Strategy Guides
The original Xbox strategy guides represented a vibrant ecosystem of printed instructional materials designed to assist video game enthusiasts in navigating complex digital worlds. Published predominantly between 2001 and 2006, these comprehensive volumes offered detailed walkthroughs, intricate maps, secret location revelations, comprehensive weapon catalogues, character progression strategies, and advanced gameplay techniques for Xbox video game titles. Professional gaming journalists and expert players collaborated to create these meticulously crafted guides. The guides typically featured high quality colour printed pages with screenshots, diagrams, tactical illustrations, and step by step instructions for completing missions, discovering hidden content, and achieving optimal performance. Many included exclusive developer interviews, concept artwork, and insider perspectives that enhanced player understanding of game mechanics and narrative structures. Collectors and serious gamers treasured these guides as valuable resources, representing a tangible connection to the immersive digital experiences of the early Xbox era.
007 Agent Under Fire Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more.
- Comprehensive walkthrough showing the best tactics to complete every mission
- All 007 Bonus Pick-up locations exposed
- Every secret Bond Move shown and explained
- Full training for all weapons and Q-Gadgets
- Massive Multiplayer tactics for all 12 levels
- All Gold and Platinum Medal rewards uncovered
- Every secret level, character, and weapon revealed
- Enhanced tactics for Multiplayer Bots
007 Everything or Nothing Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more.
- Detailed single player walkthrough for every mission
- Single and multiplayer maps for finding every crucial item
- How to uncover game secrets, including key tips for earning Platinum 007!
- Details on all weapons and gadgets
- All Bond Moments revealed
007 Nightfire Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more.
- Detailed 3-D maps guide you through all of the exotic locales
- Covers every platform, including PC
- Comprehensive enemy section will prepare Bond for action
- All Bond moves listed
- Tips for all multiplayer modes
007 The World Is Not Enough Strategy Guide
- Details on weapons and gadgets
- Complete listings of mission objectives
- Crucial strategies for completing every mission
- Detailed mission maps!
50 Cent Bulletproof Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more
- It's 50's World, You Just Playing in It
- Know Your Hood Every hood mapped out, with all the power-ups revealed
- Flip the Script! Details for All Counter-Kills Bust It! Get the most out of Arcade mode
- Get Strapped! Stats on every weapon
- Make Bank Come up big, with all paper locations revealed
- The Other Half of the Dollar Get to know where 50 came from and where he is going
- Mapped Medals Get every Grizz Medal
Alias Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more.
- Complete, detailed walkthroughs of every level including over 700 game play screen shots.
- In depth strategies for completing all your missions and objectives.
- Secrets for using stealth and combat to overcome all enemies and situations.
- Hints and tips for utilizing all Op-Tech devices and disguises.
- Locations of all hidden quest items and essential pick-ups.
Americas Army Rise of a Soldier Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more
- Tips for taking your character from recruit to Special Forces Operations Sergeant
- Breakdown of every Army role
- Teamwork strategy to succeed in every realistic Army mission and combat situation
- Comprehensive stats for all weapons and equipment
- Tactics for creating an expert online character
Amped Freestyle Snowboarding Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more.
- Maps with every Snowman location revealed
- Work your way from unknown to Superstar status
- Learn the grabs, jumps, grinds, and flips to guarantee sponsorship
- Tips to winning every Pro Challenge
- Essential guide to the best boots, bindings, and snowboards
Azurik Rise of Perathia Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more.
- Every Obsidian location revealed!
- Key tactics for combat and weapon and element use
- Crucial info on using every item and recovering every power
- Walkthrough of the vast Elemental Realms, leading you to each disk fragment
- Creature list detailing their forms, weaknesses, and immunities
- Exit and Entrance locations for the town and realms
- Hints for collecting valuable realm gems
Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance II Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more.
- Darkness gathers yet again
- Covers every quest!
- Expansive maps revealing item and event locations
- Details on forging unique weapons and armor
- All hidden areas, secret characters, and items revealed
- Strategy for two player mode
Battlefield 2 Modern Combat Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more
- Hunt down all the Field Tasks with detailed maps
- Details on ranks and soldier enhancements help you master the military hierarchy
- Tips and stats for all five classes
- Battle proven tactics for all land, sea, and air vehicles
- Detailed strategies for the propaganda-fueled single-player campaign
- Tips on maximizing your score in the single-player challenges
- Comprehensive guide to all state-of-the-art weapons, including upgrades and attachments
- Comprehensive strategy and control point breakdowns for all multiplayer maps
Black Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more
- Your Black Ops Handbook
- Exclusive labeled maps: Objectives revealed to make sure your mission is a success
- Enemy forces detailed: How to deal with every type of foe plus intel on their weapons and tactics
- Objectives exposed: Every Intel, Recon, Blackmail, Armament, and Destruction objective shown in Prima's comprehensive walkthrough
- Complete weapon load outs: All the info you need on every piece of hardware
Blinx The Time Sweeper Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more.
- Maps of every time warping level
- Locations of all hidden Cat Medals
- Expert strategies for defeating every Time Monster
- Tips and tactics to master the Time Sweepers
- Essential strategies for saving the Time Factory and the princess!
Blood Omen 2 Legacy of Kain Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more.
- Thorough step by step walkthrough for all 11 levels
- Combat strategies for all enemies and mini-bosses
- Detailed explanation of the 7 Dark Gift powers
- All Relics and Weapon chests located
Blood Wake Strategy Guide
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- Detailed walkthroughs and maps of all 28 missions
- Weapons and power-ups revealed
- Deadly attack strategies exposed
- Tips on unlocking all boats
- Hints to earn all Battle Arenas
BloodRayne Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more.
