All Nintendo NES Books/Guides/Encyclopedias

[Speedy_NES]

STRATEGY GUIDES/TIPS/TRICKS/HINTS/ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Adventures of Lolo:  Strategy Guide (mail-order only???)
Beyond the Nintendo Masters (Clayton Walnum and Andy Eddy; 1990)
Big Book of Nintendo Games, The (Steven Schwartz; Compute Publications, 1991; covers over 80 NES games & 16 SNES games & some GB games)
Compute's Conquering Zelda Adventures:  Second Edition (covers Zelda, Zelda II, and Zelda III on SNES; 207 pages)
Compute's Guide to Nintendo Adventure Games (Steven Schwartz; 1991; ISBN 0-87455-243-5)
**Compute's Guide to Nintendo Games  (Steven Schwartz; Compute Publications; 1989)
Compute's Nintendo Secrets  (Steven Schwartz; Compute Publications, 1990)
Compute's Nintendo Tips & Tricks (J. Douglas Arnold; covers 45 games; 1991; ISBN 0-87455-246-X)
Conquering Zelda (covers both Zelda games for NES; 1990)
Conquering Super Mario Bros (covers Super Mario Bros 1, 2, and 3; Steven Schwartz; Compute Publications; 1991)
Console Nintendo:  Games Secrets - Trucci, Segaeti, e Cheat Mode (Italy; Jackson; 119 pages)
**Consumer Guide - Hot Tips for the Coolest Nintendo Games (paperbound)
**Consumer Guide - More Hot Tips for Nintendo (paperbound)
Consumer Guide - More Nintendo Fun - The Book for Beginners (paperback)
**Consumer Guide - More Strategies for Nintendo Games (spiral bound)
Consumer Guide - More Strategies for Nintendo Games (spiral bound; has a dialogue box with a message on the cover)
**Consumer Guide - More Strategies for Nintendo Games (paperbound)
**Consumer Guide - Nintendo Fun - The Book for Beginners (paperbound)
**Consumer Guide - Nintendo Strategies (spiralbound, same as the red paperbound Consumer Guide - Strategies for Nintendo Games, except different title and slight cover variation)
**Consumer Guide - Strategies for Nintendo Games (paperbound; red)
**Consumer Guide - Strategies for Nintendo Games (spiral bound; yellow; different version; covers different games)
**Consumer Guide - Super Strategies for Nintendo (spiral bound)
**Consumer Guide - Super Strategies for Nintendo (paperbound; completely different from spiral bound edition with the same name)
**Consumer Guide - The Winner's Guide to Nintendo (paperbound)
**Consumer Guide - Winning At Nintendo (paperbound)
Consumer Guide - Winning Tips for Nintendo - Newest Game Strategies (paperbound)
**CVG - The Esstential Guide to Mega Games (Volume 1, December 1992)
**CVG - Rock Hard Book of Tips (EMAP Images; covers MegaDrive, SNES, Amiga, PC, Master System, and NES)
Das Nintendo Schummelbuch (covers GB, NES, SNES; Sybex; MSRP 230 Schillings; Austra)
Das Super Mario Buch (Sybex; Germany)
**Doc's 1 Minute Encyclopedia of Nintendo Game Instructions (Doc's; contains instructions and strategies for over 310 NES games)
Game Counsellor's Answerbook for Nintendo Game Players, The (covers more than 250 Nintendo games; Game Counsellor, Inc; Australia)
**Game Player's Encyclopedia of Nintendo Games
**Game Player's Encyclopedia of Nintendo Games:  Volume Two
**Game Player's Encyclopedia of Nintendo Games:  Volume Three
Game Player's Encyclopedia of Nintendo Games:  Volume Four
Game Player's Encyclopedia of Nintendo Games:  Volume Seven
**Game Player's magazine supplement:  Jurassic Park guide 1 (covers NES, SNES, Gameboy)
**Game Player's magazine supplement:  Jurassic Park guide 2 (covers NES, SNES, Gameboy)
Game Player's Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games (More of a magazine, but dedicated to strategies)
**Game Pro Hot Tips: Sports Games (IDG Books; 1990; ISBN 1-878058-00-2)
Game Pro Hot Tips:  Adventure Games
**Game Pro presents - Nintendo Game Secrets - Greatest Tips (Prima; 1992; ISBN 1-55958-152-2)
**Games Master:  The Winner's Handbook (UK; 1992 Future Publishing Ltd.; included Free with first issue of Games Master; covers NES/SNES/SMS/MD/GG/GB/PCE/Amiga; 94 pages)
How to Win at Nintendo (black cover; first production run?)
**How To Win at Nintendo - expanded edition (with Super Mario 1 & 2; Canada; St. Martin's Press; May 1989; ISBN 0-312-92018-0)
How to Win at Nintendo Games (red cover)
