User talk:Swanny459

November 2023
Hello, I'm Waxworker. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, College Football USA 97, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Waxworker (talk) 16:32, 8 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi Waxworker.. thanks for touching base. Well, there's a ton to cite since there were very few internet articles in 1996, and most things that are available with dates, are using Wiki as THEIR source, so it's one thing feeding the other.
 * However, after some digging, I did find this. Go to the middle of the page on the right side.  The release dates of both platforms in North America, not just the United States.
 * https://www.neoseeker.com/college-football-usa-97/
 * Also, there's no source for the June 1, 1997 date that you have on there on the page currently. Again, every other source out there is using Wiki as its source. Now, that is correct for the re-release date of that game since the SNES versions had issues with their internal-save batteries.. but it's not the original release date.  I can't find the original, but the SNES versions of the game were recalled so fast, that many hadn't even been shipped yet.  The re-release for SNES was awful, because the PlayStation version of NCAA '98 was released 2 months later in August of 1997, and basically left the SNES version of College Football USA 97 in the dust. (These games are always released during the calander year prior to the numbered year that's on the title)
 * Lastly, I worked in a video store in 1996 so I remember the release on Sega Genesis, and that we had 3 copies and could not keep them on the shelf all summer and fall, they were rented out constantly because it was so popular. Hope that all helps!   Do you want me to re-edit with that citation? Swanny459 (talk) 22:07, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I've removed the unsourced June date from the infobox. Neoseeker is an unreliable source per WP:VG/RS, so it shouldn't be used as a reference. Thank you for catching that the game released in 1996 rather than 1997 - some of the reviews already on the article are from 1996. I was also unable to find a specific release date from a cursory search, I think that noting it as just 1996 is fine. Waxworker (talk) 23:32, 8 November 2023 (UTC)