Wasteland Survival Guide (original hint book)

[twilobyte]

Does anyone remember a hintbook for Wasteland titled "The Wasteland Survival Guide"? That's right, there was a real strategy guide by that name. It was written in story-format and was probably one of the coolest things I had read up to that point as a kid. I lost my copy but have been looking for one over the years to no avail. Would love to get ahold of another one. I actually saw one a while back on ebay but it was gone before I could act on it.

I miss that hintbook!

[CaptainPatch]

I am still in possession of my original copy of Wasteland. Yeah, the WSG is a hoot. I am sure that somewhere on the Internet there will be the entire text available for download. Unfortunately, the F3 sidequest for the WSG fully preoccupies pretty much every Search engine out there. I gave up on the hide-and-go-seek after about 5 minutes. Sorry. "I feel your pain."

[Celtic927]

Wait What....What is an F3 side quest?

[CaptainPatch]

Wait What....What is an F3 side quest?

In Fallout 3, Moira in Megaton tasks you to research chapters in a WSG that she is writing. This, naturally, is referred to as the "Wasteland Survival Guide quest".

[wren]

http://www.scribd.com/doc/54156188/Wast ... ebook-Nosg

I have an original copy in a box somewhere...

[CaptainPatch]

Attaboy, wren! (Or is it "attagirl"?)

[wren]

It's boy.

Funny thing is, I'm pretty sure I had played all the way through when i found that at a Babbage's, and the first thing I looked up was the password for the Black Market in Darwin Village...BUT IT WAS WRONG IN THE BOOK!!

Actually, I learned here that it was correctly CRETIN for c64, but it was CRETIAN on the PC version (which I had)

[Drool]

Oh, that's wonderful! Thanks for the link. I've wanted to re-read this thing for years (lost my copy in a move at some point).

[kipper]

A big "thanks for the link" from me too ! My brother had both Wasteland and the Cluebook, although I think I ended up playing the game a lot more than he did, and I have fond memories of that book.

[twilobyte]

Much thanks Wren!

[cbu]

awesome thanks. was searching for this.
would be sweet if it is slightly higher res.
does WL2 get something like this?

[The Tallest]

awesome thanks. was searching for this.
would be sweet if it is slightly higher res.
does WL2 get something like this?

God, I hope W2 gets a big ass manual and a guide like this. Thank you for the link as well.

[The Tallest]

Here's a better link for the clue book.

http://mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=wasteland

Hi-Res even.

[Independent George]

I loved it! The only thing that bugged me (and still bugs me) is the end sequence, when they destroy Cochise because the team leader turns out to be an android that was already given the mission specs and instructions on how to do it. That's cheating; it should have been based on something learned in-game. It bugged me then, and I actually hate it now looking back.

[CoarseDragon]

I have the original and the one from the Interplay anthology.

[john irwin finster]

I loved the survival guide, reading things in a book really made you use your imagination. I remember reading it after I finished the game, the whole alternate storyline where you go fight Martians with Finster... hilarious.

[The Tallest]

I have the one from the Interplay Anthology and I also have the one Survival Guide in a PDF, I want to print it out but 60+ pages takes up a lot of ink; and they are in color too.

[Tesla]

I SO loved the Wasteland Survival Guide!! In addition to playing the game yourself, you got an awesome story where you could follow the progress of some really cool characters. It gave the whole thing so much depth for me. And since I was a kid it helped me get by a few obstacles I had been stuck on for weeks...

Incidentally I loved the hint book for Bard's Tale as well.

[megansdad25]

I just came across a copy of the Wasteland Survival Guide (original 1988 cluebook) and have listed it on Ebay

[The Tallest]

I just came across a copy of the Wasteland Survival Guide (original 1988 cluebook) and have listed it on Ebay

You know, if you had a "Buy it Now" option I would've bought it. I don't bid on things.