Remember Notes Pages? Did You Ever Use Them?

Older gamers will likely remember a section of blank pages in the back of their game's instruction manuals, usually dubbed the "notes section," that could be used to record passwords, codes, high scores, or even your strategies. In the modern world virtually every video game has its own save feature, some so advanced that they can let you resume your game in the exact spot your character was standing in when you quit. There are in game tutorials that teach you everything you need to know about playing the game, so much that manuals are no longer necessary (not really a point I agree with, but that's a rant for another time).

For many players, the notes section of your manual was the most reliable place to keep your important codes and passwords. Who knows how many Mega Man passwords I sent to the grave by leaving them on a folded piece of paper in my pants bound for the washing machine. That was far less likely to happen to a video game instruction manual.

One the rare occasion some real nonsense would make it to those pages though. Or maybe this was just with me. Anyway, I submit for your entertainment, the notes section of my Battletoads and Double Dragon the Ultimate Team for Sega Genesis manual.

Pump uP ANd Be LiKe PiMPLe!

I honestly couldn't tell you what I was thinking. I don't remember writing this, but apparently I was really into the Battletoads storyline.  Please be kind to my 11 year old self and my mastery of handwritting.

I'm curious to see other people's notes pages out there. If you find some in your collection, please scan or take a photo and send them to me, especially any stories or drawings. Passwords are cool too. If it's a game I have I like to put in old passwords to see if I can carry on from the point of the last player.

Thanks for reading!