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This game is certainly not "realistic" and I highly doubt it sold over a million copies, considering it's mainly a UK release.
It's not realistic as in a simulation, but it's fairly realistic for an arcade racer. It's certainly not only a UK release. I have seen it in for sale in shops in Sweden. According to the official site it was sold by Gremin in Europe and Fox Interactive in the USA. "So far, Motorhead has sold more than one million copies."
[1] I guess the sales figures are for all platforms. It did sell well and for a very long time. //
Liftarn
OK thanks for clearing it up :) - PhakeDC
Name confusion
Shouldn't this page lead to the band rather than the game??
The band's name is
Motörhead. Whether it's the game or the band which is obscure is probably open for discussion - the spelling is not. There is even a reference to the band on the top of this article - for your convenience. --
Frodet15:32, 3 June 2006 (UTC)reply
Yeah, but you can't realistically expect someone with an English keyboard to type out the ö character, and this is the English version of Wikipedia. I've never even heard of this video game whereas the band Motorhead is iconic. It's stupid to have "motorhead" redirect to here. -- Bryan McLellan 01:05, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
Again, there is a reference to the band at the top of the article page in case that's what the browser is looking for. Whether the band Motörhead is iconic or not and how it compares to the video game of this article I won't comment, but I'm sure someone will have your opposite view. :) And if you still dissagree, it is always possible to do this the democratic Wikipedia way of putting it up for a vote to move. --
Frodet06:54, 7 June 2006 (UTC)reply
I vaguely remember Motorhead the game from a few years back, but then I am a compulsive gamer: I doubt anyone else does. In the grand history of video games it's not important, and in the grand history of everything I'd have to say the band are far more notable. I say
Motorhead should redirect to
Motörhead, with a disambig link to
Motorhead (game). Makes sense to me. No one searching for the band Motorhead is going to look up the shortcut for ö, or even think they need to type it (if you ask me it's just a decorative mark, it's not like anyone pronounces it Motoorhead).
Sum014:29, 11 June 2006 (UTC)reply
I'd like to add my vote for "motorhead" to be linked to "Motorhead (band)". Never heard of the game. Is it like Resident Evil or Tomb Raider? I played them when I was young(er). Besides, I'm pretty sure Motorhead (band) have sold more than 1m copies of all 20+ of their albums. And people are still listening to them, whereas this game is probably being used as a coaster in many a household. C'mon, we're talking the basic rights of Lemmy, Phil and Mikkey here!
Bubba hotep22:23, 12 August 2006 (UTC)reply
not really, I heard some music who remind me of the game. Anyway, off topic :) If more people know the band than the game, I'm fine with making Motorhead point to the band's article with the usual "if you're looking for the game bla bla" :)
Lucasbfr01:04, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Since the game and the band have different names (Motorhead vs Mötorhead) I don't see the problem. //
Liftarn
The problem is that there is no ö character on standard English characters, and that Motörhead is far better known that Motorhead. This is all akin to having
Mobius strip point to some obscure German stripper rather than to
Möbius strip.
Scott
There is no disambiguity between these two terms; one is spelled with an "ö" - the other is not. Even Google gets this. It's quite similar to
Ardal vs.
Årdal or
Flam vs.
Flåm or even
Muli vs.
Múli. If there is confusion about this, it is down to ignorance with regards to non-english letters, and Wikipedia can help recitfy this type of false doctrine. The suggested move does not add anything besides confusion and continued misunderstanding of
i18n. Besides, this is not a popularity contest. --
Frodet14:44, 13 September 2006 (UTC)reply
I don't agree with the move either. "Motorhead game" returns 892,000 results, which is more or less 10% of the band google hits. Well, I don't want to start an edit war, but I preferred the way it was before. --
lucasbfrtalk03:32, 4 October 2006 (UTC)reply