Strategy Guides...Old and New
Is there a website that list strategy guides for systems like the PS1 and N64 and what there value is? I am asking because i am starting a new fad in collecting strategy guides to all PS1 RPG's as well as a few strategy guides for hard to find games.
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Heh. That's not a few fad...I've been doing it for years :P
As far as I know, there's no listing for what guides were released and what formats (i.e. B&W, with pictures, without, etc), and no standard values. They seem to fluctuate violently from month to month though, so I guess that's not a big surprise.
scooterb: "I once shot a man in Catan, just to watch him die."
Ok, thanks alot max. :/
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I collect guides also.
Which ones were you wanting a price check on?
As a GENERAL rule of thumb, old guides based on RPG's are the most likley to hold their value or go up over the years.
"Four o'clock and all is well.....wish I was in bed, Sir."
-- Guard in the Imperial City, Oblivion
I was wondering the value of Silent Hill for PS1. I am also looking to see if there were guides made for Tales of Destiny series as well as Saiyuki: Journey est.
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I have a TOD 2 guide, and I want to say Prima did a TOD 1 guide, but I can't find any reference to it, so I might just be imagining having seen it.
Well, THOSE are questions I can answer
The Silent Hill 1 guide has little value unless you need it for the game. I'd say $10-15.
As for the Tales of Destiny games, both had guides.
The Tales of Destiny 1 guide was a magazine format guide printed by Gamefan, just like the one for Persona. It's very hard to find...been looking for one a long time myself.
The Tales of Destiny 2 guide was a Prima one and should be easy to get but not cheap these days. Expect to pay a good $30+ for each Tales guide...unless they're higher
Saiyuki: Journey West did not have a guide that I have seen...and I looked for one when it came out and for a while after.
scooterb: "I once shot a man in Catan, just to watch him die."
SH guides are probably worth a good bit (edit: well, $10-$15 is a good chunk of change for just any ol' guide, eh Maxlords? :P), but I would definitely still pick them up. They'll only get more expensive as time goes on, though don't expect RE type expenses.
My short list of the non-RPG game guides I'd like to get:
-Resident Evil/Biohazard stuff (I'm bigger on the Japanese stuff though, much more into those)
-Parasite Eve (I also need to get the GAMES sometime!)
-Silent Hill
-oh and Medievil
For those interested, here is a list of strategy guides I have compiled for the PS1. Most of these I have sight confirmed.
Game Game Publisher Guide Publisher Pub Date Vol
007 The World is not Enough EA Prima 2000
007 Tomorrow Never Dies EA Prima 1999
Alundra 2 Activision Brady Games 2000
Alundra 2 Mini Guide (preorder Freebie) Activision Brady Games 2000
Armored Core: Project Phantasma Official Guide ASCII Entertainment Sandwich Islands 1998
Armorines Acclaim Acclaim ?
Army Men : Sarges Heroes 2 3DO Prima 2000
Big Playstation Book 1999 Edition Various Prima 1999
Big Playstation Book 2000 Edition Various Prima 2000
Bio Freaks Midway Brady Games 1998
Bomberman World Atlus Prima 1998
Castlevania Symphony of the Night Survival Guide (Unauthorized) Konami Sandwich Islands 1997
Clock Tower: The Struggle Within Official Guide Sandwich Islands
Colony Wars Psygnosis Prima 1998
Colony Wars ! Vengeance Psygnosis Prima 1998
Crash Bandicoot : Warped Univeral Prima 1998
Crash Bandicoot 2 : Cortex Strikes Back Univeral Dimension 1997
Crash Bandicoot 2 : Cortex Strikes Back (Unauthorized) Univeral Prima 1997
Crash Bandicoot 2 : Cortex Strikes Back (Unauthorized) Univeral Brady Games 1997
Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped Totally UA Pocket Guide Sony Brady Games 1998
Crash Team Racing Univeral Prima 1999
Croc - Legend of the Gobbos Fox Prima 1997
Darkstalkers Capcom Gamefan 1996
Deathtrap Dungeon, Ian Livingston's Eidos Prima 1998
Digimon World 2 Bandai Prima 2001
Digimon World 3 Bandai Versus Books 2002 39
Dino Crisis Capcom Brady Games 1999
Dino Crisis Capcom Versus Books 1999 07
Dino Crisis 2 Capcom Prima 2000
Dino Crisis 2 Capcom Brady Games 2000
Driver G.T.Interactive GW Press 1999
Driver 2 Infogrames Prima 2000
ECW Hardcore Revolution Acclaim Acclaim 2000
Ehrgeiz Squaresoft Brady Games 1999
Fear Effect Eidos Prima 1999
