Ambitious project: Japanese Mega Drive and Super 32X manual scans [Archive]

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bombman

10-25-2009, 04:11 AM

I'm scanning MD manuals at 300 dpi and uploading them to this folder on megaupload in an attempt to create an archive of Mega Drive and 32X manuals

http://www.megaupload.com/?f=NVQ0UJ3G

I just started this so there's not much up there yet. But I already have well over 100 games scanned, with more on the way. All that's left to do is up them to my folder.

I have most of the rarest games scanned already (not uploaded yet though) with the exception of WWF Raw because that game is frickin impossible to find. I got a great deal on some of the other Acclaim games though ($350 for Virtual Bart, etc) so I'll be getting those up later when they come in. Tetris manual I can pull from the Sega Ages disc. If you have manuals from Treasure games or sports games drop me a PM. I'm still missing a lot of games so feel free to PM me if you want to help.

Update: All Sonic games are up!
Update: All Phantasy Star, Shining, several other games with maps, are up
Update: Some more rare games up including Foreman For Real.

xam925

10-25-2009, 09:50 AM

Great,you're the hero of the day!

please,upload the other ones

many thanks for your work,it's marvelous!

Cryomancer

10-25-2009, 12:37 PM

These are really great, I'm glad someone is doing this.

Are you planning on doing PDF only though? I'd really like to see just the loose images myself...I guess that's a personal preference.

This is one of those projects that absolutely needs to be done though, before every copy of these manuals gets beat up beyond reading. Thanks for doing this.

bombman

10-25-2009, 12:58 PM

Yeah, just PDF.

Later on I'll be scanning my SG/MKIII manuals, I have quite a few of those too.

bombman

10-25-2009, 07:05 PM

I wish it would give a date for the files... It does on my end but not for the downloader, it just kind of sticks them in there randomly.

ReBirFh

10-25-2009, 07:38 PM

Bombman I don't know how many you have, but in case you don't have them I could scan the japanese manuals of Dick Tracy, Landstalker, Shijou Saidai no Soukoban, Golden Axe II, Valis and Super Monaco GP.

And if you don't mind I'd like to see the japanese manual from Sparkster and Rocket Knight Adventures.

Many Thanks!

bombman

10-25-2009, 07:58 PM

Kitsune Sniper

10-25-2009, 08:03 PM

I suppose you wouldn't be interested in scanning the covers for MobyGames, would you? ;)

bombman

10-25-2009, 08:09 PM

I already sold off a large chunk of them, sorry. I was thinking about scanning the covers but I figured you could just see most of them at gamefaqs.

ReBirFh

10-27-2009, 11:50 AM

Here's the Japanese Dick Tracy Manual:http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IIQJ1ZJN

I will be uploading the Valis manual soon, I also have the manual for: Honoo no Toukyuuji Dodge Danpei (Serial: G-4076).

Take a look at the Dick Tracy manual and tell me if it is good enough, here is how I scanned:

1. Scan at 300 ppi in PNG.
2. Resized to half the scan size.
3. Saved at JPG (90% quality).

bombman

10-27-2009, 04:28 PM

Don't resize it, you'll notice that I haven't resized any of mine

Also upload in PDF format if possible, I do have Acrobat but I think most scanners have the option to save in PDF

Also I don't have Dodge Danpei, thanks I'd appreciate it if you gave me that one too.

Sosage

10-27-2009, 06:05 PM

I'm pretty sure the only Japanese Genesis title I have is Stormlord. I can see about scanning it later if you need it. :)

bombman

10-27-2009, 07:05 PM

I'm pretty sure the only Japanese Genesis title I have is Stormlord. I can see about scanning it later if you need it. :)

Thanks, I would definitely appreciate it.

bombman

11-09-2009, 01:35 PM

Please try to scan PDF format if at all possible.

xam925

11-10-2009, 11:56 AM

Please try to scan PDF format if at all possible.

i've found eswat and dbz on a brasialian site

the manuals have a very good scan,but the pages have been saved in .jpg format

i leave here the link http://www.museodelvideojuego.com/descargas/manuales/megadrive/

thanks for the hard work you've done Bombman ^_^

Mason P.

11-11-2009, 10:07 AM

ou should post the 32x games that you need manual scans scans of.

darkweb

11-11-2009, 05:53 PM

I could probably scan the Golden Axe III and Ghostbusters manuals for you. I've also got the map for Phantasy Star 3 if you're interested.

bombman

11-13-2009, 08:36 PM

I could probably scan the Golden Axe III and Ghostbusters manuals for you. I've also got the map for Phantasy Star 3 if you're interested.

