New: toguideornottoguideAll contenthive-129948krhive-196917steemzzanhive-183959hive-180932hive-166405hive-185836photographyuncommonlabhive-183397hive-101145hive-150122hive-188619hive-144064bitcoinhive-145157krsuccesshive-184714lifehive-193637hive-109690hive-103599hive-181136TrendingNewHotLikersmodernzorker (66)in gaming • 6 years agoTo Guide or Not to Guide: Mercenaries - Playground of Destruction Official Game Guide (2005, Prima Publishing)Pandemic Studios' Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction , published in 2005 by LucasArts for the PS2 and Xbox, is in my humble opinion the single greatest sandbox-style game ever made. The…modernzorker (66)in books • 6 years agoTo Guide or Not to Guide: NES Game Atlas (1991, Nintendo of America)In the days before satellite navigation, cellular phones, and GPS, every driver planning a cross-country voyage knew the most important thing he or she could pack in their car wasn't an extra change…modernzorker (66)in books • 6 years agoTo Guide or Not to Guide: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide (1987, Tokuma Shoten)Welcome back my fellow geeks and gaming historians to another installment of "To Guide or Not to Guide", the series which looks at the processed tree corpses of bygone decades devoted to video…modernzorker (66)in books • 6 years agoTo Guide or Not to Guide: Virtua Racing Official Racing Guide by David Cassady (1994, Brady Publishing)I know what you're thinking, but trust me, you want to read this one. "Why?" I know you're questioning. I questioned myself. But as a result of this questioning, I went on my own epic quest of…modernzorker (66)in books • 6 years agoTo Guide or Not to Guide: The Lost Episodes of DOOM by Mendoza, Klie, & Carter (1995, Sybex)There were plenty of computer-related and game-related books published prior, but Doom well and truly blew the doors off the industry. Before Doom , you got books about playing different…modernzorker (66)in gaming • 7 years agoTo Guide or Not to Guide: Awesome Sega Genesis Secrets by J. Douglas Arnold (1991, Sandwich Islands Publishing)Note: Unless otherwise stated, all images in this article are scanned by me from my own sources. Before I get into the meat and potatoes of this review, I just want you to take a few moments and…modernzorker (66)in books • 7 years agoTo Guide or Not to Guide: Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Super NES Game Strategies by Sandler & Badgett (1991, Bantam)Note: Unless otherwise indicated, all images are scanned from my own source materials. You knew it had to be coming. Corey Sandler and Tom Badgett hit upon a winning combination for Bantam's…modernzorker (66)in books • 7 years agoTo Guide or Not to Guide: Winner's Guide to Sega Genesis (1990, Kate Barnes)Listen up, chumps: when it comes to gaming, you've got two choices. You can be a loser, or you can be a winner. Losers take forever to get anything done. They start games, they get a little ways in…modernzorker (66)in books • 7 years agoTo Guide or Not to Guide: Conquering Adventure Games (1984, Carl Townsend)Look at the cover of this book. Check out the valiant hero, with his glowing broadsword. Witness his female companion, dashing along after her protector as they cross the stone bridge together.…modernzorker (66)in books • 7 years agoTo Guide or Not to Guide: The Final Fantasy Companion (1999, Game Informer Magazine)Note: Unless otherwise noted, all images in this article are scanned from my own sources. Game Informer magazine gets a pretty bad rap these days. It's the house organ for GameStop stores…modernzorker (66)in books • 7 years agoTo Guide or Not to Guide: Behind the Scenes at Sega (1995, Prima)Note: Unless otherwise indicated, all scans in this article are from my own source materials, and (c) Prima Publishing. Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please? It's my profound…modernzorker (66)in books • 7 years agoTo Guide or Not to Guide: The Completely Unauthorized Final Fantasy VII Ultimate Guide (1997, Versus Books)Note: Unless otherwise stated, all images in this article were scanned from my own collection. Role-playing games and strategy guides go together like pepperoni and pizza. There's just so much…modernzorker (66)in books • 7 years agoTo Guide or Not to Guide: Tricks of the Doom Programming Gurus (1995, SAMS Publishing)Note: All images in this article are sourced from my own scans unless otherwise indicated, and are (c) 1995, SAMS Publishing. iD Software unleashed Hell in 1993, then brought Hell to Earth in…modernzorker (66)in books • 7 years agoTo Guide or Not to Guide: Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Game Strategies (1989, Corey Sandler and Tom Badgett)Note: All images in this article are sourced from my own scans, unless otherwise indicated, and are (c) 1989 Bantam Books, Inc. I still remember the day I saw this book sitting on the shelf at…modernzorker (66)in books • 7 years agoTo Guide or Not to Guide: Secret Codes for Super NES (1996, Brady Publishing)I was an avid Super Nintendo fan in my youth. I still am, to be honest, but back when the 16-bit console wars were waging, I threw my lot in with Nintendo's console and never looked back. While my…modernzorker (66)in books • 7 years agoTo Guide or Not to Guide: Scoring Big at Pac-Man (1982, Craig Kubey)You want to talk about throwbacks to an earlier era? Let's march through history and take a look at one of the grandfathers of the modern-day, full-color, tome-sized books we call strategy guides.…modernzorker (66)in books • 7 years agoTo Guide or Not to Guide: Totally Unauthorized Tomb Raider II Pocket Guide (1997, BradyGames)Source: Who's got two thumbs and scanned those images? THIS GUY! (c) BradyGames Having been thoroughly insulted by BradyGames' treatment of Tomb Raider II in their Totally Unauthorized…modernzorker (66)in books • 7 years agoTo Guide or Not to Guide: Totally Unauthorized PlayStation Games Book, Volume 5 (1998, BradyGames)"To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end…
