Every Super Nintendo Game Manual Has Been Uploaded Online For Free

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Retro gamers are in for a visual treat. Years and years of Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) user manuals have been uploaded online onto the free archival website, Internet Archive.

The mission to collect and preserve these gems all started with gaming Twitch streamer Kerry Hays, more popularly known as Peebs, who has been determined to defeat and finish playing every SNES game in existence. The game console has amassed over 700 games in its time, and Hays was intent on hunting every last manual down. However, the more obscure and difficult ones had him turning to user manuals for consultation.

Newer video games have a tutorial usually incorporated into the first hour of gameplay, eliminating the need for hardcopy manuals to get gamers up on their feet. SNES used to run a manual with each game detailing the mechanics and characters within it. It’s a tradition that has been lost to the digital age, but the guides are still held close in the hearts of gamers everywhere.  

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