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Sega Genesis Games Secrets Greatest Tips, 2nd Edition

By Areala

Straight from Prima, the official book publishers of GamePro (according to the small print on the back cover), here's ONE THOUSAND freaking hints, tips, secrets, passwords, cart swap tricks, and other assorted nonsense from the Pros. If you've been struggling with Sonic the Hedgehog, bogged down in Beast Wrestler, stuck in Splatterhouse 2, caught up in Castle of Illusion, wrapped up in Wings of Wor, traumatized by Trampoline Terror, paused in Predator 2, grounded in Gaiares, broken by Burning Force, tripped up by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist, agonized by After Burner II, demented by Dark Castle, pounded by Pit Fighter, thrashed by Technocop, menaced by Might and Magic, abused by Arnold Palmer Golf, outgunned in Onslaught, mystified by Mortal Kombat, dizzied by DecapAttack, harassed by Heavy Nova, crushed by Chakan the Forever Man, undone by Universal Soldier, zonked by Zombies Ate My Neighbors, shamed by Stormlord, kicked by Klax, lambasted by The Last Battle, rattled by Rolling Thunder 2, embarrassed by El Viento, or mauled in Mutant League Hockey, then maybe, just maybe, the stuff you need to win can be found in this handy-dandy booky-wook.
Download it, slap that 'Like' button, and leave a comment so I can afford a new thesaurus.
Enjoy! ❤️

195 downloads

4 comments

Submitted February 4
Sega Sports NFL 2K1 Prima Guide

By MigJmz

Sega Sports NFL 2K1 Prima Guide

88 downloads

0 comments

Submitted December 21, 2023
Silent Scope - Prima's Official Strategy Guide

By E-Day

Silent Scope - Prima's Official Strategy Guide

264 downloads

0 comments

Submitted May 26, 2020
Silver - Prima's Official Strategy Guide (1999)

By Argus

Silver - Prima's Official Strategy Guide (1999)

152 downloads

0 comments

Submitted September 27, 2023
Smuggler's Run - Prima's Official Strategy Guide

By E-Day

Smuggler's Run - Prima's Official Strategy Guide

220 downloads

1 comment

Submitted May 27, 2020
Spacestation Silicon Valley - Prima's Official Strategy Guide

By E-Day

Spacestation Silicon Valley - Prima's Official Strategy Guide

370 downloads

1 comment

Submitted May 28, 2020
Spyro - Ripto's Rage! - Prima's Official Strategy Guide (1999)

By dablais

Spyro - Ripto's Rage! - Prima's Official Strategy Guide (1999)

155 downloads
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0 comments

Submitted January 30
Spyro - Year of the Dragon - Prima's Official Strategy Guide (2000)

By dablais

Spyro - Year of the Dragon - Prima's Official Strategy Guide (2000)

146 downloads
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1 comment

Submitted February 3
Spyro The Dragon - Prima's Official Strategy Guide (1998)

By dablais

Spyro The Dragon - Prima's Official Strategy Guide (1998)

257 downloads
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Submitted November 26, 2023
Star Wars - The Clone Wars - Prima's Official Strategy Guide (2002)

By bogusfrank

Star Wars - The Clone Wars - Prima's Official Strategy Guide (2002)

274 downloads

0 comments

Submitted February 8, 2022
Star Wars Battlefront - Prima Official Game Guide (2004)

By bogusfrank

Star Wars Battlefront - Prima Official Game Guide (2004)

413 downloads

1 comment

Submitted February 8, 2022
Star Wars Bounty Hunter - Prima's Official Strategy Guide (2002)

By bogusfrank

Star Wars Bounty Hunter - Prima's Official Strategy Guide (2002)

389 downloads

1 comment

Submitted February 21, 2022
Star Wars Star Fighter - Prima's Official Strategy Guide

By E-Day

Star Wars Star Fighter - Prima's Official Strategy Guide

378 downloads

0 comments

Submitted May 28, 2020
Star Wars The Clone Wars - Jedi Alliance - Prima Official Game Guide (2008)

By bogusfrank

Star Wars The Clone Wars - Jedi Alliance - Prima Official Game Guide (2008)

182 downloads

4 comments

Submitted February 21, 2022
Star Wars The Clone Wars - Lightsaber Duels - Prima Official Game Guide (2008)

By bogusfrank

Star Wars The Clone Wars - Lightsaber Duels - Prima Official Game Guide (2008)

153 downloads

1 comment

Submitted February 21, 2022
Super Empire Strikes Back Official Game Secrets

By Areala

Much like the previous Super Star Wars Official Game Secrets, only for the second game in the trilogy. Prima didn't get the rights to do the guide for Super Return of the Jedi, so the series for them ended here. Tons of black-and-white sprite artwork, along with preliminary sketches, movie poster reproductions from around the world, and a slew of stills pulled straight from the movie and promotional materials.
While it does contain full stage maps and walkthroughs for every area, it does not include any of the cheat codes. So if you're looking for those, keep looking, sucker! Otherwise, this is about as comprehensive as you could have hoped for back in the day. And, naturally, any Original Trilogy fans should have this in their collection just for the extra nerd cred.
Enjoy! ❤️

442 downloads

4 comments

Updated December 20, 2023
Super Mario Kart 64 - Prima's Unauthorized Game Secrets (1997)

By Argus

Super Mario Kart 64 - Prima's Unauthorized Game Secrets (1997)

