Author Topic: genre and sub-genre  (Read 12455 times)

scott

genre and sub-genre
« on: March 17, 2011, 12:14:38 am »
I've been making notes and I think, since we are looking to make the listings as accurate as possible. We should at least list a genre and sub-genre in each listing.

This would allow us to list games like:
Action/ Adventure
Sports/ Boxing
Sports/ Baseball
Racing/ Stock Car Racing
Racing/ Off Road
Shooter/ First-Person
Shooter/ Light Gun
Puzzle/ Falling Block
Puzzle/ Brain Teaser

Etc etc.

It could be a lot more work populating the lists. And agreeing on what goes where. But since we are shooting for accuracy, why not?  Thoughts?
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Re: genre and sub-genre
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2011, 01:23:22 pm »
I'd like to start putting some work into this. We need to define out all of the proper cats/sub-cats.

scott

Re: genre and sub-genre
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2011, 08:57:38 am »
Agreed. It'll add more depth to the database, and when you get the advanced search up and running, then people can search by sub-genre.
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Re: genre and sub-genre
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2011, 09:51:29 am »
Yes. Let's work on this when we meet up tonight.

Re: genre and sub-genre
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2011, 08:29:38 pm »
Here is a link to the current list of genres/sub-genres. Please read it over and offer up any suggestions. I'd love to have this in place by the weekend.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Am9xDHaT_ggLdFVtVnVwSWhPcGVscVJpZE1VSG5LSGc&hl=en&authkey=CO294-EC

scott

Re: genre and sub-genre
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2011, 12:02:14 am »
I forgot to add boxing to the sports subs when I made that list... whoopsie.
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Re: genre and sub-genre
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2011, 10:48:10 am »
What about Arcade/Compilation or something similar for games such as Midway's Arcade Treasues and Atari Anniversary Edition. these types of games have different genres and sub-genres.
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Re: genre and sub-genre
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2011, 12:23:57 pm »
Compilation and Arcade are both listed separately near the bottom.

scott

Re: genre and sub-genre
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2011, 12:28:50 pm »
Prolly should add Pachinko to Arcade. I'm not sure what else we should list under the Arcade genre though.
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tpugmire

Re: genre and sub-genre
« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2011, 11:52:09 am »
Would light gun games be considered a first person shooter, or should they get their own category?
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scott

Re: genre and sub-genre
« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2011, 12:10:09 pm »
hmm I thought I had Light Gun listed? Prolly should go under the Shoot 'em Up genre as a sub genre. Or possibly under Shooter as a sub-genre. Thoughts?
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tpugmire

Re: genre and sub-genre
« Reply #11 on: April 18, 2011, 04:23:39 pm »
How about an art category for games like Mario Paint and those new Wii games for that tablet thingy?  

I didn't even look in the Shoot em Up category, I figured it belonged in Shooters.  That's where I would put it anyway.
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Re: genre and sub-genre
« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2011, 12:26:31 am »
Action could use a Run 'n' Gun subcategory

scott

Re: genre and sub-genre
« Reply #13 on: April 29, 2011, 10:10:01 am »
@Tpugmire added Art games to the Other category for the time being.

@informationator added Run 'n Gun to Action games... totally over looked it.
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Re: genre and sub-genre
« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2011, 01:36:49 am »
I think we need a Strategy RPG/Tactical RPG category for quite a number of japanese games, or should it be a sub-category instead?

examples of such games will be the Disgaea series, Final Fantasy Tactics, Valkyria Chronicles etc..