**How to Win at Nintendo Games Box Set (#1, #2, and SMB)
**How To Win at Nintendo Games 2 (St. Martin's Press; November 1989; ISBN 0-312-92016-4)
**How To Win at Nintendo Games 3 (1990)
**How To Win at Nintendo Games 4 (St. Martin's Paperbacks; October 1991; ISBN 0-312-92721-5)
**How to Win at Nintendo Sports Games
**How to Win at Nintendo Sports Games (cover variant)
How To Win at Super Mario Bros. Games (cover 1:  Jeff Rovin below computer screens)
How To Win at Super Mario Bros. Games (cover 2:  Jeff Rovin below text + other slight differences)
**How To Win at Super Mario Bros Games - Special Edition (includes Dr.Mario; St. Martin's Paperbacks; December 1990; ISBN 0-312-92656-1)
**The Best of How to Win at Nintendo Games (St. Martin's Paperbacks; June 1992; ISBN 0-312-92874-2)
**Konami Games-Guide (German codes book; covers multiple systems, although mostly NES)
Beyond the Nintendo Masters (Clayton Walnum & Andy Eddy; Hayden Books; 1990)
Mastering Nintendo Video Games (Hayden Books; 1989; ISBN 0-672-48464-1)
**Mastering Nintendo Video Games II (Hayden Books; 1990; ISBN 0-672-48491-9)
Nintendo Encyclopedie des Codes Secrets (France; covers 200 games for NES, SNES, and GB; Edition Marabout; 1994; 190 pages)
Nintendo Entertainment System Spieleberater ("The Official Nintendo Player's Guide" German version)
**Nintendo Games Secrets (Prima; 1990; ISBN 1-55958-062-3)
**Nintendo Games Secrets 2 (Prima; 1991; ISBN 1-55958-105-0)
**Nintendo Games Secrets 3 (Prima; 1991; ISBN 1-55958-131-X)
**Nintendo Games Secrets 4 (Prima; 1993; ISBN 1-55958-252-9)
Nintendo Role-Playing Games (Christopher Lampton)
NES Game Power (German guide to 40 games; Rainer Babiel & Ulrich Krockenberger; Sybex)
**NES Game Atlas - Nintendo Player's Guide
**Top Secret Passwords - Nintendo Player's Guide
Top Secret Nintendo (German version; official guide; supposedly covers NES/SNES/GB)
**The Official Nintendo Player's Guide
The Official Nintendo Player's Guide (UK version; 146 pages)
**Nintendo Power Classified Information
**Nintendo Power Pak Source - The Comprehensive Game Pak Guide for the NES
**Nintendo Power Strategy Guide - 4-Player Extra (mail version)
**Nintendo Power Strategy Guide - Final Fantasy (store version)
**Nintendo Power Strategy Guide - Ninja Gaiden II (store version)
**Nintendo Power Strategy Guide - Ninja Gaiden II (mail version)
**Nintendo Power Strategy Guide - Super Mario Bros 3 (store version)
Dragon Warrior Strategy Guide (from Nintendo Power)
Super Consoles - Super Mario Bros. 3 (guide to SMB 3; Spain)
Super Mario Power (Official Nintendo guide from Germany; covers Super Mario Bros 1-3)
Pop & Play Unauthorized Nintendo Instructions (USA Direct; 1990; instructions for 270 NES games)
**Super Mario Bros 2 Inside Out - Super Power Tip Book Part 1
**Super Mario Bros 2 Inside Out - Super Power Tip Book Part 2
**Sybex Games Boek - Nintendo Entertainment System (Sybex; covers 15 NES games; the Netherlands)
The Game Counselor's Answerbook for Nintendo Game Players
The Ultimate Strategy Guide to Super Mario Bros (Richard Krissel)
Tips & Tactics for The Legend of Zelda (paperback)
Tokuma RPG Strategy Guide Series - Dragon Warrior IV (Official; Tokuma Publishings [co-publisher of Nintendo Power]; 1992; 114 pages)
**Tricks of the Nintendo Masters (Hayden Books; ISBN 0-672-48482-X)
Ultima:  Exodus Hint Book (FCI; licensed by Nintendo; 64 pages)
Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Classic Game Strategies (ISBN 0-553-35466-3)
**Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Game Strategies (Bantam Books; November 1989; ISBN 0-553-34892-2)
**Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Game Strategies Vol. 2 (Bantam Books; February 1990; ISBN 0-553-34934-1)
**Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Game Strategies Vol. 3
**Unauthorized How to Beat Nintendo Gamebook, The (covers 100 NES games; 1990; Jon Sutherland, Nigel Gross, Paul Boughton; UK)
The Complete Games Guide - NMS - Vol 1 - A-L (Nintendo Magazine System; UK)
The Complete Games Guide - NMS - Vol 2 - M-Z (Nintendo Magazine System; UK)
Trucs & Astuces:  Volume 1 (France)
Trucs & Astuces:  Volume 2 (Collection Player Pocket; 1993; 117 pages; France)
**Video Game Secrets (covers primarily NES, but also Lynx/GB/Genesis/SMS/TG16; 1990; DMS; US)
VideoGames  & Computer Entertainment: Complete Guide to Nintendo Video Games (1990; 236 pages)
Wizardry:  All of Wizardry - The Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (from Nexoft; covers NES, may cover multiple systems)


