Does this article apply only to video games, or could it also include things like pinball?
The intention was for this to be just about video games, and I've edited the entry to say that now. I wouldn't object to mentioning pinball, though, perhaps as a see also. But the idea was for the main list to be of video games. Silverfish 19:30, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Why has the compact table of contents stopped working? It shows the compact TOC, but also the regular TOC which is inappropriate for this list. — Frecklefoot | Talk 15:39, Jul 19, 2004 (UTC)
A new WikiProject for arcade games has been started. If you want to help with the WikiProject Arcade Games, head on over and add yourself to the participants! :-) — Frecklefoot | Talk 16:56, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)
A suggestion:
Some arcade games were released under different names, depending on whether it was the US, Japanese, or World version. To minimize confusion, I suggest a guideline for this page where, if we know of more than one name for a game, we include the second next to it, delineated with some kind of separator. Ninja Gaiden, for instance, was released as "Ninja Gaiden" in the US, "Ninja Ryukenden" in Japan, and "Shadow Warriors" everywhere else. So instead of having separate links to both "Shadow Warriors" AND "Ninja Gaiden" on the list, like we do right now (one of them being a redirect), we could have one line that goes something like:
Shadow Warriors (World) / Ninja Gaiden (US) / Ninja Ryukenden (Japan)
or
Shadow Warriors (World), AKA Ninja Gaiden (US) and Ninja Ryukenden (Japan)
Thoughts anyone? The only potential problem that I can see would be how we decide which title gets first billing... -- Zequist 21:40, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
A huge list like this isn't easy to read. What do you guys think about formatting it like has been done at List of SNES games? Most of the release dates and a good portion of the publisher informaton can be retrieved using MAME. I'm willing to do this myself, but I want to know what people think first. MrLeo 17:45, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Your point about it being difficult for people to add entries is taken. One thing I did not take into account is that, unlike the list of SNES games, which is static as it's unlikely new games will be added, I'm sure there are still a fair amount of games to add here. About KLOV's database; KLOV is like Wikipedia in that users can add information, but unlike Wikipedia, incorrect entries are not often removed. In looking through it before, I've noticed some very incorrect data there. I personally would always use MAME first. The format doesn't have to be the one used on the SNES page; I just used that as an example really. My main point here is the large amount of white space, since basically it's the name of the game, aligned on the left-hand screen. Adding the basic information of release date and publisher might help. Thanks for your input. MrLeo 18:31, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
A downside of this is that the page is now slow to load (and will become moreso in future). It may be advisable to break the list up into separate pages. 2fort5r ( talk) 20:43, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
It should be changed to a category, or atleast better organized somehow. -- Skylap
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While I support the decision to put the information into tables, editing comments don't belong in the article. Hence, I moved it here. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 15:22, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
[1] For the Game Streaking. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.212.244.150 ( talk) 19:36, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
I'd like to see a version of this list not broken up by alphabet so that I can sort it to see e.g. all scrolling shooters together. __ meco ( talk) 08:26, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
Should they show if a game was ported and how many times? UNKN0WNUN1D3NT1F13D ( talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by ONKN0WNUN1D3NT1F13D ( talk • contribs) 19:59, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
I think all the center and /center tags should all be deleted and instead just the columns of Max Players and Alternate Title(s) can be coded for a center alignment. To avoid clashes with the dash that seperates the rows (|-) and the dash that signifies there are no alternate titles, replace the dashes in Alternate Title(s) cells with "–". This would save oodles of space and make future editing easier without the need to keep adding these tags. Deltasim ( talk) 10:30, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
Split - Article is over 100 kB, and should be split by alphabet. Thoughts? Suggestions?-- Jax 0677 ( talk) 18:14, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
This list needs to be updated to display correctly for Wikipedia mobile. List is completely absent in iOS browsers such as Safari and Chrome, and will only display when viewing the desktop version of the article. 2600:8805:8980:23:B111:3692:1384:FEF0 ( talk) 01:06, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
Maybe it's a mobile viewing issue? 2600:8802:1700:48D:9C83:1D8:F080:29 ( talk) 18:45, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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Does this article apply only to video games, or could it also include things like pinball?
