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Zach Meston

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Also known as: Freelance Weasel Inc.
40 books
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68 readers

Description

Zach was a Highschool student when he and his friend J. Douglas Arnold, began to publish a fan-news magazine called the "Amiga Games Guide" which was a bi-monthly magazine. Shortly afterward his friend Arnold began to publish series of video game guides, under the series name "Gaming Mastery Series". Along with writing these books he also wrote books for Prima Publishing who where also introducing a series of gaming books. He later wrote weekly columns and reviews for many video game magazines. He later began working with 'Working Designs' and later Atlus USA. For a time he used the name "Freelance Weasel Inc.", as a busness name and also had his own website blog.

Books

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Mortal Kombat 3

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This is a move by move, and strategy guide book for the the video game Mortal Kombat 3. It looks at the home console versions of the game as well as the original arcade version. It tells how to do each characters moves, special moves, combos, and tips on how to beat the bosses. There are also sections for the moves to the first and second games in the series. Multiple screenshots, in gray-scale, are on nearly every page, there is also a screenshot of 'Street Fighter II', and the game 'Night Trap' in the introduction. The first two versions of the arcade game have their password, 'Kombat Kodes' listed. And for five dollars and the mail in order form at the back of the book an extra 16 page of this guide could be bought when 'Version 3.0" was released.

Awesome Super Nintendo Secrets Three

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This is a strategy, hints, tips, and cheats book, of Super Nintendo Entertainment System {SNES} games. Its first section has walkthroughs for 17 games, the second section has tips, cheats, and passwords for 35 games. There are many gray-scale screenshots for the first section of the book. Cover Art is by Richard Fields. The book originally cost $11.95.

PlayStation Player's Guide

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This is the first of three PlayStation guides by Sandwhich Island Publishing. It is a walkthrough, hints, tips, and strategy book for PlayStation video games. It has walkthroughs for 25 game, with many gray scale screenshots. Each walkthrough also has a 'Introduction', tells what type of game it is, how many players, the games developer, publisher, if any accessories are required to play the game, the age rating for the game, if it would be a better to buy or rent the game, and tells if, or how much save space the game will take in a memory card. The books then has a 5 page section of mini hints and tips for 12, other PlayStation games, without screenshoots. Lastly there is previews of 8 games that were soon to be released.

Castlevaina

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This is a strategy guide for two video games for the Game Boy Advance {GBA}; "Castlevaina: Harmony of Dissonance", and "Contra Advance: The Alien Wars EX". It has many color screenshots, and in-game maps, of each part of the castle. It also has text describing how to complete each area, and find the game's various items, as well as tips and strategies for beating various enemies, and bosses. The Contra, walkthrough, section make up the last 30 pages. This sectionhas no maps, but instead has many screenshots at various important locations in each level, and the stage bosses. This book originally cost $14.99 in the USA, and $21.99 in Canada.

Heimdall

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This is a walkthrough, strategy, hints and solutions, guide to the Sega CD (Sega Mega CD) game "Heimdall". A Viking quest game, were the main character and his group must go from town to town, and defeat various monsters and solve puzzles. It also gives information on the earlier Amiga, and IBM Personal Computer versions of the game. There are many gray-scale screenshots, as well as full maps for each location with in the game. It describes each character, item, and spell, with statistics and charts.

Awesome Super Nintendo Secrets 2

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This is a hints, tips, strategy and walkthrough guide for games on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It has detailed walkthroughs, level by level descriptions for 32 games, and originally, quick tips passwords and cheats for 23 games, (despite the back of the book saying there are "over 25 Other Hot Games". It also says it is 320 pages but the last numbered page is 311, with the earlier title pages and such not being numbered. A UK version of the guide was also released with 111 games in the quick tips section. There are multiple gray-scale screenshots of each of the main 32 games, as well as diagram maps for the game "Equinox". Block area diagrams are given for the games "Prince of Persia", and "Wing Commander, showing which order to take the areas, and allows for details about that area in the text. Hidden within the book are dot matrix Stereograms, on pages zero, 24, 26, 97, 149, 152, 177, 240, 254, 286, 297 {missing from UK version}, and 306 {307 in UK version}. For the USA version there are black and white photos for each of the 'Peripherals' sections except for the 'Super NES Mouse'. {This and the "Buyer's Guide" section have been removed for the UK version.} The books front cover art is by Richard Fields.

Nintendo Games Secrets, Volume 2 (Secret of the Game Series)

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This is a walkthrough, hints, tips, and strategy guide book for games on the Nintendo Entertainment System {NES}. There are grey scale screenshots, for each of the 'featured' games, there are also the occational illustrated maps, and pixel art captured images of game characters. The book was originally sold at $9.95 in the U.S.A., $13.95 in Canada.

