Return after a break
Reopen every guide at the same section and reading position, even days later.
A guide reader built for classic walkthroughs
Old-school game guides, beautifully readable on iPhone.
Import guides you trust, save supported online guides, or follow an included Standard Edition. Then search, jump through Contents, bookmark useful places, and resume where you left off—even offline.
Reflowed for iPhone Search and Contents Private and offline
Built around the play session
The right part of the guide, right when you need it.
Long classic games rarely happen in one sitting. Every walkthrough stays ready for the next dungeon, missable, or late-night return.
Find one answer
Search with useful snippets instead of scrolling through an entire FAQ.
Keep the useful layout
Let prose flow while maps, tables, and carefully spaced blocks stay fixed-width.
Modern readability, original structure
Your old guides. Ready for your phone.
Text that fits. Sections you can jump to. Day or Night ops, whichever suits the room.
Switch layouts to compare the same passage.
Before Original TXT
Swipe sideways to follow the original lines.
================================================================
1. CARGO DECK
================================================================
The cargo bay is losing oxygen. Take the repair kit from the locker
and follow the passage east to the broken lift. Repair it before
heading south to the reactor.
+--------+ +--------+
| LOCKER |-----| LIFT |
+--------+ +---+----+
|
+---+----+
|REACTOR |
+--------+
================================================================
2. REACTOR
================================================================
At the bottom of the lift, turn west into the control room. Take the
power cell from the cabinet beside the door, then return to the
reactor and place it in the empty socket.
Wait for the pressure gauge to settle before opening the coolant
valve. When the warning light goes out, use the terminal to restore
power to the escape route.
================================================================
3. ESCAPE ROUTE
================================================================
Leave the reactor through the north door and follow the corridor
to the observation deck. The maintenance ladder beside the window
leads to the shuttle bay.
Check the locker at the top of the ladder for a spare oxygen tank.
Board the shuttle, close the outer hatch, and use the flight panel
to leave the station.
Fixed-width lines extend beyond the screen. Scroll sideways to finish each line.
After With Reflow
1. CARGO DECK
The cargo bay is losing oxygen. Take the repair kit from the locker and follow the passage east to the broken lift. Repair it before heading south to the reactor.
+--------+ +--------+
| LOCKER |-----| LIFT |
+--------+ +---+----+
|
+---+----+
|REACTOR |
+--------+
2. REACTOR
At the bottom of the lift, turn west into the control room. Take the power cell from the cabinet beside the door, then return to the reactor and place it in the empty socket.
Wait for the pressure gauge to settle before opening the coolant valve. When the warning light goes out, use the terminal to restore power to the escape route.
3. ESCAPE ROUTE
Leave the reactor through the north door and follow the corridor to the observation deck. The maintenance ladder beside the window leads to the shuttle bay.
Check the locker at the top of the ladder for a spare oxygen tank. Board the shuttle, close the outer hatch, and use the flight panel to leave the station.
Switch to Night ops. Open Contents to jump straight to the next step.
Same guide. Same words. Reflow and Contents make it readable on a phone.
Built for the play session
Find the next step, then return to it later.
Open Contents for a section, or search this guide, the game’s other guides, and the rest of your library. Close the app and resume at your saved place next time. Saved guides remain searchable offline.
- Automatically built Contents and in-guide search
- Reading position saved for every guide
- Highlights, notes, and bookmarks collected in the Notes tab
An offline library, not a file pile
A real home for every walkthrough.
Keep walkthroughs, FAQs and maps under their game. Whole covers and platform names help you find it, and the open-guide panel returns you to your saved place.
- Multiple guides organized under every game
- Whole game covers, platform names, and chapter progress
- Layout and reading position remembered per guide
Your marks
Good finds. Kept close.
Highlight text, add a note, or bookmark a place. The Notes tab collects your marks and opens the guide where they belong.
- Highlights and notes anchored to passages
- Bookmarks for places you want to revisit
- Every mark collected by guide in Notes
Bring the guides you already trust
Add one walkthrough or a whole collection.
Import TXT guides from Files, preview folder matches, and skip duplicates. Save supported guide pages as text snapshots for personal offline reading. Keep up to three games free, with unlimited guides per game; a one-time purchase unlocks unlimited games and larger batch imports.
- Import from Files one guide or several at a time
- Preview folder imports before they touch your library
- Skip duplicates so repeated files stay out of the way
- Find online, save offline from supported guide pages
Included original guides
A growing shelf of Standard Editions is included today.