If you could scan those into PDF that'd be great (not the map)

No one's given me any scans yet :(

bombman

11-13-2009, 08:37 PM

ou should post the 32x games that you need manual scans scans of.

NFL Quarterback Club and WWF Raw.

bombman

11-13-2009, 08:40 PM

i've found eswat and dbz on a brasialian site

the manuals have a very good scan,but the pages have been saved in .jpg format

i leave here the link http://www.museodelvideojuego.com/descargas/manuales/megadrive/

thanks for the hard work you've done Bombman ^_^

already have

Fuyukaze

11-13-2009, 11:50 PM

bombman

11-14-2009, 04:50 PM

All of the Sonic games are up!

xam925

11-14-2009, 04:58 PM

All of the Sonic games are up!

way to go! =)

ReBirFh

11-15-2009, 06:18 AM

My only problem is that I dont know how to turn then in pdfs, so if someone could give me instructions on how to turn them in pdfs Id gladly provide them to Bombman.

xam925

11-15-2009, 07:44 AM

My only problem is that I dont know how to turn then in pdfs, so if someone could give me instructions on how to turn them in pdfs Id gladly provide them to Bombman.

have you saved the scans in .jpg format?

if it so,tou can simply convert the images in a pdf with acrobat professional

here'a a tutorial taken from replacement docs

http://www.replacementdocs.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.1

CYRiX

11-15-2009, 02:52 PM

Once you finsh all of these you should upload them all together in like a torrent or somewhere else so we can all have copies :)

darkweb

11-17-2009, 01:11 PM

If you could scan those into PDF that'd be great (not the map)

No one's given me any scans yet :(

I won't be able to do Golden Axe III or Ghostbusters until December. If you can wait that long I'll totally get it for you.

bombman

11-17-2009, 02:19 PM

I won't be able to do Golden Axe III or Ghostbusters until December. If you can wait that long I'll totally get it for you.

Sure I can wait.

bombman

11-22-2009, 03:04 PM

My only problem is that I dont know how to turn then in pdfs, so if someone could give me instructions on how to turn them in pdfs Id gladly provide them to Bombman.

Send me the jpgs again but don't resize them like you did last time

PresidentLeever

11-23-2009, 02:50 PM

I borrowed a scanner from work today and tried it out by doing Phantasy Star IV JP version:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P3FCBP7Y

Don't have Acrobat on this comp unfortunately.

xam925

11-24-2009, 09:55 AM

I borrowed a scanner from work today and tried it out by doing Phantasy Star IV JP version:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P3FCBP7Y

Don't have Acrobat on this comp unfortunately.

hoping to help the comunity,i've taken your images and create a pdf,i've only rotate the scans.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RBXIDW2R

please Bomban, Check if it's all right with the scan,hoping they are perfect like yours

if i can help more,just put here the scans here,i'll glad to change them in pdf right away ^_^

bombman

11-25-2009, 04:34 AM

Thanks, I already have Phantasy Star IV though, I haven't put it up yet because I have to fix the large map scans, same goes for several other games with maps.

xam925

11-25-2009, 07:08 AM

Thanks, I already have Phantasy Star IV though, I haven't put it up yet because I have to fix the large map scans, same goes for several other games with maps.

no problem,but,if you permit, what about coinsidering another pdf only for the maps, instead include them within the manuals?

as always,thanks so much for the great work you're doing ^_^

bombman

11-27-2009, 12:11 AM

By the way, if anyone sees a Japanese copy of WWF Raw for either 32X or Mega Drive, please tell me so I can buy it. It's the ONLY rare game that I'm missing at this point. (besides the stupid banking stuff that no one really cares about)

bombman

11-29-2009, 08:52 PM

Phantasy Star games are up (among others)

bombman

12-12-2009, 10:48 AM

Well, Megaupload decided to be a little faggot bitch and stop updating my download counters so I wouldn't get reward points. (As they're known to do)

So here are the top 10 manual downloads as of about two weeks ago.

