Sega CD, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast Instruction Manual Scans

I started a Sega Saturn instruction manual scan project over at The Cover Project:

http://www.thecoverproject.net/forum...p?topic=6791.0

Today, I started up my Sega Dreamcast project, and with it being Halloween, I queued up all of the "horror" related games:

http://www.ratigators.com/

From here on out, I'll be pulling one from each end of the alphabet (similar to what I did/still doing for Sega Saturn).

I also got a jump start on my Sega CD project, clearing out the "horror" themed games there as well.

I scanned in the Saturn system instruction manual a year or so ago. You can find it at www.segasaturn.co.uk

I assume you guys know about this: http://www.replacementdocs.com/news.php

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Originally Posted by TheSonicRetard

I assume you guys know about this: http://www.replacementdocs.com/news.php

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I did indeed. Though, they only have 50+ Saturn manuals across all regions (USA, JAP, EUR, etc). Dreamcast, they have a few more, but still far from complete. Sega CD is a bit closer. That, and they watermark the images.

So, with access to complete/near complete collections for all three (only missing Daytona USA Netlink for Saturn and ESPN NBA Hangtime for Sega CD), I thought I'd take a crack at scanning in all of the NTSC-USA manuals for all three systems, no watermarks, out there for anyone to pull down and do anything with.

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Originally Posted by TSOLfan

I did indeed. Though, they only have 50+ Saturn manuals across all regions (USA, JAP, EUR, etc). Dreamcast, they have a few more, but still far from complete. Sega CD is a bit closer. That, and they watermark the images.

So, with access to complete/near complete collections for all three (only missing Daytona USA Netlink for Saturn and ESPN NBA Hangtime for Sega CD), I thought I'd take a crack at scanning in all of the NTSC-USA manuals for all three systems, no watermarks, out there for anyone to pull down and do anything with.

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Their sega section is a bit lacking, I agree. Could I recommend that you also mirror your scans onto that site, too? It'd be nice to have replacement docs fleshed out similar to how coverproject has become all encompassing.

At this point, I'm going to stick with MediaFire, because I like their image gallery view. That, and they offer unlimited storage. Thus far, I've uploaded 5000+ scans (MediaFire tells me 11.5+ GB), so I don't think I'm up for re-uploading these elsewhere. Though, for each of the games I scan, I also upload a zip with all of the image in a single download. Just click the "File Manager" button in the upper right to see them. I do that so anyone can quickly grab what they want and then do whatever.

If someone wants to flip all these over to Replacement Docs, they are more than welcome to do so. Though, it might be easier for Replacement Docs to just put a link to Ratigators, unless people really just hate MediaFire or are itching for some watermarks on their manuals :)

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Originally Posted by TSOLfan

If someone wants to flip all these over to Replacement Docs, they are more than welcome to do so.

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With your blessing I might actually do this. I like your site, I'm just a proponent of these one-stop sorts of sites. I can't tell you how many times CoverProject has saved my butt lol.

Consider it "blessed":

http://www.replacementdocs.com/e107_...opic.php?12217

I started a thread over there to let everyone have at it, concerning re-uploading things there. Though, from checking the forum, it doesn't seem like uploads are getting processed as much these days:

http://www.replacementdocs.com/e107_...opic.php?11523

3248 scans and 4GB+ later (8GB+ if you count the zip files), my Sega Saturn Instruction Manual Scan project is complete. I'm still scanning Sega Dreamcast, and Sega CD I'll start scanning in next year.

all the SEGA CD (U) manuals have already been scanned and are available... everywhere ~ except for StarBlade ;)

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Originally Posted by ThugsRook

all the SEGA CD (U) manuals have already been scanned and are available... everywhere ~ except for StarBlade ;)

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If that's the case, fantastic. I did some searching before starting Sega Saturn, and couldn't really find any great resources, same for Sega Dreamcast. Over at The Cover Project, some individuals mentioned already having quite a few Sega CD scans, which is why I planned on saving those for last.

I had checked ReplacementDocs for Sega CD, and they only had 89 manuals, and also found a site called Vimm's Lair that had 91, but couldn't ever find a resource that had them all, hence why I added Sega CD to my scan queue. If there's a link out there that you have, I'd be curious to check them out.

At the end of the day, I'll probably scan mine anyways just so my own collection of manuals is consistent in their formatting (I'm throwing them all on a tablet for easy access), but I'll be sure to start with Starblade :)

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Originally Posted by ThugsRook

all the SEGA CD (U) manuals have already been scanned and are available... everywhere ~ except for StarBlade ;)

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When searching just now, I actually found your post here:

http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthr...l=1#post294448

Games Database seemed to have a few more (search shows 102 Sega CD manuals available) and EmuParadise had all of the ones I spot checked except for Starblade :) I didn't take the time to click each game individually (I clicked about 10 random games), so they may very well have everyone except that one.

Segafans.com for SEGA CD manuals...
http://www.segafans.com/the-vault/ma...ga-cd-manuals/

:)

Consider today's update the "ThugsRook" edition. Along with my two Dreamcast scans uploaded and linked this morning, I also scanned in Starblade for Sega CD and uploaded and linked it as well.

the only problem with replacement docs, tey have there name on top of the scan, so you can't print them out