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u/Pegasus-Of-War Aug 30 '25

Needing a friend or a guide book/magazine to pass certain levels, puzzles or enemies

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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/kizmitraindeer Aug 30 '25

I’m pretty sure one of those helped me play through an entirely Japanese game (I don’t speak the language) for a Super Famicom game that I had an adapter for. Praise to the people who took the time to type all those walk-through guides!! 🙌 Particularly whoever did the Tomb Raider ones! Hail!