1. Splatterhouse Part 2
2. Sonic The Hedgehog
3. True Lies
4. Puyo Puyo
5. Vampire Killer
6. Jewel Master
7. Ransei No Hasha (I posted this on a certain page so yeah)
8. Divine Sealing
9. Verytex
10. Gynoug

Adol

12-13-2009, 10:48 AM

besides the stupid banking stuff that no one really cares about

Not true.
Amibitious collectors do ;)

bombman

12-13-2009, 01:03 PM

Bah

At any rate, I found WWF for 32X but still no luck on the MD version. Adol maybe you still have a copy for sale?

bombman

12-18-2009, 05:18 AM

Update: Some more rare games up including Foreman For Real.

I am doing this for you Sega fans out there so I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I do. Even if you can't read them I guess you could still look at the artworks.

PresidentLeever

12-18-2009, 07:33 AM

Adol

12-19-2009, 04:40 AM

Bah

At any rate, I found WWF for 32X but still no luck on the MD version. Adol maybe you still have a copy for sale?

No,no extra copy for sale.

bombman

12-19-2009, 02:36 PM

Thank you!
I for one love looking at the artwork and comparing it to the in-game graphics. And I'll never understand why all the effort was put into the JP manuals when the console was so much more popular in the west.

I know right.
There's a trolling meme on 2ch where they link to a survey (http://japan.internet.com/research/20090311/1.html) that asked what consoles they play nowadays. Mega Drive being the least popular with 15 votes.

bombman

12-25-2009, 01:47 AM

Soon the 32X section will be complete. I ALMOST missed out on NBA JAM, that one's a total bitch to find just like WWF Raw. But I got it now.

bombman

01-24-2010, 06:41 PM

This is the last time I'm going to post in this thread, most of my hits and support are coming from 2ch so I'm going to keep it on that forum, no one here actually ended up contributing to this.

I will be updating the Mega Drive folder on MU until I'm completely done, so have at it if you're interested, the 32X library should be completely finished by the middle of February, Mega Drive library should be finished by... the end of the year probably, and after that I will start adding Mega CD games which will complete the project.

And finally, I have now started the folder for Sega SG-1000 and Mark III games which should have close to 50 games by tomorrow. I will be working on the Mark III games as a priority so that it will probably be finished no later than April as long as I can find a few of these games I'm missing. Also if anyone could post an SG-1000 game list it would be helpful.
http://www.megaupload.com/?f=A9SE2MC5

Edit: Okay fuck SG-1000 games, because, like, nobody sells them. I'll be posting the ones I do have though.

On a related note, I am planning to put Game Gear games in this folder
http://www.megaupload.com/?f=DS6E5WDN
but there is nothing yet.

I won't be doing Saturn or Dreamcast games simply for the fact that Radiant Silvergun manual is impossible to scan.

Thank you.

xam925

01-25-2010, 06:21 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_SG-1000

for the list of sg-1000 games

for the megadrive section,i've got 2 games(a mahjong one,and joe montana football),i'll leave the scans here

EColeman24

01-25-2010, 06:28 AM

You are officially my hero now!! :hail: Not that I mind in the least but what inspired you to do this? It's quite the undertaking.

CYRiX

01-25-2010, 10:59 AM

can you link to the 2ch thread? I wanna follow this

Pancake Bunny

03-27-2010, 10:05 PM

Just want the 3 or 4 of you who still care about this to know that I'm still working on it, it's just taking longer than expected because I'm trying to get Laseractive games too which are ridiculously expensive. (Not for the manuals obv.)

I'll start going at a good pace again in about 3 or 4 months.

Pancake Bunny

04-21-2010, 11:21 PM

Mark III and SG 1000
http://www.megaupload.com/?f=A9SE2MC5

Mega Drive and 32X
http://www.megaupload.com/?f=NVQ0UJ3G

xam925

04-24-2010, 09:08 AM

Mark III and SG 1000
http://www.megaupload.com/?f=A9SE2MC5

Mega Drive and 32X
http://www.megaupload.com/?f=NVQ0UJ3G

hi,as ever,thanks for your grat contribution for these marvelous manual scans

i've found 2 cheap md games,and maybe you find it the scans useful for your list

they are Joe Montana Football and Janou Touryumon,i'll leave the megaupload links here

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QCTRXGFU

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A7DTZ04T

best regards,and keep going with the work! :popcorn:

Pancake Bunny

04-24-2010, 11:57 PM

Thanks I appreciate the help.

