SMW APE Guide vol. 2

>>3340363
Hell yeah! Thanks scanbro

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>>3340383
No problem.
The comics in the second volume is better and there seems to be more variety in the content (I believe there's a glitches section?) but sadly the hand-drawn maps have been replaced with crude screenshot maps.

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>scanbro keeps delivering

You are my hero

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It's downright criminal how much shitposting is on this board and genuinely based thread like this goes unappreciated.

You're doing God's work here.

absolutely based
thank you

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>pdf

pdfimage saves the day.

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Any love for the Japanese Zelda guides? There are a bunch for Ocarina of Time, pic related. Haven't had any success finding copies on the internets. Not even the US BradyGuide.

Good list: http://www.zeldadungeon.net/wiki/Strategy_Guides

thanks scanbro

>>3340704
An Anon posted links here a few weeks ago for Zelda scan collectons - including manuals artwork music etc.

The user who complied them was "tlozilyv". I think they were featured on 4Chan but I'll be fucked if I can find them.

Does anyone have the links?:

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>>3340763
tlozilyv - four files - 740mb - needs password

http://www.mediafire.com/?3znx2v9uvcronaf
http://www.mediafire.com/?2gy1r3n22b6ejyy
http://www.mediafire.com/?7186j1vcqiaoy12
http://www.mediafire.com/?w75him2awe4mkrl

any anons have password?

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>>3340824
>password

'ilyv'

i l y v
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>>3340363

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>>3340763
Still looking for zelda japanese guides. pic related looks awesome.

Are scans and rare finds compiled somewhere? They should be.

>>3340914
what the.. I was not expecting that at all!
To be fair, I don't even know how large bandwidth/traffic restrictions the 'free' Dropbox has.
Any ideas where I should co-host?

>>3341234
mega

Been waiting for this, thanks based scanbro

>>3341245
Thanks. Done and done.

Vol 1 low res: https://mega.nz/#!wAUR1DRK!fm8KZRJW1tTKnhz3CuLAcbnDf3fzbu7eqn_rSkHx4ag
Vol 2 low res: https://mega.nz/#!tUE11JLb!ThYaSWzUlWUE_Q_ZvZ05u74BqF1d0d3i3ucuhru-NgE
Vol 1 hi res: https://mega.nz/#!gMlEnTxI!18LQJge95PjOsyfm7HEFGxMRH0bvHzbokoQAaEggUcc
Vol 2 hi res: https://mega.nz/#!FNFxWbiA!FiAHXqzdUXxlj1Kakytuy7G8ztVdiJr_ZbNylayuSiI

>>3340995
I did find a few scanned pages on this website:

http://gamerhuruhonasari.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-69.html?sp

They're pretty shit quality though. Still looking for a complete scan.

>>3342521

Can't thank you enough scanbro, you're a legend.

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>>3342614
me too.

>>3340363
awesome job scanbro. much appreciated.

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This is pretty cool, at the end of the vol. 2 there's an interview with Koichi Sugiyama, Sadao Watanabe and Koji Kondo, who did the amazing arranged soundtrack for Super Mario World, which is one of my all-time favorite arranged vg OSTs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BexVyL45DY8

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>>3340363
>Scanbro being based

You're a ray of light in this dark times of /vr/.
Props man, I'd buy you a beer.

>>3341245
Why does everyone keep saying MEGA, if OP is inactive in 3 months the links will disappear, it's dead links all over the goshdarn web thanks to mega.

I've been using mediafire for what feels like a decade now and all my shit is still up. Now obviously don't use mediafire for larger files, but for this is perfectly serviceable.

Either way OP is a fucking legend

>>3342846
>3 months inactivity and they're gone
Holy shit dude
I had no idea. This is worrying.
Dropbox preserves them for much longer least, but they have an inactivity meter too. And the bandwidth issues.

Think archive.org would accept them?

