Agent X

Member

• Nov 18, 2017

• #51

When I was a child during the peak of the Atari 2600's popularity (we're talkin' over 30 years ago), some of the game manuals would include a page or two where you could jot down high scores. A few of my manuals have some of my great scores scrawled inside. I eventually stopped doing this when I decided it would be better to keep my manuals "clean" and in collectible condition.

 

CaptainLoveline

Member

• Nov 18, 2017

• #52

Nope, nor would I see anything written in there whenever I picked up a preowned copy of a game.

Funny thing is, I never read the manual to learn how to play the game but instead to see if there was any interesting character bios or a page long prologue on the game's story. I miss manuals, they were like my little encyclopedia for the game.

 

zeioIIDX

Member

• Nov 18, 2017

• #53

Lol. My dad used to use the notes section for Mortal Kombat I and II to write character moves and fatalities in it. I personally don't recall ever using those sections for anything useful, I'd sometimes just write random crap there but more often than not, it would be left blank.

 

Laserschwert

Neo Member

• Nov 18, 2017

• #54

Fun fact: Most of the time the notes section was only included to get the page count up to a number divisible by 4... because that's necessary, since every added sheet of paper adds four new pages to the manual, even if fewer were needed for the content.

 

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Vally

Member

• Nov 18, 2017

• #55

Yes

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(I lent FFVII to a friend and he was having trouble in the Northern Cave so I sketched the way for him)

I was young

 

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mokalovesoulmate

Member

• Nov 18, 2017

• #56

I only used once, to write a phone number. Sigh

 

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Heath V

Member

• Nov 18, 2017

• #57

Ah the good old days, yes things change but not always for the best. To answer the OP's question I can't recall if I used the note section or not, perhaps I did but I always liked the fact that it was there just in case.

 

Teran

Member

• Nov 18, 2017

• #58

I used it to cheat at Clefairy Says a couple of times.

 

Garnox

Member

• Nov 18, 2017

• #59

No, but only to keep it in prestine condition. We did however have like a separate notebook/journal thing where we wrote down Mega Man/Punch-Out progression codes.

 

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snoopers

I am multitalented

• Nov 18, 2017

• #60

Level codes in Zombies Ate My Neighbors...

 

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VaultDwellerMic

Neo Member

• Nov 20, 2017

• #61

Back then I used to write in snes/genesis manuals levels codes and cheats codes.

 

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Hobbes211

Member

• Nov 20, 2017

• #62

I used to write down level passwords in the Super Star Wars games, or the SNES Scooby Doo game as a kid.

 

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Breakage

Member

• Nov 20, 2017

• #63

Nah, that would be the equivalent of vandalising the manual.

 

Malio

Member

• Nov 20, 2017

• #64

I did at least once! I was cleaning out my basement the other day and found a box with all my old MS-DOS floppies and a few manuals. I found the manual for F-29 Retaliator (rip Ocean) and I had two notes under the notes section: They were phone numbers to two of the local BBS's that hosted F29 co-op and tournies. Was a nice blast from the past

 

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Wiped89

Member

• Nov 20, 2017

• #65

DID YOU KNOW

The notes section only exists to balance the number of printed pages. Pages have to be printed in an even multiple of 8, so for example you can print a 32 or 40 page booklet but not 36 or 42. This is because of how one sheet is printed on both sides and folded to make four pages.

So the notes section exists only to fill the extra pages which must be printed.

Source: I used to edit a newspaper

 

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Horsemama1956

Member

• Nov 20, 2017

• #66

Yes we were very poor so we used the notes section to do our school work on

 

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The_blonde_and_blue

Member

• Nov 21, 2017

• #67

I totally did for FFXI to remember the all the different passwords and crap I had to remember.

 

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TitusTroy

Member

• Nov 21, 2017

• #68

if I wanted to write notes I would use Notepad on my PC or even a piece of paper before writing in the manual

 

kyubajin

Member

• Nov 21, 2017

• #69

Felt just like you OP, never could draw myself to “damage” any manuals with my writing.