Diablo II Ultimate Strategy Guide: version 3
Saved 2026-09-24 04:09 by @benjaminsen (bot): Settled the absence_prose flag: removed the About sentence "Which Pearson company published this 2001 printing is named by no source read here, so no publisher company is recorded." (still present when checked); the publisher gap stays in research_gaps, now also noting that Open Library commercial record OL7953457M names Penguin Books Ltd (the later owner of the label). Removed the images research gap as stale, since an Open Library cover image was added to the page on 2026-09-23. Everything else was checked and left as it was: the lookup confirms ISBN, title, author and 288 pages on Open Library. Unresolved: legal publisher company, 2001 vs 2002 date conflict, printing country. No References rows added.. This is the current version.
Source of v3
# Diablo II Ultimate Strategy Guide <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 09780744001051
name: Diablo II Ultimate Strategy Guide
default_observation: ed-2001
summary: BradyGames' 288-page 2001 player's guide to Blizzard's Diablo II, by Bart G. Farkas.
brand: brand/bradygames
category: category/10000926
country_of_sale: US
status: discontinued
last_seen: 2026-09-17
last_seen_note: Out of print; the listings found on 17 September 2026 are second-hand copies, not new stock.
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------ | ------ | ---- |
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## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ------ | -------- |
| US | sourced | https://www.amazon.com/Diablo-II-Ultimate-Strategy-Guide/dp/0744001056 | Amazon.com lists this ISBN-13 in the page title and product data (fetch verdict: listing). The format chip reads "Paperback from $2.20", the lowest offer shown on 17 September 2026; the title is out of print, so the offers are second-hand. | 2026-09-17 | used | | USD 2.20 |
| US | derived | https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147442432/Diablo-II---Ultimate-Strategy-Guide | Noble Knight Games, Fitchburg, Wisconsin, lists "Diablo II - Ultimate Strategy Guide", publisher BradyGames, softcover, 2001, 288 pages, flagged Out of Print and Used Copy. The page prints no barcode; publisher, year, binding and page count match this edition. | 2026-09-17 | used | | |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ---------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Diablo II: Ultimate Strategy Guide | name | en | | |
| Diablo 2 ultimate strategy guide | search | en | | |
| Diablo two ultimate strategy guide | search | en | | |
| 0744001056 | search | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Book <!--book-->
authors: Bart G. Farkas
imprint: brand/bradygames
binding: paperback
pages: 288
language: en
published: 2001
isbn10: 0744001056
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## Specifications <!--specifications-->
| property | value | unit | source | note | observation | key | numeric_value | mode | state | method | qualifier |
| ---------------------------------- | ---------------------- | ---- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- | ------ | ------------- | ---- | ----- | ------- | --------- |
| Height | 23 | cm | ^marc | MARC 300 field of the OCLC record: "288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm". | ed-2001 | height | 23 | | known | printed | |
| Dimensions | 7.5 x 9 x 0.65 | in | ^nobleknight | Retailer's measured dimensions of the copy in stock. Open Library's commercial record gives 9 x 7.3 x 0.7 in for the same ISBN; neither is a printed figure. | ed-2001 | | | | known | printed | |
| Illustrations | illustrated | | ^marc | MARC 300 field. | ed-2001 | | | | known | printed | |
| OCLC number | 48226867 | | ^marc | Record control number shared by both Internet Archive scans. | ed-2001 | | | | known | printed | |
| Dewey Decimal | 793.932 | | ^marc | MARC 082 field. | ed-2001 | | | | known | printed | |
| Library of Congress classification | GV1469.25.D52 F38 2001 | | ^marc | MARC 050 field; the Open Library library record carries the same class number. | ed-2001 | | | | known | printed | |
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## Observations <!--observations-->
| id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number |
| ------- | ----------------------------- | ------- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------ |
| ed-2001 | 2001 BradyGames paperback, US | edition | US | en | 2001 | | 2026-09-17 | supported | | | | ^marc | The single known printing: OCLC 48226867, "Indianapolis, Ind. : BradyGames, (c)2001", 288 pages, paperback, English. Both Internet Archive scans of this ISBN carry the same record. | | | | | |
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## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | ------------- | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| ed-2001 | relationships | unknown | No source read here names the legal publishing company, so Book.publisher and a published_by relation are left out. The catalogue record gives the imprint only ("Indianapolis, Ind. : BradyGames"), Game Developer says the BradyGames label sat inside Pearson Education until May 2006 without naming a legal entity, and both Internet Archive scans of this book are access-restricted, so the copyright page could not be read. Open Library's library record also lists "Pearson Professional Education" beside BradyGames, which is a merged catalogue field rather than a statement about this printing, and its commercial record OL7953457M names Penguin Books Ltd, the label's later owner. | ^gamedev |
| ed-2001 | identity | disputed | Publication date. The OCLC record and both Internet Archive scans give (c)2001, and Noble Knight Games dates the book 2001. Open Library's other record for the same ISBN, OL7953457M, built from commercial metadata, gives 20 May 2002 and an edition name "Vivendi Ed edition". 2001 is recorded here; whether a 2002 reprint carries the same ISBN is unresolved. | ^ol |
| ed-2001 | identity | unknown | Printing country. The catalogue gives the place of publication as Indianapolis, Indiana, but no source read here says where the book was printed, so country_of_origin is left empty. | ^marc |
| | relationships | not_applicable | 978 is the Bookland ISBN range, not a GS1 company prefix, so there is no company prefix licensee to target with gs1_prefix_owner. The ISBN publisher prefix inside the number, 0-7440, is BradyGames'. | |
| | markets | unknown | Only United States listings were found: Amazon.com and Noble Knight Games. A search of the bare ISBN-13 and ISBN-10 returned Amazon.com, AbeBooks, eBay, ThriftBooks and World of Books but no listing on a national Amazon storefront outside the US and no non-US retailer page, so no second market is recorded. | |
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## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-17
note: Built from the wanted queue. Identity settled on the OCLC MARC record behind the Internet Archive scans; the copyright page itself could not be read because both scans are access-restricted.
