Categories: News

Hand-Drawn Game Guides makes its second attempt with a licensed Mega Man guide

A few years ago, artist and author Philip Summers set up a crowdfunding effort to publish hand drawn strategy guides for video games he cherished as a youth, evoking similar works which appeared in publications such as Nintendo Power, Megafan. Despite successfully funding the project, the fact that he lacked the licenses to publish the guides as physical books led to his decision to err on the side of safety (and not having to pay lawyers fees) and canceled the crowdfunding project at the last minute.

Time has passed, but Phillip didn’t give up hope. Working in the background he teamed up with NF Publishing (the creators of Nintendo Force Magazine and The Impact of Iwata) and together they obtained the right from Capcom to produce a Hand-Drawn Game Guide for the 1987 platformer classic Mega Man!

A new crowdfunding campaign has been set up, set to launch on January 14th will allow fans of bespoke retro strategy guides to pre-order a copy of this hand drawn tome. It will be intriguing to see if there will be any stretch goals or will the campaign focus purely on selling the guide. Those who want to make sure they are informed when the project goes live can visit the preview page and sign up for an alert here.

Here’s hoping this campaign is a success as it would be great to see Phillip tackle other memorable games and give them a strategy guide treatment.

Stan Yeung

Recent Posts

Tune into the Xbox Games Showcase and The Outer Worlds 2 Direct on June 8th

Set aside some time this Sunday for the big Xbox summer gaming livestream event.

3 hours ago

EA Sports Madden NFL 26 is “Built from Sundays” using real NFL data and AI

QB DNA and Coach DNA highlight the latest and greatest upcoming Madden NFL release.

3 hours ago

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown review for PC

How do the Turtles fare in their first-ever tactical game? A lot better than you…

4 hours ago

Forget the peanuts and Cracker Jacks…someone help me buy the NIKKE merchandise at the June 10th Dodgers vs Padres game

Is it me or is the LA Dodgers the most weeb friendly baseball team?

23 hours ago

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo review for PC, Switch, PS4

Pippit might not fly, but he soars in his first outing as a protagonist.

24 hours ago

See CD PROJEKT RED and Epic Games show off The Witcher 4 in Unreal Engine 5 on a PS5

Get a look at the next The Witcher game running on a PS5 with the…

1 day ago