The intention was for this to be just about video games, and I've edited the entry to say that now. I wouldn't object to mentioning pinball, though, perhaps as a see also. But the idea was for the main list to be of video games. Silverfish 19:30, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Why has the compact table of contents stopped working? It shows the compact TOC, but also the regular TOC which is inappropriate for this list. — Frecklefoot | Talk 15:39, Jul 19, 2004 (UTC)
A new WikiProject for arcade games has been started. If you want to help with the WikiProject Arcade Games, head on over and add yourself to the participants! :-) — Frecklefoot | Talk 16:56, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)
A suggestion:
Some arcade games were released under different names, depending on whether it was the US, Japanese, or World version. To minimize confusion, I suggest a guideline for this page where, if we know of more than one name for a game, we include the second next to it, delineated with some kind of separator. Ninja Gaiden, for instance, was released as "Ninja Gaiden" in the US, "Ninja Ryukenden" in Japan, and "Shadow Warriors" everywhere else. So instead of having separate links to both "Shadow Warriors" AND "Ninja Gaiden" on the list, like we do right now (one of them being a redirect), we could have one line that goes something like:
Shadow Warriors (World) / Ninja Gaiden (US) / Ninja Ryukenden (Japan)
or
Shadow Warriors (World), AKA Ninja Gaiden (US) and Ninja Ryukenden (Japan)
Thoughts anyone? The only potential problem that I can see would be how we decide which title gets first billing... -- Zequist 21:40, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
A huge list like this isn't easy to read. What do you guys think about formatting it like has been done at List of SNES games? Most of the release dates and a good portion of the publisher informaton can be retrieved using MAME. I'm willing to do this myself, but I want to know what people think first. MrLeo 17:45, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Your point about it being difficult for people to add entries is taken. One thing I did not take into account is that, unlike the list of SNES games, which is static as it's unlikely new games will be added, I'm sure there are still a fair amount of games to add here. About KLOV's database; KLOV is like Wikipedia in that users can add information, but unlike Wikipedia, incorrect entries are not often removed. In looking through it before, I've noticed some very incorrect data there. I personally would always use MAME first. The format doesn't have to be the one used on the SNES page; I just used that as an example really. My main point here is the large amount of white space, since basically it's the name of the game, aligned on the left-hand screen. Adding the basic information of release date and publisher might help. Thanks for your input. MrLeo 18:31, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
A downside of this is that the page is now slow to load (and will become moreso in future). It may be advisable to break the list up into separate pages. 2fort5r ( talk) 20:43, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
It should be changed to a category, or atleast better organized somehow. -- Skylap
An eager editor added this message to the article:
Please help in making this list sortable! |
To fill out the list below, please use the information provided at MAWS, KLOV, and arcade-history. Good luck! |
While I support the decision to put the information into tables, editing comments don't belong in the article. Hence, I moved it here. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 15:22, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
[1] For the Game Streaking. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.212.244.150 ( talk) 19:36, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
I'd like to see a version of this list not broken up by alphabet so that I can sort it to see e.g. all scrolling shooters together. __ meco ( talk) 08:26, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
Should they show if a game was ported and how many times? UNKN0WNUN1D3NT1F13D ( talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by ONKN0WNUN1D3NT1F13D ( talk • contribs) 19:59, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
I think all the center and /center tags should all be deleted and instead just the columns of Max Players and Alternate Title(s) can be coded for a center alignment. To avoid clashes with the dash that seperates the rows (|-) and the dash that signifies there are no alternate titles, replace the dashes in Alternate Title(s) cells with "–". This would save oodles of space and make future editing easier without the need to keep adding these tags. Deltasim ( talk) 10:30, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
Split - Article is over 100 kB, and should be split by alphabet. Thoughts? Suggestions?-- Jax 0677 ( talk) 18:14, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
This list needs to be updated to display correctly for Wikipedia mobile. List is completely absent in iOS browsers such as Safari and Chrome, and will only display when viewing the desktop version of the article. 2600:8805:8980:23:B111:3692:1384:FEF0 ( talk) 01:06, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
Maybe it's a mobile viewing issue? 2600:8802:1700:48D:9C83:1D8:F080:29 ( talk) 18:45, 11 February 2023 (UTC)