>>3342861
Honestly your best bet would be to upload to multiple sites. Mediafire is the best, followed by dropbox. There is also Google Drive, Box.com and mega. Setting up a torrent for both would work too but it'd be a bit more complicated.

Speaking of scans, here's a bunch of Video Game Manga scans, most of them based on /vr/ age games, like Yoshi's Island, Mario World, Donkey Kong Country and more:

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/qagdv2i2vt8fd

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>>3342869
>Public Raws
>Press green button
>15.9Gb zip file

Thank you anon.

>>3342878
Yeah they're all in Jap, but maybe if a translator anon comes around, I wouldn't mind helping edit some of them.

>>3342861
I don't honestly know how archive.org works, but considering how they have a buttload of old Japanese Eroge/VN magazines up there, they probably are up for all this retro junk. Maybe though because it's copyrighted material and not abandoneware yet, maybe they don't want any trouble with Nintendo. But still I guess you could try, archive.org is obviously the best place.

Still I don't know if the uploads are vetted or if anyone can just upload whatever.

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>>3342882
>if a translator anon comes around
Sheit, I remember last year when I did the page cleanup for translatorfag, for that Popful Mail / Keio Flying Squadrin doujin. It's actually more time consuming than I thought (I mean if you want to do it right at least and not just pass it all through a batch filter). Really makes you appreciate all those amateur scanlators out there.

>>3342962
I edit a lot of manga on the side, so it'd be no real trouble for me. The issue is a lot of these manga are merely just 4 koma, so a lot of people just ignore 'em. Theres some legit manga adaptions in there though, personally I think the most interesting ones are the Donkey Kong ones.

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>>3342521
http://imgur.com/a/aux0V

Not OP but uploaded the low res versions to imgur just for redundancy sake.

At least imgur doesn't prune the images in 3 months, although it's not the best quality, but it's good if you want just want a quick glance at this thing.

>>3340824
>>3340867

Thanks folks.

Although, this is one ONE collection right?

The post I saw before had lots of collections - a different one for each Zelda title.

Anyone have the links for those?

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fuck year. /vr/ gets shit done.

>>3343031
Thanks for the imgur upload. Really wish I could read japanese right now tho ...

Thank you scanbro!

Most people on /vr are too busy shit posting to acknowledge this thread but I just want to say THANK YOU Scanman.

>>3340363
OP you are an amazing person. Thank you very much for going through all the effort.

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Argh, these are so cool. Reminds me a lot of the Mario Mania book I used to have as a kid. If someone would scan every issue of Nintendo Power, my life would be complete. Thanks scan-anon.

I guess I'll translate the first comic now, after that I go to sleep though. I will post from time to time when I have time to translate something if anyone is interested.
If you want the first volume translated too let me know and I'll start from there. This is the comic in volume 2 starting page 4. I replaced Koopa with Bowser.

L - We're finally here, big brother
Y - It's a castle, that's such bad taste

M - Princess Peach, I'm coming nooow!
L - Wait a minute, big bro. Let's take a little rest

B - Ga ha ha, so you've come, Mario!!
M/L - Wah!

P - Help!! Mario!!!
B - Have a taste of this!!

bunch of onomatopoeia, skipping to p.6

B - Ow / Ow-ow
P - Kyaaah!

P - Mario!

B - Dammit / You'll regret this

M - Seems Bowser learned his lesson...
L - Hey, wait for me!
Box - You who defeated Bowser! There are still plenty of secrets to discover in Dinosaur Land. Try and look for your own unique adventure!!

I'll try and find some more interesting thing like interviews or whatever next time.

>>3340363
yo scanbro. i'll take that book it you truly do not want it any longer.

>>3346189
Thank you so much!

>>3346250
Okay. Contact me with your address at [email protected]

Start of the interview at the end of vol.2

Mario Series Sound Composer Kondou Kouji

With the release of Watanabe Sadao's musical performance CD, The "melody maker" Mr. Kondou is receiving increasing praise. Investigating the roots of his music.

