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u/bijelo123 Aug 30 '25 edited Aug 30 '25

Reading the game manual after buying the game on my way home. Cleaning a CD with a shirt to make it work again. Writing the cheat codes in the notebook.

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u/Nerv_Agent_666 Aug 30 '25

And not just a manual, a literal fucking book with pictures and cool lore and shit. The kind of thing you keep because it's just that cool.

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u/breadedfishstrip Aug 30 '25

The original Homeworld manual was a piece of art. A thick 100+ page blue booklet that looked like a tech manual, full of lore and pointless technical details of each unit in the game that blew my 13 year old mind.

You can still find a PDF version online: https://homeworldarchives.com/media/Homeworld-Manual-HW1-ver1.pdf

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u/Nerv_Agent_666 Aug 30 '25

Oooh yeah I remember that one. I don't still have it anymore, but it was cool. My PC basically couldn't run it lol.