Talk:Golden age of arcade video games

Markoff 1981 reference
I found it in the PC game article. Having read it, I'm not sure it applies here. Nczempin (talk) 21:33, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree. That article is not talking about an emerging home computer and home console market spurred by arcade games; it is discussing how the success of both arcades and home consoles has led to a large influx of companies introducing similar products.  I am taking this out. Indrian (talk) 22:03, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what you mean. I was referring to a link that was inadvertedly copied from the PC game article, where it is references several times and the additional times just use the name. Somehow just the name version got copied over, along with another reference (presumably the one you deleted). I had already removed the orphan. I didn't check the other reference, which was formally correct. Nczempin (talk) 22:14, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, it's clear to me now that you simply removed wholesale the text that User:Jagged 85 had just added. Since that text has been taken mostly from PC game, if you're really convinced then you should remove either remove it from that article too or perhaps restore it and bring it up for discussion (if Jagged 85 disagrees with the removal). I was merely correcting a technical error, don't consider this in any way to be justification for removing said part. I don't care either way, but I'd prefer it if one editor wouldn't simply revert another, especially when both have been working on the article for what looks like a pretty long time. Perhaps you can suggest a better way to phrase what has been added, or do you simply disagree wholesale? Nczempin (talk) 22:32, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Now I see. I thought there was only one reference there, the Black Enterprises article, and did not realize that you were actually eliminating a separate miscopied reference from Info World.  I thought you were therefore referring to the Black Enterprises article not being applicable.  While I was confused about your point, however, I stand by mine.  The Black Enterprises article does not say what Jagged claimed, namely that a successful arcade industry in this period led to a thriving home console and home computer industry as well.  The article actually states that because both the arcade and home markets were already thriving, more and more companies were getting involved in the business in 1982.  Therefore, the statement I removed does not properly represent the cited source.  If the language at PC game is the same as you say, I will remove it there also. Indrian (talk) 22:48, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok, so I looked at PC Games, and the context there is a little different, so I just tweaked the language. The article does state that home companies capitalized on popular games, but it says nothing about companies achieving their commercial success by taking advantage of cloning.  Note that I am not saying this is untrue, as most of the home computer game and third-party console companies of the period owed much of their success to licensed or cloned concepts from the arcades.  Its just that the source being used did not actually state this fact.  A different source is needed to make that point. Indrian (talk) 22:56, 28 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Actually, the source specifically states that the home video game industry (including consoles and computers) is "an outgrowth of the widespread popularity of video arcades." But you're right that it doesn't specifically refer to arcade ports or clones, though it does imply it in the best-sellers table, where many of the games are arcade ports/clones. Nevertheless, that part might need some re-wording. Jagged 85 (talk) 13:29, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I concur that your change is a fair reading of the source. Again, its not that I think you are wrong, its just that I want to make sure the article reflects exactly what the source is saying. Indrian (talk) 17:43, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

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A potential area to cover
As I have touched on improving the International Video Game Hall of Fame article, there is something I see from that that could be touched on here, specifically on the rise of "celebrity" high score chasers, Twin Galaxies, and the like, which started ca. 1982. Importantly, and I don't see how to necessarily include it yet, but there's a LIFE magazine photo take on Nov 1982 in Ottumwa Iowa of the first known arcade game competition which is said to be likened to the video game industries' "Sgt. Peppers" image. (eg a way to include it under NFC). But that area about score-chasing needs to be established a bit better before that, and I'm not sure best on sourcing. --M ASEM (t) 20:43, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

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Reference named "Williams": From Arcade game:  From Action game:  

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POV tag
You added a POV tag back in April, but without anything in your edit summary nor anything on the talk page. What exactly is the POV problem here? If nothing directly is cited as problematic, I'd be inclined to remove the tag. Flip side, I see that banned editor Maestro edited the article a bunch in 2021, so... not sure if anyone actually inspected his contributions to see if he was doing his thing of, uh, liberally interpreting the source material / making stuff up.

While we're here, I'm not sure I see the point of the globalize tags added earlier, either. Maybe the article should just be more clear it's largely on the North American market (and European / Australian to a lesser degree), with a see also to Video games in Japan or some spin-off article that doesn't exist yet like Arcades in Japan. SnowFire (talk) 17:33, 6 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Ok, I am fairly inexperienced with Wikipedia editing compared to others, so I may have misinterpreted something and thought that tag was needed. I am fine if the tag is removed. NintendoTTTEfan2005 (talk) 19:32, 6 November 2023 (UTC)