Mario Developer Interview Number 2

(Photo annotation)
Profile
Sound composer who produced known works remaining in history in the music of such games as Mario, Zelda and New Onigashima. Currently devoting himself to the sound production of "New Zelda", on sale this autumn.
Born in Nagoya, age 29

Baptism by Jazz, Fusion and Hard Rock

Just what would you say are the roots of your music?
K - It started when I was in the first year of primary school and was learning on the Electone. On piano, I was doing nothing but etudes, which I thought was boring. I guess I wanted to try and play real pieces right away. In retrospect, sometimes I think it would have been good if I had done piano.

Are there any particulary genres and artists do you enjoy?
K - I've liked jazz and fusion since I was middle school. Of course, I also listened a lot to Watanabe Sadao's work (rude laughter from the interviewer). No, really. I also went to a lot of concerts. There was a time I quite idolized him as well. I copied him on the Electone.
When I was in middle school, I was also engrossed by hard rock. A great deal of our generation was influenced by it at the same time.

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>>3347809
>>3346189

Thanks a lot for the translation

>>3347809
Are there any recent albums that you've liked?
K - I've been liking Shang Shang Typhoon, for one. Other than that, Gipsy Kings and such, mostly world music.

Have you been thinking about working in a field related to music from the time you were in primary school?
K - No, I wasn't. It was my hobby, so I was thinking how it would be nice to keep doing it, that's more how it was. I did join an amateur band at one point, though. Even in university, I didn't join a music school or anything.

Where did you enroll in university?
It was a program called Art Planning in Osaka University of the Arts. It's a program that I didn't really understand just from the name. It involved studying all sorts of art like visual arts, music and literature in a general, wide and superficial way.

>>3347809
>>3347861

Pretty damn interesting, this is history right here, this book and interview had never been scanned or translated before.

Good job /vr/ troopers.

>>3347809
>>3347861
>>3346189

This is already very interesting.

>>3347861
Did you enter Nintendo as a game development programmer?
K - No. I joined Nintendo in the first year that they were recruiting specialized music staff. I was working with sound from the start.

What kind of work did you handle at the very beginning when you entered Nintendo?
K - It was composing pieces in Family BASIC using musical notes entered as katakana. I reproduced the theme songs of Sazae-san, Doraemon and such.
I also programmed and played pieces by Matsuda Seiko in BASIC.

(photo annotation)
First appearance! Mr. Kondou's workplace. At the back of the keyboard, a Mario plushie...

He debuts with Doraemon on Family BASIC

About how many music specialist staff like you are there at Nintendo?
K - Umm, 10 people, I think.

That seems like unexpectedly few people.
K - That might be true. Because of that, work piles up quite a bit. Even now, making New Zelda's music, as soon as I progress on the next piece, I have to hurry up and continue the work on this other one.

>>3348002
I would like to ask about the process of creating the sound for a game. What kind of work do you start with at the very beginning?
K - Basically, firstly the game's image concept is settled and the scenes are completed, and I try to think of music based on that. Normally, the first piece I compose is the game's main theme, but for Mario 1, for some reason I was having a lot of trouble, so the first piece that I finished was the piece for the underwater levels. I felt that in water, the music should be a waltz, so it all came to me at once. But that is definitely a rare case.

How did you manage to make Mario's main theme?
K - At first, I thought of the image of walking around in a grass-covered plain. From there, I applied a "nohoho~n" kind of carefree and heartwarming piece to it.
At that point, when I listened to it with the actual level, the game's speed and rhythm didn't match at all, so that didn't work. Afterwards, I added a swingy piece to it, but a lot of people thought the music was unpleasant, so that was also scrapped.
In the meantime, the theme's "cha, cha, cha" part's melody came to my mind, and it just expanded from there.

Might do the last section tomorrow

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>>3348002
>>3348070
>>3347861

Thank you a lot, good read.

