acidjaguar | 258 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) Here are links to full size scans or source pics for these titles: NES - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yWR-uA1lw7cl9syYUJisX78Z8f-AV7l8?usp=sharing Multi Game Books (will cover other systems too) - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WutRhihOVW65YoyKWNq0EwHLD-gEYacP?usp=sharing Game Specific Guides Name Publisher Comments Cover Alt. Cover Adventures of Lolo 1 HAL Adventures of Lolo 2 Brian Adventures of Lolo 3 HAL Adventures in Tetris NP Magazine Extra All of Wizardry Hint Book Nexoft All of Wizardry II: Knight of Diamonds Asciiware Captain Planet and the Planeteers Hint Book Mindscape Carmen Sandiego Companion, Ultimate Unofficial Bantam Crystalis Clue Book: Get a Clue SNK Déjà vu Hint Book Kemco-Seika Dragon Warrior NP Magazine Extra Dragon Warrior II, Unveiled Secrets of Enix Dragon Warrior IV Tokuma Dungeon Magic: Sword of Elements Taito Fester's Quest: Sunsoft's Perfect Guide Book Sunsoft Final Fantasy Nintendo Nintendo Power - Issue 17 How to Win at Super Mario Bros Takuma Shoten King's Quest V Sierra Likely technically a PC guide, but still cool Maniac Mansion Hint Book Jaleco Color edition is NES B&W edition is PC Might & Magic: Secret of the Inner Sanctum Cluebook Sammy Milon's Secret Castle Secrets, Hints and Clues Hudson Soft Originally came with map Ninja Gaiden II Nintendo Nintendo Power - Issue 15 Robowarrior Official Hint Sheet Jaleco Color and B&W variants confirmed Shadowgate Hint Book Kemco-Seika Star Wars Hint Book Lucasarts Super Mario Bros 2 - Inside Out v1 / v2 NP Magazine Extra Super Mario Bros 3 Nintendo Nintendo Power - Issue 13 Tetris Masters, Tricks of the Classic NES Createspace Ultima Exodus Hint Book FCI Uninvited Hint Book Kemco-Seika Wall Street Kid Tip Sheet Sofel Zelda: Tips and Tactics Nintendo Multi Game Guides Name Publisher Comments Cover Alt Cover 4 Player Extra Nintendo Nintendo Power - Issue 19 Battletoads Battlebook Prima Beyond the Nintendo Masters Hayden Books Big Book of Nintendo Games Compute Books Castlevania Hint Book Compute Books Compute's Conquering Super Mario Bros (1st Ed.) Compute Books Compute's Conquering Super Mario Bros (2nd Ed.) Compute Books Compute's Conquering Zelda (1st Ed.) Compute Books Compute's Conquering Zelda (2nd Ed.) Compute Books Compute's Guide to Nintendo Adventure Games Compute Books Compute's Guide to Nintendo Games Compute Books Compute's Nintendo Secrets Compute Books Compute's Nintendo Tips and Tricks Compute Books Consumer's Guide: Hot Tips for the Coolest Nintendo Games Consumer Reports Consumer's Guide: More Hot Tips for Nintendo Consumer Reports Consumer's Guide: Nintendo Fun, Book for Beginners Consumer Reports Consumer's Guide: More Nintendo Fun, Book for Beginners Consumer Reports Consumer's Guide: Nintendo Strategies (white cover) Consumer Reports Consumer's Guide: Nintendo Strategies (red cover) Consumer Reports Consumer's Guide: Nintendo Strategies (yellow cover) Consumer Reports Consumer's Guide: More Nintendo Strategies Consumer Reports Consumer's Guide: Super Strategies (blue cover) Consumer Reports Consumer's Guide: Super Strategies (white cover) Consumer Reports Consumer's Guide: Super Strategies (1st print / grey cover) Consumer Reports Consumer's Guide: Winning Tips for Nintendo Consumer Reports Consumer's Guide: Winning Tips for Nintendo (mini book variant) Consumer Reports Consumer's Guide: Winner's Guide to Nintendo Consumer Reports Game Atlas Nintendo Game Counsellor's Answerbook Microsoft Press Game Player's Encyclopedia of Nintendo Games Volume 1 Signal Research Game Player's Encyclopedia of Nintendo Games Volume 2 Signal Research Game Player's Encyclopedia of Nintendo Games Volume 3 Signal Research Game Player's Encyclopedia of Nintendo Games Volume 4 Signal Research Game Player's Encyclopedia of Nintendo Games Volume 5 Signal Research Game Player's Encyclopedia of Nintendo Games Volume 6 Signal Research Game Player's Encyclopedia of Nintendo Games Volume 7 Signal Research Game Player's Encyclopedia of Nintendo Games Volume 8 Signal Research Hot Tips: Adventure Games GamePro Hot Tips: Sports Games GamePro How to Beat Nintendo Gamebook [IMPORT] Boxtree Limited How to Win at Super Mario Games St. Martin's Press How to Win at Super Mario Games Special Edition (includes Dr. Mario) St. Martin's Press How to Win at Nintendo Games (boxed set) St. Martin's Press How to Win at Nintendo Games (black cover / first edition) St. Martin's Press How to Win at Nintendo Games (red w/ yellow starburst cover) St. Martin's Press How to Win at Nintendo Games (red w/ white starburst cover) St. Martin's Press How to Win at Nintendo Games #2 St. Martin's Press How to Win at Nintendo Games #3 St. Martin's Press How to Win at Nintendo Games #4 St. Martin's Press How to Win at Nintendo Sports Games St. Martin's Press How to Win at Nintendo Games, Best of St. Martin's Press Mega Man, Official Guide to Compute Books Mastering Nintendo Video Games (1st pressing) Hayden Books Mastering Nintendo Video Games (2nd pressing) Hayden Books Mastering Nintendo Video Games II Hayden Books Nintendo Game Strategies Volume 1 Prima - PSOTG Nintendo Game Strategies Volume 2 Prima - PSOTG Nintendo Game Strategies Volume 3 Prima - PSOTG Nintendo Game Secrets Volume 4 Prima - PSOTG Nintendo Game Secrets Greatest Tips GamePro Nintendo Action Games Millbook Press Nintendo Role Playing Games Millbook Press Ocean's Guide to Jurassic Park