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ModLogic
10/28/20 3:33:23 PM
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s0nicfan
10/28/20 3:35:06 PM
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They kind of had to be. There wasn't exactly easy access to faqs.

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mustachedmystic
10/28/20 3:40:27 PM
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Back in the NES days, you could often judge a game by the thickness of the manual. First party games had the thickest manuals.

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Verdekal
10/28/20 3:49:53 PM
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Did anyone use the notes section in the back?

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FortuneCookie
10/28/20 4:01:45 PM
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I remember when I used to read instruction manuals to get a hint of character personality and backstory.

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Lordgold666
10/28/20 4:24:57 PM
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Verdekal posted...
Did anyone use the notes section in the back?
Id always write codes in them

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SquirtleSkwad
10/28/20 4:26:20 PM
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It genuinely annoys the hell out of me that my first search results for tips on games are always YouTube videos nowadays. I'd rather flip through a whole ass printed manual.

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MJOLNRVII
10/28/20 4:26:52 PM
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Verdekal posted...
Did anyone use the notes section in the back?
Yes. Last time I did this was for the Jedi/Sith codes in KOTOR <_<

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TendoDRM
10/28/20 4:27:14 PM
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I still have my Civ III manual on my shelf. It's basically a short novel.

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ModLogic
10/28/20 4:54:29 PM
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Dark_SilverX
10/28/20 4:56:18 PM
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That Super Smash Bros. Melee manual was magical as fuck. Nice, thicc and juicy.

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wesastro911
10/28/20 5:40:43 PM
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I just love Donkey Kong Country 1-3 and Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie manuals. So full of content
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Lordgold666
10/28/20 8:58:41 PM
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wesastro911 posted...
I just love Donkey Kong Country 1-3 and Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie manuals. So full of content
Agreed. Rare used to fuck on the reg

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smoke_break
10/28/20 9:03:42 PM
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The best bathroom reading material before smartphones.

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wesastro911
10/28/20 10:15:45 PM
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smoke_break posted...
The best bathroom reading material before smartphones.

Haha this is so true. I'd grab a bunch and take them with me to bathroom
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Vicious_Dios
10/28/20 10:21:26 PM
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Remembering those rides home where I'm in the backseat enjoying the satisfaction of smelling those crisp manual pages after carefully removing the plastic wrapping.

@_@

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DigitalCamera
10/28/20 10:22:47 PM
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Dude I loved the Maxis strategy guides for SimCity 2000 and SimTower etc, I could read those for hours.

EDIT: but yes I loved those game manuals. They were usually riddled with lore and funny stuff too.

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Kajagogo
10/28/20 10:43:55 PM
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You needed the manual, or at least the blank piece of paper stapled to the back, to advance in Star Tropics.

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ModLogic
10/29/20 3:35:24 AM
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wow theres an archive website with clean manual scans

gonna be busy tonight

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Verdekal
10/29/20 11:44:25 PM
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Vicious_Dios posted...
Remembering those rides home where I'm in the backseat enjoying the satisfaction of smelling those crisp manual pages after carefully removing the plastic wrapping.

@_@

Hell yes! It was so clean! I remember that with Crash Team Racing.

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DiduXD
10/29/20 11:59:17 PM
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Kajagogo posted...
You needed the manual, or at least the blank piece of paper stapled to the back, to advance in Star Tropics.

Or did you if you knew what to do?
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F1areaGaman
10/30/20 12:00:38 AM
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smoke_break posted...
The best bathroom reading material before smartphones.

there is another

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