>Matsuda Seiko

Kondo has good taste. I wish we could listen to his chiptune renditions of her songs.

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bumping a good thread

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Any scans of this?

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>>3352025
Or this?

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>>3352028
Or this?

>>3343775
Noone has the 'tlozily' Zelda collection links? =(

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Anyone ever scanned this Metal Gear choose your own adventure book?

>>3346189
Thanks

>>3352819
I wish

What instrument do you use to compose initially?
K - The keyboard. But the sound of the keyboard is different from the actual Super Famicom, so I convert the parts that are done as soon as possible to listen to them. But it's not like the piece is done from the start; as I convert the sound to the Super Famicom, I keep re-arranging until the piece is complete. Because of that, I don't leave musical scores. Later on, I'm asked to please make a musical score, so I hurriedly write it from the data.

>>3340363
OMG! Scanbro finally delivered! I missed the old thead, but I am glad as hell that I saw this one! This is the best thread on all of 4chan, I'm sure of it! Thanks a million, Scanbro!

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>>3352031
>>3352028
>>3352025
If they're on eBay for a fair price and they're not ultra rare, I'd be delighted to buy, disbind and scan them.
Scanning these APE guides was a really interesting project and I learned a ton in during the process. Thanks to all involved.

>>3356216
>>3348070
>>3348002
>>3347861
Much thanks for the translations!
Someone called Gors translated a bunch of them, check these out

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>>3358687
>>3358691

This is so amazing. Bumping this legendary thread.

Also, my small contribution, I scanned this from the original Mother game, and someone over at Starmen.net was kind enough to translate.

>>3359228
Very nice, very nice! Is the left edge cutoff a mistake or is your manual broken?

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>>3359303

It's actually not a regular manual, but a big folded paper, the enemies part was 1/4 of it (and it barely fit on my scanner).

On the other side, there's a big ass map.

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>>3359406
Exactly like the Japanese SMW manual!
The cover of either APE guide didn't fit to my scanner either, but scanning in parts and stitching the pieces together in Photoshop makes the seams unnoticeable.
Here's a pic of my SMWj manual. Now that you mention it, I'll scan this next.

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>>3359730
>>3359406
And the backside

>>3359730
>>3359734
im getting some serious nostalgia for that color palette and art. its just giving me the butterflies.

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>>3359856
I know what you mean. For some reason SMW just makes me feel really good.

>>3346106

There's an archive of the German Club Nintendo one...

>>3359406
>>3359730
>>3359734

I wonder why they didn't release more poster-like manuals in the West. I remember that Illusion of Time (here better known as Illusion of Gaia) had it but every other SNES game I had back in the 90s had those small booklets or strategy guides.

>>3340363
Fuck yeah, I'd been meaning to check on if you'd ever finished them, since there was a solid portion of dead time between threads and I kinda forgot. Did you ever end up doing the psd version as I vaguely recall you mentioning?

I don't even particularly care about this specific guide, but I'd still like to extend my gratitude for these high res scans. Japan sure as fuck isn't gonna help us preserve this, you're doing a fantastic job with these!

>>3360472
You're right, there was a long time between starting the project and finishing it, but it was mostly because the first volume was in subpar condition and I had to fix all the shit the previous owner had done to the pages in Photoshop, not to mention I had a not-so-good computer back then.
The second volume was a much easier job because it's in such pristine condition and now I have a Mac Pro - it took me maybe a week.
>PSD version
Yes - they exists for both scans, but I really don't feel like uploading them right now because of their huge size.

>>3360508
At least the Japanese seem to be very careful with their media. Most SFC games I've bought and the second volume were in extraordinary condition, so it's safe to say that Japan preserves the media physically, while we preserve them digitally.

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>>3359730
>>3359734
Looking good, I wish I had this, but at least they kept most (if not all?) of that art on the US manual as well, it's one of my favorite manuals by far.

>>3359856
>>3359909

Same here, I really love SMW art and I'm always looking for more, these SMW ape guides are like holy grails so I can't thank scanbro enough.

