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Official NES Guide List Long time in the making

Apr 24, 2013 at 10:23:06 PM

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Wow! This is fantastic, very nice work guys.

Apr 25, 2013 at 12:00:52 AM

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Very nice list. Had no idea half of these existed. I'm planning on collecting guides soon so this is an excellent resource to have.

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Apr 25, 2013 at 12:07:53 PM

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I was looking through some of my stuff. I noticed my "Mastering Nintendo Video Games" has a slightly different cover. Different font it looks like. So I'm not sure if you guys care about that varaint... but if so... there you go.

Oh and also, the Gameboy one is my other guide. I know this is just a NES list, but I thought I'd share a pic of tha as well.

Edited: 04/25/2013 at 12:08 PM by NintendoTwizer

Apr 25, 2013 at 7:24:04 PM

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Updated with new cover variant! Thanks for the contribution Aaron!

Mastering Nintendo Video Games (2nd Pressing)

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Apr 26, 2013 at 6:55:11 AM

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NintendoTwizer: Wow, that Game Boy guide actually brought back memories. I remember reading that once or twice when I was a child browsing guides at a Crown Books. Something new to find.

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Apr 26, 2013 at 12:48:49 PM

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I have a cover varient for ya.

And a copy of "Ultimate Unathorized Nintendo Classic Game Strategies" that you don't have on the list

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May 1, 2013 at 10:32:55 PM

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Updated! Thanks Matt!

How to Win at Nintendo Games (variant cover)
Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Classic Game Strategies

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May 4, 2013 at 10:20:56 AM

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I'm late to the party as usual, never saw this thread

I need to see if I have any not listed, but I see a few I know I don't have yet. Great info man, this really rocks.

May 5, 2013 at 12:41:31 AM

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Very nice work boys. One thing you might want to note is that the consumer guides come in both spiral note book form and hard side form. I have almost all of them printed both ways. Thanks for the list saw 2 things on it I don't have. Grrr!

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May 5, 2013 at 12:58:27 AM

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Also, what about stuff like these? Note the variant covers for number 2 and 3.

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May 5, 2013 at 9:18:00 AM

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Honestly I never really thought they should be included as they were magazine subscriptions. I never noticed the variants though ... Looks to be newsstand and subscription variants maybe? UPC on front...

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May 5, 2013 at 9:33:15 AM

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Here's a few more.

The Ultimate Strategy Guide to Super Mario Bros
101 Nintendo Secrets Revealed
101 All-New Nintendo Secrets Revealed

May 5, 2013 at 9:37:09 AM

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Originally posted by: Braveheart69

Very nice work boys. One thing you might want to note is that the consumer guides come in both spiral note book form and hard side form. I have almost all of them printed both ways.

Agreed, I have them both ways as well and was going to mention this. Also, what about the box set for the "How to win" books? And the "Classified Information" booklet?

May 5, 2013 at 9:38:08 AM

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Originally posted by: acidjaguar

Honestly I never really thought they should be included as they were magazine subscriptions. I never noticed the variants though ... Looks to be newsstand and subscription variants maybe? UPC on front...

These were available at Toys R' Us as well, not just a subscription. I think if you allow the GamePro ones, these should definitely be part of it.

May 5, 2013 at 9:51:08 AM

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Originally posted by: Dain

Here's a few more.

The Ultimate Strategy Guide to Super Mario Bros
101 Nintendo Secrets Revealed
101 All-New Nintendo Secrets Revealed

Added the Ultimate Strategy Guide to SMB and ordered me up a copy! Very nice...

And surprisingly the 101 Nintendo Secrets and all new books don't cover NES

Originally posted by: Dain

These were available at Toys R' Us as well, not just a subscription. I think if you allow the GamePro ones, these should definitely be part of it.

How many games do they typically cover? Were the gamepro ones part of the subscription as well?

Originally posted by: Dain

Agreed, I have them both ways as well and was going to mention this. Also, what about the box set for the "How to win" books? And the "Classified Information" booklet?

