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None of the citations establish the notability of the game - they are all fan-made sites that simply confirm that it exists. The page was created for self-promotional reasons by the author of the game
Special:Contributions/NeonPuffin aka Louis Wittek who also founded the company t that published it so
WP:NOTYOU clearly applies.
MrMajors (
talk)
12:42, 7 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep - what looks like a commercial release for the Spectrum is probably notable. I found
[1] and
[2] for example, whilst the
SK:Towdie gives some links to some prints of magazine reviews, so there's likely a lot of that too. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(
talk •
contribs)07:21, 8 August 2021 (UTC)reply
There are over 10,000 commercial Spectrum games. Simply existing is not a reason for a Wikipedia page. Further, if the author of the page, who is also the publisher of the original game, later wants to launch a kickstarter to sell another version of the game then that's further evidence of self-promotion and
WP:NOTYOU rather than notability.
MrMajors (
talk)
13:32, 8 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Provided sources need evaluation.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Vanamonde (
Talk)01:17, 16 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep: per the references sourced by others and because it seems pretty unlikely that a commercial release like this would not have significant coverage in video game sources at the time.
DocFreeman24 (
talk)
22:51, 21 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Comment (closing admin can count me as merge, but I'm not officially voting because there isn't going to be a consensus here) I thought about this for a long time. "commercial release for the Spectrum is probably notable" "unlikely that a commercial release like this would not have significant coverage in video game sources at the time" are both arguments that are exactly what we don't want to have on AfDs,
WP:ITSNOTABLE and
WP:MUSTBESOURCES. Now, for the modern sources above:
Pocket Gamer's is a
WP:ROUTINE short announcement coverage of a Kickstarter campaign, same for the Insider one (and the lack of an author makes me think it's possibly a press release rehash), and
Retro Gamer is too brief to matter towards
WP:GNG. Like mentioned above, Bit magazine is not independent from the developer, so it can't be counted towards notability either. That leaves
ZX Magazín as the only source, and that doesn't an article make, especially with a developer's article around where it could easily live on being merged per
WP:ATD.
Jovanmilic97 (
talk)
08:13, 22 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep - As a single detailed example from the extensive publishing history of
Ultrasoft. The article has also value for future researches into history of 8-bit gaming, particularly video games for
ZX Spectrum, and also as a probably sole (or at most one of very few) example(s) of professionally published ZX Spectrum games on the territory of former
Czechoslovakia during the 1990s.
NeonPuffin (
talk)
13:10, 26 August 2021 (UTC)reply
The creator of the page, who is also the publisher of the game clearly has a vested interest and is obviously going to vote to keep. They are also attempting to mislead others by stating this title is a "probably sole (or at most one of very few) example" while also claiming "over 40" published titles on the
Ultrasoft page.
MrMajors (
talk)
18:01, 26 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep. The ZX Magazin article shared above looks like
WP:SIGCOV, and I think it's safe to assume this commercial release would have had additional coverage at the time.
NemesisAT (
talk)
20:16, 29 August 2021 (UTC)reply
This comment only further proves that
MrMajors (
talk) has very limited knowledge of history of 8-bit home computers in
Central Europe – particularly in countries of the former
Eastern Bloc, yet he constantly tries to present himself as a distinct expert on the topic. Because of the
Iron Curtain and its long-lasting consequences, the era of 8-bit home computers was somewhat delayed there, for example
ZX Spectrum clone,
Didaktik was manufactured in
Czechoslovakia right until 1994, the year of publishing
Towdie and 8-bit home computers and their games enjoyed there great following well into the late 90s.
NeonPuffin (
talk)
15:00, 30 August 2021 (UTC)reply
The Official ZX Spectrum was discontinued by this time, but in soviet or eastern bloc regions clones were still very popular. (This game was produced in Slovakia.) Which also explains the lack of easily googled sources. Any sources that exist will be in Slovak or Russian.