>>3361667
Someone posted high resolution original artwork of Super Mario World to /vr/ once upon a time. I can't remember which thread it was or when, but I remember a piece where Mario was running on butter bridge, escaping the motorsaws. Haven't seen it (or the others) anywhere since. No idea where the art came from, either.

SMW truly had the best art.

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>>3361752

That was probably me posting that. They're from a guide called "Mario Mania"

>>3361757
Wow that's the one!!
Are there scans of that particular book available? I absolutely adore the style.

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>>3361762
>>3361757
Nevermind, found it. There's some other cool stuff in the book despite being a low-quality scan.

This is what Nintendo encouraged you to do.

>>3361769
>strategy guide recommends players to ditch yoshi

Sure it's easier than making a perfect cape flight in that level to get the hidden exit but this is surprising to me.

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>>3361757
You know, I like that image so much that I really have to vectorise it. Except a printable version soon!

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>>3340363
>3-up moon

What in the fuck. I've played SMW for decades and never seen this before

Thanks for the scan anon

>>3361987

What? You never got a moon?

They are rarer than 1ups but not THAT difficult to find.

>>3361996
imo they are. Each world has one and I think only one of them is obvious.
The one in Yoshi's Island: how the fuck can anyone find that
The one in Donut Plains: yeah I guess you could maybe find it
The one in Vanilla Dome: no way anyone would think about going there
The one in Cheese Bridge area: well you'll run into it anyway, so I guess it's obvious if you know the secret exit
The one in Forest of Illusion: Well okay, this one's somewhat easy to find
The one in Chocolate Island: Really well hidden imo
The one in Bowser's Valley: the only obvious one I think

>>3361769
>>3361804

I actually found out people did that to get to the secret exit recently, all my life it never occurred to me to use Yoshi, and I still refuse to, fuck that! Mastering the cape in order to get to that secret exit is an essential part of SMW to me.

Anyway, I still think the devs didn't intend players to use Yoshi, note how in the middle of the level there's a block that gives you Yoshi wings.

>>3362008

You can find one by just flying around with the cape in the sky. I remember that's how I found my first one, messing around with the flying move.

>>3362008
>The one in Vanilla Dome: no way anyone would think about going there

I actually did as a kid because of a fake rumor that said something like, if you go to the end of vanilla dome 3, and then fly all back to the beginning of the level without touching the ground once, you'll find the secret Moon World. I remember trying a lot of shit on that level to see if I could find it, but I guess in the end it was a silly rumor started because of the 3-up moon that you can actually find flying back on that level.

>>3361769
>>3361804
>>3362047
Leaving yoshi behind is a symbolic gesture to mario and the audience, signifying Yoshis apprehension to go into unknown places.

Its what they wanted you to do. Its okay anon. Yoshi wasnt meant to go.

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Does anyone have scans of the Famicom Double Dragon I manual? I looking for a clean scan of the page of the right.

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if anyone can't find a scan of this book online I'll upload it. probably put it on archive.org or something. not sure if there are any databases that are permanent anymore on the internet...

>>3340635
Seconded.

I gotta get in on this thread. SMW is probably my favorite game of all time. I never owned a Super Nintendo as a kid, but rather an NES. I remember going over to my neighbors house many times a week to play this game.

I remember seeing Bowser's Valley for the first time through that little pipe shortcut and being absolutely stunned.

I truly think this is one of those flawless games.


Nice uploads OP. Is there any database with all SMW related magazine articles, artwork, and other official prints of things somewhere? Maybe on some old fancies like TMK?

Bumping epic thread.

>>3366194
>I remember seeing Bowser's Valley for the first time through that little pipe shortcut and being absolutely stunned.

Are you me? with the exception that I had a Famiclone instead of an actual NES, but the same happened to me, went to a neighbor's house who had a SNES with SMW, showed me bowser valley through the donuts plains shortcut and I think my mind got fried.