Due to post size limit, the list continues in the third post of this thread.

[den68]

I have a couple kids books published by Golden Books in 1989.

Super Mario Bros. - Trapped in the Perilous Pit
The Legend of Zelda - Molblin's Magic Spear

[Speedy_NES]

List continued:

NOVELS/STORYBOOKS/COMICS
Super Mario Bros (from the movie; Todd Strasser; Hyperion Books))
Super Mario Bros (from the movie; German version)
**Worlds of Power - #1-4 Box Set (ISBN 0-590-63649-9)
**Worlds of Power - #1 - Blaster Master (ISBN 0-590-43778-X)
**Worlds of Power - #1 - Blaster Master (Non-US version; English; cover variation; ISBN 0-590-76481)
**Worlds of Power - #2 - Metal Gear (ISBN 0-590-43777-1)
**Worlds of Power - #3 - Ninja Gaiden (ISBN 0-590-43776-3)
**Worlds of Power - #3 - Ninja Gaiden (Non-US version; English; cover variation; ISBN 0-590-76484-5)
**Worlds of Power - #4 - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (ISBN 0-590-43775-5)
**Worlds of Power - #4 - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (Non-US version; English; cover variation; ISBN 0-590-76483-7)
Worlds of Power - Wizards & Warriors
Worlds of Power - #6 - Bionic Commando
**Worlds of Power - #6 - Bionic Commando (Non-US version; English; cover variation; ISBN 0-590-76556-6)
Worlds of Power - Infiltrator
Worlds of Power - Shadowgate
Junior Worlds of Power - Bases Loaded II
Junior Worlds of Power - Mega Man II
Nintendo Adventure Books - Super Mario Bros - 1 - Double Trouble
Nintendo Adventure Books - Super Mario Bros - 1 - Double Trouble (Pringles Special Edition)
Nintendo Adventure Books - Super Mario Bros - 2 - Leaping Lizards
Nintendo Adventure Books - Super Mario Bros - 2 - Leaping Lizards (Pringles Special Edition)
Nintendo Adventure Books - Super Mario Bros - 3 - Monster Mix-Up
Nintendo Adventure Books - Super Mario Bros - 3 - Monster Mix-Up (Pringles Special Edition)
Nintendo Adventure Books - Super Mario Bros - 4 - Koopa Capers
Nintendo Adventure Books - Super Mario Bros - 4 - Koopa Capers (Pringles Special Edition)
Nintendo Adventure Books - Super Mario Bros - 5 - Pipe Down!
Nintendo Adventure Books - Super Mario Bros - 5 - Pipe Down! (Pringles Special Edition)
Nintendo Adventure Books - Super Mario Bros - 6 - Doors to Doom
Nintendo Adventure Books - Super Mario Bros - 6 - Doors to Doom (UK version)
Nintendo Adventure Books - Super Mario Bros - 7 - Dinosaur Dilemma (Pringles Special Edition)
Nintendo Adventure Books - Super Mario Bros - 8 - Flown the Koopa
Nintendo Adventure Books - Super Mario Bros - 9 - The Crystal Trap
Nintendo Adventure Books - Super Mario Bros - 10 - The Shadow Prince
Nintendo Adventure Books - Super Mario Bros - 11 - Unjust Desserts
*Nintendo Adventure Books - Super Mario Bros - 12 - Brain Drain
Nintendo Adventure Books - Super Mario Bros - 12 - Brain Drain (UK version)
Super Mario Bros. - Trapped in the Perilous Pit (Golden Books; 1989)
The Legend of Zelda - Molblin's Magic Spear (Golden Books; 1989)
Nintendo Comics from Valiant:
The Best of the Super Mario Bros (No mention of Nintendo Comics System on cover)
The Best of the Nintendo Comics System Super Mario, Zelda, Gameboy, Punch-out, Captain N, etc all in one
Nintendo Comics System - Volume 1 - #2 - 1990 (Super Mario, Zelda, Punch-out, Captain N, etc all in one)
Nintendo Comics System - The Legend of Zelda - Volume 1 - #1 - 1990 ("Missing in Action" & "Trust Me")
