The revenge of the video game manual
The revenge of the video game manual
Instruction manuals died out as video games introduced tutorials instead. But now games such as Tunic and The Banished Vault are bringing them back
Instruction manuals died out as video games introduced tutorials instead. But now games such as Tunic and The Banished Vault are bringing them back
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Back in the 8bit home micro days, we used to read the manuals all the time. Mainly because the games took so long to load from cassette.
I distinctly remember the Microprose manuals for their simulation games when I had a 16bit computer, I felt like I could master the real vehicle after looking through those.
Would’ve loved if Horizon Zero Dawn on PC came with a manual I could read while it compiled shaders…