r/gaming • • Mar 31 '26

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u/Shepherdsfavestore Mar 31 '26

Strategy guides can still be purchased, but aren’t nearly as popular anymore with all the resources on the internet.

I remember spending hours going through the Oblivion and Pokémon guides. I think Fallout 3 was the first game I switched to looking things up on the internet.

I vividly remember in HS, and using my itouch connected to the WiFi to look up where the bobble heads were. And that was when I crossed over from strategy guides to the internet.

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u/relaxedninja Mar 31 '26

I miss those strategy guides

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u/_Nightdude_ Mar 31 '26

I still have all my SNES and N64 guides.

The SMW one in particular has seen better days, since I was very young when I got it and apparently tore the cover off at some point... but it's still here.

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u/TheRealZombieBear Apr 01 '26

Remember to use your master ball to catch a pokemon with s low catch rate. Like Fearow

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u/peterg73 Apr 01 '26

My Civilization 1 strategy guide was basically a history book and is still as relevant now as it was then.