Nintendo Comics System - The Legend of Zelda - Volume 1 - #1 - 1990 ("Missing in Action" & "Trust Me") (without price on cover)
Nintendo Comics System - The Legend of Zelda - Volume 1 - #2 - 1990 ("He Also Serves" & "Thief in the Night")
Nintendo Comics System - The Legend of Zelda - Volume 1 - #3 - 1990 ("The Power" & "The Price")
Nintendo Comics System - The Legend of Zelda - Volume 1 - #4 - 1990 ("To the First Power" & "It's Good to be the King")
Nintendo Comics System - The Legend of Zelda - Volume 1 - #5 - 1990 ("The Day of the Triforce" & "Coming Home")
Nintendo Comics System - The Legend of Zelda - Volume 2 - #1 - February 1991
Nintendo Comics System - The Legend of Zelda - Volume 2 - #2 - March 1991 ("To the First Power" & "Trust Me")
Nintendo Comics System - The Legend of Zelda - Volume 2 - #3 - April 1991 ("The Power" & "The Price")
Nintendo Comics System - The Legend of Zelda - Volume 2 - #4 - May 1991 ("Thief in the Night" & "Queen of Hearts")
Nintendo Comics System - The Legend of Zelda - Volume 2 - #5 - June 1991 ("The Day of the Triforce" & "Coming Home")
Nintendo Comics System - Adventures of the Super Mario Bros - Special Swimsuit Issue! - #2 - March
Nintendo Comics System - featuring Super Mario Bros - #9
Nintendo Comics System - Super Mario Bros - #1
Nintendo Comics System - Super Mario Bros - #1 (Special Edition)
Nintendo Comics System - Super Mario Bros - #2 (Magic Carpet Madness)
Nintendo Comics System - Super Mario Bros - #3
Nintendo Comics System - Super Mario Bros - #4
Nintendo Comics System - Super Mario Bros - #5
Nintendo Comics System - Super Mario Bros - #8 - September 1991
Nintendo Comics System - Super Mario Bros - #9 - October 1991
Nintendo Comics System - Captain N the Game Master - Volume 1 - #1 - 1990
Nintendo Comics System - Captain N the Game Master - Volume 1 - #1 - 1990 (without price on cover)
Nintendo Comics System - Captain N the Game Master - Volume 1 - #2 - 1990
Nintendo Comics System - Captain N the Game Master - Volume 1 - #3 - 1990
Nintendo Comics System - Captain N the Game Master - Volume 1 - #4 - 1990 (The Real Game Master)
Nintendo Comics System - Captain N the Game Master - Volume 1 - #5 - 1990 (A King of Shreds and Patches)
Nintendo Comics System - featuring Game Boy - Volume 1 - #1 - 1990
Nintendo Comics System - featuring Game Boy - Volume 1 - #2 - 1990
Nintendo Comics System - featuring Game Boy - Volume 2 - #1 - February 1991
Super Mario Bros: Spiele und Geschichten (related to the TV series; 1991; Germany)

HISTORY BOOKS
Game Over: Press Start to Continue (David Sheff)
Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered the World (David Sheff; Vintage Books; 1994; paperbound; ISBN 0-679-73622-0)
Game Over: How Nintendo Zapped an American
Industry, Captured Your Dollars, and Enslaved Your Children (David Sheff; Random House; 1993; hardcover; 445 pages; ISBN 0-679-40469-4)

OTHER
**Digital Press Collector's Guide 7 (ISBN 0-9709807-0-1)
Bandai 1988 (Catalog)
Nintendo - Get Into the World of Nintendo - Gear + Stuff (Catalog)
**MAD - issue 292; January 1990 (covers Nintendo Video Games; with Mario and Luigi on the cover)
Hot Dog - Number 58 - How to Score Higher at Nintendo Games!  (Scholastic, 1991; has Mario on the cover)
The Cheetahmen (Action 52 pack-in; 1991; Active Enterprises; created: Raul Gomila & Vince Perry; story&art: Joe Martinez)

