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Discussions no longer relevant to the active maintenance of this page have moved to a [ archive] subpage. Kolano 16:58, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
User:Touth has been adding a bunch of articles to this list, but the articles being added are generally not lists. (Specifically, Pac Man, Castlevania, Shining Force series, Dragon Quest, and Mortal Kombat series.) They contain lists, but are not themselves lists. The question is, should this article contain links to other articles that include lists, or only those other articles that are lists? Powers 01:14, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Touth, stop adding the Zelda link. It's not a list, and thus does not belong in this article. I've told you this again and again, that only lists should be linked from this article. I don't care if you can't create a list because it's a redirect; what matters is that only lists are supposed to be listed here. -- LGagnon 01:18, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
Shouldn't one expect a list of all computer and video games here instead of a list of lists? This just reminds me of all those
pr0n lists out there. ;)
I know this would be an insanely long list, but still. Currently, this list and the Category:Lists of games is redundant. --
Lightkey 04:34, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Why have lists, when you can have categories that are easy to update? Chris Pickett 21:25, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Though perhaps some wiki guru knows good solutions to those issues. Perhaps Generated Lists? Kolano 02:27, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Kolano 07:44, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
As the subject says, where is this category? Under PC, there is Mac, MS-DOS and the new "Games for Windows" label but no regular Windows category. Should this be added, or is there a reason not to add it? --- Majestic- 20:07, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Why is there still no list of Linux games. Linux is growing enough mainstream now to have it's own list I think. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.78.165.201 ( talk) 13:44, August 27, 2007 (UTC)
We should change the title to 'List of video games' instead of 'Lists...'? WinterSpw 02:05, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
It'd be nice if someone could create a template for List of console video games which would include Atari, NES, PS2, etc and another template for handhelds (gba, psp, etc). These would be added in the lists ( List of Wii games) at the bottom. Mahanga Talk 03:26, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
It would be nice to have a standard templates for these lists, but I'm not sure handheld systems would need a different template. The template would need to account for significant differences in list lengths (i.e. some list page are sub-divided, some are not), as well as an appropriate set of meta-data to capture (release dates, regions, publishers, etc) (or a syntax that can accounts for column differences). Kolano ( talk) 00:01, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Why does "List of games" redirect here to Lists of video games and not to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_games ? 164.214.1.54 ( talk) 12:42, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
The current list of video games by name articles are showing heavy bias towards the former letters of the alphabet and against the latter letters. Therefore I propose reorganising the lists.
The combined list of video games by name, without the header and footer material, takes up 139 KiB. I propose dividing it up as follows:
The problem is what to do with the current articles. Should they be moved into the new names, or deleted, and the new articles created from scratch? Also, the new proposal has one article fewer, so at least one old article should be deleted or turned into a redirect. JIP | Talk 16:35, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Or perhaps this way?
I'd like to invite anyone contributing to these "list of" pages to take part in a discussion we are currently having on the
Talk:List of Nintendo 64 games#Removal of Alternate Titles and Number of Players where we are discussing the use of keeping alternate titles in the "List of...games" some have suggested that they take up too much space and that other columns could seem to be "useful only to fans", and other things that have been mentioned that, and other 'List of' talk pages. I think the alternate titles may be better as
Wikipedia Main Title | Year | Developer/Publisher | Regions released | Number of Players |
---|---|---|---|---|
1080° Snowboarding | 1998 | Nintendo/Nintendo | JP, NA, PAL | 1-4 |
64: Tenshi no Yakusoku | 1999 | Altron/Altron | JP | 1 |
AeroFighters Assault |
1997 | Paradigm Entertainment/ Video System | JP, NA, PAL | 1-4 |
Michael Owen's WLS 2000 RTL World League Soccer 2000GER Telefoot Soccer 2000FRA |
2000 | Silicon Dreams/ THQ and SouthPeak Games | NA, PAL | 1-4 |
Please come and give your opinion, and hopefully keep these type of concerns from arising again and again at each "List of" pages. ( Floppydog66 ( talk) 23:51, 18 December 2008 (UTC))
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:85%;" |- ! style="width:6em;" | Year !! Title !! style="width:8em;" | Developer !! style="width:8em;" | Publisher !! style="width:8em;" | Setting !! style="width:8em;" | Platform !! Notes |- style="vertical-align: top;" | {{vgrtbl-bl|JP|1999|NA|2000}} || {{••}}''[[Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber]]''{{-•}}オウガバトル64 Person of Lordly Caliber || {{••}}[[Quest Corporation|Quest]]{{-•}}[[Nintendo]] || {{••}}[[Atlus]] || {{••}}Fantasy || {{••}}N64 || {{••}}Tactical RPG.{{-•}}Sequel to ''[[Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen]]''. |}
Section three of this article, entitled "By Publisher," does not contain a link "List of games by Sega." I find it hard to believe that Wikipedia does not contain an article that compiles all games published by Sega. A quick search turned up List_of_Sega_games which is just a disambiguation page. It does not include games published by Sega after they stopped making consoles. Besides, every other major publisher has a full-blown list so why not Sega? I probably just can't find it, but it should still be listed here. Bobnorwal ( talk) 03:13, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
Which of these is the preferred term in WP? Or should some other phrase be used to describe lists of games? 2fort5r ( talk) 13:55, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Comparing a few different lists of video games, it seems that there are a few different formats for these lists. The most functional lists have all the titles grouped together, and can be sorted by each of the categories (such as by release date, title, etc.). The List of NES Games is a great example. On the other hand, there are lists that are sorted by letter. Some allow sorting within each letter, and others simply have a list of links.
Is there a sort of standardization for these lists? Is there a reason that not all of them have as much information (and are sortable by each header)?
I figured I should ask before attempting to make any changes (especially as I am a novice). Chris Klammer ( talk) 22:55, 6 April 2012 (UTC)