Talk:G-Police

No Idea How This Works
G-Police received an award. I added this line to the main page: "G-Police was awarded the "Creative Labs Best Use of Innovative Technology" award at the PC Zone awards ceremony 1997." It was removed. I added it again. I mentioned that I was the lead Programmer. I was told I had a "conflict of interest". But... G-Police received an award. That is a fact. Maybe the fact that I added a fact means this particular fact is not factual? Maybe someone else should add this fact to the G-Police page to make the fact more factual? Obviously I am ignorant of Wikipedia's methods, but this seems rather strange to me. Proving that G-Police received the award is trickier. Many people were there - some will remember the award. I cant find any proof on line, but I have a photograph of the large aluminium Z shaped award. So if anyone can help/explain how to get this fact added I would be very grateful. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.193.22.168 (talk) 17:12, 13 July 2017 (UTC)


 * You need to back up any claims with sources, especially extraordinary ones, like awards. This should be easily verifiable by someone with the relevant PC Zone issue. I don't have the right issue myself. Issue #55 mentions an upcoming "special Creative Labs Technology Award". — HELL KNOWZ  ▎TALK 20:00, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Exactly, we need a source. If you have the information, could you paste some web results? You can say it is a "fact", but that's not how Wikipedia works. soetermans . ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 20:51, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree with the two above. Long experience has shown me that you need reputable citations for anything factual in a Wikipedia article, be it development information, gameplay, or its reception and any awards it may have one. Can you provide an independent, verifiable source? --ProtoDrake (talk) 08:36, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Sequel
I jsut created this article simply because I relised that while this game was mentioned in several articles there was no article for it. I haven't played it in a long while so I've only added the opening parts of the plot and the first few characters introduced. An article for its sequal should probably also be started. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bisected8 (talk • contribs)

Release dates
I've noticed that only the US release date was listed, could someone add the full list (taken from gamefaqs.com);


 * G Police SCEE 09/30/97 US
 * G-Police Psygnosis 10/1997 EU
 * G-Police SCEI 11/19/98 JP

Bisected8 11:25, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Little bit of clean up
I played this game when my family first got a computer, back when Gateway was the best (that tells you how long it's been...). I'm going to do my best to clean up this article and refine it a little.--Fluke 03:51, 24 December 2006 (UTC)


 * IIRC this game was bundled with Gateway 2000 Pentium II CPUs with MMX, and g-police was supposed to "show off" the new MMX instructions. Sneakernets (talk) 21:45, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Year the game takes place
"Set in the year 2089"

I remember that the intro in the game says the game takes place in the year 2097 (Wipeout 2097 reference?) rather than 2089. --Mika1h 17:15, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think it was a Wipeout 2097 reference, just that both games were released in 1997, making the game take place 100 years after it was released. undefined Neo   2.3   Hylan  19:19, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Correction to Cause of Havoc Crashes
I have the PC CD-ROM version of this game that came out with my 1998 computer's software bundle. I believe that the Havoc malfunctions were caused not by the microchip, but rather a virus uploaded by the traitor Ricardo into the avionics systems. The microchip in the brain was the MOTIVE Nanosoft had for killing these pilots...they wanted to use their recorded piloting/combat skill to function as the basis of their automated systems AI (ships and turrets). And the ultimate goal was to kill Horten so they could utilize his strategic/tactical brilliance in their new battle-cruiser AI, and thereby possess an unstoppable war machine that would ensure Nanosoft Corporation's complete dominance in the colonies.

Plot detail
It is not necessary to note every little bit of incidental detail in the plot summary, especially not in nonsensical prose. There is no need to note that Slater "didn't intent to join the G-Police permanently" or whatever, because it has no bearing on the wider game. It's just some incidental oh-by-the-way-guys snippet of dialogue with no wider implications, not exactly a deus ex machina. If we were to note that, there's all sorts of other minutiae we would have to give weight to, such as the fact Horton is some big shot war veteran, Horton suspected Krakov all along blah blah. The plot/setting section is already probably longer than the other sections, and thus it should be kept to information important to understanding the game per WP:NOT#PLOT i.e. information critical to the unfolding plot, gameplay, themes, setting etc. bridies (talk) 03:15, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Draw Distance psx
While the opening part of this article claims the draw distance was a negative to reviewers, the options screen in the game has a graphics slider for draw distance, framerate and I think viewing angle increasing one will affect the others negatively. This is the only console game so far I have seen with such a feature.Atirage (talk) 14:05, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

office location - Stroud or Stroub
How do you prove that an article on IGN misspelled the location of the Psygnosis office? Hope this is sufficent:
 * "Our objective was to place the gamer at the center of action as dynamic as any Hollywood blockbuster special effects extravaganza, and give the player total control," explained Graham Davis, head producer at Psygnosis' UK Stroud office. "With G Police, we think we've delivered the whole package."

Excerpt from the press release announcing the publishing of G-Poiice, Businesswire, August 4, 1997 fulltext online -- Make (talk) 22:33, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I realize only now, I have messed up the formatting of the dates. Sorry and thanks for cleaning up. -- I hope that the service findarticles.com will keep the press release online? Cheers -- Make (talk) 13:01, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know, but if the link were to go dead it would still be permissible. The press release was presumably republished in various places and formats so it should be fine just to cite the title and date, the online copy is just a useful extra. bridies (talk) 14:04, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Small change to article
Currently the game is only available to PSN users in the EU region (that is, if you want it from the PSN, you have to live in Europe; obviously it's available second-hand in other formats worldwide). I'm noting as much.predcon (talk) 23:03, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

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