13 replies to this topic

[moe11888]

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]

could work

only 1 way to find out

[scuba]

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]

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]

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]

They give me free guides.... well two anyway... well they were penny guides...

ah your probably right.

[Strider Turbulence]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Either way, bring a knife.

[Mr_hockey66]

My sister in law wroks for blockbuster so I could probily have her get them from you.

[ElwoodCuse]

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.

[wubb]

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.