Art/Guide books - the list.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:45 pm

which games (shmups only ofcourse) got art/guide/comic books like the one above?

1942 Official Guide (FC)
1943 Capcom collection 1 game & book (official guide)
Batsugun Skullhornets (comic doujin)
Battle Garegga (INH)
Battle Garegga handbook (unnoficial guide)
Capcom Generation Series Official Guide [1942/43 series] (Saturn / PSX)
Cave "keibu" Guwange/Progear/Espgaluda (doujin comic)
Darius 2 (official guide)
Deathsmiles Artworks (official)
Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou Comic (doujin)
Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou Black Label (booklet bundle with DVD)
Einhander (official guide)
Espgaluda (artbook - doujin)
Espgaluda Hane wings (doujin comic)
Espgaluda Chou butterfly (doujin comic)
ESPgaluda 2 (Cave official)
ESPrade (artbook - doujin)
ESPrade Te Hand (doujin comic)
ESPrade "X16" (doujin comic)
Galaga Official Guide (FC)
Gamest Graphics Vol1 (various artworks)
G-Darius Perfect system (guide official)
Gradius FC (official guide)
Gradius Gaiden (official guide)
Gradius II Gofer no Yabou (X68000 art book official)
Gradius portable (Konami multi media)
Gradius V history of vic viper (promo art official)
Guardic Gaiden Official Guide (FC)
Gunbird (comicbook doujin?)
Gunhed Official Guide (PCE)
Guwange, 2 book set and VHS (HDK unnofficial guide)
Guwange (doujin comic)
Ibara (INH)
Ibara (guide bundle with PS2 release)
Ibara comicbook (Cave official)
Ibara & Mushihimesma "ningen" & "shakkuru" (2 different yet similar artbooks - doujin)
Ikaruga (official guide)
Ikaruga cantHUE 4x (comic doujin)
Keio Yuugekitai (artbook)
Keio Yuugekitai (guide)
Ketsui (INH)
Ketsui players guide (unnoficial)
Mushihimesama (INH)
Mushihimesama Futari (official Cave Guide/art book)
Namco Museum Vol.4 Official Guide [Ordyne]
Namco Museum Vol.4 Perfect Guide [Ordyne]
Philosoma (art book)
Progear (doujin comic)
Progear Houseki (doujin comic)
Psikyo Illustrations Psi (Gamest Mook Vol 113) (artbook official?)
Psikyio Collection Works vol2 (artbook official?)
Psikyo Visual Works (official)
Psyvariar Guide (HDKs unofficial guide)
Radiant silvergun (sega saturn magazine guide)
Radiant silvergun (official guide)
Radiant silvergun bee praying (guide/art doujin)
Radiant Silvergun no refuge (guide/art doujin)
Radiant Silvergun Hans works (art doujin)
Radirgy (INH)
Raiden 1,2,DX (INH)
Raiden III Official Data Collection
Raiden fighters 1,2,JET (INH)
Raycrisis (official guide)
Ray Series Doujin comics (Infinity, RS, Parallel Op, Raydream, Intolerance, Wry-Ray, Result, Origin of R3, Lay Ray, Reign Ruin Ray)
Raystorm (official guide)
R-Type 1 + 2 Official Guides (PCE)
R-type Delta (official guide)
R-type final (official guide)
Salamander Deluxe Pack (psx official guide)
Senko no Ronde Artbook
Senko no Ronde SP & Rev.X Data Setting Collection Artbook
Silpheed Guide (Mega CD)
Sonic Wings 3 (official guide)
Super Aleste official comic
Thunder Forve IV attack special (guide? vol 1 & 2)
Thunder Force IV strategy supplement (jp MegaFan magazine [?])
Trigger heart excelica (officual guide)
Twinkle star sprites (artbook SAT)
XII stag/ Trizeal (INH)
Zanac official guide (FC)
Zanac X Zanac (official guide)

i know there are plenty more so spit em out and ill add them to the list

superplay list here -> http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... 170#296170

Fu · Post by Fu » Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:06 pm

I only know there is a non official VHS by NAL (or NAI?) playing DoDonPachi. It was with a Gamest magazine.

Edit : here is it : http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1113/700 ... c1.jpg?v=0

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:09 pm

XII stag/ Trizeal (INH)
- even book?!

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:12 pm

Fu wrote:I only know there is a non official VHS by NAL (or NAI?) playing DoDonPachi. It was with a Gamest magazine.

there are several gamest DDP VHSes, there was never a book released with neither tho.
afaik no-one has made any DDP books, official nor unnofficial?

yes there was an artbook with the Trizeal DVD.