Supplemental Magazine Official Nintendo Player's Guide Nintendo Top Secret Passwords Nintendo Tips of the Classic NES Tetris Masters Createspace Tricks of the Nintendo Masters Hayden Books Ultima, Official Book of Compute Books Ultimate Hint Book Ultimate Game Club Ultimate Strategy Guide to Super Mario Bros Random House Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Classic Game Strategies Random House Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Classic Game Strategies (2nd Edition) Random House Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Game Strategies Volume 1 Random House Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Game Strategies Volume 2 Random House Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Game Strategies Volume 3 Random House Video Game Secrets --- Vidiot Boy's Guide to Zelda Vidiot Boy Zelda Collector's Edition Nintendo Edited October 20, 2022 by acidjaguar 5 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,184 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Awesome! Getting those things scanned in one day would be amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidjaguar | 258 Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 Just now, ThePhleo said: Awesome! Getting those things scanned in one day would be amazing. I have almost every cover scan from my own books. Just working on best way to show thumbnail and link to high res..... Right now will be just plain lists for placeholders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegHead | 127 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Wow, great list! I'm going to have to add some of these to my watch list. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonwarrior83 | 16 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I didn't realize there were that many guides for the NES, I knew there were a couple and obviously Nintendo Power. Nice job on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m308gunner | 352 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Wow. That's alot of paper. I'd love to see what the Crystalis guide looks like and how much one can expect to pony up for it (asking for a friend :P). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doner24 | 1,195 Moderator · Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 3 minutes ago, m308gunner said: Wow. That's alot of paper. I'd love to see what the Crystalis guide looks like and how much one can expect to pony up for it (asking for a friend :P). 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidjaguar | 258 Posted November 1, 2019 Author Share Posted November 1, 2019 Updated with pictures now! Please send me a message if you see anything weird as you browse this thread with different devices.... I will eventually be linking to full size images once I get all the lists laid out. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodvibes | 158 Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Awesome topic, love all the pictures as well. Didn’t even know some of these existed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daillest | 0 Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 33 minutes ago, acidjaguar said: Updated with pictures now! Please send me a message if you see anything weird as you browse this thread with different devices.... I will eventually be linking to full size images once I get all the lists laid out. Enjoy! Nice work I’m glad you’re rebuilding these threads as I use them as a reference all the time. Is it possible to have larger images open when you click the thumbnails? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidjaguar | 258 Posted November 1, 2019 Author Share Posted November 1, 2019 5 hours ago, daillest said: Nice work I’m glad you’re rebuilding these threads as I use them as a reference all the time. Is it possible to have larger images open when you click the thumbnails? I'm working on the high res images. I may, in the end, just link to my google drive folders that are currently storing the high resolution scans of them for simplicity reasons and plus it is cheap (free) full size image storage for my purposes of making these right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mideast | 144 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) Any update getting a link to google drive for the hi-res covers? I’d love to have those! Also I think you have the wrong thumbnail for Prima’s Nintendo Game Secrets Vol. 1 @acidjaguar Edited January 6, 2021 by mideast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidjaguar | 258 Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 13 hours ago, mideast said: Any update getting a link to google drive for the hi-res covers? I’d love to have those! Also I think you have the wrong thumbnail for Prima’s Nintendo Game Secrets Vol. 1 @acidjaguar Thanks for catching that one. I went ahead and updated it and now added links to my googe drive folder for the NES and Multi Game books for full size scans of what I have available for everyone that is interested. @daillest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mideast | 144 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 54 minutes ago, acidjaguar said: Thanks for catching that one. I went ahead and updated it and now added links to my googe drive folder for the NES and Multi Game books for full size scans of what I have available for everyone that is interested. @daillest Very nice!! I'm totally gonna make a database