Book - "Video Game Maps: Genesis and Mega Drive"

[Tabonga | 2,318]

Just got this in today:

https://retrogamebooks.com/products/video-game-maps-genesis-mega-drive-1

The author has an earlier one about NES and Famicom Maps - it is pretty neat and longer page wise than this one.  This one is better in that it is a larger format and has glossy pages.  Also being larger and less tightly bound it is easier to look at the pages.  If you like maps this is a good book to pick up.

Edited July 14, 2023 by Tabonga

[LeatherRebel5150 | 1,056]

11 hours ago, Tabonga said:

Just got this in today:

https://retrogamebooks.com/products/video-game-maps-genesis-mega-drive-1

The author has an earlier one about NES and Famicom Maps - it is oretty neat and longer page wise than this one.  This one is better in that it is a larger format and has glossy pages.  Also being larger and less tightly bound it is easier to look at the pages.  If you like maps this is a good book to pick up.

These are great. I do wish they were more comprehensive or had multiple volumes to include every game. 

[Tabonga | 2,318]

16 minutes ago, LeatherRebel5150 said:

These are great. I do wish they were more comprehensive or had multiple volumes to include every game. 

     I am in touch with the author -  I will ask him if he knows what his plans are yet!

[DK | 260]

I see Shining in the Darkness in the preview - does it have more pages with the actual dungeon maps, or is it just an overview of the world map?

[Tabonga | 2,318]

1 hour ago, DK said:

I see Shining in the Darkness in the preview - does it have more pages with the actual dungeohe n maps, or is it just an overview of the world map?

It has a 6 page spread - the first three pages are screenshots and a few overworld maps,  The last three are smaller dungeon maps - kind of hard to tell exactly which ones since it looks like they were from  a Japanese guide with Japanese captions.

 The book also has a lot of the battlefield maps for Shining Force 1, 2 and  CD.

 

Edited July 14, 2023 by Tabonga

[novalin | 6]

Hey all. I'm the creator of the book. I'm happy to answer additional questions, about this book or others. Let me know if anything is on your mind.

[LeatherRebel5150 | 1,056]

3 hours ago, novalin said:

Hey all. I'm the creator of the book. I'm happy to answer additional questions, about this book or others. Let me know if anything is on your mind.

Very good work. Is there a plan to do additional volumes of the ones you have now?  Im a sucker for “completeness” and would love to have all the games covered.

Any additional systems on the horizon?

 

 

[novalin | 6]

54 minutes ago, LeatherRebel5150 said:

Very good work. Is there a plan to do additional volumes of the ones you have now?  Im a sucker for “completeness” and would love to have all the games covered.

Any additional systems on the horizon?

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I have a pretty long list of backlog ideas, some of which include map themed books, and I haven't decided on the next project just yet. If I do another map book my guess is I'd do SNES next.

 

[GPX | 1,370]

10 hours ago, novalin said:

Hey all. I'm the creator of the book. I'm happy to answer additional questions, about this book or others. Let me know if anything is on your mind.

Congrats on a great concept! One question out of curiosity, why did you decide to do a map on a 2D-fighter in Fatal Fury?

Good luck with the sales!

[novalin | 6]

Hi. Not sure I fully understand the question. In terms of how I decided which maps to include I knew I wanted to have a variety of sources (e.g. manuals, magazines, etc.), mediums (e.g. screenshots, hand-drawn, etc.), and genres (e.g. RPG, fighting, adventure, etc.).