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Did some Jaguar manuals have messed up page order?

I bought a Jaguar a few years ago, and recently purchased a CIB Rayman. Been playing it quite a lot, and love and hate it at the same time, haha.

But a week or so after it arrived I looked through the manual, and realized page order is kinda messed up.

Pages are ordered: 1-2-3-4-9-10-11-12-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-21-22-23-24-29-30-31

Was printing/stapling errors common in Jaguar manuals?

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u/Handolta — 6 days ago

▲ 61 r/Gamecube

NGC Magazine + Game Collection

Being a Nintendo fan(boy) in the early 2000s in Norway was tough. Despite a promising start with good coverage in stores it gradually lost more and more shelf space to the looming threats from the ever-popular PS2 and the mighty powerhouse that was Xbox.

Staying with Nintendo always felt great with all the amazing 1st party titles. Some of my absolute favourite gaming memories are from the Gamecube.

But seeing how it dwindled in the mainstream was at the same time upsetting.

A highlight in those years was a local kiosk carrying NGC Magazine, which held the Nintendo flag flying high, with in-depth coverage of all Nintendo. The monthly issue was such an event.

Crazy to think these issues are now 22-24 years old!

Did you read NGC Magazine?

u/Handolta — 13 days ago

▲ 3 r/neogeo

I’m born in 1990, and the late 90s/early 00s was mostly about following the development of the latest tech with Nintendo, Sony, Sega and later on Microsoft - with the N64 and Gamecube being my ship.

I live in Norway, and the AES I wasn’t aware of growing up. I may have read about it in some early 2000s Gamesmaster magazine, but not sure, and I don’t know how much coverage it actually got here. Getting into the AES has been part of a project of buying and playing retro games in the last couple of years, and I really enjoy it.

But I’m curious how it actually was to stick with the AES in that time period, and some general details.

I’ve noticed that later games, especially American versions, often lack barcodes and ESRB rating. How was distribution handled? Did you buy through specialized physical stores, or was it a mail order system?
At which point did the transition from softboxes to hardbox snaplock cases happen, and how was this change received by fans?

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u/Handolta — 20 days ago

▲ 100 r/snes

I’m born in 1990, but never had a SNES as a child, entering gaming on the N64 later on.

But there’s still something special about the memories of huge rental stores with rows of VHS lined up, as well as games for rental. I guess it was like that all over the world as well as here in Norway.

I picked up a SNES about 15-16 years ago, buying copies of Final Fight 1-3 along the way. And got this rental box with the first one. And yes, a simple and cheap box, yet still a time capsule, and there’s just something very unique and time specific about it. A part of retro gaming and childhoods nostalgia that can’t be replicated. And the fact they bothered advertising them all in Norwegian.

Hope it’ll unlock some memories!

Feel free to share if you own any of these.

u/Handolta — 25 days ago