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Title: Worlds of Power NES game adaptation books
Post by: bsmith on April 02, 2011, 02:18:08 pm: Anyone else remember seeing these at the school book fair in the early '90s? Now I'm kicking myself for not buying any! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worlds_of_Power

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/Complete_set_of_Worlds_of_Power_books.JPG)
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Post by: scott on April 02, 2011, 02:54:23 pm: Behold, the world of power of ebay!

http://books.shop.ebay.com/Fiction-Literature-/377/i.html?_nkw=Worlds+of+Power&_catref=1&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282

Ha. I've never seen any of these. Or I know I would have bought most, if not all, of them.
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Post by: bsmith on April 02, 2011, 05:15:37 pm: Yeah, I did scan eBay earlier. No Mega Man 2 :(
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Post by: monochrome on April 02, 2011, 06:45:53 pm: Those are totally radd!! I could have sworn I had one of them, so I went on a hunt through old boxes of books and whatnot. Came across this instead:

(http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/ayumifanatic/ninadvbook.jpg)
It's like a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book!
Title: Re: Worlds of Power NES game adaptation books
Post by: scott on April 02, 2011, 08:14:54 pm: @monochrome I had one of those... I can't remember which one though... But I did rent them out of the library pretty regularly too.
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Post by: matt on April 02, 2011, 10:41:47 pm: ha I love how Bowser is flying an electric mixer.
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Post by: pceslayer on April 02, 2011, 11:04:23 pm: I had the Ninja Gaiden book... It was awesome! lol
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Post by: bsmith on April 03, 2011, 12:06:19 am: I do remember owning a really killer Mario comic though! More like a book, as it had a glossy cover and was perfect bound. Full color pages IIRC. The story was about Koopa and crew busting out of a kid's Game Boy at the mall and wreaking havoc. Had to have been circa '92?
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Post by: jobocan on April 03, 2011, 12:39:48 am: My friend actually has the Worlds of Power Metal Gear book, which he found at a used book store for 3$ (he told me it kind of sucked though)... I need to ask him if he still wants it so I can have it :P
Otherwise I don't think I've ever owned or even read any video game books/comics like that... I was happy with just playing the games.
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Post by: pceslayer on June 28, 2012, 02:43:17 am: Bump of a super old topic because I got these!

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-skTrzo4My5M/T-v8PtkCxpI/AAAAAAAADCk/0-LpJ54DL1o/s400/IMG_20111230_120701.jpg)
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Post by: scott on June 28, 2012, 02:34:06 pm: Nice! I've bee wanting that Simons Quest one for awhile now. They seem pretty cheap online, I may look into ordering it soon.
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Post by: pceslayer on June 28, 2012, 02:51:20 pm: I got them for $1 each on amazon... the shipping was ehh
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Post by: jcalder8 on June 28, 2012, 10:14:32 pm: These seem awesome! I really want to check them out but the shipping from Amazon kills it.
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Post by: xxunixx on January 15, 2013, 05:18:31 pm: Awesome! While rooting in my dad's attic the other day, I found the Metal Gear one. Had completely forgotten about these!
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Post by: sin2beta on January 15, 2013, 10:01:45 pm: You can get a brief history and then hear James Rolfe, the angry video game nerd, read the Mega Man 2 novel. I don't know why one would want to do this. But here it is:

http://cinemassacre.com/2010/02/03/worlds-of-power-megaman-2-part-1/
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Post by: jcalder8 on January 15, 2013, 10:08:28 pm: Are these worth reading? I really feel like I should own these.
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Post by: scott on January 15, 2013, 11:23:13 pm: Quote from: jcalder8 on January 15, 2013, 10:08:28 pm
Are these worth reading? I really feel like I should own these.

I have the Simon's Quest one. I only skimmed the 1st couple pages of it, but it seemed pretty cheesy. It's super short though, I feel like I should read it just for the lols.
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Post by: ko1ru on January 16, 2013, 08:58:47 am: Quote from: scott on January 15, 2013, 11:23:13 pm
I have the Simon's Quest one. I only skimmed the 1st couple pages of it, but it seemed pretty cheesy. It's super short though, I feel like I should read it just for the lols.

Did you end up finding yours cheap somewhere?
Title: Re: Worlds of Power NES game adaptation books
Post by: scott on January 16, 2013, 09:44:49 am: Quote from: ko1ru on January 16, 2013, 08:58:47 am
Quote from: scott on January 15, 2013, 11:23:13 pm
I have the Simon's Quest one. I only skimmed the 1st couple pages of it, but it seemed pretty cheesy. It's super short though, I feel like I should read it just for the lols.

Did you end up finding yours cheap somewhere?

I got mine on Amazon for like 4 bucks. I was an old library copy tho, so the cover was wrapped in a film of some kind. But it is in otherwise great shape.