There where 900 (Toll) numbers you could call for help before the internet. You had to pay per minute for help.
maybelying
I had one years earlier for strategies and cheats for arcade games. I remember a big one was the cheat for Galaga that would allow you to play endlessly, and that many Centipede machines had a button at the back that would add credits, or something like that. Covered 60 different games or so.
Books ruled in the pre-internet era.
daporp
When being “Unofficial” was kewl…
NegaDeath
Nintendo Power subscribers, rise up! Not too fast though or we might hurt our backs. Even had the old fun club newsletter. Back in the before times, in the days of yore.
GodrickTheGoof
I had these and other books like this! Only really had the more mainstream titles it seemed like though lol
ImDestructible
Gameshark
Hefty-Ant-378
They had common sense stuff in them like….
Don’t stand in fire.
Dodge when you can..
Use A potion…
Remember to save…
GriffinFlash
I still have my old n64 and gameboy code/cheat books from the scholastic book fairs.
Tombrady09
Finally, quest64 will be beat!
omnicorp_intl
I had a book like this that was clearly written before the N64 was localized in North America. All the levels in Super Mario 64 were called Bomb World, Water World, Lava World, Etc
Samsterwheel920
I had this and a few years of Nintendo Power subscriptions. When new games came out the kids at school would ask me how far I got over the weekend and they wouldn’t believe me.
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When video games encouraged kids to read. Weird.
There where 900 (Toll) numbers you could call for help before the internet. You had to pay per minute for help.
I had one years earlier for strategies and cheats for arcade games. I remember a big one was the cheat for Galaga that would allow you to play endlessly, and that many Centipede machines had a button at the back that would add credits, or something like that. Covered 60 different games or so.
Books ruled in the pre-internet era.
When being “Unofficial” was kewl…
Nintendo Power subscribers, rise up! Not too fast though or we might hurt our backs. Even had the old fun club newsletter. Back in the before times, in the days of yore.
I had these and other books like this! Only really had the more mainstream titles it seemed like though lol
Gameshark
They had common sense stuff in them like….
Don’t stand in fire.
Dodge when you can..
Use A potion…
Remember to save…
I still have my old n64 and gameboy code/cheat books from the scholastic book fairs.
Finally, quest64 will be beat!
I had a book like this that was clearly written before the N64 was localized in North America. All the levels in Super Mario 64 were called Bomb World, Water World, Lava World, Etc
I had this and a few years of Nintendo Power subscriptions. When new games came out the kids at school would ask me how far I got over the weekend and they wouldn’t believe me.
Nintendo: ” ok boys let’s sue that one “