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Wormskull: Aug 23, 2009

Butlers Delight posted:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/588646-secret-of-mana/faqs/5616

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# ? Jun 8, 2015 19:32

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# ? May 6, 2024 11:49

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

Here's an Ultima V guide from March 1988, which seems insane or BS. http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/562661-ultima-v-warriors-of-destiny/faqs/1808

# ? Jun 8, 2015 19:33

Bicyclops: Aug 27, 2004

the gamefaqs boards make it hard to search for specific phrases, or else i would find the zelda faq, for some other game, in which the author talks for a long time about how Majora's Mask is not a real zelda game, and doesn't coujt.

# ? Jun 8, 2015 19:34

Bicyclops: Aug 27, 2004

This guy is a badass, and also thinks novels are incapable of moving people because they don't have pictures in them.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/gba/914622-mother-3/faqs/54750

quote:

Now, I'll explain why I wrote this guide to be one with near zero-empathy. I'm
doing this is because I am utterly surprised and amazed by the reaction of
many people on the internet forums to the story. Many have expressed how they
cried at this point, at that point and during the final battle. OK, I will
give it to the producers to make many tragic bits in the story, but I believe
they have shot themselves in the foot regarding the presentation by opting for
the Gameboy Advance.

Due to its graphical limitations, the impact of many scenes to the audience is
greatly reduced. Just look at the scene where Flint learns of his wife's death,
his wife's funeral and so on. You can only see their actions, but not their
facial expression.

In addition, look at the final battle, where many forum users have claimed
they have cried over it. What I see is the Masked Man in the middle of the
screen, several menus and windows. The only way you can tell what's going on
is by the text. Such an arrangement gives the player a poor visualisation of
what is really going on. Had Itoi chose the DS, they could at least have room
to make many climactic 3D scenes of the battle, and that would dazzle the
audience more.

I will give a high score to the fun gameplay of this game, especially the
musical combo system. I usually don't care about the story of RPGs, but seeing
the reactions from the fans, I consider them to be grossly oversensitive. I
feel that I will have to lower my score on this game by a little bit due to
that. As I said before, if you cry while playing this game, you are little
above crying at a tragic novel with zero illustrations whatsoever. Thanks for
reading your way through this guide!

# ? Jun 8, 2015 19:41

Butlers Delight: Jul 11, 2004; NO LONGER A 24 YEAR OLD VIRGIN GUYS!

Having autism rules? Hoot back.

# ? Jun 8, 2015 19:47

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

What I see is the Masked Man in the middle of the screen, several menus and windows.

# ? Jun 8, 2015 19:50

Daikatana Ritsu: Aug 1, 2008

the gfaqs app is p sweet.

# ? Jun 8, 2015 20:04

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

I didn't know there was a gamefaqs app

# ? Jun 8, 2015 20:09

SM64Guy: Apr 1, 2005

my favorite gamefaqs guy is A I e x because every time i went to look up a guide for an old game he had one sitting right there

# ? Jun 8, 2015 20:19

SM64Guy: Apr 1, 2005

Butlers Delight posted:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/588646-secret-of-mana/faqs/5616

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*          *    \___ \        / ||| \      | |\  /| |      *          *
*          ~     ___\ \       | |_| |      | | \/ | |      ~          *
*          *    \_____/ecret  \_____/f     |_|    |_|ana   *          *
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*                      An UNcomprehensive Guide                       *
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*    (c)1999-2000 Nathan Tsui                                         *
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# ? Jun 8, 2015 20:20

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

I'm glad that even though the gfaqs structure evolved as time went on and allowed people to format the guide into pages and have links and picture/video references and links, every guide still has a huge ASCII art header

# ? Jun 8, 2015 20:24

Bicyclops: Aug 27, 2004

SM64Guy posted:

my favorite gamefaqs guy is A I e x because every time i went to look up a guide for an old game he had one sitting right there

Yeah, I think we used him for Final Fantasy VIII and a few others. Usually, he's reliable as long as you are willing to accept a few mistakes. Good old A 1 e x.

# ? Jun 8, 2015 20:27

Daikatana Ritsu: Aug 1, 2008

YIKES Stay Gooned posted:

I didn't know there was a gamefaqs app

it gets updated pretty regularly and has highlighting and a bunch of other kewl features. ths gamer recommends it!

# ? Jun 8, 2015 20:28

emoji: Jun 4, 2004

When I was in 2nd grade I got stuck in Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis and called the 1-900 number for games tips from school because because I didn't know about GameFAQS/it didn't exist.

# ? Jun 8, 2015 21:27

Fungah!: Apr 30, 2011

Daikatana Ritsu posted:

it gets updated pretty regularly and has highlighting and a bunch of other kewl features. ths gamer recommends it!

ty, i'll have to check it out

# ? Jun 8, 2015 21:53

frank.club: Jan 15, 2011; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

YIKES Stay Gooned posted:

I have a shout out in one of the Metroid prime FAQs because I emailed the author while it was a WIP to tell him where some of the missile pickups where.