132 downloads

0 comments

Submitted February 18
Super Mario World Game Secrets: The Unauthorized Edition

By Areala

This was one of the best-selling video game guidebooks of the 90's. It's a bit odd, in that there were two different versions of this book published (one with this name, the other with the slightly different title of Super Mario World Secrets), and I'm unsure of the reason behind the name change. I have both books, but aside from some minor changes on the Library of Congress page and some slight differences in cover design, I can't tell a difference. This one is copyright 1991, while Super Mario World Secrets is copyright 1992. But they otherwise have exactly the same information, the same page count, the same screenshots and information. They even use the same ISBN. I haven't done a page-by-page, line-by-line comparison on my copies, but if there are any differences, I've been unable to find them.
This is entirely different from the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past book from the 'Secrets of the Game' series, where one version contained tips for Link's Awakening on the Game Boy, while the other had strategies for Legend of Zelda and Zelda II on the NES. So while I did scan both versions of that book, I don't see any reason to do so for Super Mario World Secrets unless someone can point out some major differences or discrepancies in the text.
In any case, this is a perfectly awesome walkthrough for the game, even if it's only black and white. It won't help you break a speedrun record or anything like that, but it does actually feature a small section on getting through the game as quickly as possible, using only 13 of the game's stages (or 11 if you're willing to skip the Yellow Switch Palace), which I absolutely used back in the day.
In any case, enjoy! ❤️

183 downloads

2 comments

Submitted January 25
Super Metroid Unauthorized Game Secrets

By Areala

A larger format black-and-white guide from Prima's usual digest-size publications up to this point. This one has a nifty full-color section in the center, showing some of the game's excellent 16-bit sprite work and backgrounds.
Tom Stratton, Jr. wishes he was Rusel DeMaria and Zach Meston, but unfortunately for him, he's not. This is a fairly bare-bones walkthrough with its share of spelling mistakes and a wonky print job which cursed a number of those early Prima books to slanted text and screencaps on otherwise-straight pages. It doesn't help that my copy of this has some minor water damage to the bottom of the last 20 or so pages, so if you notice any wobbling or warping, that's where that came from. I pulled this off the rack at a Goodwill a few years ago for a buck, so I couldn't complain too much.
They really tried with this one, but there's just no matching Nintendo's own official game guide, which not only came in full colour, but also revealed a number of tricks and secrets that this book does not. If you're going to only get one guide, make sure it's Nintendo's. Prima's isn't awful, and it will still get you through the game, but there are a few technical mistakes in here, and despite the claim on the back cover, it doesn't really tell you how to get the so-called "real" ending. Nor does it reveal the little bonus you can earn by freeing the captive animals before the planet blows up. Boo!
Prima makes some quality guides for sure, I just don't think I'd classify this as one of their better offerings. Nevertheless, this one's pretty uncommon, so it's nice to get it archived here.
Enjoy! ❤️

463 downloads

4 comments

Updated December 20, 2023
Super NES Games Secrets

By Areala

Hey all you 'Secrets of the Games' collectors out there! Welcome to volume 1 of Prima's Super NES Games Secrets, where GamePro's Andy Eddy compiled strategies shared by Zach Meston, Rusel DeMaria, and Donn Nauert into a book covering most of the original releases for the console. Expect to see Super Mario World, Pilotwings, U.N. Squadron, F-Zero, Super R-Type, Gradius III, and (admit it, the real reason you bought this book) True Golf Classics: Waialae Country Club!
Otherwise, why are you reading this? There were something like two dozen books in this format put out by Prima. You know what they look like. You know what you're getting. You already downloaded it. Click 'Thanks' to pay your tribute, and await the release of Volume 2 as soon as I get it finished. ❤️

240 downloads

8 comments

Updated February 15
Super Smash Bros. Melee - Prima's Official Strategy Guide

By dablais

Super Smash Bros. Melee - Prima's Official Strategy Guide

235 downloads
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Submitted November 16, 2023
Super Smash Brothers Brawl Prima Official Game Guide (2008)

By bogusfrank

Super Smash Brothers Brawl Prima Official Game Guide (2008)

299 downloads

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Submitted June 6, 2023
Super Star Wars Official Game Secrets

By Areala

Prima's official guide to making the Empire look like a bunch of scruffy-looking Nerf-herders (at least until the sequel) makes its Retromags debut!
Probably what's most impressive about this book is the amount of artwork taken from the movies which is packed between the covers. There are sidebars galore, with all kinds of info on the major players from A New Hope, sprite rips of all the various enemies you will face in the game, and some huge, multiple-page-spanning composite maps of each level. Oh, and the cheat codes. Because, trust me, you're going to need those to get anywhere in this merciless game.
All in all, this is a pretty cool book which can be expensive to find in good condition. Even if you don't care for the game itself, it's something every fan of the Original Trilogy can flip through for a little nostalgia hit.
As Old Ben Kenobi might put it: "An elegant guide from a more civilized, pre-Special-Edition age."
Enjoy! ❤️

492 downloads

4 comments

Updated December 20, 2023
Tekken 3: The Art of Tekken 3

By E-Day

The Art of Tekken 3

767 downloads

0 comments

Updated August 13, 2021
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Prima Guide

By MigJmz

This scan was provided by Melora from History of Hyrule.
Visit the History of Hyrule website and follow him on twitter @historyofhyrule.
Thanks to TimBisley for asking for permission!

803 downloads

1 comment

Updated May 23, 2022