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Official NES Guide List Long time in the making

Apr 2, 2013 at 12:16:15 AM
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Hello NA World!  With the help of Jesse (doner24) and Ryan (videogamedomain) we have compiled a complete NES guide list.  These include multigame books and variants.  We have been tracking these down and have come up with what we do believe to be.... a complete list. Hopefully this helps for any veteran and newcomers in the paper collecting world  Most all of these are scans from my personal books, so I can update if anyone can provide better pics.   And if you know of something else I'm missing, feel free to chime in and sell me that new book !

Enjoy!

 
 
GAME SPECIFIC GUIDES
 
Adventures of Lolo 1
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Adventures of Lolo 2
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Adventures of Lolo 3
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All of Wizardry Hint Book
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All of Wizardry II: Knight of Diamonds
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An Adventure In Tetris
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Carmen Sandiego Companion, Ultimate Unofficial
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Crystalis Clue Book: Get a Clue
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Déjà Vu Hint Book
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Dragon Warrior 1
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Unveiled Secrets of Dragon Warrior II
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Dragon Warrior 4
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Dungeon Magic: Sword of the Elements
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Fester's Quest: SunSoft's Perfect Guide Book
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Final Fantasy
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King's Quest V Hint Book
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Maniac Mansion Official Jaleco Hint Book
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Might & Magic: Secret of the Inner Sanctum Cluebook
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Milon's Secret Castle Secrets, Hints and Clues
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Ninja Gaiden II
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Robowarrior Official Hint Sheet
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Shadowgate Hint Book
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Star Wars Hint Book
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Super Mario Bros. 2 - Inside Out #1, #2
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Super Mario Bros. 3
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Ultima Exodus Hint Book
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Uninvited Hint Book
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Wall Street Kid Tip Sheet
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Zelda: Tips and Tactics
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GENERAL GUIDES / MULTI GAME GUIDES
 