Eventually I got a SNES, though.

>>3364768

Any scan is welcome! if it isn't online already especially.

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>>3366761
God this game was so fucking good! I remember being so intimidated by Bowser's Valley with it's thunder, lightning, and what was assumed to be Bowser himself flying around.


I remember the thrill of finding new secrets to unlock, and thinking I had them all only to discover a new one!


TO ALL: I remember my cousin gave me some sort of magazine, or pamphlet (I don't recall it having as many pages as a full fledged magazine) that has a SMW section about secrets. I remember reading it and finding so many new areas (Soda Lake one of them) because of it. I know this is a complete shot in the dark, but does anyone know what I'm talking about? This was probably around the 2000s era in the Midwest (USA). The magazine was in English. It wasn't Nintendo Power.

Is there a website that has scans of all content relating to SMW? Some sort of fan site or something?

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So, I posted a few times back during the original scanbro threads.

I have a pretty substantial collection of old japanese game books. I'd like to start a site (or tumblr/instagram) and catalog my collection for others to check out. I don't want to have to destroy my books to scan them, so I was considering just taking photos of the books if there were requests for it.

Would anyone of you be interested in that? I know it isn't as good as having high res scans, but I can't find a decent book scanner intended for photo heavy work.

>>3366761
>>3369414

I was surprised y this glimpse of the final world because I did not expect it to look that way. Did not expect Bowser's castle looking more like a disco with a huge neon sign, like he's saying "FUCK YEAH I'M BOWSER MOTHERFUCKER! HERE I AM, MARIO COME AND GET ME IF YOU DARE!"

>>3369472
That would be extremely cool.
Sharing such niché content is a thankless job but it's always super interesting to see stuff you wouldn't necessarily see anywhere else - see http://www.suppermariobroth.com/ (real url but really a Tumblr in disguise)
Precisely the reason I'd suggest a Tumblr - it allows you to have other people submit stuff to the blog too and is a fantastic content management system.

>>3340363
OH MY GOD, YOU'RE BACK!!!
Where have you BEEN?!?!

>>3369546
At least one thing positive about Tumblr, lol.
But really, this board could use some more stuff like this. I would love to contribute as well but I don't have any old strategy guides, let alone rare ones.

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>>3369590

Where have YOU been? Scanbro came back a while ago when he delivered vol. 1

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>>3369546

Here's part of my collection.

Alright. I'll have to look into creating a tumblr then. I'm also probably gonna buy a camera/tripod/remote so I can make it more presentable than phone shots.

Could anyone recommend a decent camera primarily for close up work?

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>>3369618
That's a fantastic collection!
I can't confirm this, but at least instagram.com/superfamicomguy 's Instagram's photos (the older ones where he takes photos of the boxes alone) are taken with a phone camera no less - as long as the lighting is fine, you should get great results.
Of course if you have a bad phone, this is a moot point.

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>>3369695

Ah well, I have an iphone 6 plus.

Not all of those books are game guides. I have a few manga series and numerous ones like this. I'd like to show them as well, maybe in a side section or something.

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>>3340363

>>3342861
>>3342846
It's pretty easy to make a VBScript to log into a website and use the Windows Scheduler to make it run once a month

>>3369472
Oh yes please, we need those, i did that myself with the Tengai Makyou books i have got....

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>>3361757
Temporary colors, but it's getting there!

>>3371701
>scanbro is now vectorbro
Is there something he can't do

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I went and made a pretty simple tumblr as a proof of concept.

http://guidebookheaven.tumblr.com

I have a lot of work to do. Lighting, angles, sorting, and even the layout all need work. Any help is welcome.

>>3373672
Looks really nice! I like the name too.

