slobbergoat

Thanks for the help - was similar, but not exactly the same. Following the Prima thing, though, looks like I found the serieses: http://www.amazon.co.uk/OFFICIAL-SEGA-MEGA-DRIVE-POWER/dp/1858680433 (Can't find a cover shot of the SNES version so I didn't make a link, yet) I think the same publisher (Carlton, later to become? Prima) makes both the mega drive power tips guide and the SNES equivilent (same name, just unofficial). Incidently, If I manage to get hold of some decent-quality samples (There's some on NZ's auction site, trademe.co.nz, at the moment) I'll certainly make scans of them.

Back in the late 90's I once brought a pair of compilation strategy guides for about a dollar each: a SNES and Megadrive one respectively; while at the time they were pretty useful I now would like to have copies of them (and perhaps the rest of the volumes) for retro value but can't seem to identify the, so I was wondering if anyone here could help me out (I have a few pages I could scan, if that'd help). I think they were called "Ultimate Strategy Guides" or something of the sort; I seem to recall the Megadrive one being Volume 2 while the SNES one was Volume 3; They were both properly bound (square-spined with glue binding, no staples or rings) and about a half-inch thick; at least 100 pages or so; A4-ish sized. I'm pretty sure the Megadrive one -was- titled "Megadrive" and not "Genesis", so it's either a european production or simply had european formatting changes. The Megadrive guides included Streets of Rage 3, Sonic 3 (Which was prominently mentioned on the cover) and Mean Bean Machine, while the Super NES ones included Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Secret of Mana, and Megaman X. However there was about 40 individual guides in each book so this is by no means a comprehensive list. I've searched the internet for a while for similar material but only managed to find volumes of the "Ultimate N64 Strategy Guide" - possibly the same series of publications, just for a different system.