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CosmicShadows 05/29/20 9:36:29 AM #1: |
Let me rephrase that. When you actually do get a game with a manual?
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NeoShadowhen 05/29/20 9:37:31 AM #2: |
CosmicShadows posted...
I did growing up. But not anymore. Thats because games dont have them anymore. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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deupd_u 05/29/20 9:38:38 AM #3: |
NeoShadowhen posted...
Thats because games dont have them anymore.And they had them when they really didn't even need them. You don't need an instruction book for a 2D Genesis game, the controller only has 3 buttons. --- Snipers don't shoot at paper, they shoot watermelons. https://imgur.com/jo511lG ... Copied to Clipboard!
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scorpion41 05/29/20 9:40:16 AM #4: |
And the ones that do are bare minimum at best. I still have my SNES manuals and a couple NES ones. The fighting game ones and the old Mario/Zelda ones were awesome.
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DevsBro 05/29/20 9:40:57 AM #5: |
Do video games still have manuals?
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DoubleDare 05/29/20 9:41:58 AM #6: |
deupd_u posted...
And they had them when they really didn't even need them. You don't need an instruction book for a 2D Genesis game, the controller only has 3 buttons. While this is true, there are some that has moves you dont know about. --- On Your Mark...Get Set........GO!!!!!! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Balrog0 05/29/20 9:43:10 AM #7: |
Some Genesis games had 6 buttons, check your manual
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Nacen 05/29/20 9:43:49 AM #8: |
DevsBro posted...
Do video games still have manuals?lolno. Usually just a single slip of paper showing the control layout. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DevsBro 05/29/20 9:44:49 AM #9: |
deupd_u posted...
And they had them when they really didn't even need them. You don't need an instruction book for a 2D Genesis game, the controller only has 3 buttons.Actually, in those days you needed them a lot, just for a different reason. How else were you supposed to know why this robot who can transform into anything imaginable is running around shooting stuff? Though in practice, we usually ignored them anyway. "Because they're bad guys" was good enough for us. --- 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FabIemaster 05/29/20 9:45:06 AM #10: |
usually back in the day before voice acting and games having actual storylines. I remember loving the art that was included in the Golden Sun booklets.
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coh 05/29/20 9:46:10 AM #11: |
the internet and ingame tutorials kinda made them obsolete.
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CADE FOSTER 05/29/20 9:47:10 AM #12: |
They dont have paper manuals usually in the game settings
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crayola555 05/29/20 9:47:33 AM #13: |
The Nintendo games like Mario had pretty much a fullly made booklet explaining the games story and stuff. It was pretty awesome actually.
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DoubleDare 05/29/20 9:48:25 AM #14: |
coh posted...
the internet and ingame tutorials kinda made them obsolete. I do look up on gamefaqs. But usually Ill look for a pdf of a game manual too. --- On Your Mark...Get Set........GO!!!!!! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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monkmith 05/29/20 9:52:18 AM #15: |
what game manuals? haven't see one in like a decade.
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CyricZ 05/29/20 9:54:29 AM #16: |
Manuals for video games were simply a result of them being treated in the same vein as A) board games and B) other computer applications, both of which needed manuals given their limitations to teach the end user.
Believe me, I adored the time when I would read the manual for the video game I just bought in the car ride on the way home, and some of the manuals produced were glorious things unto themselves depending on the game. But once the realization hit hard that the games themselves could teach the player how to play directly, either through a controller layout image, a tutorial, or cleverly within the game's structure itself, their cost became too great. Printing isn't cheap. Designing isn't cheap. I would compose a lament for game manuals of the past, but would stop there. They are a joyous throwback, nothing more. --- CyricZ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PurestProdigy 05/29/20 9:55:48 AM #17: |
It doesn't take long to read one. If I picked up an old game that came with it, I'd probably skim through for the art or extra lore.
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Hayame Zero 05/29/20 9:58:55 AM #18: |
I miss them only for reading about the story/characters/etc. But I can see why they don't make them anymore due to in-game tutorials.
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andri_g 05/29/20 2:11:06 PM #19: |
Yes, but I like to see how intuitive the controls are and how long or how well they are introduced after an NG starts.
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MrResetti 05/29/20 2:13:23 PM #20: |
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