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Do you remember the time when you needed to know how to use a Ninja Art, and you looked at the manual for Ninja Gaiden on TSR's website? Or perhaps you needed to know how to advance a runner in Bases Loaded 2. Whatever the reason, you've probably looked at a manual online at some point in time or another. Now, it's time that you give back to the community.
Somebody has to type those manuals. It's a job that no one person can do by themselves. So you should chip in.
A manual takes about 90 minutes to two hours to type up, and, although it is a task, it's not as boring as it seems. You can learn some cool things about the game, laugh at the numerous typos, and try to decipher the mumbo jumbo in the warranty. Overall, it's a rewarding experience.
After you have typed a manual, e-mail it to a few people who have lots of manuals on their site (tha NES Smackdown and TSR's NES Archive have their fair share). You'll feel as though you've done your good deed for the day.
Right now, there are about 388 manuals on the Internet. Don't bother typing one of these up. Before typing up your manual, look on one of the two sites above to see if the manual is on the Internet already.
Have you ever looked for a manual on the Internet, only to find that it isn't up? It's really annoying, isn't it? If we can type up all the manuals for every single game, this will no longer be a problem.
With every manual you type, you are helping people to get further in a game. You are also encouraging people to try their hand at manual typing. If they see a game name with the word "new" next to it, they will realize that people are working on typing up manuals. This might get them to go find their NES manuals and write them up.
I've typed up just one manual so far, but I plan to type up many more. I'm going to win an auction for a lot of manuals on eBay, and then I can really chip in to the NES manual project.
Please, do your share.
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