Author Topic: Classic Retro Arcade Videogame BOOKS (Read 4406 times)

scorp.ius · « **on:** February 10, 2008, 06:19:40 am »

Hi!

I have seen the King of Kong movie (GREAT experience

)

And now i wonder if there is an archive or source for those "How to win at Pac Man" or "The Masters Guide for Donkey Kong" Books?

Perhaps somewhere are scanned versions of them?

Or has someone a digital version allready?

I speak about books like these.

CheffoJeffo · « **Reply #1 on:** February 10, 2008, 09:20:41 am »

There are some books and magazines over at ArcArc:

http://arcarc.xmission.com/Magazines%20and%20Books/

EDIT: I should mention that I own a copy of Supercade and really like it (it's pretty!). It isn't anything new and is a bunch of MAME screenshots, but some of the articles are interesting. I'll sometimes flip to a random page and play the game.

scorp.ius · « **Reply #2 on:** February 10, 2008, 09:59:14 am »

this link is absolutely great! thank you

if there are more sources, please post

sfrascella · « **Reply #3 on:** February 10, 2008, 04:53:04 pm »

Quote from: CheffoJeffo on February 10, 2008, 09:20:41 am

EDIT: I should mention that I own a copy of Supercade and really like it (it's pretty!). It isn't anything new and is a bunch of MAME screenshots, but some of the articles are interesting. I'll sometimes flip to a random page and play the game.

I got this book as a Christmas gift and absolutely love it. Great history of vintage console and arcade games.

scorp.ius · « **Reply #4 on:** February 10, 2008, 06:05:02 pm »

ah i just looked for this book in google and i think i will order a copy

seems to be a must have!

shes working on a 1985-2001 sequel (NES-Xbox) right now

scorp.ius · « **Reply #5 on:** February 12, 2008, 02:00:56 pm »

hi!

no more sources? a "how to win at Donkey Kong" or a "Masters Guide to Donkey Kong" would be very interessting

wp34 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 14, 2008, 11:48:59 pm »

I've been looking for some of these books as well after seeing the movie. Interesting that a guy that can break a million on DK is still reading strategy guides.

They are quite expensive when you can find them on eBay or Amazon (used). I'm going to try my local 1/2 Price Book store this weekend.

scorp.ius · « **Reply #7 on:** February 15, 2008, 12:56:33 pm »

unfortunately i most likely wont find those books over here in germany in a local bookstore

scorp.ius · « **Reply #8 on:** February 15, 2008, 05:01:56 pm »

here is a link for Edit by saint -- No piracy here please.

but there is only one seeder at the moment. so cmon - share

quarterback · « **Reply #9 on:** February 15, 2008, 11:48:52 pm »

Quote from: wp34 on February 14, 2008, 11:48:59 pm

They are quite expensive when you can find them on eBay or Amazon (used).

Hmmmm, I should check that out. I have at least 2 or 3 of these in boxes somewhere.

BUCKETHEAD · « **Reply #10 on:** February 16, 2008, 09:55:04 pm »

Quote

here is a link for Edit by saint -- No piracy here please.

but there is only one seeder at the moment. so cmon - share Cheers!

Good luck getting that file!

I have been connected all day! Still haven't gotten any of it.

scorp.ius · « **Reply #11 on:** February 18, 2008, 04:01:39 pm »

yes - the same here

but when I got something from the file you will have two sources - and vice versa

it will get better the more people download this file.

BUCKETHEAD · « **Reply #12 on:** February 18, 2008, 06:17:23 pm »

Let me know if u get it?

I would love to have the file.

Thanks so much!

neokidgeo · « **Reply #13 on:** February 18, 2008, 06:35:14 pm »

Been looking for the donkey kong one for a while but been playing pac man the last few weeks so that sould make a good read

scorp.ius · « **Reply #14 on:** February 19, 2008, 01:28:35 pm »

i am on 51,3% and there are 4 Seeder/Leecher whatever

so perhaps we will get it

dont forget to mark the file as "RELEASE" (as I have done it here

)

BUCKETHEAD · « **Reply #15 on:** February 19, 2008, 05:51:49 pm »

Ok?

So how do u get this file on emule?

i have been connected 2 days straight.

And nothing has downloaded?

It's only a 18MB file.

Why does it take so long?

And what am i doing wrong here?

What do you mean mark as RELEASE?

scorp.ius · « **Reply #16 on:** February 20, 2008, 03:10:03 am »

when you got something of a file, you can assign an upload priority to it. this works just like the download priority in the "Transfers" screen (i.e. low - medium - high - auto)

the upload priority is in the "File" screen - when you select RELEASE your emule will privilege this file. so it will get spread faster

ninjagun · « **Reply #17 on:** February 20, 2008, 07:24:45 am »

Quote from: scorp.ius on February 10, 2008, 06:19:40 am

Hi!

I have seen the King of Kong movie (GREAT experience )

And now i wonder if there is an archive or source for those "How to win at Pac Man" or "The Masters Guide for Donkey Kong" Books?

Perhaps somewhere are scanned versions of them?

Or has someone a digital version allready?

I speak about books like these.

I actually have a copy of the Consumer's Guide on How to Win at Video Games and it shows patterns for Pac-Man and Donkey Kong and a few other games as well I believe. I'll make some scans this weekend if I have time.
I got this guide a while back at a thrift store for 10 cents. I know that's a lot of money, but it was worth it.

patrickl · « **Reply #18 on:** February 20, 2008, 09:20:07 am »

I bought a pile of these old books too on some secondhand bookstores sites. The books were practically free, but shipping from the US to Europe was pretty expensive.

I remember I had one of these books when I was a kid, but I can't find it anywhere anymore. Must have lost it somewhere during moving.

BUCKETHEAD · « **Reply #19 on:** February 21, 2008, 03:30:14 pm »

I finally got the (How to win at Donkey Kong) PDF file from emule.

It only took 5 days!

Glad i got it though !

neokidgeo · « **Reply #20 on:** February 21, 2008, 04:56:47 pm »

18mb in 5 days that's a good wait, hope it's as good as expected

BUCKETHEAD · « **Reply #21 on:** February 21, 2008, 06:29:44 pm »

Oh yeah!

Never read this book before, it was worth it!

It has some real good tips!

CrazyKongFan · « **Reply #22 on:** February 29, 2008, 05:05:39 pm »

I have a DK one (don't remember if it's that one) and a Dragon's Lair guide. Also had a Pac-man one back in the day, but I think I left it on the machine I was playing at the time(of course, this was over 20 years ago, probably closer to 25 years)

wp34 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 05, 2008, 10:48:30 pm »

Quote from: sfrascella on February 10, 2008, 04:53:04 pm

Quote from: CheffoJeffo on February 10, 2008, 09:20:41 am

EDIT: I should mention that I own a copy of Supercade and really like it (it's pretty!). It isn't anything new and is a bunch of MAME screenshots, but some of the articles are interesting. I'll sometimes flip to a random page and play the game.

I got this book as a Christmas gift and absolutely love it. Great history of vintage console and arcade games.

I picked up Supercade off Amazon.com after reading the posts here. I really enjoyed this book. CheffoJeffo is correct about the screenshots and lack of anything new but I've never seen all of this information put together in one book before. I'm about the same age as the author and her chronological walk through the history of arcade games and console systems pretty much mirrored my own. Thanks for the tip.

tikbalang · « **Reply #24 on:** March 08, 2008, 09:38:33 am »

brentradio has some audiobooks for free:

http://www.brentradio.com/ConquerTheVideoCraze.htm


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