Some suggestions, though:
• Ditch the angled view. Make the first image always a front sided one, something along >>3369695.
• Don't upload images, upload albums (image groups? whatever they're called) where the first one is the front image. + A few other photos, like the angled view, the back cover, and ~three photos from the inside spreads. It's such a tease to see the cover only.
• The title alone isn't enough - add in the release year and publisher (if applicable)
• If you can, tell a bit about the guide. Just a small few-sentence story will do

>>3373693

Yeah, those photos were just a test to see how the page would look. I planned on making multiple shots per book like you suggested.

I'm also wondering if the layout is too.. plain? I feel like it could be more comfy. The theme I have is pretty stingy about what I can change and I don't know much html.

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>>3373718
I think it boils down to personal preference. I think the layout is perfect - in my opinion, the best design is as little design as possible. Besides, it'll get a lot busier when it's filled to the brim with content.

I don't know that much about Tumblr and how it allows you to customize the pages, but every time I've tried it's been a pain. The layout editor panel only allows you to make CSS changes and some pseudo-HTML, and even though I've seen really cool page layouts, I've come to the conclusion that it's better to just leave them be.

>>3373745

Mm, suppose so.

I'm gonna do a little shopping tomorrow and get a place setup I can photograph these in neutral light. I'll make sure to get multiple angles and some content shots.

The best kinds of guide books have special comics and artwork done just for them, so I'll be sure to include those.

>>3361987

Holy shit, that was one of those things I thought was a false memory. Well I'll be.

>>3373672
Do you have anything Metal Gear related?

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Does someone have scans of retro video game magazines? Doesn't matter what.

>>3340824
Uhm, how do I open these? I thought they were rer or zip files, but they aren't... I'm a computer noob :(

>>3374907
The four seperate files make up one whole.

Get a program called 7-Zip (its free, just google it.)

Then highlight all the files together with your mouse, right-click and unzip with 7-Zip.

They'll unzip as one big single folder.

>>3375148
Yeah but the way they are named makes my computer think they are files of the types .001, .002, .003 and .004, which is obviously wrong. And when I try to just delete this part it says the archive is corrupted...

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I tried a new format for the tumblr. Is this more in line with what you guys would wanna see? I'm not happy with the presentation / lighting / quality yet. Might get a better camera (also waiting for a tripod).

>>3375771

the quality of the pics looks good to me, maybe it'd be better if you made a single pic for each page, at least those with text, because it's make it easier for anons who might want to read or even translate.

>>3375778

You mean photograph every page or not do spreadshots?

>>3375797
I'd rather have spreadshots than separate pages.
If you have nice looking hands, I wouldn't mind looking at photographs where you deliberately hold the spread in your hand so you can stretch it a bit.
That particular image >>3375771 looks otherwise fine but the bright light casts a specular on the middle, which is undesirable.

My advice: The first image always a top-view cover shot, then a couple of spreadshots, a few closeups of the interesting parts and finally the back cover

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>>3375873

Yeah, I'm new to photographing these kinds of things so I'm still working out the lighting and everything.

I'll try to highlight the most interesting parts of the book, too. Once I figure out my setup I'll be able to upload finished content with consistency and not just these test posts.

I might make/get something like this for the spreads.

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http://guidebookheaven.tumblr.com

I'll probably need to buy some 5000k bulbs to remove the orange tint, too.

>>3375896
>>3375885
This is extremely inspiring!! Such great effort, good job!
Followed. Will probably do a guest submission with my Softbank Guide of Yoshi's Island sometime.
Godspeed.

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>>3375919

Awesome. You should message me sometime (contact info is on the page) so we can talk about stuff.

I also ordered a new dslr camera so once that arrives I'll get to work on shooting. I work a lot right now, but I'll have several days off in a row next weekend. So, for anyone who's interested.. please be patient.

bump for whatever

>>3375438
Your computer won't make sense of them unless you have 7-Zip.

You notice that before each number the file extension reads 7z? Thats a clue.

Just google 7-Zip. It's completely free to download.