4 Player Extra NP Guide
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Battletoads Battlebook
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Beyond the Nintendo Masters
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Big Book of Nintendo Games
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Castlevania Hint Book
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Classified Information [NP insert]
Compute's Conquering Super Mario Bros. (1st Edition)
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Compute's Conquering Super Mario Bros. Adventures (2nd Edition)
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Compute's Conquering Zelda (1st Edition)
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Compute's Conquering Zelda (2nd Edition)
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Compute's Guide to Nintendo Adventure Games
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Compute's Guide to Nintendo Games
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Compute's Nintendo Secrets
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Compute's Nintendo Tips and Tricks
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Consumer's Guide : Hot Tips for the Coolest Nintendo Games
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Consumer's Guide : Hot Tips for the Coolest Nintendo Games (cover variant)
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Consumer's Guide : More Hot Tips for Nintendo
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Consumer's Guide : Nintendo Fun, Book for Beginners
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Consumer's Guide : More Nintendo Fun, Book for Beginners
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Consumer's Guide : Nintendo Strategies (white cover)
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Consumer's Guide : Nintendo Strategies (red cover)
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Consumer's Guide : Nintendo Strategies (yellow cover = original pressing)
  • Recommend getting this one as it is the original printing of the three variants in this set.  As a sweet bonus they weren't skimpy with the knowledge compared to the other two books.The yellow has all the same games but is worded differently and has a lot more pictures than the red / white covered variants.  The best part is that the red / white covered books have 64 pages.  The yellow one has 128
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Consumer's Guide : More Nintendo Strategies
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Consumer's Guide : Super Strategies (blue cover)
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Consumer's Guide : Super Strategies (white cover)
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Consumer's Guide : Super Strategies (1st print?)
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Consumer's Guide : Winning Tips for Nintendo
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Consumer's Guide : Winners Guide to Nintendo
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Game Atlas, Nintendo Player's Guide
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Game Counsellor's Answerbook
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Game Player's Encyclopedia of Video Games vol 1
Game Player's Encyclopedia of Video Games vol 1 (variant cover)
Game Player's Encyclopedia of Video Games vol 2
Game Player's Encyclopedia of Video Games vol 3
Game Player's Encyclopedia of Video Games vol 4
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Game Player's Encyclopedia of Video Games vol 5
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Game Player's Encyclopedia of Video Games vol 6
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Game Player's Encyclopedia of Video Games vol 7
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Game Player's Encyclopedia of Video Games vol 8
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GamePro Hot Tips : Adventure Games
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GamePro Hot Tips : Sports Games
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How to Beat Nintendo Gamebook [IMPORT]
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How to Win at Super Mario Bros.
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How to Win at Super Mario Games
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How to Win at Super Mario Games Special Edition Including Dr. Mario
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How to Win at Nintendo Games Boxed Set
How to Win at Nintendo Games (original pressing)
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How to Win at Nintendo Games (second pressing)
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How to Win at Nintendo Games (variant cover)
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How to Win at Nintendo Games 2
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How to WIn at Nintendo Games 3
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How to Win at Nintendo Games 4
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How to Win at Nintendo Sports Games
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How to Win at Nintendo Games, Best of
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Mega Man, The Official Guide To
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Mastering Nintendo Video Games (1st pressing)
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Mastering Nintendo Video Games (2nd pressing)
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Mastering Nintendo Games II
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Nintendo Game Secrets 1
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Nintendo Game Secrets 2
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Nintendo Game Secrets 3
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Nintendo Game Secrets 4
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Nintendo Game Secrets Greatest Tips Photobucket
Nintendo Action Games
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Nintendo Role Playing Games
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Ocean's Guide to Jurassic Park
Ocean's Guide to Jurassic Park (variant cover)
Official Nintendo Player's Guide
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Top Secret Passwords, Nintendo Player's Guide
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Tips of the Classic NES Tetris Masters  photo NES Tips of the Classic NES Tetris Masters_zpscuzzslq3.jpg
Tricks of the Nintendo Masters
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Ultima, Official Book Of
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Ultimate Strategy Guide to Super Mario Bros
Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Classic Game Strategies
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Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Game Secrets
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Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Game Secrets 2
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Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Game Secrets 3
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Video Game Secrets
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Vidiot Boy's Guide to Zelda
  • Covers both Zelda and Adventure of Link
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Zelda Collector's Edition
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MISC BOOK SECTION
 
Electronic Gaming Monthly Tip Booklet Vol 1
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Nintendo Powerfest
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Nintendo World Championships
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Pocket Power : The Wizard
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Shadowgate Swedish edition
Video Games and Computer Entertainment: Complete Guide to Nintendo Games
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Doc's One Minute Encyclopedia of NES Game Instructions
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Top wants currently: 
Old NES / SNES era newsletters and mailings
Original GB Chinese games (CHN coding on label)


 


Edited: 10/04/2018 at 01:32 AM by acidjaguar

Apr 2, 2013 at 12:20:36 AM
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Nice!! Excellent work!

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Apr 2, 2013 at 12:39:08 AM
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How To Win At Nintendo Games #4. God does seeing that ever bring back memories. Now I've got to find that book again. Great work everyone!!

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Apr 2, 2013 at 1:54:47 AM
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Fantastic work! Thanks guys!

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Apr 2, 2013 at 4:08:56 AM
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Great job everybody!

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Apr 2, 2013 at 6:28:00 AM
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Awesome! How about adding a rarity rating for these like in the 2012 April Ezine Issue?

Apr 2, 2013 at 6:29:37 AM
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Looks great. Thanks for all who contributed

Apr 2, 2013 at 6:31:33 AM
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I had that consumer guide one that you reccommend the yellow cover version... I had that version.... I wonder if Its somewhere around my parents house

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Apr 2, 2013 at 6:44:19 AM
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Amazing work guys! I've been chipping away at this set for a while now.

