I’ve been scanning a lot of manuals (aka instruction books/booklets) recently. I noticed that my favourite manuals site, Replacementdocs, was missing some that I could contribute. Unfortunately their approvals process is slow and anything that isn’t specifically requested could take months to be published on the site, if ever. I wanted to put the manuals I’d scanned out there because I don’t want others to have the experience of getting a second hand game without a manual and having no recourse. They’re also useful for research on a game series you like or simply digital collecting.

So I’m uploading and linking all the manuals I scanned here (some of them are published on Replacementdocs, but many aren’t yet). It’s a weird selection but this is what I have on my shelf, people. Of course, I have a lot of others but for the most part their manuals are already online. Please note that a few of these included a second language, such as French or Spanish, but I omitted them from the scan; sorry non-English speakers. Here we go then; game, platform, region:

Replacementdocs hosted:

Yoshi Touch & Go (DS, AU)

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Wii, AU)

Scribblenauts (DS, AU)

Chrono Trigger (DS, NA)

Mediafire hosted (just click this bit for the folder list):

PC Games:

Avatar: The Legend of Aang (AU)

Tonic Trouble (NA)

Wii games:

A Boy and His Blob (UK)

Academy of Champions Football (UK)

Avatar: Into the Inferno (AU)

Avatar: The Legend of Aang (AU)

Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise (AU)

Castlevania Judgment (UK)

Goldeneye 007 (AU)

Lego Harry Potter Year 1-4 (AU)

Lego Harry Potter Year 5-7 (AU)

Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (AU)

Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest (AU)

Pikmin 2 New Play Control! (AU)

Sin & Punishment: Successor of the Skies (UK)

The Last Airbender (AU)

DS Games:

Avatar: Into the Inferno (AU)

Avatar: The Legend of Aang (AU)

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (UK)

Chibi-Robo! Park Patrol (NA)

Lunar Knights (EU)

Megaman Zero Collection (NA)

N+ (NA)

Okamiden (NA)

Professor Layton and the Last Specter (AU)

Scribblenauts (AU)

The Last Airbender (UK)

PS3 Games:

Band Hero (AU)

Katamari Forever (NA)

Lego The Lord of the Rings (UK)

Rayman Origins (AU)

Rock Band 1 (AU)

Rock Band 2 (NA)

Rock Band 3 (AU)

The Beatles Rock Band (AU)

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (AU)

This took ages, so somebody better download and enjoy these things!

Now, I’ll also recommend a few sites that I use whenever I’m looking for a manual. Obviously, Replacementdocs is the first place to look. Nintendo of America quite usefully hosts manuals for some Wii U/3DS/Wii/DS games, and even a few GCN/GBA ones. Freegamemanuals used to be a quite comprehensive if slightly dodgy resource, but has unfortunately shut down; maybe it’ll be back one day? The “Games Database” is, well a database of games, with some manual scans included; just do a search and see if they have it. NintendoAge is similar, and sometimes has pictures of the manual. Vimm’s Lair and the DP Library are slightly more specialised/limited, but worth a try especially for older systems. For even more specificity in systems covered, Handheld Museum is good for self-contained LCD-type games and Planet Virtual Boy is just fantastic, if only for, well, the Virtual Boy. You can also try the Video Game Museum or the Video Game Archeologist or failing all of that, just Google it. Special mention to the Ni no Kuni manual, which I started scanning until I noticed the manual itself told me that there was a high-res colour version online; cheers, Namco!