Pokémon Master Guide

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Hey, /vp/, can you help a guy out? I'm looking for scans of these old Master Guides. I actually have every issue of them at my dad's house somewhere but I haven't a clue where, so I'm looking to fill the gap in the meantime with the scans.

I'm sure we've all seen the hilariously bad tips from the first issue from a day when NOM didn't really understand the mechanics of the game (advising you to use the Master Ball on Fearow, for instance, or causing a whole generation of British children to use the Down+B technique when throwing a Poké Ball) but the magazines themselves were amazing, the walkthroughs were basically Bulbapedia before Bulbapedia.

They covered a range of games from the original two right up to Crystal and Stadium 2, If it helps, here's the issue listing and what's on the cover:

* 1: Pikachu on a blue background (RB)
* 2: Pikachu on a red background (RB)
* 3: Pikachu on a purple background (RBY, Stad)
* 4: Pikachu on a white background (Snap, Pinball, Stad, RBY)
* 5: Mewtwo on a purple background (TCGGBC, Puzzle League, Snap, Stad, RBY)
* 6: Lugia on a silver background (GS)
* 7: Ho-oh on a gold background - this one is actually titled Pokémon Monster Guide with more of a focus on the Pokémon than on walkthroughs (GS but also includes RBY Pokémon)
* 8: Suicune on a blue background (Crystal, Stad2)

As far as I know, that's the lot.

I can't offer much in return, but I can offer a .pdf scan of the first issue. Hopefully this will tickle a nostalgia bone with some of you and, for those of you who haven't seen it, you may like what it offers. Note that issue one is a bit more basic than some of the issues that followed!

Apologies for the ludicrously lengthy Mega link.

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