They just don’t make ’em like they used to. The instruction booklet has sick art in it too!
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They just don’t make ’em like they used to. The instruction booklet has sick art in it too!
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They do sell awesome guide books separatly tho.
I went to FAO Schwartz one time as a kid. Out of all the things I could have bought I bought a Link to the past. Read the instruction booklet over and over and over on a train back to Philadelphia.
i loved that thick instruction to Link To The Past !
and other older games in general, just recently skipped through the manual of UT2004, its around 40-50 pages? this is what made older games great.
i got a core memory of my grandma buying me rollercoaster tycoon. ive read about it in the game magazines. she gifted it to me. it took 700km and 2 weeks to play this game and in this time i had the THICK manual booklet.
the anticipation of this gem was far beyond anything.
i love big manuals.
I’m always stupid excited when a modern game has a little mini manual packed in.
What do you mean? They still make babies like they used to.
I have a drawer full of these somewhere I think still. There was some good stuff in those books. I remember starting to realize they were stopping that and being pretty bummed out. I think it was during the end of the ps2 / 360 era when I started to notice not every game came with a sweet booklet.
Anybody else remember reading the instruction book in anticipation of getting home to play the game?
My parents never used to buy me games but they’d let me rent games sometimes. I remember flipping through the instructions on the way home in the car, so excited to play the game
This is what I miss the most. They don’t even include them anymore.
Remember the map included with The Elderscrolls III Morrowind?
On food subs you see beautiful dishes being prepared with a dog in the background drooling. Same thing here but with gaming
If you miss instruction booklets AND also loved this Zelda game, I highly recommend a game called Tunic; without spoiling stuff, it comes with a great instruction booklet and does feel very Link to the Past inspired 🙂
Try out Tunic. It itched the spot for nostalgic game booklets.
Hopefully the little gaffer in the background still gives Dad ample time to game!
[Here’s a link for anyone who wants to check out a PDF of that booklet to see how spoiled we used to be.](https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clvs/manuals/common/pdf/CLV-P-SAAEE.pdf)
woow cool
I remember the top secrets! Like the one with Turtle Rock! And the one in the desert palace about how to get that wall to move…
so so k
In fairness, they were a lot more expensive back then too.
This is an aspect of games that I truly miss. The manuals often had great,artwork as well as telling you how to play.
My biggest memory is master blaster and reading its manual. Classic!