ApLundell (
talk)
22:20, 30 August 2021 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
None of the citations establish the notability of the game - they are all fan-made sites that simply confirm that it exists. The page was created for self-promotional reasons by the author of the game
Special:Contributions/NeonPuffin aka Louis Wittek who also founded the company t that published it so
WP:NOTYOU clearly applies.
MrMajors (
talk)
12:42, 7 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep - what looks like a commercial release for the Spectrum is probably notable. I found
[1] and
[2] for example, whilst the
SK:Towdie gives some links to some prints of magazine reviews, so there's likely a lot of that too. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski(
talk •
contribs)07:21, 8 August 2021 (UTC)reply
There are over 10,000 commercial Spectrum games. Simply existing is not a reason for a Wikipedia page. Further, if the author of the page, who is also the publisher of the original game, later wants to launch a kickstarter to sell another version of the game then that's further evidence of self-promotion and
WP:NOTYOU rather than notability.
MrMajors (
talk)
13:32, 8 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Provided sources need evaluation.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Vanamonde (
Talk)01:17, 16 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep: per the references sourced by others and because it seems pretty unlikely that a commercial release like this would not have significant coverage in video game sources at the time.
DocFreeman24 (
talk)
22:51, 21 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Comment (closing admin can count me as merge, but I'm not officially voting because there isn't going to be a consensus here) I thought about this for a long time. "commercial release for the Spectrum is probably notable" "unlikely that a commercial release like this would not have significant coverage in video game sources at the time" are both arguments that are exactly what we don't want to have on AfDs,
WP:ITSNOTABLE and
WP:MUSTBESOURCES. Now, for the modern sources above:
Pocket Gamer's is a
WP:ROUTINE short announcement coverage of a Kickstarter campaign, same for the Insider one (and the lack of an author makes me think it's possibly a press release rehash), and
Retro Gamer is too brief to matter towards
WP:GNG. Like mentioned above, Bit magazine is not independent from the developer, so it can't be counted towards notability either. That leaves
ZX Magazín as the only source, and that doesn't an article make, especially with a developer's article around where it could easily live on being merged per
WP:ATD.
Jovanmilic97 (
talk)
08:13, 22 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep - As a single detailed example from the extensive publishing history of
Ultrasoft. The article has also value for future researches into history of 8-bit gaming, particularly video games for
ZX Spectrum, and also as a probably sole (or at most one of very few) example(s) of professionally published ZX Spectrum games on the territory of former
Czechoslovakia during the 1990s.
NeonPuffin (
talk)
13:10, 26 August 2021 (UTC)reply
The creator of the page, who is also the publisher of the game clearly has a vested interest and is obviously going to vote to keep. They are also attempting to mislead others by stating this title is a "probably sole (or at most one of very few) example" while also claiming "over 40" published titles on the
Ultrasoft page.
MrMajors (
talk)
18:01, 26 August 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep. The ZX Magazin article shared above looks like
WP:SIGCOV, and I think it's safe to assume this commercial release would have had additional coverage at the time.
NemesisAT (
talk)
20:16, 29 August 2021 (UTC)reply
This comment only further proves that
MrMajors (
talk) has very limited knowledge of history of 8-bit home computers in
Central Europe – particularly in countries of the former
Eastern Bloc, yet he constantly tries to present himself as a distinct expert on the topic. Because of the
Iron Curtain and its long-lasting consequences, the era of 8-bit home computers was somewhat delayed there, for example
ZX Spectrum clone,
Didaktik was manufactured in
Czechoslovakia right until 1994, the year of publishing
Towdie and 8-bit home computers and their games enjoyed there great following well into the late 90s.
NeonPuffin (
talk)
15:00, 30 August 2021 (UTC)reply
The Official ZX Spectrum was discontinued by this time, but in soviet or eastern bloc regions clones were still very popular. (This game was produced in Slovakia.) Which also explains the lack of easily googled sources. Any sources that exist will be in Slovak or Russian.
ApLundell (
talk)
22:20, 30 August 2021 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.