Just followed a guide to get to Ganon in the original LOZ. Finally started the 2D Zelda games after playing and absolutely loving TOTK. I feel like a whole new world has been unlocked for me thanks to these.
dwpea66
The ASCII artists are unsung heroes
joebroiii
I prefer these guides over the addridden garbage you find now.
Palmatex
I was there Gandalf, I was there 3000 years ago. Before YouTube tutorials. Before looking stuff up was easy. Managed to beat a lot of games 100% thanks to Gamefaqs.
RevEvolution8
The nostalgia is strong with this one.
Papichurch
I remember the Final Fantasy 9 guide perfectly. Had that thing open almost every day in elementary school.
JcPeeny
The Game FAQs authors are true heroes of the internet. I cannot fathom the amount of time and attention it takes to make an accurate one of these. And it’s not like they had help from the developers, they just had to rawdog grind the shit outa some RPGS to find all the secrets.
ParacelsusTBvH
Final Fantasy 6: April 2, 1994
Chrono Trigger: March 11, 1995
The games of my youth are thirty years old. Yikes.
kavatch2
The freedom unite text guides were so goated I used them 8 years later for the iOS release.
DeepJudgment
Years gone by and I still read FAQ as Fuck You
Jsmith0730
I often wonder what happened to the authors. Would they even remember writing these? Do they still game at all?
These guides were on a whole other level.
rorydraws
The guys who wrote all those walk-throughs in their spare time back in the day should be given a castle and a pension, and be able to drive as fast they want. True royalty.
ShouldersofGiants127
I still use these from time to time
dfeidt40
Yup. My 10yr old brain was printing out the parts I needed only to realize I needed to do a bunch of grinding up on FFVII.
SpaceWindrunner
Core memory unlocked.
I remember reading these guides as books, some of the guys who wrote them were really good writers.
cosmernaut420
People used to build those with passion before they were booted out of the niche by big gaming websites reposting youtube walkthroughs for ad money.
This fucking world.
Reformingsaint
Game guides like this told me how good they were.
elhombreloco90
I totally forgot about these until now.
TheMysticTheurge
I sometimes wonder how AbsoluteSteve and Shotgunnova are doing these days.
damargemirad
I once print out ff6 guide…on a dot matrix printer…
Independentslime6899
Mhfu faq with 14yrs old answers to my questions 😭
poyoso
Good ol gamefaqs with that ascii art
PoppinBortlesUCF
I used one of these to 100% FFX. It’s hard to express the time and effort of this individual to not just figure out the 100% themself, but to perfectly document all of the steps.
Noahman90
I remember having to use a guide like this for the original Luigi’s mansion back in the day
I remember being extremely intimidated at first but finding it to be actually quite straightforward and digestible when i got into it
TLDR: not that bad!
AxelVores
Yes, I had this fear or missing secrets so I used guides even for easy games
2ByteTheDecker
20 years ago? Bro check the posted by dates, some of those are from the 90s.
philovax
Ahh you come to seek the knowledge in my dusty old binders, errr tomes.
In 2002 I worked for a large company and my office had a copy machine. I typically went thru a box of paper a week, easy. I also was unattended and now have the entire GameFaqs print out for many JRPGs. Now that Breath of Fire 1&2 are available again my retirement plans have moved one step closer to fruition.
I also printed out Mario Tennis a game that needs to FAQ.
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Just followed a guide to get to Ganon in the original LOZ. Finally started the 2D Zelda games after playing and absolutely loving TOTK. I feel like a whole new world has been unlocked for me thanks to these.
The ASCII artists are unsung heroes
I prefer these guides over the addridden garbage you find now.
I was there Gandalf, I was there 3000 years ago. Before YouTube tutorials. Before looking stuff up was easy. Managed to beat a lot of games 100% thanks to Gamefaqs.
The nostalgia is strong with this one.
I remember the Final Fantasy 9 guide perfectly. Had that thing open almost every day in elementary school.
The Game FAQs authors are true heroes of the internet. I cannot fathom the amount of time and attention it takes to make an accurate one of these. And it’s not like they had help from the developers, they just had to rawdog grind the shit outa some RPGS to find all the secrets.
Final Fantasy 6: April 2, 1994
Chrono Trigger: March 11, 1995
The games of my youth are thirty years old. Yikes.
The freedom unite text guides were so goated I used them 8 years later for the iOS release.
Years gone by and I still read FAQ as Fuck You
I often wonder what happened to the authors. Would they even remember writing these? Do they still game at all?
These guides were on a whole other level.
The guys who wrote all those walk-throughs in their spare time back in the day should be given a castle and a pension, and be able to drive as fast they want. True royalty.
I still use these from time to time
Yup. My 10yr old brain was printing out the parts I needed only to realize I needed to do a bunch of grinding up on FFVII.
Core memory unlocked.
I remember reading these guides as books, some of the guys who wrote them were really good writers.
People used to build those with passion before they were booted out of the niche by big gaming websites reposting youtube walkthroughs for ad money.
This fucking world.
Game guides like this told me how good they were.
I totally forgot about these until now.
I sometimes wonder how AbsoluteSteve and Shotgunnova are doing these days.
I once print out ff6 guide…on a dot matrix printer…
Mhfu faq with 14yrs old answers to my questions 😭
Good ol gamefaqs with that ascii art
I used one of these to 100% FFX. It’s hard to express the time and effort of this individual to not just figure out the 100% themself, but to perfectly document all of the steps.
I remember having to use a guide like this for the original Luigi’s mansion back in the day
I remember being extremely intimidated at first but finding it to be actually quite straightforward and digestible when i got into it
TLDR: not that bad!
Yes, I had this fear or missing secrets so I used guides even for easy games
20 years ago? Bro check the posted by dates, some of those are from the 90s.
Ahh you come to seek the knowledge in my dusty old binders, errr tomes.
In 2002 I worked for a large company and my office had a copy machine. I typically went thru a box of paper a week, easy. I also was unattended and now have the entire GameFaqs print out for many JRPGs. Now that Breath of Fire 1&2 are available again my retirement plans have moved one step closer to fruition.
I also printed out Mario Tennis a game that needs to FAQ.
GameFAQs ftw!!!