Guides, Books, & Manuals

Long before digital patches and online wikis, game knowledge lived in printed guides, manuals, and strategy books. From early hint hotlines to full walkthrough tomes by Nintendo Power, Prima, and BradyGames, these books taught secret combos, dungeon maps, and boss weaknesses. Console manuals documented hardware quirks, memory cards explained save management, and thick strategy guides became collectible companions to the games themselves. Today, they stand as preserved pieces of gaming history—where tips were tangible and the adventure continued even after the console powered off