These images are from the Japanese Phantasy Star III instruction manual. I don't read Japanese, but obviously, they are instructions on how to (and how not to) handle your game cartridge.
Hugh, think of Motavia as a man whose arm has been removed. It can't be given back no matter how hard one tries. So the man must either go on handicapped, or we can give him an artificial arm to help him get by.
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