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The history of game hints pages, before the internet took over (www.eurogamer.net)

submitted 9 months ago by ylai@lemmy.ml to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

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[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I remember the hint books for Sierra's games (e.g. King's Quest). Each hint would be a question or sentence with multiple boxes underneath. The boxes were blank and you used a special highlighter pen to reveal the content of the box, with each subsequent box being more and more specific. It was an interesting way to get hints.