I was thinking about that before and just didn't include them. I guess technically speaking they are variants and we are going for a completionist list. As far as the classified information goes, I see your point and I will add that as well. The box set, well, I guess it should go up there as if those are your photography skills they need to be listed

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Holy smokes, I never realized the 101 books weren't NES... hard to believe I never even opened them (ok, yeah it is... I collect more than I read or game .

I'm not sure if those were part of a subscription or not, but they do cover multiple games. Come to think of it, the more I read on Game Player's, the less I understand their structure of releases. Not sure on the GamePro ones, whether or not they were part of a subscription.

The box set was just a Googled image. I can take a pic of mine if needed... I seem to recall posting it on NA at one point, but I'm not sure where it is.

EDIT: I've also attached a pic of my other gaming books since I pulled them all out to see what I was missing from this thread.

Edited: 05/05/2013 at 11:57 AM by Dain

May 5, 2013 at 2:14:55 PM

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I never even knew they were subscription. I bought them all at Toys R US when buying games. #1 still has the Toys R Us price tag on it. They each cover around 75-100 games.

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May 5, 2013 at 2:27:16 PM

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Originally posted by: Braveheart69

I never even knew they were subscription. I bought them all at Toys R US when buying games. #1 still has the Toys R Us price tag on it. They each cover around 75-100 games.

Maybe they weren't subscriptions...? I'm assuming as they seem to be pretty numerous and look the part.

Any differences between the buyer's guide and strategy guides?

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May 5, 2013 at 5:31:10 PM

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Awesome list!

I'm also a huge fan of this stuff and attempted to make a similar list back in 2005, but didn't get anywhere close to completion at the time (you can see the list here, last updated 2007 although it has some non-American releases in there: http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum... ). Thanks a ton for sharing the info & scans. How hard is it to find that Official Book of Ultima guide?

Re: Game Player's guides discussion, I can't comment on the strategy and buyers' guides, but they did release "Game Player's Encyclopedia of Nintendo Games" volumes 1 up to at least 7 (with a major cover variant of the 1st volume). These are extensive guides with tons of info in them and were, as far as I know, only sold in retail outlets.

@Dain: I made the same mistake with one of the 101 guides

May 5, 2013 at 5:40:59 PM

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Btw, there's both retail & subscription versions (with & without blank white address field) of the Nintendo Power Strategy Guides. Also, what about adding the "4-Player Extra" guide from Nintendo Power as a multi-game guide as it specifically provides guides for 4-player NES games? I attached a few scans of the 4-player guide and the store vs subscription variants.

May 6, 2013 at 7:28:07 PM

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Updated! Thanks Pieter!

Added the 4 Player Extra NP Guide

Working on the Game Player's series and should be able to bang that out soon .....

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May 8, 2013 at 8:08:42 PM

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Originally posted by: acidjaguar

Updated! Thanks Pieter!

Added the 4 Player Extra NP Guide

Working on the Game Player's series and should be able to bang that out soon .....

BTW, I've been modifying the database and search engine to be more non-game friendly for additional categories. I've got a lot done, and here's a glimpse using the first set above:

http://www.nintendoage.com/index....

May 8, 2013 at 8:19:11 PM

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That Dragon Warrior one has the devil on it!

May 9, 2013 at 12:14:14 AM

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Originally posted by: Dain

Originally posted by: acidjaguar

Updated! Thanks Pieter!

Added the 4 Player Extra NP Guide

Working on the Game Player's series and should be able to bang that out soon .....

Very nice! I do like the look of your end result listing with the thumbs. You wanting to do mostly just game specific guides for the systems? Or looking to incorporate it all like multigame books and the such?

And a side note to everyone, if you have scans of the game player's guides and / or the encyclopedia ones mentioned a couple posts before this one ... I could use them to save a little time

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May 9, 2013 at 12:52:04 AM

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Originally posted by: acidjaguar

Originally posted by: Dain

Originally posted by: acidjaguar

Updated! Thanks Pieter!

Added the 4 Player Extra NP Guide

Working on the Game Player's series and should be able to bang that out soon .....

I have a bunch I will send you tomorrow.

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