Fighting Force 2 Eidos Prima 1999
Final Fantasy Chronicles (FF4 & Chrono Trigger) Squaresoft Brady Games 2001
Final Fantasy IX Square Brady Games 2000
Final Fantasy VII Squaresoft Versus Books 02
Final Fantasy VII Survival Guide Square Sandwich Islands
Final Fantasy VIII Squaresoft Brady Games 1999
Gamefan's Ultimate Codebook Various Gamefan 2000
Gameshark Pocket Power Guide 3rd ed Codeboy's Revenge Various Prima 1998 3
Gauntlet Legends Midway Prima 2000
Gex : Enter the Gecko Midway Dimension 1998
Gran Turismo Sony Prima 1999
Gran Turismo 2 (blockbuster/poster) Sony Prima 1999
Grandia Game Arts Prima 1999
Jade Cocoon Story of the Tamamaya Crave Prima 1999
Knockout Kings 2000 EA Prima 1999
Lara's Book: Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider Phenomenom (1,2,Gold) Eidos Prima 1998
Lost World, The : Jurassic Park Dreamworks Brady Games 1997
Madden 2002 EA Prima 2001
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX Activision Brady Games 2001
MDK Playmates Interactive Prima 1997
Medal of Honor Underground EA Prima 2000
Medievil Sony Dimension 1998
Metal Gear Solid Konami Millenium 1998 03
Metal Gear Solid Konami Versus Books 1998 05
Metal Gear Solid (UA) Konami Brady Games 1998
Metal Gear Solid Survival Guide Konami Sandwich Islands 1998
Metal Gear Solid VR Missions Konami Prima 1999
Mortal Kombat 3 Midway Gamefan 1995
Mortal Kombat 3 Midway Brady Games 1995
Mortal Kombat 3 Pocket Kodes Midway Brady Games 1995
Mortal Kombat 4 Official Pocket Kodes Midway Brady Games 1998
Mortal Kombat Mythologies : Sub-zero Midway Brady Games 1997
Mortal Kombat Mythologies Sub Zero Midway Prima 1997
Nascar Thunder 2002 EA Prima 2001
NFL Blitz 2000 Midway Brady Games 1999
NFL Blitz 2000 Midway Prima 1999
O.D.T. (Or Die Trying) Psygnosis Prima 1998
Oddworld : Abe's Exodus G.T.Interactive GW Press 1998
One ASC Games Prima 1998
Parasite Eve Squaresoft Brady Games 1998
Persona 2 : Eternal Punishment Atlus Prima 2000
Playstaion Ultimate Strategy Guide (28 games) Various Sybex 1997
Playstation Games Book Volume 2, Totally UA Various Brady Games 1995 2
Playstation Games Book Volume 3 (10 games) Various Brady Games 1996
Playstation Games Book Volume 5, Totally UA Various Brady Games 1998 5
Playstation Official games Book (9 Games) Various Brady Games 1995
Playstation Player's Guide (25 Games) Various Sandwich Islands 1996 1
Playstation Player's Guide 2 Various Sandwich Islands 1996 2
Playstation Pocket Power (Unauthorized) Various Prima 1997
Playstation Secret Codes 4 (Pocket Guide) Various Brady Games 1999 4
Playstation Secret Codes 5 (Pocket Guide) Various Brady Games 2000 5
Playstation Survival Guide 3 Various Sandwich Islands 3
Playstation: Vital Startegies and Expert Tips (22 games) Various Prima 2002
PSX Gamers Guide (270 Games) Various Prima 2000
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Midway Brady Games 1999
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Midway Prima 1999
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 2 Midway Prima 2000
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 2 Midway Brady Games 2000
Resident Evil Capcom Dimension 1996
Resident Evil 2 Capcom Gamefan 1997
Resident Evil 2 (UA) Capcom Prima 1997
Resident Evil 2 Perfect Guide (Unauthorized) Capcom Versus Books 1997 04
Resident Evil 2 Survival guide (UA) Capcom Brady Games 1998
Resident Evil 3 Nemesis Capcom Versus Books 1999 09
Resident Evil 3 Nemesis Capcom Brady Games 1999
Resident Evil Director's Cut Capcom Prima 1998
Resident Evil Director's Cut Greatest Hits Capcom Prima 2000
SaGa Frontier Squaresoft Brady Games 1998
Secret Codes 2 for Sony Playstation Various Brady Games 1997 2
Secret Codes for Sony Playstation Various Brady Games 1996 1
Skullmonkeys EA Brady Games 1998
Sno Cross Championship Racing Crave Prima 2000
Soulblade Namco Gamefan 1997 09
Spider-Man 2: Enter: Electro Activision Brady Games 2001
Star Gladiator Episode : I Final Crusade Capcom Dimension 1996
Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace LucasArts Prima 1999
Star Wars Masters of Teras Kasi LucasArts Prima 1997
Street Fighter Alpha 2 Capcom Versus Books 1996 01
Syphon Filter Sony/989 Studios Dimension 1999
Syphon Filter 2 989 Studios Prima 1999
Syphon Filter 2 Hint book (Preorder Freebie) 989 Studios Prima 2000
Syphon Filter 3 Sony Prima 2001
Tai Fu Activision Brady Games 1999
Tekken 1 & 2 Survival Guide Namco Sandwich Islands
Tekken 2 Namco Dimension 1996
Tekken 3 Namco Prima 1998
Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins Activision Brady Games 2000
Tenchu Stealth Assassin Activision Brady Games 1998
Thousand Arms Atlus Acclaim 1999
Threads of Fate Squaresoft Brady Games 2000
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Rogue Spear Red Storm Prima 2001
Tomb Raider Eidos Dimension 1996
Tomb Raider Chronicles Eidos Prima 2000
Tomb Raider II Eidos Prima 1997
Tomb Raider II Eidos Dimension 1997
Tomb Raider III Eidos Prima 1998
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Activision Brady Games 2000
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (Babbage's Foil Cover/Poster) Activision Brady Games 2000
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 Activision Brady Games 2001
Twisted Metal 4 989 Studios Prima 1999
Twisted Metal III 989 Studios Prima 1998
Ultimate Playstation Cheats (Gamepro) Various Infotainment World 1996
Vandal Hearts (Unauthorized) Konami Prima 1997
Vigilante 8 Activision Sybex 1998
Vs. (Trade Size) THQ Prima 1997
Warcraft II The Dark Saga Blizzard Prima 1997
WCW Nitro THQ Prima 1997
WCW/nWo Thunder THQ Prima 1998
Wild Arms Sony Dimension 1997
Wild Arms 2 ASCII Versus Books 2000 12
WWF Attitude Accclaim Acclaim 1996
WWF Smackdown! Just Bring it (w/ WWF Road to Wrestlemania GBA) THQ Prima 2001
WWF Warzone Acclaim Acclaim 1998
X-men Mutant Academy Activision Brady Games 2000
X-men Mutant Academy 2 Activision Brady Games 2001
The above list is not comprehensive. I know some more brady and prima guides are available but I have not seen them.
How handy! Sight confirmation of Threads of Fate - I haven't picked up the game yet but if the guide is any indication this is an unknown gem in the ARPG style, made by Square no less! Get get get.
Like the mail-order DW4 guide from Enix.Originally Posted by SoulBlazer
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Oh yeah.I sold MINE a couple years ago for $60.
Good list of guides there, BTW.
How IS that Persona guide, BTW? Several times I almost bought it from Atlus but never did. I never saw it in stores.
"Four o'clock and all is well.....wish I was in bed, Sir."
-- Guard in the Imperial City, Oblivion
the Persona guide is bare bones...basically just maps of the rather labyrinthine levels and a few comments and a bit of info. It's all you need though. I assume the Tales of Destiny 1 guide is the same...I know it exists cause I've seen it.
I had similar problems getting the color Wild Arms guide....never found one for YEARS till I got one here at DP. There are a few VERY elusive PSX guides out there!
scooterb: "I once shot a man in Catan, just to watch him die."
Still my favorite strategy guide to date:
Also, even though the Dune 2000 strategy guide is intended for the PC version, it also applies to the PS1 version.
holy crap they have so many version(brady/prima/ etc..) of the same game
how do you know which is the better one ??(if you don't personally see it first...when you buy from ebay or online stores)
also rpg guide seems to go up on price all the time(along with the game like suikoden/vprofile/earthbound) ... i use them some time...but i buy them mostly for the completion of my game and the art work ..i collect rpg guide's only
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My favorite guides have always been the official Nintendo ones. Some of them were crap (Banjo Kazooie, for example), but others had so much neat artwork or bonus stuff (Chrono Trigger, Ocarina of Time, Perfect Dark, etc.) Prima and Brady are complete shit in comparison. I got my first few Versus guides this past summer, and I was actually pretty impressed with them. A shame that they're not making guides anymore.
You could probably convince somebody that's a spoof!Still my favorite strategy guide to date:
Well, onto Brady Guides...yeah, many are absolute crap. Not the Threads of Fate one though. Sure, it's got the same artwork over and over throughout, but the presentation is pretty darn nice. Not as good as some stuff (i.e. the OoT guide - that's a classic!) but still not horrible.
Also the Super Game Boy guide - that's always nice to have!
thanks for the list, i greatly appreciate it.
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I'm collecting guides as well, and yep, some of the guides for the PSX-RPGs are pretty expensive in the meantime or hard to come by. (e.g. Suikoden II, Valkyrie Profile, Tales of Destiny 1 and 2, Wild Arms 2)...not a good time to hunt those guides on ebay.
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