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Misc. => Other Gaming => Topic started by: MarioMania on February 08, 2010, 10:21:47 pm

Title: Printing Game Manuals
Post by: MarioMania on February 08, 2010, 10:21:47 pm
Is it possible??

Not for Reselling, Just having it..in my own collection

Like Genesis ,NES , Famicom or the SNES..like I want to try to make a couple manual's..on ebay it cost alot

Bonk's Adventure NES
TMNT Tounement Fighters NES
Ninja Gaiden Trilogy SNES

I don't really care if it's a Repro, I know the real thing is out of my price range, the boxes are also not cheap
Title: Re: Making Manuals
Post by: nintendodork on February 09, 2010, 11:49:40 am
Quote from: MarioMania on February 08, 2010, 10:21:47 pm
Is it possible?? [...] I don't really care if it's a Repro
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Title: Re: Making Manuals
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on February 09, 2010, 12:46:23 pm
No shit, Sherlock.  No, I was going to draw it from scratch in Illustrator. (http://www.websitegoodies.com/smilies/confused0058.gif)

Actually, that wouldn't be a bad idea. (http://www.websitegoodies.com/smilies/confused0083.gif)
Title: Re: Making Manuals
Post by: nintendodork on February 09, 2010, 01:57:56 pm
That would be really cool if someone had the skill to make GOOD drawn covers for this kind of stuff.  I posted the scanner because if MM has to make this kind of thread, I figured I'd get the obvious out of the way. :P
Title: Re: Making Manuals
Post by: MarioMania on February 09, 2010, 05:50:43 pm
Nice Joke, nintendodork

I don't even have the manuals on hand..like getting the scans on the net & printing out the pages..I know if not hard to do..but how much ink it uses if I want a color manual

like too get the pages right in order
Title: Re: Making Manuals
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on February 09, 2010, 10:36:56 pm
I think I might be able to stay in that print class. ::)

You see - I've had a stint of bad luck ever since I started it:

-my Zelda manual that I brought to class was lost by the instructor
-I bought the textbook but received the wrong one
-I lost the receipt for the $55 material fee (<--okay that last one was on me)

I can't prove that I paid the fee (couldn't get another receipt copy)

But I figure I can tell the instructor that I paid, & use that lost manual as blackmail a guilt trip device... (http://www.websitegoodies.com/smilies/evilgrin0041.gif)

unless he has no soul (like my PolySci professor).

This has everything to do with printing manuals. I think. :-\
Title: Re: Making Manuals
Post by: NintendoKing on February 11, 2010, 03:44:51 am
I have always wanted a manual to my NES version of Uninvited, Also most of the manuals are available on NintendoAGE.
Title: Re: Making Manuals
Post by: MS-DOS4 on February 11, 2010, 11:28:41 am
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on February 11, 2010, 03:44:51 am
I have always wanted a manual to my NES version of Uninvited, Also most of the manuals are available on NintendoAGE.


http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=uninvited+nes+manual&_sacat=See-All-Categories

They're a little pricy, but better than nothing?
Title: Re: Making Manuals
Post by: MarioMania on February 11, 2010, 02:28:45 pm
I saw a site that has pdf Scan's including Bonk's Adventure NES..I can't remember it...
Title: Re: Printing Game Manuals
Post by: xyzzy32 on February 12, 2010, 03:09:30 pm
I use replacementdocs for my instruction manual needs, but does anyone know of any way to print out pdfs in foldable booklet format?
Title: Re: Printing Game Manuals
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on February 12, 2010, 04:38:42 pm
InDesign?
Title: Re: Printing Game Manuals
Post by: xyzzy32 on February 17, 2010, 07:45:15 pm
After a bit of internet searching, it looks to me like InDesign only prints basic two-page-per-sheet booklets. :( All the more reason for me to learn C and write my own program that can do four per sheet.
Title: Re: Printing Game Manuals
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on February 20, 2010, 01:34:48 pm
Are you kidding me? InDesign is supposed to be the industry standard for printing.  Why the hell would it be if it were so limited (I haven't gotten around to really using it, so I can't really help you with it :(.

Then there's Quark. :-\

Hey, wait a minute! I remember laying out an 8-page manual booklet using InDesign. Are you sure you know what you're doing?
Title: Re: Printing Game Manuals
Post by: MarioMania on February 20, 2010, 03:28:01 pm
Wow, $200 for the Program

How did you layout 8 sheets??

With a Manual you have to print on both sides of the Paper, Can InDesign do that??
Title: Re: Printing Game Manuals
Post by: UglyJoe on February 20, 2010, 03:38:28 pm
Quote from: MarioMania on February 20, 2010, 03:28:01 pm
With a Manual you have to print on both sides of the Paper, Can InDesign do that??


That's really more of a printer feature than a software feature.
Title: Re: Printing Game Manuals
Post by: xyzzy32 on February 21, 2010, 11:02:05 am
I went online and only found sites offering instructions for printing very simple, two-per-page booklets using the program. It's possible I didn't look hard enough, but in any case the application's way above my price range, unfortunately.
Title: Re: Printing Game Manuals
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on February 21, 2010, 07:22:22 pm
Oh yeah, I forgot - you have to pay for it.

I got the Adobe Master Collection CS3  from my cousin. (http://www.websitegoodies.com/smilies/innocent0009.gif)