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Book 20

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

3.75 · 177 Ratings · 23 Reviews · published 2019 · 3 editions

Set an even longer time ago in a galaxy far, far a…

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Book 21

NBA Jam

4.36 · 256 Ratings · 30 Reviews · published 2019 · 3 editions

When NBA Jam dunked its way into arcades in 1993, …

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Book 22

Pilgrim in the Microworld

Pilgrim in the Microworld

by David Sudnow

3.75 · 115 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 1983 · 6 editions

An exploration of the human mind and body's intera…

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Book 23

Postal

by Brock Wilbur

3.84 · 70 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2020 · 3 editions

In 1997, game studio Running With Scissors release…

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Book 24

Red Dead Redemption

Red Dead Redemption

by Matt Margini

3.88 · 78 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2020 · 3 editions

First garnering both dismissal and intrigue as “Gr…

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Book 25

Resident Evil

by Philip J. Reed

4.10 · 153 Ratings · 25 Reviews · published 2020 · 2 editions

Now a sprawling video game franchise with no short…

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Book 26

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

3.97 · 154 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2020 · 2 editions

You’ve met with a terrible fate, haven’t you? Thos…

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Book 27

Silent Hill 2

by Mike Drucker

4.11 · 196 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2021 · 3 editions

A troubled man travels to a mysterious town from h…

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Book 28

Final Fantasy VI

Final Fantasy VI

by Sebastian Deken

3.90 · 71 Ratings · 14 Reviews · 2 editions

Terra the magical half-human. Shadow the mysteriou…

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Book 29

GoldenEye 007

4.26 · 68 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2022 · 5 editions

Bond—James Bond. In the 80s and 90s, the debonair …

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Book 30

PaRappa the Rapper

PaRappa the Rapper

by Mike Sholars

4.50 · 14 Ratings · 6 Reviews · 3 editions

In the mid-90s, a Japanese prog rock star, an Amer…

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Book 31

Minesweeper

4.07 · 14 Ratings · 5 Reviews · expected publication 2023 · 2 editions

If you had some free time and a Windows PC in the …

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Book 32

Day of the Tentacle

Day of the Tentacle

5.00 · 1 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 1 edition

Six years after helping the Edison family defeat t…

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Book 33

Animal Crossing

Animal Crossing

by Kelsey Lewin

0.00 · 1 edition

Before the world of Animal Crossing became a pande…

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