Awesome Sega Genesis Secrets 3

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This is a walkthrough, hints, tips, and strategy guide book for the "Sega Genesis" {Sega MegaDrive} and Sega CD video game systems, it features 33 in depth walkthroughs, and several "Tricks and Passwords" on various other games. There are grey scale screenshots, and hidden image "Single Image Random Dot Stereograms" {SIRDS}, scattered throughout the book. The book was originally sold at $11.95.

Crash Bandicoot 2

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This is a walkthrough, tips, and strategy guide to the Game Boy Advance video game, "Crash Bandicoot 2: ". It has color screenshots, and screenshot composite maps. There are tips on various difficult parts in the level, along with strategies on fighting the games bosses. This book originally cost $12.95 in the U.S., $14.95 Canada, and £12.99 in the U.K.

TimeSplitters 2

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This is a walkthrough, strategy guide for the video game "TimeSplitters 2", it covers the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 {PS2}, and Xbox versions of the game. The game is a science fiction, first-person shooter that involves aliens and time travel. There are color screenshots, and overhead in game, model maps. There are also the occational production art sketches. There are tips for players creating their own levels with the Map Maker. This is part of the Dimension Publishing, Prima Games "Premier Series". The book originally cost $14.99 in the USA, $21.95 in Canada, and £12.99 in the UK.

Tomb Raider II

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This is a hints, tips, and strategy guide, book for the video game "Tomb Raider II". There are color scale screenshots, and walkthrough of each level, along with tips, and strategies on how to defeat the various enemies. There are no maps. This book originally cost $14.95 in the U.S., $16.50 Canada. There is no ISBN listed in this guide, instead it has a UPC: 07148601363103, and was originally sold for $14.95 in the USA, and $16.50 in Canada. For Amazon listings, various Dimension Publishing books are listed with ISBN numbers derived from their UPC numbers, with the central numbers being used as the ISBN, from the second through to the eleventh numbers.

Vay

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This is a walkthrough and strategy guide for the Sega CD video game, 'Vay'. It has many gray-scale screenshoots, and the occasional character production artwork on pages 11 and 28. Maps of each area are made from multiple screenshoots. Besides the walkthrough there are alphabetical listings of the monsters, items, weapons and armor for reference. According to the introduction the book was written from April to May 1994, in "four weeks of nonstop work". The books co-author Zach Meston would later begin working for 'Working Designs' a few years later.

Super NES Games Secrets, Volume 3

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This is a "Unofficial Guide" of walkthroughs, hints, tips, and strategy guide book for the video game on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System {SNES}, it features 23 games in detail, as well as "Short Tips" for other games. There are diagram style maps, and grey scale screenshot. The book was originally sold at $9.99 in the U.S.A., and £9.95 in the U.K.

Sega Genesis Secrets, Volume 2

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This is a walkthrough, hints, tips, and strategy guide book for the "Sega Genesis" video game system, it features 16 in depth walkthroughs, 10 "Sports Games" reviews, and several "Short Tips" on various other games. There are grey scale screenshots and the occational composite maps. The book was originally sold at $9.95 in the U.S.A. and $13.95 in Canada.

Awesome Sega Genesis Secrets 4

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This is a walkthrough, hints, tips, and strategy guide book for the "Sega Genesis" {Sega MegaDrive} and Sega CD video game systems, it features 33 in depth walkthroughs, and several "Tricks and Passwords" on various other games. There are grey scale screenshots, and hidden image "Single Image Random Dot Stereograms" {SIRDS}, scattered throughout the book. The book was originally sold at $11.95.

Super Mario World Game Secrets

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This is a "Unofficial Guide" walkthrough, hints, tips, and strategy guide book for the video game "Super Mario World, on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System {SNES}. It has grey scale screenshot, and the in-game overworld maps. The book was originally sold at $12.95 in the U.S.A., and £11.95 in the U.K.

Soul Blade

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This is a walkthrough, hints, tips, and strategy guide for the video game "Soul Blade", it covers the PlayStation {PS, PS1, PSX} version of the game. The game is a conversion of the fighting tournament game for the arcade. There are color screenshots, character biographies for each fighter, and lists the buttons to push, to create the game's various combo moves. There are also the occasional production art models of the characters. The book originally cost $12.95 in the USA, $13.95 in Canada. The book itself does not have a ISBN, but it does have the UPC 07148602024001. For Amazon listings, various Dimension Publishing books are listed with ISBN numbers derived from their UPC numbers, with the central numbers being used as the ISBN, from the second through to the eleventh numbers.