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dgame:
EDIT2: Final lists posted here: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,129295.msg1327639.html#msg1327639


Hi,

I'm getting ready to make some Mala game lists using the excellent RomLister.
The idea is to be able to find a game by a clue.
For example if someone wants to play Donkey Kong it will be on the All Playable, Nintendo, Platform / Run Jump, and 1980s lists.
The category lists (maze, sports, etc.) do not overlap.

I know where my favorites are and this is for the guests and browsing.

Here are the game lists I am considering:

All Playable

1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s

Atari
Capcom
Cave
Data East
Konami
Midway
Namco
Neo Geo
Nintendo
Sega
Taito
Tecmo
Williams

Ball & Paddle
Breakout
Breakout *Mature
Casino
Casino *Mature*
Climbing
Driving
Driving / Race
Driving / Race (chase view)
Driving / Race (chase view) Bike
Driving / Race Bike
Driving / Race Track
Fighter / 2D
Fighter / 2.5D
Fighter / Versus
Fighter / Vertical
Maze
Maze *Mature*
Maze / Digging
Maze / Driving
Maze / Fighter
Maze / Outline
Maze / Shooter Small
Maze / Shooter Large
Misc.
Misc. *Mature*
Multiplay
Multiplay *Mature*
Pinball
Pinball *Mature*
Platform / Fighter
Platform / Fighter Scrolling
Platform / Run Jump
Platform / Run Jump *Mature*
Platform / Run Jump Scrolling
Platform / Shooter
Platform / Shooter Scrolling
Puzzle
Puzzle *Mature*
Puzzle / Cards *Mature*
Puzzle / Drop
Puzzle / Drop *Mature*
Puzzle / Match
Puzzle / Match *Mature*
Puzzle / Maze
Puzzle / Outline
Puzzle / Outline *Mature*
Puzzle / Sliding
Puzzle / Sliding *Mature*
Puzzle / Toss
Puzzle / Toss *Mature*
Quiz / English
Quiz / English *Mature
Quiz / Music English
Shooter / 3rd Person
Shooter / Driving (chase view)
Shooter / Field
Shooter / Field *Mature*
Shooter / Flying
Shooter / Flying (chase view)
Shooter / Flying 1st Person
Shooter / Flying Horizontal
Shooter / Flying Vertical
Shooter / Flying Vertical *Mature*
Shooter / Gallery
Shooter / Gallery *Mature*
Shooter / Gun
Shooter / Walking
Shooter / Versus
Sports
Sports / Baseball
Sports / Basketball
Sports / Bowling
Sports / Boxing
Sports / Darts
Sports / Football
Sports / Golf
Sports / Hockey
Sports / Horse Racing
Sports / Pool
Sports / Pool *Mature*
Sports / Soccer
Sports / Wrestling

Ninja
Tank

Trackball
Two Players
Two Sticks

Most Played



I know it is a lot of lists but with so many games I want to break it down somehow.

I may remove the *Mature* lists or roll them into the corresponding regular list.

Ninja and Tank are keyword lists, I will add Battle Zone to Tank list.

I want to filter out all clones and put back in the 'notable clones' like pacman.

I also will be removing all 4 player games that have 2 player versions (tmnt, gauntlet, etc.)


I am open to suggestions.
paigeoliver:
The more lists you have the more time your guests will spend scrolling through endless lists and the less time they will spend playing. In fact, the shorter the gamelist the more time your guests will spend playing.

Trying to find a game by decade runs into the serious problem that both major bursts of arcade hits both happened right on the cusps of decades roughly 1980 and roughly 1990. This will cause a lot of people to pick the wrong decades.

Most people outside of arcade gamers won't have any idea what company made most games and even if they do they will be fooled because half the titles they played were developed by a different company than the one that released the game in the United States.

The extensive number of category lists and the fact that they don't overlap actually makes them far less useful for finding a specific title as the player is highly likely to choose the incorrect category unless it is a sports title.
dgame:
Thanks Paige,

That's the kind of feedback I am looking for.

I suppose I could make a single simple list with the popular classics of my youth (Street Fighters, Pacmen, Galaga, Gyruss, Mat Mania, Robotron, Battlezone, P.O.W., Side Arms, etc.) and hide the big list.

Or should I make simple lists by category (sports, fighters, driving, shooters, etc?)
BadMouth:
I keep the main list on the old x-arcade setup that my guests use limited to 200 games total.
If they ask for something, I go to the all games list and add it.

My new cab has:

Classics (to mid 80's)
Shmups
Fighters
Beat 'em Ups
Run 'n Gun
Puzzle
Platform
Sports
New School ('95 & up)

I was torn on whether to make a Hack and Slash category, but gameplay is the same as Beat 'em Ups and there weren't that many, so I left them with Beat 'em Ups.
The few driving games that are playable with a joystick are under Sports.

Once I got rid of mahjong, gambling, mature, & games I don't have controls for, then hid the clones, I was only left with around 2200 games to sort.
I stayed up late one night and sorted them manually while scrolling through the all games list and watching video snaps.  :dizzy:
Just kept telling myself that I'd do one more letter...then one more....until it was done.
Then I re-enabled the clones in the All Games list.
wp34:
I like BadMouth's lists.  Mine are somewhat similar but I now see I need to condense.  Moving the driving games to Sports is a good idea.  Puzzle is also good.

I was also thinking of having a 2-Player list for games like Joust,  Xybots and Commando that can be played by two players at the same time.

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