Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of action video games of the 1990s


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The result was   delete. Shimeru (talk) 18:58, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

List of action video games of the 1990s

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This is a non-notable cross-section of two categories: action games and games of the 1990s. It also seems to just simply be a list of "action" games that the author likes, despite practically of the games falling into other genres. Axem Titanium (talk) 03:56, 1 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom, pointless cross section, and completely unsourced to boot.  JBsupreme  ( talk ) ✄ ✄ ✄	 07:07, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 13:37, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:38, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep and rename to list of action video games. Polarpanda (talk) 16:51, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete 'Action game' is a blanket term which could refer to any kind of twitch gaming, IE most games which aren't turn-based. That makes this "list of most video games from the 1990s", which is meaningless. Contributors have built up a vast array of categories and lists of games from different years/time periods, from different genres, on different systems and with different settings - all of which can help readers find what they're looking for a hell of a lot better than this list could ever hope to. Someoneanother 19:10, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
 * It's silly to suggest that Category:Action video games can help readers find what they are looking for better than a list which includes the year, system and publisher on the same page. Polarpanda (talk) 10:18, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * It would be silly to suggest that, which is why I didn't, did you read my !vote? That category is a dumping ground for games which have not been or cannot be classified in a more descriptive sub-genre (beat 'em up, shoot 'em up, platformer, action adventure, FPS, third-person shooter, lightgun game, fighting game, maze game, the vast majority of survival horrors etc. etc. ad nauseum), it does not represent the population of action games which is likely to be more than half of all games released on all computer and console systems as well as the vast majority of all arcade games. This list was not designed as a counterpart to it, which is why most if not all of the games within are not in the action game category but instead located within sub-genre categories. Someoneanother 16:34, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry we obviously have different understandings of the word "all". I presume you mean something like List of platform game series which is no help at all if I'm looking for games from a particular time period. Polarpanda (talk) 17:27, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * So which do you build up/create? A list comprising of most video games from the time period, or lists/chronologies by sub-genre? As a group, 'action games from the 90s' is so massive and wide-ranging that including a few extra data fields like publisher etc. doesn't even scratch the surface. Chronology of platform games: 1990 to 1999, Chronology of beat 'em ups: 1990 to 1999 or expanded versions of lists like List of beat 'em ups are much more wieldy. Someoneanother 18:12, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete- as Axem and SomeoneAnother have noted, the concept of "action game" is used too vaguely for this list to be in any way discriminate. It also suffers from no sourcing and original research. Reyk  YO!  22:30, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Action game is clearly defined, all defining characteristics listed in the article for that genre. The list can be added to over time, it surely a long one.  Someone could perhaps make a bot to find all video game articles that have in their info boxes that they are of the action game genre, and then add those to the list.  A bot could perhaps even read the date released, and other information to compile this and other such list automatically.  I'm going to go make a bot request for that now.   D r e a m Focus  09:20, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - The broadest genre across all platforms for an entire decade? This is too broad. Refine the criteria and start again. Marasmusine (talk) 18:40, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.