Hell I thank you too. I remember thinking how good the guide to prime was when I first played it.

# ? Jun 8, 2015 22:01

frank.club: Jan 15, 2011; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Daikatana Ritsu posted:

it gets updated pretty regularly and has highlighting and a bunch of other kewl features. ths gamer recommends it!

holy smokes

# ? Jun 8, 2015 22:02

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

frank.club posted:

Hell I thank you too. I remember thinking how good the guide to prime was when I first played it.

Np. It's probably my second favorite game ever, glad I could help

# ? Jun 8, 2015 22:04

Pablo Nergigante: Apr 16, 2002

In 1995, the year GameFAQs started, I printed out a FAQ for Final Fantasy III on our dot matrix printer and kept it in a shiny pink folder. My parents were really pissed off that I used so much paper and ink but I don't think I ever got in trouble because they had bigger things to worry about like their marriage falling apart

# ? Jun 8, 2015 22:04

NickRoweFillea: Sep 27, 2012; doin thangs

I used to go to CheatCC on school computers and print out codes for my games, by the time I found out about GameFAQs I had home access.

How do you pronounce "GameFAQs"

# ? Jun 8, 2015 22:43

elf help book: Aug 5, 2004; Though the battle might be endless, I will never give up

NickRoweFillea posted:

I used to go to CheatCC on school computers and print out codes for my games, by the time I found out about GameFAQs I had home access.

How do you pronounce "GameFAQs"

i usedf to go to cheatcc a lot and one time it was hacked and filled with porn ads and i saw a giant penis and got real worried i was gay because i kept thinking about the giant penis

# ? Jun 8, 2015 22:54

Butlers Delight: Jul 11, 2004; NO LONGER A 24 YEAR OLD VIRGIN GUYS!

Pablo Gigante posted:

In 1995, the year GameFAQs started, I printed out a FAQ for Final Fantasy III on our dot matrix printer and kept it in a shiny pink folder. My parents were really pissed off that I used so much paper and ink but I don't think I ever got in trouble because they had bigger things to worry about like their marriage falling apart

how many pages was it

# ? Jun 8, 2015 23:01

Pablo Nergigante: Apr 16, 2002

Butlers Delight posted:

how many pages was it

Well over 100 I think

# ? Jun 8, 2015 23:03

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

NickRoweFillea posted:

I used to go to CheatCC on school computers and print out codes for my games, by the time I found out about GameFAQs I had home access.

How do you pronounce "GameFAQs"

Game Fax

# ? Jun 8, 2015 23:03

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

i couldn't find the gfaqs app and it's either bc it's not on iOS or because I'm dumb and can't see it

# ? Jun 8, 2015 23:04

Concordat: Mar 4, 2007; Secondary Objective: Commit Fraud - Complete

Bicyclops posted:

I enjoy this one, unironically, for going into some intense detail about a game mechanic pretty much nobody uses extensively, because it is not very good.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/554041-final-fantasy-iii/faqs/35118

Gau's Rage ability was just one of many bugged and stupid things in that game which could break it.

Was it on Gamefaqs that someone had a meltdown in FAQ form about his interpretation of Killer 7 being different from a later official book explaining it? I think it was in one of the Plot Analysis Guides but they are both about 50,000 words long.

Concordat fucked around with this message at 23:35 on Jun 8, 2015

# ? Jun 8, 2015 23:30

qnqnx: Nov 14, 2010

YIKES Stay Gooned posted:

i couldn't find the gfaqs app and it's either bc it's not on iOS or because I'm dumb and can't see it

Nothing official on the Play Store either, or I'm also being dumb

# ? Jun 8, 2015 23:49

Daikatana Ritsu: Aug 1, 2008

it's not official and i use android. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.faqr&hl=en

# ? Jun 9, 2015 00:16

elf help book: Aug 5, 2004; Though the battle might be endless, I will never give up

Daikatana Ritsu posted:

it's not official and i use android. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.faqr&hl=en

this looks real good

# ? Jun 9, 2015 00:22

frank.club: Jan 15, 2011; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

when I was little I got into trouble by calling it gamefags without realizing

# ? Jun 9, 2015 00:23

Daikatana Ritsu: Aug 1, 2008

elf help book posted:

this looks real good

it's drat good

# ? Jun 9, 2015 00:23

PleasingFungus: Oct 10, 2012; idiot asshole bitch who should fuck off

elf help book posted:

i usedf to go to cheatcc a lot and one time it was hacked and filled with porn ads and i saw a giant penis and got real worried i was gay because i kept thinking about the giant penis

# ? Jun 9, 2015 00:43

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

Daikatana Ritsu posted:

it's not official and i use android. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.faqr&hl=en

Not on iOS. Apple fail.

# ? Jun 9, 2015 01:09

Crimson Harvest: Jul 14, 2004; I'm a GENERAL, not some opera floozy!

Wow thanks for that gamefaqs app.

