Scary games may have entered the mainstream with the likes of Resident Evil and Silent Hill in the PlayStation era but interactive entertainment has always been drawn to its darker side. From Ants to Zombies is a showcase for the remarkable range horror gaming has achieved, across six decades, from the 1970s to the 2020s, and over 70 hardware platforms, from the ZX Spectrum to the Xbox Series X.

More than 130 horror titles are analysed and contextualised across thirteen thematically-divided chapters, covering a variety of genres (from rail shooters to open-world RPGs), settings (from haunted mansions to infested space stations) and shades of fear (from creeping existential dread to stomach-churning outbursts of violence). The discussion is enlivened by exclusive commentary from pioneering horror developers such as Keiichiro Toyama (Silent Hill), Jane Jensen (Gabriel Knight), Ken Levine (System Shock 2), Sandy White (Ant Attack), David Riordan (It Came from the Desert), Paul Norman (Forbidden Forest), Graeme Devine (The 7th Guest), and many more.

Spanning 600+ beautifully-illustrated pages, From Ants to Zombies offers an opportunity to revisit venerated classics and discover unfairly overlooked gems, tapping into the inexhaustible riches of six decades of video game horror.

From Ants to Zombies comes as a hardback, with a unique glow-in-the-dark logo and text. As with all of their publications, Bitmap Books print lithographically on high-quality paper to showcase the gorgeous visuals as the games deserve. Bitmap Books also use thread sewn binding for extra durability and the ability to lay the book open flat. The cover features a specially created artwork by artist Vasilis Zikos.

BOOK SPECIFICATIONS
664 pages. 170mm × 210mm. Edge-to-edge high quality lithographic print. Glow-in-the-dark logo and text on cover. Hardback. Sewn binding for enduring quality and the ability to lay flat for ideal double-page image viewing. Coloured bookmark ribbon. Shrink-wrapped. Volumetric weight: 2.5kg

Includes contributions from:
Adam Birch
Airdorf
Anna Anne Anthropy
Ben Cocuzza
Bob Johnson
Bryan Eggers
Charlie Cleveland
Clem Chambers
Danielle Dorsey
Dave Lebling
Dave Lloyd
David Riordan
DontFightDucks
F.J. Lennon
Graeme Devine
Graham Reznick
Ivan Zanotti
Jane Jensen
Jasper Byrne
Jeff Tunnell
Julien Névo
Keiichiro Toyama
Ken Levine
Kitty Horrorshow
Larry Fessenden
Laura Hunt
Lode Coen
Lynda Cowles
László Szenttornyai
Malcolm Evans
Michael Lutz
Mike Richardson
Octavi Navarro
Paul Norman
Robb Sherwin
Sandy White
Scott Adams
Ted Hentschke
Thomas Möhring
Tim Cowles
Tim Keenan
Trevor Storey
William McDonald and Wright Bagwell.

GAMES FEATURED
13 Ghosts
3D Monster Maze
7th Guest, The
Adr1ft
Alan Wake
Alien
Alien Brigade
Alien: Isolation
Aliens: The Computer Game
Alone in the Dark
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Among the Sleep
Anatomy
Anchorhead
Ant Attack
Asylum
Bandersnatch
Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle
Beast Busters
Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery, The
Betrayer
Binding of Isaac, The
BioShock
Black Mirror, The
Blair Witch
Bride of Frankenstein
Capsule
CarnEvil
Carrier
Castlevania
Cauldron
Chiller
Chitin Creek
Clive Barker’s Undying
Clock Tower
Cold Fear
Coloratura
Coma: Cutting Class, The
Congo: The Movie – Descent into Zinj
Corpse Killer
Count Lucanor, The
Count, The
Creepy Castle
Crush, Crumble and Chomp!
Crypt Killer
D
Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan, The
Dark Seed
Dark Tales: From the Lost Soul
Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
Darkwood
Dead ‘n’ Furious
Dead by Daylight
Dead Space
Dead Space: Extraction
Deadeus
Deadly Creatures
Deep Fear
Deep Sea
Demon’s Tomb: The Awakening
Detention
Dino Crisis
Dino Stalker
Discomfort
Don’t Go Alone
DOOM³
Dracula
Dracula the Undead
Dracula Unleashed
Dracula: Origin
Dracula: The Resurrection
Dread X Collection
Duskers
Ecco the Dolphin
Echo Night
Ecstatica
Enemy Zero
Eversion
Evil Within, The
F.E.A.R.
FAITH: The Unholy Trinity
Fear, The
Firewatch
Forbidden Forest
Forbidden Siren
Forest, The
Frankenstein’s Monster
Friday the 13th
From Beyond: Prologue
Galerians
Ghouls ‘n Ghosts
Godzilla
Ground Zero Texas
Grounded
Halloween
Harvester
Haunted House (Atari)
Haunted House (Magnavox)
Haunted Museum
Haunting Ground
Hellnight
Hi-Res Adventure #1: Mystery House
Hollywood Monsters
Horror of Salazar House, The
Hound of Shadow, The
House of Seven Gables, The
House of the Dead, The
House of Usher
Hysteria Project
If on a Winter’s Night, Four Travelers
Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker, The
Inner Demons
Innsmouth no Yakata
Iron Lung
Iru!
It Came from the Desert
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack in the Dark
Jack the Ripper
Jurassic Park
Kadath
Kill It With Fire
King Kong
Kuon
Laser Ghost
Last Vampire, The
Legacy: Realm of Terror, The
Limbo
Little Nightmares
Lone Survivor
Long Dark, The
Lurking Horror, The
Mad Father
Mansion of Hidden Souls
Martian Gothic: Unification
Miasmata
Midnight Scenes: The Highway
Mist, The
Monster Bash (Apogee)
Monster Bash (SEGA)
Monster Party
Murder House
My father’s long, long legs
Necromancer
Necrotic Drift
Night Creatures
Night Trap
NightCry
Nightjar, The
Nightmare Gallery
Nightmare on Elm Street, A
Nightmare, The
ObsCure
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