- Sink Your Teeth into BloodRayne
- Statistics and tips for all weapons
- Tactics for defeating every enemy
- Walkthroughs and maps for every creepy, creature-filled locale
- Combat strategies, cheats, and special tips to maximize your killing effectiveness
- Tips for using BloodRayne's special abilities, such as Dilated Perception, Blood Rage, and the harpoon
- Extensive overview of all enemies, both natural and supernatural
Brothers in Arms Earned in Blood Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more
- Respect isn't given, it's earned
- Complete walkthroughs of all story missions
- Detailed maps showing the location of objectives and enemies
- Tactics for completing the Skirmish missions
- Multiplayer strategies and maps
- Information on all weapons
Brute Force Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more.
- Elite highly trained and brutal.
- Exclusive excerpt from the now available Brute Force: Betrayals
- Complete walkthrough of each mission
- Tactics for controlling the right character in the right situation
- Tips to dominate multiplayer action
- Vital stats for all weapons, items, and characters
- Strategies for commanding your elite team
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chaos Bleeds Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more.
- Walkthroughs and maps for exploring every level
- How to solve every puzzle
- Advanced slaying strategies for every character
- Encyclopedia of weapons, items, and enemies
- All secrets uncovered, including interviews and multiplayer characters
- Strategies for making a killing in multiplayer mode
Burnout 3 Takedown Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more.
- Aggressive Racing Required
- Complete walkthrough for all 173 Events
- Detailed maps for all 18 tracks
- All 67 cars revealed
- All Event Postcards, Crash Headlines, and Signature Takedowns revealed
- In depth charts detailing the best maneuvers for Burnout Points
Burnout Revenge Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more
- Revenge is sweet
- Complete strategies for the all-new Crash Mode
- Details on how to get Gold and Perfect ratings on over 150 Events
- All 77+ vehicles revealed, along with details on the best ones to use
- Special "Criterion Challenges" listing the best times, scores, and cash acquired by the developers
- Complete stats and appendices for all unlockable
- Tips on how to become an online champion
- All secrets, exploits, easter eggs, and hidden events revealed
- Exclusive maps for every course
Commandos 2 Men of Courage Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more.
- Efficient battle tactics, training, and pre-planning
- Complete walkthroughs for all missions
- Bios and specialties of each unique commando character
- Great strategies to outfox the best enemy guards
- Comprehensive equipment section covers every weapon and item
- Reconnaissance intelligence for every intense objective
Conflict Desert Storm 2 Back To Baghdad Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more.
- Be a part of Saddam's worst nightmare
- Complete walkthroughs of every mission
- Maps unveiling all weapon and objective locations
- Squad based tactics maximizing each team member's skills
- Stats and info on all weapons and vehicles
- Basic training maneuvers to get you up to speed
- Gameplay tips for Co Operative play
Conflict Vietnam Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more.
- Your squad, your responsibility
- Complete walkthrough of all 14 missions
- Every bonus objective uncovered and cracked wide open
- Detailed maps featuring key mission routes, weapons, and objectives
- Stats and strategies for optimizing combat success in the field
- Gameplay tips, tactics, and training
Conker Live and Reloaded Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more
- He came, He Saw, He Conkered!
- I see you! Every location, enemy, and item mapped
- You're not the boss of me! Strategies to defeat all bosses
- Show me the money! All cash locations revealed
- Be in a class of your own! All multiplayer classes detailed
- I fling poo! Learn how to properly handle all your "weapons"
- Fiddle with your friends! Expert online strategies
Counter Strike Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more.
- He who dares, wins
- Covers all Counter Strike missions with maps and key locations identified
- In depth counter terrorist and terrorist tactics
- Complete inventory of weapons and gear
- Strategies for handling hostage and demolition missions
- The best camping spots and sniper positions located
Crash Nitro Kart Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more.
- Become the fastest Bandicoot in the galaxy!
- Fully detailed maps reveal all the action
- Secret characters, tracks and movies unlocked in Velo's vault
- Multiplayer arenas unveiled for team victory
- Track-specific strategy breaks down every curve, jump, and pitfall
- Boss battle tips and tricks put players in first place
- Info on the full inventory Karts, Weapons, Power Ups, and more
Crash Twinsanity Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more
- They're Working Together, But They Don't Have to Like It!
- Comprehensive strategies for conquering every Insane level
- Crucial tips on controlling Crash, Cortex, and Nina
- Tactics to defeat every foe especially bosses
- Complete item guide
- Handy directions for revisiting earlier levels
- Every gem location revealed
Crimson Skies High Road To Revenge Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more
- The Sky's the Limit
- Killer stats on all featured war planes and weaponry
- Advanced aerial combat strategy and special maneuvers
- Hints for using the environment against your enemies
- Locations of secret zones, bonus weapons, and more!
- Special excerpt from Crimson Skies: Paladin Blake & The Case of the Phantom Prototype
- Complete walkthroughs for all 20 missions
- How to beat the Hollywood Knights, Red Skulls, Die Spinne and more
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 Strategy Guide
Fully detailed maps showing items, weapons, and more
- A special introduction written by Dave Mirra.
- Biographies of all 14 BMX riders.
- All available bikes for each rider.
- Detailed explanations of the NEW, 'Park Editor' mode.
- Hints and tips on using the new SIK trick system to create tricks.
- Step-by-step walkthroughs of all the huge game play levels.
- Competition strategies for all 13, super-competitive multi-player games.
- Exclusive hints and tips straight from Acclaim Entertainment's Quality Assurance Dept. and the game designers at Z-Axis.
