View Full Version : Can I get missing game manuals this way?
moe11888
04-24-2004, 09:08 PM
I am missing some game instruction booklets. Do you think if I went to blockbuster and asked them for the manuals, they would just give it to me?
punqsux
04-24-2004, 09:10 PM
could work
only 1 way to find out
scuba
04-24-2004, 09:15 PM
I bet if you ask.
The used games they sell they dont even bother putting the manuals in some of the time because I bought two and both didn't have manuals so I asked and they gave them to me.
Strider Turbulence
04-26-2004, 03:57 AM
You can try Gamestop, but from my experience that usually only works if your asking for anything past ps2 or something on the Gameboy Advance.
SS4Brolly
04-26-2004, 08:08 AM
You can try Gamestop, but from my experience that usually only works if your asking for anything past ps2 or something on the Gameboy Advance.
Gamestop wouldnt give you a drink of water if you were dieing of dehydration in the desert.
LV-426RS
04-26-2004, 08:10 AM
They give me free guides.... well two anyway... well they were penny guides...
ah your probably right.
Strider Turbulence
04-26-2004, 08:48 AM
Before they stopped selling Genesis and NES games, I used to get empty game boxes and manuals from them all the time. Now whenever I go in I ask for whatever n64 boxes they have on hand. They usually just give it to me with no problem because they are just going to throw them away.
Indiana
04-26-2004, 09:09 AM
Why would Blockbuster provide their manuals to you? If you bought the games from Blockbuster I would say yes... but if not you are SOL.
Starky27
04-26-2004, 10:46 AM
I am missing some game instruction booklets. Do you think if I went to blockbuster and asked them for the manuals, they would just give it to me?
I went with Gamestop and they hooked me up with a case and manual for a game I got off Ebay. Granted YMMV given that it's Gamestop, but it never hurts to try.
Mafia
04-26-2004, 10:52 AM
Try contacting the individual companies that made the games. Only problem is that they will most likely charge a few dollars for them. Maybe try a Funcoland, since they probably get the most used games and are most likely to have leftover manuals I would think.
JimmieMac
04-26-2004, 10:57 AM
Either way, bring a knife.
Mr_hockey66
04-26-2004, 10:58 AM
My sister in law wroks for blockbuster so I could probily have her get them from you.
ElwoodCuse
04-26-2004, 11:17 AM
Game companies should have all their manuals online as PDFs. I hate when I rent a game and have no idea what the controls are.
I think game companies don't make the manuals readily available seperate from the games because if you pirate discs the one thing you won't have is a manual.
But yeah, it does make it pretty crappy when you rent a game and all you have to go on is Hollywood Video's 4 line synopsis of the controls on the back of the box.