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:54 pm

Radigy (INH)

(If someone can scan the artbook...

)

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:00 pm

I have posters, but no art guide books.

I think the poster for Last Resort (SNK) was my favorite art...a friend that was an arcade owner gave me several copies of posters related to Last Resort and Metal Slug (for the cabs). They are fantastic.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:55 pm

sfried wrote:Radigy (INH)

(If someone can scan the artbook... )

added, does anyone know if the raiden 3 dvd has one aswell?

LSU · Post by **LSU** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:20 am

Here are a few more Japanese guide books that I have:

RayCrisis
Gradius (Famicom)
Gradius Portable (Konami Multi Media)
Radiant Silvergun (Officlal Sega Saturn Magazine guide)

I know there are actually a few different RS books ('Be Praying', etc), but I only have the official Sega Saturn Magazine guide. I think some of the others may possibly be doujins (???) but I'm sure someone here will confirm...

I've also seen a Shikigami No Shiro II art book that has a DVD inside the cover.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:49 am

ESPGaluda (artbook--doujin)
Ibara/Mushi (artbook--doujin) Ningen & Shakkuru...very similar books.

Even though the above are Doujin, the art is original/official sketches.

There's an ESPRade one I've seen on YJ once. Similar deal. Doujin, but it's Junya Inoue's sketches. Even zak got outbid on it.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:26 am

all the stuff added, keep it coming

does anyone know which version the "salamander" book treats? im guessing its in conjunction with the SAT release and thus its the AC versions of 1 and 2 ??

D · Post by D » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:09 am

Book and game.
Listed here: http://books.capcom.co.jp/newrelease_games.html

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:27 pm

Psikyo Collected Works Volume 1 features art from Gunbird, Strikers 1945, Strikers 1945 Part II, Sengoku Ace, Sengoku Blade and Zero Gunner.

*edit*
The title of the book is actually: Psikyo Illustrations Psi (Gamest Mook Vol 113).

Post by **undamned** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:11 pm

Skull Hornets - my most sought after game art book. It's a Batsugun comic that Junya Inoue (the Joker himself) put out in a series of game magazines and later released as a compiled work. If anybody has this, let me know!
-ud

Nimrodil · Post by **Nimrodil** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:07 pm

Radiant Silvergun-guids/art books I know about:

The Sega Saturn Magazine guide (mentioned above)
http://www.nimrodil.mysite.com/games/rs ... bilaga.jpg

The official guide
http://www.nimrodil.mysite.com/games/rs ... 0kopia.jpg

Be Praying
http://www.nimrodil.mysite.com/games/rs ... raying.jpg

No Refuge
http://www.nimrodil.mysite.com/games/rs/no_refuge.jpg

Art book
http://www.nimrodil.mysite.com/games/rs/rs_artbook.jpg

Waiting for this (don´t really know what it is yet:-):
http://www.cowabunga.nu/_resources/user ... c03102.jpg

Ikaruga guide (preorder gift to the GC-version):
http://www.nimrodil.mysite.com/games/ik ... _guide.jpg

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:09 pm

sounds cool UD, got any pics of it?

ed; awesome list there stefan, please let us know what that new RSG book is and ill add it to the list

would you mind listing all your Ikaruga boks aswell?

updated the list.

Nimrodil · Post by **Nimrodil** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:35 pm

sven666 wrote:
ed; awesome list there stefan, please let us know what that new RSG book is and ill add it to the list
would you mind listing all your Ikaruga boks aswell?

The cantHUE-doujins? (have no others, except from the guide above

):

Skyscraper
Castle in the air
heterodox muse
Memory of the Thirst
(+ 12 post cards)
Edit:

Maybe the nice little "History of Vic Viper" could be mentioned as well (preorder gift to Gradius V, I think...):
http://www.nimrodil.mysite.com/games/gr ... cviper.jpg

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:44 pm

added em all, thanx a bunch

Post by **Icarus** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:50 pm

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:55 pm

There needs to be a website with scans of these guides.

mezzanine · Post by **mezzanine** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:01 pm

Nimrodil wrote:
Castle in the air

More of an artbook than a comic, right? Judging from the pictures I've seen anyway - as I haven't been able to find a copy :lol:

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:01 pm

ZeetherKID77 wrote:There needs to be a website with scans of these guides.

i dont think so, do you realise how thick some are? the darius 2 one is nearly 100 pages!
scanning and hosting just the list as it stands right now would be a monumental task.

icarus, is that the infamous esprade artbook?

