Sega CD, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast Instruction Manual Scans (+32X & SMS)

[TSOLfan]

As discussed in this thread, my goal is to get through all of my Sega Saturn titles and produce full instruction scans.  To try to avoid a large chunk of sports games, I'll be pulling one from each end of the alphabet and upload two at a time.  I'm scanning directly to USB, and then using IrfanView to batch rename, rotate and crop from lower left at 2800x2360.  Unfortunately, I'm not a scanning machine, so these will pop up as life permits.

I noticed others are using MediaFire, and the sharing interface looks nice, and it "says" unlimited storage, so we'll see how long these last.  I'm also zipping up all of the individual scans into a single zip file per game.  To see the zip, just click the "File Manager" button in the upper right (as the zip files don't show up in the Images view).

Concerning Shining Force III, my manual has water damage, so that's going to be a massive scan failure.  If anyone would like to donate a replacement Shining Force III manual, I'll gladly accept it and subsequently scan it

I also kicked off my Sega Dreamcast scan project, and to keep with the theme of the starting day's events, I began with all "horror" themed games (survival horror, zombies, vampires, and all that good stuff

If you scroll down even further, you'll notice a few Sega CD scans as well that I prioritized

Without further ado, here's the list.  I'll be linking each game's title as I complete the scans.

http://www.ratigators.com/

That page will be updated concerning what I'm still missing in regards to complete sets.

[selachianx]

wow! excellent work my friend. I hope that you scan everything in your list.

I will be downloading everything that you upload so I can help you with storage if you want. I collect digital art of video games. This will be a great acquisition for my collection. I wish there to be someone like you for every system. You're awesome! alot of people have raw scans but do not share. it sux. many raw scans  are no longer available for other artists to clean. But your contributions are much appreciated! as previously stated, I will help you keep them online as I will download everything that you offer. let me know. I hate to offer opionions because some people get upset, but perhaps one large zip file will be better? mediafire is popup hell when downloading one-at-a-time. either way, I will help.

a Googol Thanks!

[TSOLfan]

I'll add a new post each time I update this thread with the list of games that have been newly added.  Today's adds are the following:

A.M.O.K.
WWF Wrestlemenia: The Arcade Game

I hate to offer opionions because some people get upset, but perhaps one large zip file will be better? mediafire is popup hell when downloading one-at-a-time.

I don't get upset, though, I will defend my opinion until it no longer makes sense to do so

I noticed a link in MediaFire to download an entire gallery.  I haven't tried it, but I would think that would do exactly what you are wanting.

Speaking of MediaFire, am I the only one that sees "servers offline" or "file not available" on some of the JPG previews?  The files seem to be downloading just fine (as there are download counts), so perhaps it's not worth worrying about.  I'm not loyal to MediaFire or anything, I'm just using it because I noticed others here have used it, and it "says" unlimited storage, and thus far, these scans seem to be coming in around 20-40MB per game, so taking an average of 30MB across 247 games, it will be adding up to about 7.5GB at this rate.

[Arseen]

I noticed a link in MediaFire to download an entire gallery.  I haven't tried it, but I would think that would do exactly what you are wanting.

Click it it says that you need the payed version of Mediafire.

Speaking of MediaFire, am I the only one that sees "servers offline" or "file not available" on some of the JPG previews?  The files seem to be downloading just fine (as there are download counts), so perhaps it's not worth worrying about.  I'm not loyal to MediaFire or anything, I'm just using it because I noticed others here have used it, and it "says" unlimited storage, and thus far, these scans seem to be coming in around 20-40MB per game, so taking an average of 30MB across 247 games, it will be adding up to about 7.5GB at this rate.

No, you're not aloner.
It has been doing that for quite awhile now.

But it seems it mainly affects previews (occasionally whole file gets corrupted, but that has happened only twice to me) So not a biggie. And usually re-uploading helps.

[BadChad]

Mind if I request Panzer Dragoon 1 & 2 next?

[TSOLfan]

The next two are up:

Albert Odyssey: The Legend of Eldean
WWF In Your House

For some reason, Albert Odyssey is suffering from the dreaded MediaFire "server offline/file not found" on the first scan, which is the cover.  It downloads fine, though.  I took Arseen's advice and deleted it, and re-uploaded it, and still broken preview.  So, I deleted it, renamed my local file, uploaded it, and still no preview.  Though, I noticed some images that had broken previews previously have magically fixed themselves.  Oh well.