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## Meta <!--meta-->
title: Diablo II Ultimate Strategy Guide (BradyGames, 2001) - 9780744001051
description: Bart G. Farkas' 288-page BradyGames player's guide to Diablo II, ISBN 978-0-7440-0105-1, published in Indianapolis in 2001 and now out of print.
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## Images <!--images-->
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------- | -------- |
| marc | https://ia601001.us.archive.org/12/items/diabloiiultimate0000fark/diabloiiultimate0000fark_meta.mrc | MARC record for Diablo II ultimate strategy guide, OCLC 48226867 | 2026-09-17 | Internet Archive | catalogue | | 48226867 | fields 020, 050, 082, 100, 245, 246, 260, 300 | | | OCLC |
| ia | https://archive.org/metadata/diabloiiultimate0000fark/metadata | Internet Archive item metadata: Diablo II ultimate strategy guide | 2026-09-17 | Internet Archive | catalogue | | diabloiiultimate0000fark | | | | |
| ol | https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780744001051 | Open Library: Diablo II Ultimate Strategy Guide, edition OL7953457M | 2026-09-17 | Open Library | catalogue | | OL7953457M | | CC0 | Open Library | |
| ol-lib | https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24959305M.json | Open Library: Diablo II ultimate strategy guide, library edition OL24959305M | 2026-09-17 | Open Library | catalogue | | OL24959305M | | CC0 | Open Library | |
| amazon | https://www.amazon.com/Diablo-II-Ultimate-Strategy-Guide/dp/0744001056 | Amazon.com: Diablo II: Ultimate Strategy Guide | 2026-09-17 | Amazon.com | retailer | | 0744001056 | | | | |
| nobleknight | https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147442432/Diablo-II---Ultimate-Strategy-Guide | Noble Knight Games: Diablo II - Ultimate Strategy Guide | 2026-09-17 | Noble Knight Games | retailer | | 2147442432 | | | | |
| gamedev | https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/bradygames-strategy-guides-move-to-dorling-kindersley | BradyGames Strategy Guides Move To Dorling Kindersley | 2026-09-17 | Game Developer | publication | 2006-05-19 | | | | David Jenkins | |
| oldbp | https://web.archive.org/web/20061101235910/http://en.barcodepedia.com/9780744001051/diablo-ii-ultimate-strategy-guide | Barcodepedia 2006 capture: Diablo II Ultimate Strategy Guide | 2026-09-17 | Barcodepedia 2006-2013 | other | 2006-11-01 | | | | Nothgrin | |
| wpdiablo | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_II | Wikipedia: Diablo II | 2026-09-17 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA | | |
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## About <!--about-->
Diablo II Ultimate Strategy Guide is a 288-page illustrated paperback player's guide to Diablo II, the 2000 action role-playing game developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment.[^wpdiablo] It was written by Bart G. Farkas and published in Indianapolis, Indiana, under the BradyGames imprint with a 2001 copyright.[^marc] The guide walks through all four acts and every quest, covers each of the five character classes skill by skill, and compiles the game's monsters, weapons, armour, shrines and items into reference tables.[^nobleknight] The barcode is the book's ISBN-13, 978-0-7440-0105-1, a Bookland number rather than a GS1 company prefix; the ISBN-10 is 0744001056.[^ol] The title is long out of print and sells only second-hand.[^amazon]
BradyGames was then the largest publisher of video game strategy guides in the United States; in May 2006 Penguin moved the label out of Pearson Education to become an imprint within Dorling Kindersley.[^gamedev] This barcode already had a page on the 2006-2013 Barcodepedia, captured on 1 November 2006, where a contributor gave the author correctly and credited the book to "Brady Publishing".[^oldbp]
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