Nimrodil · Post by **Nimrodil** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:15 pm

mezzanine wrote:
Nimrodil wrote:
Castle in the air

More of an artbook than a comic, right? Judging from the pictures I've seen anyway - as I haven't been able to find a copy

Yea, that´s correct. But many of the motives coming from the other comics/art novels so it´s little hard/diffuse to decide what to call it

. But more artbook than comic. Beautiful and my favourite (and as I promise you once, I will tell you if I see it on YJ again - sooner or later I guess it will show up

. Here are a scan and two pics:

http://www.nimrodil.mysite.com/blandade ... theair.jpg
http://pici.se/pictures/h35ROD.jpg
http://pici.se/pictures/OtwbVS.jpg

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:16 pm

ZeetherKID77 wrote:There needs to be a website with scans of these guides.

there is
I've posted everyone I've gotten my mits on.

Skulled Hornets: If anybody has this, let me know!

To this I can only say LOL. Maybe they'll send you a piece of the original cross as well!

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:55 am

Mind if somebody scaned the pics of Aida Tadayo from the Radigy artbook as well?

oxtsu · Post by **oxtsu** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:48 am

Nimrodil wrote:Radiant Silvergun-guids/art books I know about:

Waiting for this (don´t really know what it is yet:-):
http://www.cowabunga.nu/_resources/user ... c03102.jpg

notebook from WIZ, came with his T^3 Radiant Silvergun VHS tape.

Koa Zo · Post by **Koa Zo** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:32 pm

Zanac, Guardian Legend, and 1942 for Famicom all have offical guides
and I've also seen a Gunhed PC-Engine guide, but the seller wanted $60.

unfortunately, after packing away my guides a few years ago, I can't find the Zanac guide anymore

edit: just remembered I've also got Gradius Gaiden Official Guide, and Galaga(Famicom) Offical Guide.
There are also official guides for PCE R-Type (yes, there are two books).

And I can't remember right now if it was MagaFan or Beep!, but one of those magazines frequently included strategy special supplements that were like mini magazines and usually split in two parts over two issues. Thunder Force IV is the only one I think I have.

There is also another Keio Yugekitai guide besides the one pictured in GaijinPunch's link.

also Super Aleste comic.

and there are two thick guides for Namco Museum Vol.4, a Perfect Guide, and an Official Guide, so there is a full run-down of Ordyne in both (and Assault).

and... there is an Official Guide for Capcom Generation series that is more comprehensive than the thin pamphlet included with Capcom Retro Collection 1.
I'll also add Capcom Retro Collection 4 for Gunsmoke, though I guess that isn't considered a shooter around here.

to summarize:
Zanac Official Guide (FC)
Guardic Gaiden Official Guide (FC)
Galaga Official Guide (FC)
1942 Official Guide (FC)
Gunhed Official Guide (PCE)
R-Type 1 + 2 Official Guides (PCE)
Thunder Force IV strategy supplement (jp MegaFan magazine [?])
Silpheed Guide (Mega CD)
Super Aleste official comic
Keio Yuugekitai (two different books)
Capcom Generation Series Official Guide [1942/43 series] (Saturn / PSX)
Namco Museum Vol.4 Perfect Guide [Ordyne]
Namco Museum Vol.4 Official Guide [Ordyne]
Gradius Gaiden

and a couple that are a stretch (relevant for their last levels only):
Kid Icarus Offical Guide
Magic Knight Rayearth Official Guide

Post by **undamned** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:12 pm

sven666 wrote:sounds cool UD, got any pics of it?

Bottom left corner:
http://www5.airnet.ne.jp/jokerjun/katudou.htm

Here's some more juicy art from the back of the OST:

-ud

eight · Post by **eight** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:20 pm

Woah I'd really like to put my hands on one of those G-Darius artbooks (scans would do it, too). Source?

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:36 am

Koa Zo wrote:also Super Aleste comic.

Holy shit, if the art is anything like the box cover of the game then I need that bad.

Beyond awesome.

Koa Zo · Post by **Koa Zo** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:23 am

Macaw wrote:
Koa Zo wrote:also Super Aleste comic.
Holy shit, if the art is anything like the box cover of the game then I need that bad.

Yep, the very same work. Though it isn't colored, but it does completely flesh out the storyline. I have a good bit of it scanned and will try to post it sometime soon.

another couple guides I remember seeing are an official guide for G-Darius, and also a suplemental official book for Internal Section. I think it is called "True Colors of Internal Section" (or something like that) and features developer interviews and their selections of choice music to be used with the game.