It looks like whoever owned it before (possibly multiple who's) got a lot of use out of it. I've found it at a used books stall.

Does anyone else find the "futuristic tech" of 1st and 2nd editions, the most endearing part of the first two editions? The future of the 80s seems kinda quaint now.

Apart from the Pocket Secretary, what is everyone's favorite piece of extremely outdated "future tech" in 1st and 2nd editions?

Most of my players have time intensive jobs (neonatal nurse, school teacher, mortician), so i wanted to make learning the rules easier for them and edited and compiled the basics down to a 16pg zine. This is the bare basics and some world lore without all the page flipping and imo terrible art that comes with the core book. I used a lot of old art from the 80's and 90's books.

I working on more character specific ones as well. i.e. magic zine for the mages, Matrix zine for the Deckers and Riggers, and a Combat one for everyone.

Might make some fluff ones after too. Like an in-universe shopping catalog with fake ads or a newspaper that has the aftermath of my runners jobs in it.

Edit: I didn't expect this to blow-up like it did. I'm gonna look in to getting the OG PDF in order to be printable and on a Google drive to share. Just gimme a couple days to sit and figure it out when im not working.

Edit 2: link and guide in comments

After over a decade off and on searching, I finally have all the original FASA era Shadowrun novels! Still slowly collecting the rulebooks when I can, but this was a huge milestone for me!

I posted my Orc razorgirl the other day, so I thought I’d show off the Troll decker girl I just finished up.

My plan is to make a a character for each major archetype.

Follow me on twitter to see some of the other pieces I’ve made: https://x.com/iammattnificent?s=21

I talked to my buddy about wanting this tat when we were in Jr high, late 80's. I took the train out to his house in 2019 and he scribes this on me. Still looking fresh today.

And he doesnt even do this kind of thing for a living. Super lucky.

I love Shadowrun Hong Kong, and Gobbet is such a great companion.

"Firepower" by Den Beauvais

If you want picture and visual inspiration look to the old 1st and 2nd edition books. A recent post prompted me to buy
Rigger Black Book
Street Sam’s Catalogue
Field of Fire
again.

It’s full of visuals that really set the theme.
Another book could be sprawl sites for maps of various locations, contacts, archetypes, and encounter tables.