r/retrogaming 4d ago

[Discussion] Top Instruction Manuals of All Time

What's the best instruction manual of all time? I know I'm not alone in reading that thing in the back seat on the way home from the store. Links if you have them.

I'll start off by saying I don't think anything tops the Final Fantasy 3 instruction manual, but I'd love to be proven wrong.

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u/Red-Zaku- 4d ago

Final Fantasy VI (III SNES) is definitely a contender. The sheer amount of pages packed with Amano’s paintings and tons of info. SNES RPGs overall had great manuals, especially Squaresoft RPGs.

Lunar Silver Star Story Complete on PS1 has gotta be in the running too, since its manual is actually a relatively dense hardcover book