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Boss Fight Books Series

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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
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3.62 · 589 Ratings · 81 Reviews · published 2014 · 6 editions
An RPG for the Super NES that flopped when it firs…

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    Book 2

    Chrono Trigger
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    3.38     · 488 Ratings · 62 Reviews · published 2014 · 5 editions
    Last summer, Boss Fight Books gave fans the chance…

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    Book 3

    ZZT
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    4.00     · 327 Ratings · 57 Reviews · published 2014 · 5 editions
    In 1991, long before Epic Games was putting out bl…

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    Book 4

    Galaga
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    3.08     · 244 Ratings · 55 Reviews · published 2014 · 5 editions
    For fifteen seconds of the one of the highest-gros…

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    Book 5

    Jagged Alliance 2
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    4.02     · 246 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 2014 · 5 editions
    The turn-based tactical role playing series Jagged…

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    Book 6

    Super Mario Bros. 2
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    3.52     · 392 Ratings · 39 Reviews · published 2014 · 6 editions
    In perhaps the most famous switcheroo in all of ga…

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    Book 7

    Bible Adventures
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    4.09     · 340 Ratings · 58 Reviews · published 2015 · 6 editions
    In the beginning, a small unlicensed game developm…

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    Book 8

    Baldur's Gate II
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    3.43     · 283 Ratings · 41 Reviews · published 2015 · 4 editions
    Upon its release in 2000, BioWare's PC role-playin…

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    Book 9

    Metal Gear Solid
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    3.58     · 489 Ratings · 66 Reviews · published 2015 · 6 editions
    Before they co-created the hit web series Hey Ash,…

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    Book 10

    Shadow of the Colossus
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    3.67     · 323 Ratings · 45 Reviews · published 2015 · 5 editions
    A massive, open world, brimming with mystery. A ga…

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    Book 11

    Spelunky
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    4.44     · 1729 Ratings · 161 Reviews · published 2015 · 7 editions
    When Derek Yu released Spelunky for free in 2008, …

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    Book 12

    World of Warcraft
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    3.66     · 199 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2016 · 7 editions
    At more than 100 million user accounts created and…

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    Book 13

    Super Mario Bros. 3
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    3.77     · 296 Ratings · 37 Reviews · published 2016 · 7 editions
    Upon its 1990 NES release, Super Mario Bros. 3 fle…

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    Book 14

    Mega Man 3
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    3.67     · 202 Ratings · 36 Reviews · published 2016 · 5 editions
    Capcom's Keiji Inafune followed the unexpected suc…

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    Book 15

    Soft & Cuddly
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    3.69     · 91 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 2017 · 4 editions
    A computer game so nauseatingly gory that it came …

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    Book 16

    Kingdom Hearts II
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    3.54     · 235 Ratings · 40 Reviews · published 2017 · 6 editions
    Light and darkness. Heroes and villains. Final Fan…

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    Book 17

    Katamari Damacy
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    3.79     · 275 Ratings · 41 Reviews · published 2017 · 5 editions
    The universe falls into chaos. The moon and the st…

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    Book 18

    Final Fantasy V
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    4.19     · 349 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2017 · 5 editions
    When Final Fantasy V was released for the Japanese…

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    Book 19

    Shovel Knight
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    3.90     · 181 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2018 · 4 editions
    In 2014, Yacht Club Games released its very first …

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    Book 20

    Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
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    3.73     · 241 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 2019 · 5 editions
    Set an even longer time ago in a galaxy far, far a…

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    Book 21

    NBA Jam
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    4.34     · 319 Ratings · 36 Reviews · published 2019 · 5 editions
    When NBA Jam dunked its way into arcades in 1993, …

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    Book 22

    Pilgrim in the Microworld
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    3.77     · 155 Ratings · 28 Reviews · published 1983 · 9 editions
    An exploration of the human mind and body's intera…

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    Book 23

    Postal
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    3.81     · 106 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 2020 · 5 editions
    In 1997, game studio Running With Scissors release…

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    Book 24

    Red Dead Redemption
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    3.80     · 114 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 2020 · 5 editions
    First garnering both dismissal and intrigue as “Gr…

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    Book 25

    Resident Evil
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    4.01     · 230 Ratings · 33 Reviews · published 2020 · 5 editions
    Now a sprawling video game franchise with no short…

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    Book 26

    The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
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    3.99     · 218 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 2020 · 4 editions
    You’ve met with a terrible fate, haven’t you? Thos…

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    Book 27

    Silent Hill 2
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    4.02     · 290 Ratings · 30 Reviews · published 2021 · 5 editions
    A troubled man travels to a mysterious town from h…

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    Book 28

    Final Fantasy VI
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    3.85     · 115 Ratings · 20 Reviews · 4 editions
    Terra the magical half-human. Shadow the mysteriou…

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    Book 29

    GoldenEye 007
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    4.25     · 169 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 2022 · 1 edition
    Bond—James Bond. In the 80s and 90s, the debonair …

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    Book 30

    PaRappa the Rapper
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    4.21     · 67 Ratings · 16 Reviews · 5 editions
    In the mid-90s, a Japanese prog rock star, an Amer…

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    Book 31

    Minesweeper
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    3.90     · 111 Ratings · 23 Reviews · published 2023 · 4 editions
    If you had some free time and a Windows PC in the …

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    Book 32

    Day of the Tentacle
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    3.58     · 52 Ratings · 9 Reviews · 3 editions
    Six years after helping the Edison family defeat t…

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    Book 33

    Animal Crossing
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    4.23     · 196 Ratings · 55 Reviews · 6 editions
    Before the world of Animal Crossing became a pande…

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    Book 34

    EverQuest
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    3.93     · 29 Ratings · 4 Reviews · 2 editions
    “You’re in our world now.” This bold tagline led S…

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    Book 35

    Untitled Goose Game
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    4.53     · 49 Ratings · 13 Reviews · 2 editions
    It's a beautiful day in the village, and you are a…

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    Book 36

    Outer Wilds
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    3.72     · 40 Ratings · 15 Reviews · 2 editions
    Maybe it's happened to you too. You're talking to …

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    Book 37

    Dance Dance Revolution
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    3.89     · 27 Ratings · 6 Reviews · 2 editions
    On September 26, 1998, a video game made its debut…

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    Book 38

    Legend of the River King
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    4.14     · 14 Ratings · 7 Reviews · 1 edition
    Featuring a baseball-capped kid who leaves his tin…

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    Book 39

    Life is Strange
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    4.00     · 7 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 1 edition
    Despite its time travel mechanics, high stakes, an…

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    Book 40

    Dragon Age II
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    4.18     · 11 Ratings · 3 Reviews · 1 edition
    Rushed through development in just a year to capit…

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