The GameFAQs Of 1994 Was Way Cooler

9 responses to “The GameFAQs Of 1994 Was Way Cooler”

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   AnonymousPessimist

   July 6, 2011 at 6:57 pm

   Man, fond memories of buying game mags and books that were dedicated to walkthroughs of games.

   I think I may have a really really old NES compilation book of game guides lying around somewhere.

   How spoiled we are these days!

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   P3SS3SSOd

   July 6, 2011 at 7:02 pm

   Using usenet newsgroups for gaming help in the early 90s was where it was it. I wish I still had my dot matrix print outs of the moves list from Way Of The Warrior on 3DO for posterity.

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   Licketty Split

   July 6, 2011 at 8:39 pm

   Those were the days. When I actually used to spend money on those “Prima official guides” and read them cover to cover.

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      Jake

      July 6, 2011 at 10:26 pm

      I remember those. I was doing it as late as Final Fantasy X.

      I actually got one recently because it came with Final Fantasy XIII, but I ended up using gamefaqs anyway lol.

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   diaglyph

   July 6, 2011 at 8:58 pm

   Good old Sierra. I think I requested a couple of hints by letter 🙂 Good memories!

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   Lone wolf

   July 6, 2011 at 10:27 pm

   I remember buying my first copy of PC PowerPlay because it had the solution to the problem I was stcu on in The Dig. Good times.

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   Steve0410

   July 6, 2011 at 11:06 pm

   Reminds me of the days when game manuals had an ad for a game ‘helpline’ on the back where you pay phone sex-rates for tips.

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      MrBS

      July 7, 2011 at 7:41 am

      I remember paying those rates a couple times in the early 90s. Hehe I remember how when gamefaqs took off and destroyed the helpline economy. You even had the issue of certain offical forums banning the talk of gamefaqs until it finally hit critical mass and they gave up.

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   Roh

   July 7, 2011 at 12:17 pm

   I remember ringing the sega hotline for cheats on the Mega Drive, my parents would get mighty p*ssed when the phone bill came later that month, $5 a minute really adds up when you’re trying to write down all the fatalities for Mortal Kombat.

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