I've been referring to faqs a lot lately with all the old RPGs I've been playing. Final Fantasy X especially.

# ? Jun 9, 2015 02:21

Thug Lessons: Dec 14, 2006; I lust in my heart for as many dead refugees as possible.

Butlers Delight posted:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/588646-secret-of-mana/faqs/5616

code:

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
*                                                                     *
*                            101 STEPS                                *
*                               to:                                   *
*                                _                                    *
*                               |#|                                   *
*                               |#|                                   *
*          ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~  __|#|__  ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~          *
*          *                 / __*__ \                     *          *
*          ~    _____       /_/ ||| \_\     __    __       ~          *
*          *   /  ___\          |||        |  \  /  |      *          *
*          ~   \ \___          _|||_       |   \/   |      ~          *
*          *    \___ \        / ||| \      | |\  /| |      *          *
*          ~     ___\ \       | |_| |      | | \/ | |      ~          *
*          *    \_____/ecret  \_____/f     |_|    |_|ana   *          *
*          ~                    |||                        ~          *
*          *                    \|/        {Version 1.2}   *          *
*          ~                                               ~          *
*          * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *          *
*                      An UNcomprehensive Guide                       *
*                                                                     *
*                                                                     *
*    (c)1999-2000 Nathan Tsui                                         *
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# ? Jun 9, 2015 02:45

Wormskull: Aug 23, 2009

code:

------------------------------------------------
4. Credits
------------------------------------------------

Nathan "Segaholic2" Tsui-
   E-Mail: [email]segaholic2@yahoo.com[/email]
   AOL Instant Messenger: Segaholic2
It's me! I wrote practically all of this thing and did the spiffy ASCII
title up there. Yeah, I'm getting better at doing ASCII's. I wrote this
guide in about two days, or 4 hours typing time at most. Hope ya liked
it!

Jason "Double -S-" Tsui- (stkrule@yahoo.com)
My brother helped me write some of this stuff. Plus, he and I beat the
game together! Not only is Secret of Mana a great Action/RPG, it is
also a great party game! Mega monster bashing fun, yeah!

RPGamer- (jedgington1@yahoo.com)
This guy reminded me to put in the last elementals which I had forgot-
ten! Whoops!

Bethany "Betho" Tsui-
She's my sister. Need I say more?

Emily Lee-
What do I say about her? Uhhh...she didn't help with this guide at all,
but she was here when I finished it. So out of an act of generosity, I
allowed her name to be typed in this. All I can really say is that she
is one of my sister's best friends and she bugs me like crazy. Oh,
yeah; she plays my GameBoy all the time.

# ? Jun 9, 2015 02:57

Wormskull: Aug 23, 2009

The deranged perverts who would later create, moderate and fill with content the Badgame forums are the people who drove this beautiful Asian gamer soul from us. For that, they can never be forgiven.

# ? Jun 9, 2015 02:58

Bicyclops: Aug 27, 2004

I want to know if he stutteringly asked Emily Lee out to the Prom, and when she rejected him, if he went back to Todo Village, and listened to the sad ice music, and cast Freeze on the Howlers with his brother until Undine leveled up, and then lay awake in his bed staring at the ceiling, wondering what could have been.

# ? Jun 9, 2015 03:02

Wormskull: Aug 23, 2009

code:

Version 1.1-
 Grammar and spelling errors fixed.
 Nickname "Ninten-doh-Man" dropped. I go by Segaholic2 only now.

# ? Jun 9, 2015 03:02

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# ? May 6, 2024 11:49

apropos to nothing: Sep 5, 2003

http://www.gamefaqs.com/n64/197771-the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time/faqs/3445

DBM11085 posted:

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-= 1. What's New -=
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Version 1.35 (4/5/12): Corrected the button sequence for Prelude of Light,
and added tips on navigating the Haunted Wasteland and fighting Ganondorf.

Version 1.3 (1/18/12): Cleaned up the Heart Piece/Gold Skulltula sections.

Version 1.25 (6/21/11): Made a bunch of additional corrections and additions,
thanks to adam.

Version 1.2 (6/13/11): Found an error in the Songs section (Prelude of
Light), thanks to Josiah.

Version 1.15 (2/8/11): It was long overdue, but I revamped most of this guide
after all these years. Many sections were rewritten or changed around to make
things easier to understand, including the walkthrough. Many errors were also
corrected along the way. If there is more to update, let me know!

Version 1.1 (12/14/10): Added a small hint on fighting the last Poe in the
Forest Temple.

Version 1.05 (4/2/09): Made a small correction to the order of killing the
Deku Scrubs within the Great Deku Tree.

Version 1.0 (12/14/98): With this version, the walkthrough was completed.

Version 0.1 (11/24/98): The first version of this FAQ.

just love the fact that the dude wrote this faq and then comes back to it 10 years later to make corrections. a gamer dedicated to his faq and a shining example to us all.

# ? Jun 9, 2015 03:03

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