On Thursday 12 December 2002 23:50, Glenn Saunders wrote:
> At 06:42 PM 12/12/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >In which category would you put, say, Coke Wins? It's a legitimate game
> > from the 2600's prime that is a hack of Space Invaders but has somewhat
> > different gameplay. You could argue it belongs in any of the above 3
> People don't realize that Coke Wins is more than just a hack. Note that
> the game has a timer at the top. It's not 100% original, but the gameplay
> changed, not just the graphics. Many Space Invaders hacks are actually
Yeah, I know that, hence the "somewhat different gameplay" comment and the
whole point of that rhetorical question.
> >adding another layer of classifications. Maybe it should be a 'best
> >practice' (whatever that term actually means) for sites offering 2600
> > games to simply run 'em through Good2600 so they can categorize them
> > easily and appropriately?
> But at the very least some single authoritative body should oversee the
> Good2600 descriptors.
Some single authoritative body DOES oversee the Good2600 descriptors, namely
the pseudonymous author. It's just not an authority the people involved in
this debate are necessarily comfortable with. ;)
It seems to me that starting from stella.pro and filling in from a full set of
Good2600-verified bin files might be a good way to start your competing
XML-based authoritative 2600 game database if that's what you want to do.
Rob
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