Favorite instruction manual of all time?

[jlarlee]

For me it has to be the manual for Zelda II.

[scsg75]

I like the Lunar manuals (books rather), very nice.

[jmcc]

Chrono Trigger. It's such a great bathroom read. It's really the only thing that keeps me from selling the cart version.

[KingDox]

The one from WarioWare for the GBA, it had games and stickers, best manual I ever owned. The folks who pirated the game even got angy that they missed out on the manual.

[Graystone]

I dont know about the best but the funniest one is wwe day of reckoing it is only 9 pages and I think 5 are all legal info and credits.

[Ledhed]

Neverwinter Nights (beat ya to it Scrubking!). And the Lunars of course.

[sblymnlcrymnl]

Original Fallout manual ... hilarious shit in there.

[moiety]

Sim City for SNES. Dr. Wright was the man. 8)

[Squirms]

Games have manuals? I never even look at them anymore.

[Rig]

I like the Lunar manuals (books rather), very nice.

Yeah, anyone who says different manuals clearly has never seen the manuals for Lunar and Lunar 2. And you should. BEST....GAME....EVER!

[Santurio]

I don't know about the best..............
But the manual to Steel Battalion was very nice it looked like a military manual!!

[alongx]

I second WarioWare. A game of minigames with a mini game built into the manual, now that's just awesome.

[Wshakspear]

Star Craft. a great read.

I'll also second Wario Ware for GBA.

[Crashxxx]

Falcon 4.0. Love the 3 ring binder and tabbed dividers

[cyberlian]

Probably every manual from the gta series

[Cornfedwb]

The original Flight Simulator manual.. all 200+ pages of the goddamn thing and the Steel Batallion manual were excellent. But, and old text adventure game - Amnesia had probably the best written instruction manual, it was an excellent read as a short story, not just as a manual.

And the Lunar books are neat, but not necessarily great manuals. Being hardbound doesn't make them excellent.

[jputahraptor]

The older Castlevania manual, for the nintendo and super nintendo, they tried not to take the series to seriously and regulary joked about returning to castle everytime and the names of some monsters, Mr. Hed anyone? There is a great Castlevania site I'll find the link to later where they do a paraody of the manuals.

[Zenithian Legend]

Dragon Warrior III

[cyberlian]

Although I did read the sim ant manual for mac way more than any other...

[DigitalSpace]

-I second Sim City for SNES.

-Donkey Kong Country (SNES) and Donkey Kong 64. Cranky's comments are funny. For some reason, the manual for DKC 3 was devoid of Cranky's comments. Haven't read the manual for DKC 2.

-Zelda LTTP (SNES).

-GTA III

-GTA Vice City.

[mousin]

the inside of the trojan's condom box.

[Reality's Fringe]

Fools! The Earthbound instruction guide is the clear chhoice. It was one of the most well arranged and enjoyable strategy guides I can remember! True classic!

[thestuff]

I thought the Twisted Metal: Black guide was very well put together.

[dratsacras]

I'm probably alone here, but I liked RC Stunt Copter's manual, mainly for the jokes. For example, on page one after the "Table of Contents" there's a "Content of Tables", which then lists "1. Sticks 2. Nails 3. A Flat Surface."

Still not impressed? The first entry under "Startup Information" is "1. Evolve into a society-based bipedal creature with opposable thumbs."

I'll leave the rest of the gags for those of you lucky enough to chase down a complete copy.

[TheUnsane1]

Original Fallout manual ... hilarious shit in there.
Agree'd
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[PapiChullo]

I guess since I have a lot of sports games, I'll say Final Fantasy VII.

[Rozz]

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature's manual was an essential read for learning how to play correctly and planning ahead (it had calendars for the months and showed special events, birthdays, etc.). Great game too.

[Rodimus]

Arc the Lad Collection hands down.

[Admiral Ackbar]

I remember this old game from Microprose called Darklands. It was based in a Midieval world that was was based in reality wirth fantasy based on real mythology.

The manual had a cool listing of all the saints of the day and other info about the Catholic Church.

[Rig]

And the Lunar books are neat, but not necessarily great manuals. Being hardbound doesn't make them excellent.

I think they are excellent, but hey check the sig. I am a little partial to Lunar. :)

[sblymnlcrymnl]

Original Fallout manual ... hilarious shit in there.
Agree'd
Your opinions scare me some times. I think it and see it posted next to a picture of Taylor Rain.

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[Kaijufan]

Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn
I love that 200+ page manual packed full of 2ed edition D&D rules.