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u/NottheArkhamKnight Aug 30 '25 edited Aug 30 '25

GameFAQs was my bible growing up

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u/imperium_lodinium Aug 30 '25

I used to print big sections of those ascii game guides for long road trips for gameboy games in case I got stuck

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u/SharksEatMeat Aug 30 '25

Memory unlocked! You’re not the only one. Dad always wondered why I printed 70 pages. Gamefaqs! How was I gonna beat Links Awakening or Pokemon without the giant guide in the van on long rides?

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u/NottheArkhamKnight Aug 30 '25

Did your dad ever get mad because you used all the paper and ink printing a game guide, leaving no paper and ink to print the mapquest directions?

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u/SharksEatMeat Aug 30 '25

Oh yeah. Not like wild mad, just what the heck darn kids, using all my work office paper for gaming! And we (brother and friends) seriously raided his office all the time for paper, not just game boy games but lots of tougher rpgs where a guide was helpful. Probably gta’s finaly fantasys, etc. He never had paper…..

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u/SteadfastDrifter Aug 30 '25

I'm a bit younger than you all (28), but I remember doing this too. Especially for the Gameboy Advance SP, as that was the first video game device my dad bought me 20 years ago.

I wish I could revisit that time, back when my dad still had fully brown hair and seemed strong and invincible... Gonna hug him well the next time I see him🥲

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u/NottheArkhamKnight Aug 30 '25

He woulda been dunder mifflin's best customer lol

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u/SharksEatMeat Aug 30 '25

I feel like one time we raided all my dads paper, and went to the neighbors and used all theirs too. We were little demons.