Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Single screen (game perspective)


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The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion.  Sandstein  07:07, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Single screen (game perspective)

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This reads like an article built on one arbitrary and unsourced definition: video arcade games where the screen neither scrolls nor allows the player to "move" between different screens.

There are definitely games that fall into that category and it would have been a common design constraint in the early days of videogaming, but it's a grey area, poorly explored here - as illustrated by the article being unclear about whether Space Invaders and Breakout are single-screen games (because they don't scroll) or multiple-screen games which "move beyond these limitations" (because when you clear one level you move to the next one which may have different contents). There are many modern games that would also fall into this category, such as practically any puzzle game, but it doesn't seem like a meaningful progression. Some games have a play area larger than the screen, others don't. Lord Belbury (talk) 11:25, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 06:22, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, buidhe 00:42, 3 March 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, buidhe 19:23, 10 March 2020 (UTC)


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