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Title: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: Nando on April 09, 2012, 10:02:24 AM
Manuals are a lost art, they were to me the gateway into many a japanese art style and artists! Here's a thread for your favorite manuals.

I'll start with two

Rondo examples
(http://www.castlevaniacrypt.com/games/rob/images/manual/9.jpg)


Gunhed:
http://www.videogameden.com/hucard/extra/gun.pdf


Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: Digi.k on April 09, 2012, 11:20:53 AM
oh boy if only I can get my bloody EPSON wsd wifi printer/scanner/all in one combo machine to work when I want it instead of it being emo and only work when IT wants too... I would be scanning and uploading mine...
Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: Nando on April 10, 2012, 02:47:01 AM
oh boy if only I can get my bloody EPSON wsd wifi printer/scanner/all in one combo machine to work when I want it instead of it being emo and only work when IT wants too... I would be scanning and uploading mine...


DUDE!


another great one
Valkyrie No Densetsu
http://www.videogameden.com/hucard/extra/val.pdf

Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: Nando on April 10, 2012, 06:21:48 AM
(http://home.comcast.net/~demonami/neoim/neo9.jpg)
Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: Ji-L87 on April 10, 2012, 09:12:32 AM
another great one
Valkyrie No Densetsu
http://www.videogameden.com/hucard/extra/val.pdf


Sweet! I only have the game as loose Huey : |
That last stage map spread would make for a great poster.

Edit: I also think that the manual for Galaxy Fraulein 2 is pretty cool, as it contains a whole lot of color illustrations of the characters and also an illustration from Fujishima Kousuke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujishima_Kousuke) of You're Under Arrest, Ah! My Goddess & Sakura Taisen fame.
Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: SignOfZeta on April 10, 2012, 11:26:31 AM
It also included a really awesome metal sticker.

EDIT: I'm talking about Yuna 2 here.
Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: spenoza on April 10, 2012, 11:41:09 AM
I see some Neo Nectaris. I had that game back when I hat a TG rig. I sucked at it.
Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: Nando on April 11, 2012, 03:20:49 AM
another great one
Valkyrie No Densetsu
http://www.videogameden.com/hucard/extra/val.pdf


Sweet! I only have the game as loose Huey : |
That last stage map spread would make for a great poster.

Edit: I also think that the manual for Galaxy Fraulein 2 is pretty cool, as it contains a whole lot of color illustrations of the characters and also an illustration from Fujishima Kousuke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujishima_Kousuke) of You're Under Arrest, Ah! My Goddess & Sakura Taisen fame.


Any chance you could share that one?
Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: Ji-L87 on April 11, 2012, 03:49:37 AM
Any chance you could share that one?

If isn't somewhere on the web already, and someone can dig that out, I might try and fire up the scanner if you want it. We'll see.
Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: Necromancer on April 11, 2012, 03:55:39 AM
Dead of the Brain is pretty uncommon and its manual has some of the coolest artwork.
Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: Nando on April 11, 2012, 04:41:54 AM
Dead of the Brain is pretty uncommon and its manual has some of the coolest artwork.


http://www.atypical.net/dotb/

Reminds me of the boomers from Bubble Gum/ AD police fame

(http://www.atypical.net/dotb/DotBmanback.gif)
Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: Ji-L87 on April 11, 2012, 05:25:20 AM
^ Oho!
A bit off-topic but I've got an artbook by Makino Ryuichi which contains that image (only image of that sort in there - rest is cute girls), as well as some art from Faussete Armour & some other games. Can't scan that one though, but it's this one. (http://www.amazon.co.jp/妖精の国―牧野竜一CG原画集-クリエイティブシリーズ-牧野-竜一/dp/4916115007/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334161474&sr=1-1)
The book itself is pretty NSFW though...
Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: SignOfZeta on April 11, 2012, 05:53:27 AM
Linda 3 has pretty awesome art. I only know this from looking through the Cannabis Works art book though since the game itself is bitch hard to find.
Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: Necromancer on April 11, 2012, 06:34:27 AM
Linda 3 has pretty awesome art. I only know this from looking through the Cannabis Works art book though since the game itself is bitch hard to find.

The PCE version or something else?  There's six copies up on eBay right now and Hit Japan lists it as available too.
Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: SignOfZeta on April 11, 2012, 09:29:05 AM
Hmm, a bit easier to find right now, and also cheaper. I'll have to own this soon now, I guess.
Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: Black Tiger on April 11, 2012, 10:07:03 AM
Hmm, a bit easier to find right now, and also cheaper. I'll have to own this soon now, I guess.

Japanese sellers finally began listing them in foreign markets a few years ago. It was pretty much like one day there were none and the next they were always up. Anearth Fantasy Stories is another PCE RPG that was impossible to find online until recent years.

Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: Nando on April 12, 2012, 04:55:44 AM
:D


pretty "rare" sort off
(http://a4e.hazard-city.de/sapphire/rockman6.jpg)


(http://a4e.hazard-city.de/sapphire/rockman5.jpg)

(http://a4e.hazard-city.de/sapphire/sapphire5.jpg)

(http://a4e.hazard-city.de/sapphire/sfz4.jpg)
Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: Tatsujin on April 12, 2012, 04:58:12 AM
not rare, just pirate ware!
Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: Nando on April 12, 2012, 05:39:01 AM
not rare, just pirate ware!

ergo the "rare" tag.  If anything I can consider it an interesting blip in the history of the machine :D

tatsu, surely you got some suggestions for some good looking manuals.

Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: SignOfZeta on April 12, 2012, 07:00:53 AM
:D


pretty "rare" sort off

I pretty much want to puke every time I see that Megaman boot. The pirate Sapphires were borderline heroic and very pro-scene, but the Space Fantasy Zone was many many steps down from that, and the Megaman...the Megaman is such bullshit on so many levels. f*ck Anime4Ever, or whatever the guy calls his operation.
Title: Re: The coolest, weirdest, rarest, PCE manuals thread
Post by: Nando on April 12, 2012, 08:40:55 AM
the Megaman...the Megaman is such bullshit on so many levels. f*ck Anime4Ever, or whatever the guy calls his operation.

Damn that bad?

Anyway, kudos to them on the layout of the manuals.