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Also, these manuals were not just gimmicks, they were detailed explanations of the game and how it plays.
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I remember buying Falcon3 about a month before my first PC, a 486SX25, just to read the 342p printed manual. Then came Falcon4, with a Manual thick as a telephone book - it kept me occupied for weeks, and left me somewhat puzzled after reading it the first time. I felt like going through flight school. Those days are long gone, as is product quality and replayability. We all know good titles today are few and far in between. What surprises me, even by todays standards, is the "SH5 Collectors Edition" not shipping with a printed manual, with even the .pdf seems to be lacking content. 20$ just for a N.I.C.E. box and a few skins is obscene, imo.