Bitmap Books consistently produces excellent content， but this one was a bit of a miss for me。 Mostly it stems from the fact that PC Engine: The Box Art Collection seems to suffer from a serious identity crisis。 Since it doesn't document all of the games released for the Japanese PC Engine， it can't be considered a proper encyclopedia。 Indeed， some of the omissions are downright baffling， like the decision to include Ys I， II， and IV but leave out Ys III。 Likewise， the book doesn't give a good s Bitmap Books consistently produces excellent content， but this one was a bit of a miss for me。 Mostly it stems from the fact that PC Engine: The Box Art Collection seems to suffer from a serious identity crisis。 Since it doesn't document all of the games released for the Japanese PC Engine， it can't be considered a proper encyclopedia。 Indeed， some of the omissions are downright baffling， like the decision to include Ys I， II， and IV but leave out Ys III。 Likewise， the book doesn't give a good sense of which games were localized for the Western market， though it does include the names of many games that were released in English。 This seems like it could have been an easy fix by simply including another data line at the top of each entry that indicates which markets saw releases for given games。As an art book， PC Engine: The Box Art Collections is produced with the same attention to quality as other Bitmap Books。 The embossed cover has a nice presentation and the pages are printed on fantastic heavy gloss paper that really lets the colors shine。However， there's an issue here as well。 While all of the box art is presented at roughly actual size， it would have been nice to see the art made even larger。 This decision was likely made to present the art as it actually appeared， but the real estate of this book's design could have accommodated much larger images。 Plus， you can only read about so many scrolling shmups before they all blur together。As I mentioned， Bitmap Books always puts out quality products。 This look at the Japanese box art for the PC Engine really drives home how well the system was marketed there -- and how poorly it was marketed in the United States。 While this book won't be for everyone， PC Engine / Turbo Grafx-16 collectors will likely find a lot to love。 。。。more