INTERACTIVE BOOKS
Super Mario Bros. - A Big Coloring Book (Golden Books; 1993; ISBN 0-307-04037-2) 
Toxic Crusaders - A Big Coloring Book (Golden Books; 1991; ISBN 0-307-02988-3)

[bum-man]

Not sure if you want these, they are a little newer than the others:

Donkey Kong Country  (Troll; 1997)
Donkey Kong Country - Rescue on Crocodile Isle (Troll; 1997)
Donkey Kong Country - Rumble in the Jungle (Troll; 1997)

[Speedy_NES]

Not sure if you want these, they are a little newer than the others:

Yeah, I think it's best to stick to one time period (i.e. the NES era & NES related books), since there is so much stuff out there.  Thanks anyways tho!  If anyone is interested, we could start lists for books for different systems.  

-Speedy

[Speedy_NES]

Just came across "Docs One Minute Encyclopedia of Nintendo Game Instruction" (1991) on Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/exe...&s=books&n=507846

Anyone ever heard of this "book" before?

-Speedy

P.S. Just added the following books to the list above:

Nintendo Role-Playing Games (Christopher Lampton)
Conquering Super Mario Bros.

Nintendo Comics System - The Legend of Zelda - No.2 - March (Valiant)
Nintendo Comics System - Adventures of the Super Mario Bros - Special Swimsuit Issue! - No.2 - March (Valiant)
Nintendo Comics System - Super Mario Bros - No.8 - Sept. 1991 (Valiant)
Nintendo Comics System - Super Mario Bros - No.9 - Oct. 1991 (Valiant)

Game Over: Press Start to Continue (under a new category: HISTORY BOOKS)
Digital Press Collector's Guide 7 (under a new category: COLLECTOR'S GUIDES)

[den68]

here's another I have:

Compute's Nintendo Secrets - by Steven Schwartz, Compute Publications, 1990

[Speedy_NES]

Thanks  I added it to the list!

-Speedy

P.S. Currently adding a bunch of Valiant comics to the list...searching the net for info.

[Tynstar]

Speedy you are insane!

[Speedy_NES]

Speedy you are insane!

Yup, I know  |D

[Speedy_NES]

Added some more books:

Beyond the Nintendo Masters (Clayton Walnum & Andy Eddy; Hayden Books; 1990)
Nintendo Power Classified Information
Nintendo Power Pak Source - The Comprehensive Game Pak Guide for the NES
The Complete Games Guide - NMS - Vol 1 - A-N (Nintendo Magazine System; UK)
The Complete Games Guide - NMS - Vol 2 - M-Z (Nintendo Magazine System; UK)
Super Mario Bros (from the movie; Todd Strasser; Hyperion Books))
Super Mario Bros (from the movie; German version)
Super Mario Power (Official Nintendo guide from Germany; covers Super Mario Bros 1-3)

and added some info to a few exisiting ones...I'll add publication/year info for the ones I own sooner or later...

-Speedy

[Speedy_NES]

Added some more guides/books:

Consumer Guide - Super Strategies for Nintendo (paperbound; completely different from spiral bound edition with the same name)
Konami Games-Guide (German codes book; covers multiple systems, although mostly NES)
NES Game Power (German guide to 40 games; Rainer Babiel & Ulrich Krockenberger; Sybex)
The Game Counselor's Answerbook for Nintendo Game Players

The Best of the Super Mario Bros (No mention of Nintendo Comics System on cover)

Bandai 1988 (Catalog)
Nintendo - Get Into the World of Nintendo - Gear+Stuff (Catalog)

Also added some info here and there...

-Speedy

P.S.  I already got a message that the initial post is too long; I guess that's the beginning of the end

[bum-man]

Speedy here's one I just picked up today:

Pop & Play Unauthorized Nindendo Instructions, USA Direct; 1990

[Speedy_NES]

Thanks for the addition bum-man!  I've added it to the list  

It's getting pretty crowded now...never thought that there would be this many books/guides out there...more and more keep surfacing

-Speedy

[Izret101]

VideoGames  & Computer Entertainment: Complete Guide to Nintendo Video Games

The strange thing is they connected VideoGame the first time and spaced Video Games the second. Maybe they like being on the edge...

Anyways this rates games on sound/music, graphics, playability, violence, overall.