on my computer and check off the few I already have. Did you ever notice the UPC numbers on the two 1st Edition Game Players Nintendo Encyclopedia scans you have with the same cover are different? I knew there was an alternate cover but I didn't know the first cover got two printings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidjaguar | 258 Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 14 minutes ago, mideast said: Very nice!! I'm totally gonna make a database on my computer and check off the few I already have. Did you ever notice the UPC numbers on the two 1st Edition Game Players Nintendo Encyclopedia scans you have with the same cover are different? I knew there was an alternate cover but I didn't know the first cover got two printings There are multiple examples on stuff like this that I did not cover in the list. Many of the consumer report books have a variety of different UPCs / print iterations but I didn't want to get too far down the rabbit hole and just give the basic information of a book cover for people who wanted to search it out and maybe work on a set. You will find that there are a lot of minor variants out there, but we made the list just covering major variants here.... so be careful and don't follow the white rabbit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mideast | 144 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 33 minutes ago, acidjaguar said: There are multiple examples on stuff like this that I did not cover in the list. Many of the consumer report books have a variety of different UPCs / print iterations but I didn't want to get too far down the rabbit hole and just give the basic information of a book cover for people who wanted to search it out and maybe work on a set. You will find that there are a lot of minor variants out there, but we made the list just covering major variants here.... so be careful and don't follow the white rabbit! Lol very true. It's just funny, Game Player's is such an enigma. Their numbering system on the first few magazines is all out of whack and they have two Vol. 1 Number 1 issues. And they called it "Nintendo Buyer's Guide" and "Nintendo Strategy Guide". Then they also had MS-DOS Guide, PC Guide, Sega Genesis Guide, Game Boy Guide. They actually had 53876 and 71486 as prefixes on the UPC of some of their magazines too. It's like they had two different UPC companies registered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidjaguar | 258 Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 1 hour ago, mideast said: Lol very true. It's just funny, Game Player's is such an enigma. Their numbering system on the first few magazines is all out of whack and they have two Vol. 1 Number 1 issues. And they called it "Nintendo Buyer's Guide" and "Nintendo Strategy Guide". Then they also had MS-DOS Guide, PC Guide, Sega Genesis Guide, Game Boy Guide. They actually had 53876 and 71486 as prefixes on the UPC of some of their magazines too. It's like they had two different UPC companies registered? Yeah, I'm with you there. Game Player's certainly tried to cover all the grounds ..... Game Player's: Leading Magazine of Video and Computer Entertainment (generic magazine for Nintendo / PC / Sega / NEC / Amiga / Atari / other systems later too) This is the sequence I believe for Nintendo, effectively changing their title four times: a. Game Player's Guide to Nintendo (premier issue only) b. Game Player's Nintendo Strategy Guide (vol 1 no 2 and vol 1 no 3 same as Strategy guide to Nintendo Games) c. Game Player's Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games d. Game Player's Nintendo Guide Game Player's Nintendo Buyer's Guide -> Game Player's Buyer's Guide to Nintendo Games Game Player's Sega Genesis Strategy Guide -> Game Player's Sega Guide! Game Player's Encyclopedias: Sega Genesis - 5 volumes Nintendo Games - 8 volumes Game Boy - 3 volumes Game Player's VHS Tapes - maybe around 16 tapes? Game Player's Nintendo / Sega (or also seen: Sega / Nintendo) Game Player's - CES Special Issues (3 or so issues) Game Player's MS-DOS Strategy Guide Game Player's PC Strategy Guide Game Player's PC Buyer's Guide Game Player's PC Entertainment Game Player's Sports for Kids Game Player's Strategy Guide to Game Boy Ultra Game Player's (I think this is another part) This is probably a thread in itself honestly..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,709 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 How to Win at Super Mario Bros. by Takuma Shoten is only SMB1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mideast | 144 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 On 1/6/2021 at 2:43 PM, acidjaguar said: Yeah, I'm with you there. Game Player's certainly tried to cover all the grounds ..... Game Player's: Leading Magazine of Video and Computer Entertainment (generic magazine for Nintendo / PC / Sega / NEC / Amiga / Atari / other systems later too) This is the sequence I believe for Nintendo, effectively changing their title four times: a. Game Player's Guide to Nintendo (premier issue only) b. Game Player's Nintendo Strategy Guide (vol 1 no 2 and vol 1 no 3 same as Strategy guide to Nintendo Games) c. Game Player's Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games d. Game Player's Nintendo Guide Game Player's Nintendo Buyer's Guide -> Game Player's Buyer's Guide to Nintendo Games Game Player's Sega Genesis Strategy Guide -> Game Player's Sega Guide! Game Player's Encyclopedias: