Nintegageo | 582 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 No particular criteria just a manual that stands on its own to you. Mine is Link's Awakening original GB. It was the second game I ever received and the manual was sweet; it had the items and hints, though honestly that art. Just great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,891 Administrator · Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Totally Rad on the NES. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,506 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) Falcon 3.0. If both pilots die and they need someone to land a plane, I’m a professional pilot now. Edited July 24, 2021 by DefaultGen 3 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doner24 | 1,197 Moderator · Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 I love the Sword Master manual, it’s what the box art should’ve been, but they had to put the ugly screen shots on the front. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 3,013 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Probably Diablo 1. The length they went into to flesh out the lore in that manual is crazy, it really helped me get captivated in the game. Warcraft 2 did the same, but the Diablo 2 lore was "cooler". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californication | 1,490 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) I only have cartridge based manuals for my four fav. games that I planned on getting framed together before getting lazy. Dragon Fighter would be my fav. since it's the most expensive. Edited July 24, 2021 by Californication 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj_robot | 555 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Final Fantasy II was the first RPG I owned and the first time I ever saw a manual so big. I always appreciated when manuals were in full color and had nice artwork and real screenshots, but this one was also loaded with tons of info about all the weapons, armor, magic spells, etc. and even had a walkthrough for a good portion of the game, which helped me a bunch since I was new to RPGs. I thought that was so cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croagunk | 798 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) I love the manual for Hamtaro: Ham-Hams Unite! on GBC. I’ve had it since childhood and it has seen better days. I used to look through it all the time. It no longer has the front and back covers, but I love looking through the manual to this day. I am more careful with it nowadays, haha. Edited July 24, 2021 by croagunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 5,013 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 27 minutes ago, cj_robot said: Final Fantasy II was the first RPG I owned and the first time I ever saw a manual so big. I always appreciated when manuals were in full color and had nice artwork and real screenshots, but this one was also loaded with tons of info about all the weapons, armor, magic spells, etc. and even had a walkthrough for a good portion of the game, which helped me a bunch since I was new to RPGs. I thought that was so cool. Yeah, Square use to really knock it out of the park back in the day. My favorite was Final Fantasy Adventure which came with a thick square manual and a double-sided poster. The poster had screenshots of every screen on the overworld stitched together, and the back had lists and stats for everything. I'd never seen anything close to that before that game and I wore both out referencing them. I also can't quite recall which game, but I think the manual for Mercenary Force for the Game Boy is quite interesting. Each page is high gloss and has a metallic tone to it. It's one thing to add the expense for the cover, but they took it to a whole new level by using super-high quality paper for an otherwise standard manual. I have no clue why they did that. It definitely doesn't help market the game since it's on the inside of the box and I had never heard of it until I went for my complete set. Still, if you're rummaging through stacks of old manuals at some point and find one for that game, it's worth thumbing through and appreciating. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstralSoul | 503 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Console-wise? It's gotta be SimCity for SNES. Talk about a thick manual. It really does deep into detail about the entire game. There was always something special about the early "Sim-" games and I've always loved their excellent tutorials whether in manual or in game. I believe SimCity 2000 and/or 3000 on PC had excellent thick manuals too and I remember I could not read those enough. I really miss the Sim series. But anyway SimCity on SNES is easily my favorite iteration of the original SimCity but overall I loved the hell out of SimCity 2000 and 3000 too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,601 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Rise of the Dragon has a great manual 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbogus | 21 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Not something I put much thought into, but I guess I'll say NES Metroid's manual. The little doodles in it are charming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,794 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 During the NES era, any manual that included pictures, names and descriptions of the enemies was number 1 in my book. I loved reading about the enemies and knowing their names (which is why I didn't really have any made up names to add to the other thread). As we moved into later generations and as games started getting bigger, I noticed that many companies didn't put all of the enemies in the manuals, or often times left the enemies out all together. That was disappointing for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 The working design games for Ps1 like arc the lad, or Lunar. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPX | 1,376 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 11 hours ago, DefaultGen said: Falcon 3.0. If both pilots die and they need someone to land a plane, I’m a professional pilot now. Is it a game? Is it a flight sim?... No, it’s a University degree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPX | 1,376 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 I don’t remember any manual specifically, but I do remember enjoying reading them back when they were in the 90s. There was a certain charm and excitement when buying a new game back then, and the manuals were the ones that usually got me in the mood of the new adventures that was about to be embarked upon. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,641 Editorials Team · Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Earthbound 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,036 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 SNES Home Improvement 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,958 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 3 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said: Earthbound Nice technicality there, a game so whacked out they didn't bother with a manual, went straight to a guide to make any sense of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 I want to meet a real OG that beat earthbound without the guide 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaMan52 | 2,476 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 It looks so much better than the Mega Man 2 manual. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doner24 | 1,197 Moderator · Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 17 hours ago, MrWunderful said: I want to meet a real OG that beat earthbound without the guide I had to the first time I beat it, because we rented it from a local video game store and they didn’t give you the guide. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,641 Editorials Team · Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 1 hour ago, doner24 said: I had to the first time I beat it, because we rented it from a local video game store and they didn’t give you the guide. Ouch. We rented it a couple times as well but they included the guide. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doner24 | 1,197 Moderator · Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Reed Rothchild said: Ouch. We rented it a couple times as well but they included the guide. I remember getting some tips from the Role Players Realm in Gamepro to help with some early moments. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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