WTB RPG Strategy Guides

2011-05-12 10:51:19 pm

I am looking for some Strategy Guides for a couple old school and new fangled RPGs. Let me know if you have any of these available for sale.

PS1:
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX

PS2:
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

PS3:
Star Ocean: The Last Hope International

PSP:
Star Ocean: Second Evolution

Thank you!

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Valiuse

2011-05-13 10:47:55 am

I have a FF IX and an old Syrex Unofficial FF VII guide. The FF VII guide has no pictures though, its a somewhat strange guide. PM me your offers if you want.

dballin

2011-05-13 02:52:55 pm

Balls jerky

www.gamefaqs.com

ZenicReverie

2011-05-13 03:45:14 pm

Waiting hurts my soul...

Quote from dballin:

www.gamefaqs.com

He said he wanted to spend money, not get walkthroughs. Maybe he wants to collect the guides.

LonestarGoner

2011-05-14 02:55:09 pm

Actually, Zenic, that is what I do. Collecting guides has become a hobby of mine, ties in well with work I do as a VG historian and analyzing philosophy in video games. Not that any of y'all cared, just thought I'd share.

Essentia

2011-05-14 09:13:36 pm

Everything's better with Magitek

I've got the FFVIII strategy guide. Two pages are loose, but they're not missing. Let me know if you're interested.

LonestarGoner

2011-05-16 01:53:19 pm

@Essentia,

How loose? I'm kind of super OCD about it (I realize they're used) as they will go into a collection.

Essentia

2011-05-16 02:11:42 pm

Everything's better with Magitek

I should have said they're completely loose, as in they've come completely out of the book. And now that I look at it, there are a few more pages that are about to come out. They're all right near the front of the book, and it might be possible to glue them back in. I'll understand if you don't want it for your collection, though.

Tranquilite

2011-05-16 02:31:26 pm

I have an FFVII strategy guide for the PC version somewhere. If I recall correctly it is in decent condition, and if you are interested, I can probably go dig it up, as I have no idea where it is right now.

LonestarGoner

2011-05-16 06:02:44 pm

@Essentia, thanks for the offer, but sorry. This is a major problem with old guides, the binding is often little more than a glue strip pressed down by the cover when wrapped its around the pages.

@Tranquilite, is the PC version guide different from the PSX version. I'm kicking myself for FF7, as I originally got the guide FREE - someone bought it at a FuncoLand (haha, remember those?) and left it behind. They couldn't sell it, so they gave it to me. I didn't even have the game at the time, but I glanced through it and knew I would buy it, it looked so awesome, it was, and it still is.

dballin

2011-05-16 07:16:46 pm

Balls jerky

I have a Kingdom Hearts 2 guide with the same problem so even newer guides suck.

Tranquilite

2011-05-17 03:46:11 pm

I am fairly sure that the guide for the PC version is different than the PSX, however the content of the guides is most likely quite similar, as there are few/no differences between the PC and PSX versions. Well anyway, I will spend some time trying to dig it up and maybe take a few pictures or something.

LonestarGoner

2011-05-18 04:38:04 pm

@dballin - yes new guides still suck because they use the same concepts that have been around for nearly 20 years. I love GOTY or Collectior's Edition guides - hardcover, plasticized pages, they're just awesome. Borderlands GOTY and Fallout: NV Collector's are two of my favorites, except the ink quality on FNV was poor and would smudge easily. I used a small piece of packing tape to protect one area before it was completely rubbed clean.

Valiuse

2011-05-19 03:36:10 am

Well, if you're looking for a few collectors guides im looking to trade/sell the Dragon Age Origins collectors guide and the God of War 2 collectors guide.

LonestarGoner

2011-05-19 04:48:43 pm

Thank you for the offer, Valiuse, but I don't have either of those games.