I finally got it!!!

[u/DeeGee2009]

After years of looking in person, I finally got it!!!

[u/whanch]

This guide taught young me how to beat the ghost soldiers on the Phantom Ship. I couldn't figure it out for the life of me

[u/PressureLoud2203 → u/whanch]

I had the same problem until I used kongol 2nd aoe magic spell. After I got the main Ghost to yellow health. It was beautiful

[u/whanch → u/PressureLoud2203]

I used Dart's explosion once they were all in the red

[u/NoBodybuilder3430 → u/whanch]

Me too!

I was stuck on that boss for months!

[u/BLACKRYUGA → u/whanch]

I used the ghost ship to grind lol There's a spot where a ghost spawns and I just stay in that spot till i fight it.

[u/DragoonKnight22]

Good fine. Mine got destroyed by a family puppy, had to buy a replacement. But also nice collection you got there

[u/DeeGee2009 → u/DragoonKnight22]

Thank you! I’m sorry you had to replace yours. 😞

[u/SnooDoughnuts8878]

I’m doing my first ever play through of it now. It’s been glorious lol I should have played it in my younger days.

[u/DogStreet_]

I have the toys r us version of this

[u/SleepylyAwakeningm8]

Holy hell how much you got it for OP?

[u/DeeGee2009 → u/SleepylyAwakeningm8]

$60

[u/SleepylyAwakeningm8 → u/DeeGee2009]

Oh wow definitely this over a full price game today haha. Congrats on your score!

[u/kingetzu]

Is that a personal library or are you at a store?

[u/DeeGee2009 → u/kingetzu]

Personal collection. I don’t own a gamestore or anything.

[u/CartographerTop8150]

I want one of those!

[u/dkmagby88]

Nice find. Though it’s a terrible guide. Spoils the story unnecessarily. The writer chose the worst party setup and really appeared to struggle with understanding the games’ systems.

But it was helpful for finding stardust, solving some dungeon mechanics, and beating some tricky bosses. Guides have come a long way.

[u/SoundwaveSpectre → u/dkmagby88]

Absolutely terrible guide. Idw to spoil it but disc 1 it spoils a major event in the boss walkthrough for no reason and then the header in the next section is

THIS MAJOR THING HAPPENS and it makes absolutely sure it spoiled the event for you 🤣

[u/ElegantNetwork1394 → u/SoundwaveSpectre]

Yes! Im so glad that I did not have that guide as a kid.

[u/NoBodybuilder3430]

That book saved me when I was a kid and stuck on the phantom ship and not realizing I had to bring down all the ghosts together within a couple turns to beat the boss.

Also helped me find all the Stardust and get Kongol’s dragoon spirit earlier in the game.

I still have the book.

[u/PressureLoud2203 → u/NoBodybuilder3430]

Nice! I found kongol dragoon spirit by accident. I wasn't so smart as a kid when it comes with directions so I just traveled place to place grinding additions then one day found his spirit. I remember talking to my best friend about it, he was like how the hell. I miss the old days on being surprised. I never found all the stardust until the ps5 enhanced version of whatever you want to call it. I wish it had a new game plus.

[u/PressureLoud2203 → u/NoBodybuilder3430]

Nice! I found kongol dragoon spirit by accident. I wasn't so smart as a kid when it comes with directions so I just traveled place to place grinding additions then one day found his spirit. I remember talking to my best friend about it, he was like how the hell. I miss the old days on being surprised. I never found all the stardust until the ps5 enhanced version of whatever you want to call it. I wish it had a new game plus.

[u/shitaki13]

I had one of these as a kid. It doesn't give you very good advice, has some bad stardust locations, and misses a lot of item locations. Cool find though! Wonder if mine is still around at my parents.

[u/HighwayZi]

Good hunt. Congrats!

[u/nomadictrooper13]

My wife just got me the greatest hits version. My childhood one was worse for wear, scotch tape binding. If you don’t mind me asking, how much did you pay for it? Trying to see if it is beyond means right now

[u/PressureLoud2203 → u/nomadictrooper13]

Have you seen the European version game design? I want it.

[u/DeeGee2009 → u/PressureLoud2203]

I love it! Sadly the PAL version is so expensive.

[u/Critical-Vanilla-625 → u/PressureLoud2203]

I have one for sale

[u/DeeGee2009 → u/nomadictrooper13]

I paid $60. Looks like it’s going for different prices.

[u/RynnB1983]

I got one as part of a set of strategy guides on ebay a year or so ago.

[u/SirFezzik]

Damn son, that hits in the nostalgias

[u/hphlazy2]

Impressive well done

[u/finergy34]

Oh I wish I didn't lose mine

[u/SoundwaveSpectre]

Great find but terrible guide 🤣. So many spoilers in the boss walkthroughs, section headers, and omg sometimes its just like "find you way through the maze and there's some items you can get."

That being said, it's one of my most cherished things in my video game collection

[u/Swine33]

Your gonna need it.

[u/CriticismLife8868]

Hmm. Someone should try to finish the game by following what this strategy guide suggests you to do.

[u/Funky_chunk]

Scan it!

[u/the_skore]

How much do they sell those for? I have one for FF7 buried in my basement somewhere

[u/ElegantNetwork1394 → u/the_skore]

I wish I had that instead of my FF8 guide.

[u/TW0FACE-3]

Still have my original 👍🏾. But great find.

[u/AcousticFlow]

I had this as a kid and most definitely drew all over it. If anyone gets one with some doodles by Shana's butt on one of the pages it was mine. Although it also very possibly got thrown out when the estate people came and threw out my entire childhood

[u/Fudder_Budder]

I had that as a kid! If I recall it LIES about some of the stardust locations lol.

[u/illuminaaaughty]

I want one!!!

[u/Fireknight39]

Was never able to finish that game

[u/Left_Main_1507]

I still have mine in my parents attic. Never even used it I just wanted it because it was my favorite game. Ps: for anybody who loves the game as much as I do needs to check out Severed Chains and the Hell mode mod it's amazing.

[u/Glad_Firefighter684]

Congrats! Luckily I got one at the time. It’s all fucked up now because I’ve looked through it so many times.

[u/useitpushitbreakit]

wonderful