Sega Genesis - 5 volumes Nintendo Games - 8 volumes Game Boy - 3 volumes Game Player's VHS Tapes - maybe around 16 tapes? Game Player's Nintendo / Sega (or also seen: Sega / Nintendo) Game Player's - CES Special Issues (3 or so issues) Game Player's MS-DOS Strategy Guide Game Player's PC Strategy Guide Game Player's PC Buyer's Guide Game Player's PC Entertainment Game Player's Sports for Kids Game Player's Strategy Guide to Game Boy Ultra Game Player's (I think this is another part) This is probably a thread in itself honestly..... Yeah I love Game Players! I'm not sure if I had any issues as a kid but I definitely borrowed Consumer Reports (maybe red one?) from my cousin's friend and thought the cheats/tips were so cool. Did Game Players really have 16 videos? I have ads for 9 of them. And the Super Mario Bros 2 one is marked Vol. 1 No. 1 next to the Double Dragon one that also says Vol. 1 No. 1 literally in the same ad!! I see they have ads for Game Players Sports for Kids in the magazines, but I've searched for it online and came up with nothing, they really printed it? It's always the Magic Johnson cover in the ads. I've never heard of Game Players CES Specials can you elaborate? This really is a separate thread lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidjaguar | 258 Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 38 minutes ago, mideast said: Yeah I love Game Players! I'm not sure if I had any issues as a kid but I definitely borrowed Consumer Reports (maybe red one?) from my cousin's friend and thought the cheats/tips were so cool. Did Game Players really have 16 videos? I have ads for 9 of them. And the Super Mario Bros 2 one is marked Vol. 1 No. 1 next to the Double Dragon one that also says Vol. 1 No. 1 literally in the same ad!! I see they have ads for Game Players Sports for Kids in the magazines, but I've searched for it online and came up with nothing, they really printed it? It's always the Magic Johnson cover in the ads. I've never heard of Game Players CES Specials can you elaborate? This really is a separate thread lol Here's the premiere of the Sports for Kids issue. Don't think it made it past it though .... And then here is an example of the CES issues. They did around 3 or 4 ... waiting for confirmation from a friend who has the known set. They made guides to CES in fashion to their magazines .... And I will have to verify with another guy about how many Game Player's tapes there are. I had thought there were 16, but he can confirm and hopefully give me a pic for reference as I seem to not have it on hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mideast | 144 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 17 minutes ago, acidjaguar said: Here's the premiere of the Sports for Kids issue. Don't think it made it past it though .... And then here is an example of the CES issues. They did around 3 or 4 ... waiting for confirmation from a friend who has the known set. They made guides to CES in fashion to their magazines .... And I will have to verify with another guy about how many Game Player's tapes there are. I had thought there were 16, but he can confirm and hopefully give me a pic for reference as I seem to not have it on hand. Wow that CES Guide is news to me! I'd like to see more issues if you can get pics, and definitely pics of the Game Tapes. I know My Life in Gaming has 8 of the tapes up on YouTube. The highest number up is No. 12 Acclaim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mideast | 144 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Also I have an alternate cover for the red Consumer Reports Nintendo Strategies. The red, white and yellow ones all have the same content right? Just different publishing pages at the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidjaguar | 258 Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 @mideast - right exactly. They essentially changed up their covers usually by color, but at times added stuff like this to the top where it is a later iteration. They got pretty crazy on their variants, especially with coloring, UPCs, spiral vs no spiral, and "By the Editors of Consumer Guides" .... all same content though I am fairly certain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mideast | 144 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 20 minutes ago, acidjaguar said: @mideast - right exactly. They essentially changed up their covers usually by color, but at times added stuff like this to the top where it is a later iteration. They got pretty crazy on their variants, especially with coloring, UPCs, spiral vs no spiral, and "By the Editors of Consumer Guides" .... all same content though I am fairly certain. Have you ever heard of this tell all book from 2015 where Jeff Rovin's son says he wrote all those books by just sitting with a notepad in front of the TV while his two sons blasted through NES games and beat them Lol. I didn't know that series was so great selling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DestructoDisk | 30 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 On 10/23/2019 at 7:09 PM, m308gunner said: Wow. That's alot of paper. I'd love to see what the Crystalis guide looks like and how much one can expect to pony up for it (asking for a friend :P). https://video-game-ephemera.com/013.htm They have a scan of all the pages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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