/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.5526593]

Do you read game manuals before your first play?

[Anonymous No.5526598]

>>5526593
Very rarely

[Anonymous No.5526609]

>>5526593
Usually

[Anonymous No.5526642]

>>5526593
If for some reason I have the physical manual, then yeah. If I have to look up a digital copy I do it later.

[Anonymous No.5526659]

Used to but stopped as manuals went digital and I moved to emulation. Mostly I just figure shit out by trial and error.

[Anonymous No.5526705]

>>5526593
A lot of old games expected you to. Half the retardation of retro video game e-celeb #49273426 stems from not reading the manual.

[Anonymous No.5526715]

why oh why isnt there an app with all the retro manuals on it

[Anonymous No.5526772]

>>5526593
I did, I always did. I took the time to carefully read every word in the manual before I put the game into the machine. It was like a ceremony I conducted before playing a new game.

[Anonymous No.5526775]

>>5526715
Because you haven't made it yet.

[Anonymous No.5526804]

>>5526593
Depends on the situation, I prefer to read the manuals if available. Sometimes it's hard to find them, for example, I find FDS game manuals aren't easy to come by.

[Anonymous No.5526857]

>>5526593
Exactly what kind of casual do you think I am?

>>5526715
Because poor bandwagoners haven't made one and also teh law?

[Anonymous No.5526860]

>>5526593
Definitely not before first play, but I would regularly page through the manual the same way a kid pages through a comic book, they were an endless source of imagination and entertainment for me even before I could really understand them.

[Anonymous No.5526964]

>>5526593
Of course, what else were you going to do while driving home from the store or while your kid brother was playing?

[Anonymous No.5526968]

If I can get my hands on them.

[Anonymous No.5527003]

>>5526964
This.

[Anonymous No.5527008]

>>5526593
they're something to read while taking a shit

[Anonymous No.5527032]

>>5526593
Cover to cover. But I skip over possible spoilers when I detect them.
Or if the book specifically tells me to play the tutorials first, I obey.
Besides instructions, they have lore, prologue, context, flavour, etc. to enhance mood and immersion.
Fallout 1 manual opens up with a description of what physically happens when an atomic bomb detonates. Great for setting the mood.

[Anonymous No.5527036]

Yes but I just skip to the section that talks about power-ups/controls.
I don’t give a fuck about the story, just wanna know how to play the game.

[Anonymous No.5527116]

>>5526860
>hey were an endless source of imagination and entertainment for me even before I could really understand them.
Do you think children nowdays can appreciate that aspect too?

[Anonymous No.5527373]

Yeah, always.

[Anonymous No.5527415]

>>5526593
>>5527116
I love elaborate full color manuals. Seems it's limited to Japanese games these days.

[Anonymous No.5527459]

>>5526593

No. I used to stick my nose in them. Because it was the glorious smell of a new game. I only ever took a second look when i would get stuck in the game later on. Anyway i really miss the smell of paper manuals in the morning. Fuck this industry.

[Anonymous No.5528026]

>>5526593
I did - I shared new games with two brothers, and loved comics and illustrations, so I was happy waiting my turn while reading the manual.

I guess games were arguably harder then, so the manual often built up the mystique of the game by giving you glimpses of stages and enemies you might never see.

I really loved the hints you'd get at the end - sometimes they'd be oddly written or obscure, even a little creepy, which was really thrilling as a kid.

[Anonymous No.5529229]

>>5526964
This is a feeling that zoomers will never know

[Anonymous No.5529435]

>>5527116
I loved it when games were localized and then given their own original artwork, often times with even more imagination. Seems that doesn't happen at all anymore.

[Anonymous No.5529502]

>>5526593
Back in the time games had them I did.

[Anonymous No.5529504]

>>5526715
copyright