A growing shelf of original walkthroughs complements the reader. Each edition offers one carefully researched route with clear next steps, early missable warnings, and a stated completion scope.
Genesis
Shining Force II
A complete Normal campaign with practical recruitment, promotion choices and recovery between battles.
Preview Guide NESThe Legend of Zelda
A prepared First Quest route through nine NES dungeons, with upgrades, supplies and recovery to the ending.
Preview Guide Game Boy AdvanceMetroid: Zero Mission
Follow the GBA Normal story through Chozodia, with upgrades and a pre-final cleanup plan.
Preview GuideBrowse every available guide and check the exact platform and scope for each one.
Browse All Standard Editions
A quiet library that stays yours
No account. No ads. No tracking.
Saved and imported guides live on your iPhone. Your reading positions, favorites, and bookmarks stay on-device and remain ready offline.
On your device
Your guide library stays on your iPhone — no cloud library, no sync ritual.
Nothing tracked
No account, no ads, no analytics, and no tracking.
Built for TXT files
Imports are careful with old plain-text guides and skip unsupported files.
Tested on real guides
The reader is tested against the weird formatting old walkthroughs actually use.
Online guide saving, cover art, and purchases use the network when needed. Purchases go through the App Store.
Pricing
Start with the game you are playing.
Keep up to 3 games free, with unlimited guides in each. A one-time purchase unlocks unlimited games. No subscription. No ads.
Free to start
Three games. Unlimited guides.
Unlock a larger library with one purchase.
- The complete reader for up to three games
- Unlimited guides under every game
- Standard Editions require no separate guide purchase
- One-time unlock for unlimited games and larger batch imports
- No subscription, no ads, no account
The localized one-time purchase price is shown in the App Store and inside the app.
FAQ
Questions before you download.
What guides can I read?
Import plain-text .txt walkthroughs, FAQs, maps, and notes from Files; preview a folder of guides; save supported online guide pages as clean text snapshots; or read one of the included Standard Editions.
How does the reader improve old TXT walkthroughs?
Reflow turns hard-wrapped prose into a natural phone-width reading view while preserving recognized maps, tables, and fixed-width blocks. The Original and No wrap layouts keep the guide exactly as typed when the spacing matters.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Imported, saved, and included guides, library organization, search, Contents, bookmarks, and reading progress work offline after the guide is on the device. Finding a new guide online, loading cover art, and purchases use the network when needed.
What does the free limit actually mean?
The free tier keeps up to 3 games in your library. Each game can hold as many guides as you like. The one-time unlock removes the game limit and allows larger batch imports.
What file types can I import?
Plain-text .txt walkthroughs, FAQs, maps, and notes up to 10 MB. ZIP archives, PDFs, and other unsupported files cannot be imported. A single file, several files, or a whole folder can be previewed before import.
How does batch folder import match guides to games?
Matching uses folder names and filenames, so clean names and platform folders help. Before anything is imported, the preview shows matches, duplicates, and items needing review. Platform-folder hints can be added before rescanning.
Can I save guides I find online?
You can open supported online guide pages from within the app and save a clean text snapshot for offline reading, with its source kept attached. It is a focused, you-directed save flow for supported guide pages.
Which games have a Standard Edition?
The current shelf includes Metroid Fusion, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario 64, NBA Street Vol. 2, Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Super Mario Bros. 3, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Metal Gear Solid, Doom, Super Metroid, Final Fantasy VII, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, GoldenEye 007, Mega Man 2, The Legend of Zelda, Demon's Crest, Metroid: Zero Mission, and Shining Force II. Check each guide’s exact platform and scope.
How does a Standard Edition appear in the app?
Add the supported game and platform from the in-app catalog. Its Standard Edition attaches to that game automatically. The edition does not create the game in the library by itself.
Do Standard Editions cost extra?
No separate guide purchase is required. A Standard Edition uses one of the game slots in the free library, just like a game with imported or saved guides.
Is my data private?
There's no account, no ads, and no tracking. Your library, progress, favorites, and bookmarks stay on your device. Purchases are handled through the App Store. Read the full Privacy Policy.
Is this affiliated with any guide website?
No. Retro Game Guides is not affiliated with GameFAQs, GameSpot, Fandom, or any guide-hosting website. Online guide pages load only when you choose to open them, and saved guides are stored locally with attribution to their source.
Give an old guide a better place to live.
Make the walkthrough for tonight’s game readable, searchable, organized, and ready offline on iPhone.