Press

 

Articles

• February 2025 - Nintendo Life, Zelda Dungeon, GoNintendo, 4Gamer.net, and  Get Mo' Games announce the preorder for Video Game Maps: SNES - Volume 2.
  
• March 2024 - Retro Game Books founder Brian Riggsbee is interviewed by gaming.net to discuss print media.
• December 2023 - Retro Game Books founder Brian Riggsbee is interviewed for WebsiteBuilderExpert.
• July 2023 - SEGA Bits announced Video Game Maps: Genesis & Mega Drive.
• October 2022 - Omega Metroid announces the pre-order for Pixel Art: Metroid.
• December 2021 - Dank, issue 50 features a spread on The Complete History of Rygar.
• November 2021 - Polygon features  The Complete History of Rygar.
• July 2021 - Cool Sh#T Magazine features a spread on The Complete History of Rygar.
• June 2021 - Atari Gamer announces the Rygar wax packs.
• May 2021 - Hardcore Gaming 101 announces The Complete History of Rygar.
• May 2021 - Atari Gamer announces The Complete History of Rygar.

 

Expos & Pop-ups

• September 2024 - Retro Game Books at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo.
• March 2024 - Retro Game Books at the Game On Expo in Arizona.
• November 2023 - The first Retro Game Books pop-up shop appears on Cortland street in San Francisco.
• October 2023 - Retro Game Books go on sale at the Rock River Valley Game Convention.
• June 2022 - The Complete History of Rygar goes on sale at the Too Many Games expo, in partnership with Hardcore Gaming 101.

 

Podcasts

• March 2025 - Brian returns to Pixels and Polygons to discuss his favorite looking systems and then chats with the Superpod Saga about 2004 games.
• February 2025 - Brian joins the gang on the Flashback 64 pod to chat about his favorite SNES games.
• October 2024 - Brian revisits The Game Deflators in episode 311 to discuss his game development journey and future Retro Game Books projects.
• September 2024 - Brian joins the New Game Plus podcast to drive a stake in Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. Available on Spotify, Apple, SoundCloud, and YouTube.
• August 2024 - An interview with owner Brian Riggsbee on the Fine Time podcast discussing Video Game Maps: SNES - Vol 1, the Rygar series, and SNES games.
• July 2024 - Brian Riggsbee shares his favorite "wow" gaming moment on Pixels and Polygons. He also joins the Flashback 64 podcast to discuss Gunstar Heroes and McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure.
• May 2024 - Brian Riggsbee talks multiplayer on Pixels and Polygons.
• April 2024 - Brian Riggsbee returns to Pixels and Polygons for episode seven to dive into video game mechanics.
• March 2024 - Brian Riggsbee joins Darren Hupke on the premiere episode of the podcast Pixels and Polygons to discuss gaming hardware and returns for episode three to chat about multiplayer games. He also joins The Game Deflators on episode 278 for an interview.
• February 2024 - Basement Arcade: Pause Menu welcomes Brian Riggsbee to talk about the process of producing books for Retro Game Books.
• May 2023 - Reliving Retro welcomes Brian Riggsbee to discuss Paperboy.
• March 2023 - The Gaming Outsider welcomes Brian Riggsbee to discuss  Metroid games, Full Quiet, the Horizon series, gaming comfortably, and the latest game trailers and news.
• February 2023 - TwoConsolesTooLate welcomes Brian Riggsbee to discuss  Video Game Maps: NES & Famicom, future projects, Metroid games, and Zelda.
• May 2022 - BTW "A Morning Coffee Gaming Podcast" welcomes back Brian Riggsbee to discuss Video Game Maps: NES & Famicom.
• November 2021 - Hardcore Gaming 101 welcomes Brian Riggsbee to discuss The Complete History of Rygar and rank Rygar for the NES.
• September 2021 - GameDev Breakdown Podcast welcomes Brian Riggsbee to discuss the arcade classic Rygar and the 2nd edition of The Complete History of Rygar.
• July 2021 - BTW "A Morning Coffee Gaming Podcast" welcomes Brian Riggsbee to discuss The Complete History of Rygar.
• June 2021 - Speaking of Which podcast welcomes Brian Riggsbee to discuss The Complete History of Rygar.

 

Social

• March 2023 - 
  Simon S. Andersen
  shares his copy of Pixel Art: Metroid. 
• May 2021 - Jeremy Parish calls The Complete History of Rygar "an interesting read".
• May 2021 - John Riggs shows off his copy of The Complete History of Rygar.

 

Partnerships

• November 2024 - Level Up Video Games in Santa Cruz, CA stocks our books.
• October 2024 - Select products go on sale in France via Giant Books.
• September 2024 - Our books become available in Australia via Pixel Crib.
• August 2024 - Video Game Maps: NES & Famicom is included as a stretch goal for Boss Fight Books Season 7.
• March 2023 - Retro Game Books once again teams up with Boss Fight Books to offer the digital version of Pixel Art: Metroid.
• December 2022 - Retro Game Books is part of the Chill Story Bundle, as Video Game Maps: NES & Famicom joins 9 other great video game themed books.
• August 2022 - The Complete History of Rygar is part of the Summer Story Bundle. Retro Game Books proceeds are donated to The Trevor Project, in memory of Philip J. Reed.
• July 2022 - Retro Game Books teams up with Boss Fight Books to offer digital copies of The Complete History of Rygar as a stretch goal for their GoldenEye Kickstarter campaign.
• May 2022 - NES PRO Magazine pairs with Retro Game Books to offer 5 printed pages from Video Game Maps: NES & Famicom.