Importance of manuals - Old games you dont know how to play

[bensenvill]

OK so I tried playing Karateka on my 7800 for the first time in ohhh 15 years. For the life of my I cant figure out how to play the damn game again.

So anyone know how to work this stupid game?
And who has had this with other games?

~Tj

[josekortez]

I have Mighty Bomb Jack for the NES and I can't figure out what the heck I'm supposed to do...

[oesiii]

Here's the manual for the 7800 version of Karateka (click on scan or html manual):

http://www.atariage.com/software_pag...areLabelID=697

It's a real clunker, my guess is that you've probably played it the right way but it still stunk up the joint. Someday do yourself a favor and play the superior versions on the Apple II or Atari 8bit computers, they both have keyboard controls which works much better for this game.

[oesiii]

I have Mighty Bomb Jack for the NES and I can't figure out what the heck I'm supposed to do...

have you guys looked for the manuals? Or have you been too busy just pressing all the buttons on the controllers? j/k


http://smackdown.myrmid.com/smackdow...s/mightybj.txt

[bensenvill]

I have Mighty Bomb Jack for the NES and I can't figure out what the heck I'm supposed to do...

have you guys looked for the manuals? Or have you been too busy just pressing all the buttons on the controllers? j/k


http://smackdown.myrmid.com/smackdow...s/mightybj.txt

crap, I feel stupid. It didnt even occure to me that atari age had all the manual scans. I cant say I have ever read a game manual so I guess I must have over looked that. Thanks though, I was going about the controls all wrong (I feel like my father)

~Tj

[The Unknown Gamer]

This is the same problem I've been running in to for years now and I am sure not just atari gamers are running in to it either. I would kill to get some horrificly hard to find manuals for 2 of my SMS titles.

I would like to do a CD of nothing but manuals, text files or scans anything can help. If you don't think this is stupid, PM me and maybe we might have something here.

[seizure bot 1011]

on ebay some total lame o sells one
he wants like 20 bucks for it though
or at least he used to

deamons to dimonds drove me insane for like and hour befor i downloaded the instructions

sad part is it still drives me insain
god i hate that game

[BrAInDeD]

mighty bomb jack well there isnt really much to know except what each color does and i dunno if theres ever an end to that game didnt play it enuf and the music just gets on your nerves after playing 10 mins of it.

[bensenvill]

ok I dont feel nearly as stupid.

[jhd7]

NES World seems to be the best place for online NES manuals. Here's Mighty Bomb Jack:

http://nesworld.parodius.com/manuals/mightybj.txt

Anyone know if tsr's NES Archive will ever come back? If the site is truly gone, have any of the scans or dox been saved?

[sisko]

This is the same problem I've been running in to for years now and I am sure not just atari gamers are running in to it either. I would kill to get some horrificly hard to find manuals for 2 of my SMS titles.

I would like to do a CD of nothing but manuals, text files or scans anything can help. If you don't think this is stupid, PM me and maybe we might have something here.

Sylentwulf sells some on eBay:

http://www.stores.ebay.com/theelectr...otimedisplay=2

[The Unknown Gamer]

I just found what might be a god send to some of you. A free site with plunty of manuals for various systems. There in text file and there is certainly a lot of them including one I could not find on the atari age site

www.io.com/~vga2000/index.htm

I for one have already contacted who ever runs this site to see what I could add out of my own collection.

[atomicthumbs]

Here's an interesting story.

I had bought Q*bert for the 2600 a couple of years ago, and while playing it, I realized that I was, like, sucking BIG TIME! I just couldn't get that little bastard to jump where I wanted him to. Then it hit me, when I was a kid, I remember that there was a different way to hold the controller. So I looked it up IN THE MANUAL and, ta-da!!! Ya' hold it like a diamond.


Okay, I lied. It wasn't a very interesting story.

[seizure bot 1011]

you can acctually change the settings so that you press up and left to go
well
up and left
i think you press b or something
i don't know i don't have the manual