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RE: Strategy guides/hint books - PrincessPearl - 10-03-2025

I used to have the hint guides for Quest for Glory IV and Kings Quest VII. My parents only got those because the games had bugs that wouldn't allow us to continue, and my parents naively assumed that we were doing something wrong.

I loved all the behind the scenes info in the hint guides.

RE: Strategy guides/hint books - LeftHandedGuitarist - 10-03-2025

Newest addition to the collection is Phantasmagoria 2 from Prima. I love that it still has the original HMV sticker on it:

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RE: Strategy guides/hint books - zobraks - 10-10-2025

My favourite guide (for one of my favourite games):
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Thanks once again, Skeeter!

RE: Strategy guides/hint books - LadyKestrel - 10-11-2025

Mine, too, Zobraks! Even the guide is funny, especially the biographies of the bots.

RE: Strategy guides/hint books - zobraks - 10-13-2025

Another great book for all the Starship Titanic fans out there:

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RE: Strategy guides/hint books - Jabod - 10-13-2025

LHG - When my mother died my father sent me all of her games which included a few guides (posts of those incoming) one of which was the Journeyman on your wishlist:
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I'm quite happy to send this to you if you can let me have an address (I'm assuming that we can PM here although I haven't checked) and I'll post it out to you. No charge as by the time we've sorted out exchange rates and bank charges it wouldn't be worth the time and effort involved.
As above these are two of the guides sent to me by my father. The Encyclopedia Probozzica one I had to look up as to what it referred to and it was, originally, an unofficial one for the early Zork games but Activision asked to use it for Return To Zork. As it's too large to fit into a boxed version of the game I can only assume that it was sold separately. My copy is the Abridged 2nd Edition 966 GUE from 1993.

As above these are two of the guides sent to me by my father. The Encyclopedia Probozzica one I had to look up as to what it referred to and it was, originally, an unofficial one for the early Zork games but Activision asked to use it for Return To Zork. As it's too large to fit into a boxed version of the game I can only assume that it was sold separately. My copy is the Abridged 2nd Edition 966 GUE from 1993.
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I also have Indiana Jones And The Infernal Machine plus The King's Quest Companion, Third Edition for games 1-6

RE: Strategy guides/hint books - EirikMyhr - 10-13-2025

The «Encyclopedia Frobozzica» I believe is from Return to Zork. It came with my copy of that game.

RE: Strategy guides/hint books - Jabod - 10-13-2025

(10-13-2025, 02:52 PM)EirikMyhr Wrote: The «Encyclopedia Frobozzica» I believe is from Return to Zork. It came with my copy of that game.

You are probably correct Eirik, the only problem I have is with the size. It measures 19cm wide and 24cm high and that would never fit into a big box unless Activision created a much larger box for it. I never bought Return To Zork and, in fact, neither did my mother. She bought the Zork Legacy Collection which included Return. Can't ask her as she died many a long year ago but. let's face it, it's not exactly something to be concerned about Wink

RE: Strategy guides/hint books - EirikMyhr - 10-13-2025

The RTZ box was actually a *bit* larger than usual, though I don’t remember the exact dimensions. I still have it in the attic somewhere! Big Grin

RE: Strategy guides/hint books - LeftHandedGuitarist - 10-13-2025

(10-13-2025, 02:12 PM)Jabod Wrote:
LHG - When my mother died my father sent me all of her games which included a few guides (posts of those incoming) one of which was the Journeyman on your wishlist:
I'm quite happy to send this to you if you can let me have an address (I'm assuming that we can PM here although I haven't checked) and I'll post it out to you. No charge as by the time we've sorted out exchange rates and bank charges it wouldn't be worth the time and effort involved.

That's incredibly kind of you, thank you. I will send you a PM.