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>>3375771
that shit is already available

>>3379934
The more the merrier

Also, that pic looks like a straight-up scan of the spread. While that's also really awesome, I don't think that's what the Guidebook Heaven is all about

>>3379934
>>3379962

I'm not really surprised that "scan" exists. I mean, it's Super Mario 64 afterall.

Besides, my goal isn't to provide complete coverage like that. It would be an impossible amount of work. I'm content to just share a little info, and highlight the most interesting and unique parts. If someone shows special interest I can showcase more of the book.

My camera should be here early next week so I'll be able to get started then.

>>3380040
Excellent!! If this thread dies, I'm sure we'll have another scans general asap.

>>3375896
How do I download off of GuideBookHeaven? It says, "complete." But, I can't find any download link to click on.

>>3381052

The name of the book is "Super Mario 64 COMPLETE"

>>3381052
D'oh! Sorry.
facepalm.jpg

Does anyone have the links for the other zelda collections by tlozilyv?

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>>3358687
I found these on Amazon, but I'm not sure they're a fair price.
(replace spaces with ".com/")
tinyurl zb7bgb9
tinyurl j36dz7h

>>3386345

Well, the problem with those is that independent sellers from amazon japan don't seem to be able to/want to ship outside the country.

There are ways around this, of course. There are sites based in japan that will buy from those sellers and then ship it to you. However, it takes a pretty long time and can get expensive. It's kind of a last resort imo.

>>3379934
>fortran pose

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>>3375771
>>3379934
Is there one of these for each level? It would be nice getting some quality scans of them, might serve as some inspiration. I'm working on an enhanced remake of Super Mario 64, I'm aiming to recreate what the art style/graphics could have looked like if they had access to modern technology... So no modern assets or aesthetic modernization.

>>3389041

Yeah, each course has it's own diorama.

Still waiting for my damn camera. I think ups fucked up something.

>>3389364
really tempted to know how they made a diorama of Tick Tock Clock or Hazy Maze cave.
But good luck can't wait

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>>3389585

Sucks. I'll have to call about it tomorrow.

I'm also waiting for some more books. Twinkle Star Sprites, Starfox, Rockman Dash, Popful Mail, Kirby's Dream Course.. quite a few actually.

>>3389623
>Kirby's Dream Course
mah absolute nigeria
Does it have images of all the levels?

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>>3389653

Not sure. I've only seen the cover, but it's by the same team (APE) as the guides scanbro has done and they usually do good work.

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>>3340363
>no full shot of this figure
;_;

>>3389851
jesuschristhowhorrifying

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>>3389684
Man, I hope they're hand drawn like in the SMW volume 1

>>3389851
>>3389878
>tfw that figure and the SM64 dioramas have been destroyed long long ago

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>>3389585
>>3389041
>>3389585
>what the fuck is google
like a website i guess where you search for porn

Now, use your fingers and google the rest of those pictures.

>>3390170
Emphasis on the word "quality"

>>3389041

Don't make the same mistake as many other remakes/recreations and put it on a website where it's just begging for Nintendo shutting it down.
When finished upload the game to hosters and share the links over the web.

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Why god

>>3392483
fuck my brown ass

Does anyone know where to get high quality scan of game manuals?

Does such a niche even exist or am I hoping for to much?

>>3393148
What games in particular are you wanting, if any?
If I've got them I'll scan them for ya

>>3393165
That's mighty kind of you anon but I don't want to put you through any effort. I would literally nag you for every scrap.

But have you thought about hosting scans of manuals anywhere? I reckon there could be a real appetite for this kind of thing.

>>3393178
There's a few sites that have a decent amount.
Best one I've found just from a bit of googling is replacementdocs.com , but it's still missing a whole lot

>>3393189
This is a godsend. Thank you anon. The resolution on those scans is fairly low however, but I'll still spend hours just looking these over. Cheers.

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Bumping a legendary thread

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Well, my camera should be here tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be able to get started then.

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>>3370431
If it's so easy then make one for us to use to ensure all our links stay active.