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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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