this month's goofy obscure #retrogaming #sierra #book recommendation for @thevglibrary :
"The King's Quest Companion" by Peter Spear.
Walkthroughs are written in the first by the author, reporter-style, for the first half of the book. the second half of the book has a more traditional step-by-step walkthrough.
of more interest are the last 50 pages, written as a surprisingly deep Encyclopedia of Daventry.
there are somewhat .. ah, adorably hobbyist... drawings and maps illustrated throughout that add a lot of charm.
ISBN 0-07-881555-X
1990, Osborne McGraw-Hill, Berkeley, CA
@MossRC @vga256 How did I not know about this SimCity book!?
Thanks so much for sharing @MossRC!
Have officially catalogued into The Video Game Library:
👉 https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/the-simcity-classic-planning-commission-handbook
@MossRC @vga256 And of course, can't forget about #SImCity2000!
👉 https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/the-official-simcity-2000-planning-commission-handbook
@vga256 @thevglibrary Bautiful! 😍 Much better representation of the actual games than the other editions I’ve seen (those covers were too colorful and “shouty”).
@eobet i'd like a copy of the newer ones myself - i'm fascinated that they kept expanding it for the new games :)
@MossRC @thevglibrary i wish i could say that this is anywhere near as good as the Commission Handbook... but then again, what is? :)
@thevglibrary @MossRC and while we're here: there really isn't any better SimCity strategy guide on the planet than the SimCity 2000: Power, Politics and Planning guide. it's massive, complex, and has several chapters dedicated to the code/data models underlying the game systems, and interviews with the developers. one of the best obscure discoveries i made a few years ago:
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@MossRC @thevglibrary the first 2/3 is standard SC2k tips and tricks - and suddenly the last third becomes a "how sc2k was made" with surprisingly in-depth interviews with the entire team