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Always looking for early issues of these magazines: GameFan, Tips and Tricks, Electronic Gaming Monthly.
Don't be afraid to send me a PM if you have any of these. I would love to give you some games for your magazines. :)
 

Apr 2, 2013 at 8:33:02 AM
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Wow! Great work. There's some guides I've never seen before in there.
Do I see another series award nominee?

Quick question, how'd that Zelda Collector's Edition get in there? Is that Gamecube?
I'm not familiar with it so I may be missing the significance.

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Apr 2, 2013 at 8:54:20 AM
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Wow. Color me impressed.



And jealoous. Nice work AJ.

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Apr 2, 2013 at 8:55:38 AM
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Quite a few things on this list which I've never seen before; excellent effort, my friend!

Apr 2, 2013 at 9:00:29 AM
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Great information! Love the scans of all of them. Nice work!

Apr 2, 2013 at 9:39:31 AM
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Very nice.

Apr 2, 2013 at 9:45:46 AM
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Talk about some memories with seeing some of these covers. I used to have a few of these (still have the FF1 Nintendo Power and the Dragon Warrior 1 guide), but I remember some friends in junior high having some of the other books.

Awesome job! Thanks for this list

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Apr 2, 2013 at 10:42:28 AM
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Very easy and informative thanks for the work. Now I'm thinking perhaps an ICON is in order for someone just crazy enough to get all that stuff as it won't come cheap or easily.

Apr 2, 2013 at 12:49:43 PM
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Nice work fellas, this will be a great guide to use for anyone looking for what paper is out there.

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Apr 2, 2013 at 6:54:24 PM
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Originally posted by: cremorecs

Quick question, how'd that Zelda Collector's Edition get in there? Is that Gamecube?
I'm not familiar with it so I may be missing the significance.

The Zelda Collector's Edition guide covers original Zelda, Link's Adventure, OOT, and MM.  So we've added it since it does technically cover NES games

Originally posted by: farmerdwight

Awesome! How about adding a rarity rating for these like in the 2012 April Ezine Issue?
I have rarity in mind for most all of them, but have yet to make the formal list.  I'm sure we can arrange something on it though.




Thanks everyone!  It's been quite the challenge getting these guides.  And already I've found two more variants and another addition so I expect this list to grow a little more in the future.  

Update today:  Electronic Gaming Monthly Tip Booklet Vol 1 in Misc Book section, very cool little piece


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Apr 2, 2013 at 9:05:11 PM
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This. Is. Awesome.

Not to mention a great tool for the entire community to use.

Great job everyone. NA should make a permanent thread in here for all resource threads like this.

This is another example of why NA is such a great place for gamers and collectors.

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wOw, I'm speechless.

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Wow! Thank you, this is amazing.

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Apr 6, 2013 at 6:00:33 PM
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Update today:
  • Consumer's Guide Hot Tips for the Coolest Nintendo Games (cover variant) <= added!
  • New cover scan of Zelda Collector's Edition, much better condition



Anybody got anything new for us to gawk at ?!?

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Original GB Chinese games (CHN coding on label)


 


Edited: 04/06/2013 at 06:00 PM by acidjaguar

Apr 6, 2013 at 6:03:27 PM
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The Consumer's Guide : Super Strategies (blue cover)...man, I think I still have that magazine around somewhere. I got that back in elementary school, at a book fair.

Apr 17, 2013 at 8:12:41 PM
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Added a few more new ones !

GamePro Hot Tips : Adventure Games
GamePro Hot Tips : Sports Games (pic to come)

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For sale thread located here: click
Wanted to buy: click

Top wants currently: 
Old NES / SNES era newsletters and mailings
Original GB Chinese games (CHN coding on label)


 

Apr 24, 2013 at 9:04:12 PM
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updated!

Compute's Conquering Super Mario Bros. Adventures 2nd edition

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For sale thread located here: click
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Top wants currently: 
Old NES / SNES era newsletters and mailings
Original GB Chinese games (CHN coding on label)