Talk:Menacer

How many supported games?
The article says that only the 6-in-1 bundle game and T2: Arcade supported the Menacer. However, the article gives a list of more than a handfull of supported games. The pages for many of these games do not indicate support for the Gun (ex: Mad Dog McCree). So either the initial statement is wrong or the list is incorrect. Note that specifically the statement in the article is about US games, but the list does not indicate what countries the games were released in.
 * T2 and the 6-in-1 pack-in were the only Menacer games relased in the US for the vanilla Genesis. All the others in that list require the Sega CD and/or 32X add-on. I have clarified this in the article. Do you have any problem with the dispute notice being taken down? boffy_b 16:46, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * It's been a week, I'll take it down. I hope no-one minds.boffy_b 20:46, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Body count was released in america on the sega channel. I owned a sega channel in 1995/96 and was 1 of the many games i played. -majinsnake

Eh... This is interesting. HarrietT (talk) 02:13, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Image
Can someone edit the copyrighted stuff out of the image? Otherwise I suppose it goes up for deletion. Alternatively, we can try for a more encyclopedic shot. (Hint, hint, ) czar  ♔  17:15, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Replaced by File:Genesis Menacer (1992) (429270349).jpg czar  ♔  06:58, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

Yeah HarrietT (talk) 02:50, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Games
Here's some stuff I couldn't source. Thought to move it here instead of deleting it. czar ♔  16:02, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
 * You can click a link to any of those games and confirm they exist and were for the Menacer. No need copying over references from those articles to this one.  I don't see any other article that list games for something that has a reference for every single game listed.  Did you try searching for sources for the other bit?  If you think something needs a source to verify it, place a citation needed tag at the spot you think it should be.   D r e a m Focus  01:39, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't know why you'd say that when Body Count and the Menacer cartridge are the only ones to even mention Menacer in the prose, and there are no refs to copy over since none of the above games even have sourcing. I'm basically adding cn to the whole section... I didn't think it was necessary to list the six Menacer minigames either, but if you disagree, I know that was in the Digital Spy src. czar  ♔  03:03, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Why would you not list the six games that came with the system? Anyway, the Digital Spy reference already listed most of the games, and I found three valid references from sites with proper editorial oversight to count as reliable sources, for three other games listed.  Crime Patrol is the only one I don't find a reference for, so I posted for help on the talk page of that article.  Any archive of old game manuals would probably show the information.  You can reference the primary sources for things like this, stating the manual said so at what page.   D r e a m Focus  06:48, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Reference 6 is unfortunately not a reliable source. It is simply user submitted content to a potentially reliable site.-- Sexy Kick  09:48, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I think before the merger goes through, it'd be worthwhile to try and submit this article for GA review to see what they think about it passing.-- Sexy Kick  09:48, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Most articles never get that rating, nor do most people notice or care about such things. And its not a merger, its a deletion, since nothing will be merged.   D r e a m Focus  13:44, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The six-pack is a bunch of minigames that no RS felt were worth discussing, so listing their names does us nothing. The user-contributed GameSpy Classicgaming FAQ and the Sega-16 refs are not WP:VG/RS, so I converted them back to cn. Quotes from the manuals would be fine (ideally with the |quote= param within the cite template). I don't think this article is anywhere near GA, so I don't think it's worth wasting the time. Also it's not a deletion discussion because nothing is being deleted. If the six-pack game list is not merged, the anyone interested in the single RS that discusses it can follow its reference. We've already stretched these sources paper thin to have what is currently written. You're welcome to continue to work on this article, but it's mainly description of the light gun and it can be adequately summed up within the Genesis article as a poorly managed flop that takes after the Super Scope with a few games to its name. If more sources appear, by all means keep a dedicated article. Right now there's nothing. czar  ♔  15:41, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The Menacer's mini games don't need to be merged into the main Sega Genesis article because they already have their own article. That's also why they (apart from TJ&E's, arguably...) don't need to be mentioned here.-- Sexy Kick  19:58, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

I have no idea. Ha ha. HarrietT (talk) 02:56, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Sega-16 Menacer related interview and list of games
http://www.sega-16.com/2013/10/interview-mac-senour/

Unrelated, there are 9 Menacer games, though it's 14 if we count the 6-pack six times ;p — Preceding unsigned comment added by SexyKick (talk • contribs) 07:36, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Chart source?
 * Nice find with that interview. I'm adding to the game list as I find sources that verify the Menacer compatibility. I have a dozen or so more sources to add tomorrow, and I'll work in the interview and a screenshot collage for the six-pack. What's the deal with Sega-16 reliability? It has a big fat ✗ at WP:VG/RS but I saw it used in the Genesis article. czar  ♔  07:55, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I think it should be a "sometimes" source, has more to say about them. But like, I wouldn't use them for game reviews. It depends who wrote their articles. etc.-- Sexy  Kick  08:57, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The instruction manuals at replacement docs should help you out for sources to have a complete list of the games.-- Sexy Kick  09:15, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The DigitalSpy article also accounts for Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold because it says "the Mad Dog McRee games", plural. I'm applauding your work on this article right now. Amazing.-- Sexy Kick  19:34, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I think I've run the sources dry at this point (save for EGM #39, if you have a copy). Now I wasn't able to confirm in a reliable source that Snatcher supports Menacer and Legal Enforcers doesn't, so I left those out. I checked the manuals and some reviews and they only talk about the Justifier, but feel free to give it a go. czar  ♔  04:00, 19 January 2014 (UTC) Nevermind—covered it with a Sega-16 source, which also confirmed my inclination about Snatcher.  czar  ♔  06:17, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Finally got my hands on EGM 39, so I think that's officially everything czar  ♔  05:00, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

I like these games.. HarrietT (talk) 03:00, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

TFA
The 25th anniversary of announcement (May 28, 2017) would be a good time to run this article for "today's featured article". czar ⨹   23:37, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Wow, you plan well ahead. You did a great job expanding the article, but this wasn't popular enough to be given a 25th anniversary.   D r e a m Focus  01:09, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
 * There's likely to be little fanfare, but it's still a more apropos time to run the article on the main page than, say, next week. czar ⨹   01:18, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Makes sense to me. I thought the Sega Genesis article would be a TFA on its 25th anniversary, but Sega 32X was instead.-- Sexy Kick  13:43, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

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