As it turns out hardly anyone in Japanese forums cares about the Sega things at all, although they enjoy the Tengen manuals because they written in an interesting way. But everyone is asking me for Super Famicom manuals.:mad:

I'm going to stop getting MD games now because I really want to start concentrating on the other systems and this is taking way too long since I have gotten virtually no help. When I first made this I thought I would be getting at least some contributions but besides you and one more guy I haven't gotten any help with this at all from anyone and scanning these takes up a lot of valuable time. In the meantime however I have been getting some more games by myself and I am pretty much satisfied with the way my collection is now.

So with that mind, I still have about 70 Mega Drive games left to scan and put up and this will take a long time. When I first started doing this I was on break and I could do this all day but now I'm really busy with work again so this could take a while. After these manuals are done, that's it for Mega Drive scans.

Cool Spot
Kyuukyoku Tiger
Kuuga Vapor Trail
Rastan Saga II
Royal Blood
Super League
G-LOC
Langrisser
Dragon Slayer
Dragon Slayer II
Super Hang On
Virtual Bart
Jantei Monogatari
Pachinko Kuunyan
Thunder Pro Wrestling
Boogie Woogie Bowling
Super Real Basketball
Gain Ground
Fantasia
Tougi Ou King Colossus
Ghostbusters
Columns III
Sorcerian
Maten No Soumetsu
Dyna Brothers
Dyna Brothers 2
Mickey Minnie Magical Adventure 2
Party Quiz Mega Q
From TV Anime Slam Dunk
Hyper Dunk The Playoff Edition
Crue Ball
Heavy Unit
Mamono Hunter Youko
Captain Lang
Dino Land
Tom & Jerry
Eternal Champions
Tetris
Chokyuukai Miracle Nine
Cyberball
Davis Cup Tennis
Dragons Revenge
Ristar The Shooting Star
Hard Drivin
Maximum Carnage
Klax
LHX Attack Chopper
Jashin Draxos
Marble Madness
F117 Stealth
Kishi Densetsu
Rampart
MIG29
Paperboy
Steel Talons
RoadBlasters
Pit Fighter
Granada
Flintstones
General Chaos
Olympic Gold
Winter Olympic
Taiheiki
Crayon Shin Chan
Thunder Force II
Thunder Force III
Thunder Force IV
RBI Baseball 4
Gambler Jikochuushinha
TMNT Tournament Fighters
TMNT Return Of The Shredder
Daisenpuu
Granada
Toejam And Earl
Insector X
Task Force Harrier EX
Mega Panel

And I'll put a few more that I found on the internet. I did have a bunch of scans for some other games like Alien Soldier and Monster World but I lost the disk I had them on and I don't feel like buying them again.

Pancake Bunny

04-25-2010, 12:10 AM

Currently I have the scans for the following.....
fire shark
jatei monogatari
jyuouki
phantasy star 2
ransei no hasha
sangokushi 2
shining force
super daisenryaku

Once I install my scanner, I can scan the following....
dvanced Daisenryaku
Alien Storm
Daisenpuu
Darwin 4081
Landstalker
Mugen Senshi Valis
Phantasy Star III
Puyo Puyo
Shining Force 2
Slime World
and Tant-R

PM me if you need any of these. I scan at 300dpi and can re-size it as needed. Also, if you decide to work on sega CD games I....only have a couple so I cant help out much there.

Also I think it's funny how I PMed this guy and he got completely thrown for a loop when I told him I needed the entire manual and not just the cover. I don't see how people can be this retarded. There's no point whatsoever in scanning manual covers.

xam925

04-25-2010, 08:40 AM

Also I think it's funny how I PMed this guy and he got completely thrown for a loop when I told him I needed the entire manual and not just the cover. I don't see how people can be this retarded. There's no point whatsoever in scanning manual covers.

i know,it's so sad to hear you about stop gettin'megadrive games,hope you consider to continue the work(in your freetime,obv) and complete the manual scan set

too bad for the "null" support you've recived,but people are very jealous of their games..too bad about it =(

thanks to your effort i'm also tryng to scan everything i've got,if this summer i'll go in japan,i'll try to take some more japanese sega games to help your set

as always,thanks for your work,just don't give up,you're the best here :)

darkweb

04-26-2010, 10:12 AM

Whoops! I totally forgot about this! Did you still want the scans for Golden Axe III and Ghostbusters because I have time now and can do them if you'd like.

Pancake Bunny

04-26-2010, 02:08 PM

Thanks but I already have them both :/

GrandAmChandler

04-26-2010, 03:04 PM

fergojisan

04-26-2010, 07:14 PM

Hm. Is this akin to the guy that robs a bank and leaves his wallet there with his ID in it?