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About Author

John Shirley

John (Patrick) Shirley is an American writer, primarily of fantasy and science fiction and songwriting. He has also written one historical novel, a western, about Wyatt Earp, Wyatt in Wichita, and one non-fiction book, Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas. Shirley has written novels, short stories, TV scripts and screenplays, and has published over 40 books and 8 short-story collections. As a musician, Shirley has fronted his own bands and written lyrics for Blue Öyster Cult and others. Source: Wikipedia

Description

Strategy guides are instruction books that contain hints or complete solutions to specific video games. The line between strategy guides and video game walkthroughs is somewhat blurred, with the former often containing or being written around the latter. Strategy guides are often published in print, both in book form and also as articles within video game magazines. In cases of exceptionally popular game titles, guides may be sold through more mainstream publication channels, such as bookstores or even newsstands. Some publishers also sell E-Book versions on their websites.

How the series evolves

beginning
Resident Evil
0.0· tough start
peak
Men in black II
5.0· best book in series
finale
Fighting Force 64
0.0· messes up the ending
overall
0.3· maybe series needed more care

Books in this Series

Resident Evil

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This is a strategy guide to the 1996 video game "Resident Evil" for PlayStation. It has many color screenshots, and there are grid style floorplan maps for each area, descrptions on various difficult locations in each level, as well as tips, and strategy on fighting various enemies. There is no ISBN listed, howevr there is a UPC: 07336164937902. The book originally sold for $12.95 in the USA, and $13.95 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.

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.

Aliens versus Predator

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This is a tips, strategy and walkthrough guide to Personal Computer (PC), IBM format video game 'Aliens versus Predator'. Although there are no maps of floor plans to the levels, there are many gray-scale screenshots of the items, weapons, enemies, and at key points in each episode/mission. The book tells the differences between each of the races, their abilities and weaknesses, and general tips on playing with that type of character, and how they can best defeat the other characters. It details the main game, the bonus levels, playing the game in multiplayer, internet and LAN games. The 'Gold Edition' of this book comes with a 8 page color insert with artwork and screenshots.

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.

Glover

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This is a strategy guide to the video game "Glover" for the Nintendo 64, and Personal Computer {PC}. It has many color screenshots, and in game maps. It has detailed text describing how to complete each level, and find The game's various items, as well as tips, and strategies for beating various enemies and bosses.

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.

Turok 2

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This is a walkthrough, hints, tips, and solutions guide book to the Nintendo 64 {N64}, Personal Computer {PC}, and Game Boy Color {GBC}, video game "Turok 2: Seeds of Evil". There are color screenshots, as well as in-game overhead maps of each area. There are cut, and paste in-game images of each item, weapon, enemy, and character, describing each of them. There is also one page of tips on the Game Boy Color version of the game, and photographs of the team of game's creators, most of them with indivuidual ID style photographs. Alomng the side of the book there are Chapter 01-03 numbers, to quickly flip through the book,to the chapter you are looking for, however, the first three Chapters, are subjects before 'Levels' section. Then at Level 5, the side messages change to the game levels 05-06, then return to the later Chapter "04", seemingly something that they decided to change halfway through the book, and then change back to. This book originally cost $12.99 in the USA, and $18.00 in Canada.

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.

The Mummy Returns Official Strategy Guide

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This is a strategy guide for the video game "The Mummy Returns", for the PlayStation 2. It has many color screenshots, and in-game overhead screenshot maps. 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. This book originally cost $12.99 in the USA, and $18.95 in Canada, and £9.99 in the UK.