Also, I went back and corrected the scans of the last pages to "unfold" the warranty registration card for the games that had one as to not block the last page of text, so if you already downloaded any of those last pages that had one, you might want to re-download.

I noticed a link in MediaFire to download an entire gallery.  I haven't tried it, but I would think that would do exactly what you are wanting.

Click it it says that you need the payed version of Mediafire.

Yea, as I said, I didn't actually try it   If that becomes a huge pain for people, I'll look into adding a zip file of all of the images for an individual game if someone else hasn't already done so.

Mind if I request Panzer Dragoon 1 & 2 next?

What?  And ruin my pattern?   Not that I really care, but I'd rather not get into the whole request thing, else I'm pulling games from all over the place trying to fill that "one" request that is the only one someone else needs, and I find it easier just to go alphabetical and reverse alphabetical order.  I figure the overall goal of a complete collection scan is more important and if people have gone this long without a manual scan, they can wait a couple of weeks/months for theirs to be up   But, I'm a reasonable person, and yeah, I understand that the Panzer Dragoon games are probably the only ones that most people even care about, so I'll see if I can make an exception this "one" time

In other news, I did find my original large box that the Netlink Sega Rally and Virtual On were sold in, so I'll be able to scan their dedicated Netlink Supplement manuals (as opposed to the single piece of paper with artwork on one side that was in the jewel cases the games were actually in).

Though, Shining Force III is still water damaged (most pages are stuck together), so that will still be missing, unless someone on eBay decides to offer up just the manual for sale because I'm not a huge fan of paying eBay prices for another copy of a game I've long since completed just for a new manual.  Same goes for the legendary back insert for Saturn Bomberman I'm also missing.  If anyone wants to donate either of those, I can offer up a mailing address and be forever thankful

[TSOLfan]

I've gone ahead and put all of the images for each game into their own separate zip file and put each one each shared folder.

To see the zip, just click the "File Manager" button in the upper right (as the zip files don't show up in the Images view).  I've also updated the original post to mention this.

[selachianx]

I do not mind zipping the files then uploading. I'm saving the manuals anyway so why not. I didn't want to double your work so I thought that I would add a zip for people like me that want bulk options. Individual images has its benfits but I need all of the scans so I then prefer to dl a zip file of the scans. Thank you for offering zip files and Thank You for sharing your manuals. If ever you need help then let me know. Otherwise, Have a pleasant day/night.

[TSOLfan]

Mind if I request Panzer Dragoon 1 & 2 next?

Two more manuals posted, consider this the "BadChad" edition

Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon II Zwei

And now I'll return to my previous schedule of alphabetical and reverse alphabetical order.

As mentioned earlier, if you click the "File Manager" button in the upper right, you can download a single zip file.

[TSOLfan]

The next two in line are now up:

Alien Trilogy
Worms

[TSOLfan]

Yet another update (with additional notes):

All-Star Baseball
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Worldwide Soccer '98

I went ahead and finished off the Panzer Dragoon's.  Though, a note on the scans for Saga.  It was one of the last Sega Saturn releases, where they switched from heavy card stock for the manuals to a really thin and flimsy paper.  My manual had an odd placement of the top staple, and combining those two factors (thin paper, bad staple job), once you get past the middle of the manual, you'll notice an odd fold to the pages.  This is the best I could do, short of removing staples and/or ripping pages/creating creases in pages.  Since this is the "Raw Scans" forum, perhaps someone pulling these down for personal use can straighten them out.  I never really noticed it when reading the manual, but, this is the first time I ever tried to fold it flat on each page.

[TSOLfan]

Two more have been posted:

Alone in the Dark: One-Eyed Jack's Revenge
Worldwide Soccer '97

[IvoSlash]

Two more have been posted:

Alone in the Dark: One-Eyed Jack's Revenge
Worldwide Soccer '97

Oh no! I will wait forever for the Guardian Heroes Cover.
Keep up the good work lad, very good! :thumbsup:

[TSOLfan]

Today is one of the more exciting updates (not really):

Andretti Racing
Worldwide Soccer: Sega International Victory Goal Edition

[TSOLfan]

Already to the third separate series of baseball games:

Arcade's Greatest Hits: Atari
World Series Baseball '98

There were actually 9 baseball games for Sega Saturn in the US (assuming I'm counting them correctly), more than any other sport.