In the 16-bit era, instruction manuals served as additional outlets for creators and publishers to put out additional drawings and concept art. They were gorgeous works in themselves, helping add ...

The manuals for LucasArts adventures are always really fun, and are usually written with the same tongue-in-cheek irreverence of the dialogue in the games themselves. Grim's art deco-flavoured ...

For instruction manual enthusiasts, Nintendo has actually included a link to the fully scanned Japanese manual, which also includes the story about how Bowser transformed all the Toads of the ...

This can be depressing, except if they are interested in one part of the packaging – the instruction manual. Then you feel a surge of pride: here is a child of discernment, who takes the time to ...

Oh, and it cost $40,000 to complete. As reported by Kotaku, Kirkland has preserved over 1,900 PS2 game manuals, variants, art books, mini-guides, and comics by uploading them to Archive.org in 4K ...

Some early manuals also included concept art depicting characters and locales seen throughout their games, as well as unique illustrations to explain features or helpful tips. However, the most ...