Lunar 2

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This is a strategy and walkthrough guide to the PlayStation {PS, PS1, PSX} game "Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete". It has many color screenshots, and the occasional production art. There are charts of each items and monsters, listings of each of the characters and the things they can use. It also has complete maps to every area in the game, that are made of pasting the screenshots together to make the maps. Scattered throughout the book is a reprint of the 18 page comic from the Japanese magazine, "Megadrive Fan", called "Lunatic Parade" with Art by Akari Funado, and Story by Kei Shigema, the English translator is not listed. There are also examples of the game's script, and screenshots of the game's anemi style cut scenes. There are interviews with Youichi Miyaji {game's Executive Producer, and Keisuke Shigematsu {game's Scenaio Writer}. And lastly the book includes 3 pages of stickers, and a advertisment for a poster. The book has three in-bound ribbon bookmarks. This guide originaly came in a sealed in plastic, it hasa reversable dust jacket, on the first side is a image of Lucia's face with birds circling her, below her are Hiro, with Ruby on his shoulder. On the flip side Lucia, Lemina, and Jean are riding a flying machine. Zach Meston the books author also co-wrote the guide book for the earlier Sega CD version of the game "Lunar: Eternal Blue, The Official Strategy Guide" ISBN: 1884364071, the book originally cost $19.95.

Men in black II

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This is a strategy guide for the video game "Men in Black II: Alien Escape", for the PlayStation 2. It has many color screenshots, there are no maps to the levels.. Instead it 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. This book originally cost $14.99 in the USA, and $21.95 in Canada, and £12.99 in the UK.

Popful Mail

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This is a walkthrough, and strategy guide for the Sega CD video game, 'Popful Mail: Magical Fantasy Adventure'. It has many color screenshoots, and the occasional character production artwork. There are maps of each area, made from multiple screenshoots. It also includes a interview between contributor Zach Meston with Victor Ireland, of 'Working Designs'.

Crash Bandicoot

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This is a walkthrough, tips, and strategy guide to the PlayStation video game, "Crash Bandicoot". It has color screenshots, and a few images of in game models of the characters, and production art sketches. Most of the book has numbered screenshots, and short notes about each location. The book also features interviews with the developers of the game, Jason Rubin from 'Naughty Dog', and Mark Cerny from Universal Interactive Studios. There are no maps of the levels. This book originally cost $12.95 in the U.S., $14.95 Canada. There is no ISBN listed in this guide, instead it has a UPC: 07336164958465, 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.

Dungeon Master II

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This is a official tips, hints, strategies, and walkthoughs guide for the game "Dungeon Master II: Skullkeep". It covers "Sega CD, Apple Macintosh, IBM, PC, Personal Computer" of the game. There are grey scale screenshots, and diagram style maps for levels 1-9, with a foldout map for level 6, this map is between 116-117. It has detailed text describing what to do in each area, and details on each item, as well as tips, and strategy on performing battles with the various enemies and bosses. The guide also has a interview wwith Wayne Holder, president of the company FTL Games {Faster Than Light Games}/Software Heaven, Incorporated. The guide originally cost $12.95.

Hybrid Heaven

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This is a hits, tips, and strategy guide for the Nintendo 64}, video game "Hybrid Heaven". It features color screenshots, there are diagram style maps, with text near the various images, explaining what to do at that location in the game. Each level has a walkthrough description. This book originally cost $14.99 in the USA, $17.95 in Canada, and £9.99 in the UK.

Gauntlet Legends

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This is a strategy guide to the video game "Gauntlet Legends" for the Nintendo 64 {N64}. It has many color screenshots, and diagram style maps of each location. 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. The game would later be re-released for the PlayStation, a updated version of this book would later be released as ISBN: 0761527583, this version was co-written by Kevin Sakamoto. The game is based on the 1996 film 'Mission: Impossible'. This book originally cost $12.99 in the USA, and $17.95 in Canada, and £9.99 UK.

Fighting Force 64

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This is a hits, tips, and strategy guide for the PlayStation {PS1, PSX}, video game "Fighting Force". It features grey scale screenshots, there are no maps, instead there is text near the various images, explining what to do at that location in the game. Each level has a walkthrough description. There are "history" {biographies} of each character, as well as lists of how to preform that character's various moves. There are also the occational official illustrations. The book was written by Greg Kramer, and Anthony Pena {Pena is listed as co-author only on the title page}. The game was earlier released on the PlayStation {PSX, PS1}, there was also a but the guide for that game, it was written by another writer, "Fighting Force: Official Strategy Guide", ISBN: 0761512705 other then having the same "History" biographies, the rest of the book is totally different, the text, and images are different. This book originally cost $12.99 in the USA, $17.95 in Canada, and £9.99 in the UK.