Talk:Super Invasion — Spacewar

Redirect/Merge (2018)

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I think we're probably better off with a redirect/merge to Spacewar!, since this is clearly a compilation of Spacewar, which was released separately, and Super Invasion, which doesn't seem to have been a separate release (though there was a separate release of the same title on the ZX80) based on Alien Invaders which seems to have been a clone of Space Invaders (assuming it's not just an error, because "Alien Invaders" doesn't seem to have been a "popular arcade game.") Or perhaps they meant Super Invader? --tronvillain (talk) 15:57, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Interesting, I did not know that! BOZ (talk) 18:45, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Wait, Super Invasion was released separately. Strangely enough, the on-screen text says "Apple Invader", which seems to confirm it as identical to Super Invader, seen here and here as Apple Invader.--tronvillain (talk) 19:40, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Turns out that Creative Computing was actually the primary publisher of Super Invader/Super Invasion (based on the CGW and Softalk refs), and that it was actually an astonishingly popular game. I tweaked the page, and will add a cover shot. --tronvillain (talk) 20:37, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * This article should just be deleted, since it is a compilation package of two separate games. Each game can have its own article, without needing every compilation of multiple games to have an article. Each game article can mention it appeared in various different releases, a "list of packages" or something. Many games have been released on several different compilations, and I can't see how each and every compilation is notable, or how this one is notable. -- 70.51.45.46 (talk) 05:10, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Being a compilation is not a valid reason to delete an article; on what policy do you base that idea or is it just a personal opinion? BOZ (talk) 12:23, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
 * WP:GNG is a valid reason for deletion. This clearly doesn't show GNG. Most compilations don't show GNG (though some, like the Windows Entertainment Pack, do have GNG), and WP:NOTINHERITED so whatever the notability of the component games, the combination has to show its own GNG. -- 70.51.45.46 (talk) 05:02, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * A merge and redirect is probably more useful than a straight delete, or perhaps some kind of disambiguation-esque page. It actually took some research to figure out which games this is a compilation of. --tronvillain (talk) 13:11, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
 * A redirect should redirect to the value package publisher, and not either of its component games. At the value package publisher, Creative Computing, a list of publications can exist, where a summary of what games were in the pack can be exposited, linking to the component games themselves in their own articles, if we actually need a redirect from this compilation pack name. -- 70.51.45.46 (talk) 05:02, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Good idea. --tronvillain (talk) 13:16, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I also agree that if we are going to do a merge, the best place would be to Creative Computing. BOZ (talk) 13:26, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Done. We should probably add a line to the Spacewar! section, which also doesn't explicitly mention the Atari 2600 version, Space War. --tronvillain (talk) 13:30, 15 November 2018 (UTC)


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