Talk:List of arcade video games

message: Does this article apply only to video games, or could it also include things like pinball?
The intention was for this to be just about video games, and I've edited the entry to say that now.  I wouldn't object to mentioning pinball, though, perhaps as a see also.  But the idea was for the main list to be of video games.
Silverfish 19:30, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: given that, I'm moving the article to "list of video arcade games" -- Akb4 17:24, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Pinball too?

message: It should be changed to a category, or atleast better organized somehow. --Skylap
:Considering how many times this is addressed, it's amazing how often it keeps cropping up.  AAMOF, there is an Arcade games category.  But there are several reasons to have a list also.  For example, the only games that show up in the category are ones that have articles written about them.  A list also includes games that don't have articles yet, a great springboard for bored editors.
:There have been suggestions to organize the games by year or manufacturer instead, but none have prevailed.  An alphabetical listing is the easiest to traverse and add to.  I don't think anyone would oppose adding the year and/or developer after the game title, however.  New lists organized differently could be created and linked to from this article.
:If you're interested in improving the articles on arcade games, you may want to visit and/or join the project.
:Please sign your posts.  I added your signature above, but you can do it with either 3 or 4 tildes (~~~ or ~~~~).  The latter is preferred as it also adds a timestamp. — Frecklefoot | Talk 18:32, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  This page is a MESS 

message: An eager editor added this message to the article:
Please help in making this list sortable!
To fill out the list below, please use the information provided at MAWS, KLOV, and arcade-history. Good luck!
While I support the decision to put the information into tables, editing comments don't belong in the article.  Hence, I moved it here. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 15:22, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Help put info in table

message: Should they show if a game was ported and how many times?
UNKN0WNUN1D3NT1F13D (talk)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by ONKN0WNUN1D3NT1F13D (talk • contribs) 19:59, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: What about home ports?

message: I think all the center and /center tags should all be deleted and instead just the columns of Max Players and Alternate Title(s) can be coded for a center alignment. To avoid clashes with the dash that seperates the rows (|-) and the dash that signifies there are no alternate titles, replace the dashes in Alternate Title(s) cells with "–". This would save oodles of space and make future editing easier without the need to keep adding these tags. Deltasim (talk) 10:30, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ease the editing 

message: Split  - Article is over 100 kB, and should be split by alphabet.  Thoughts?  Suggestions?--Jax 0677 (talk) 18:14, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure, but probably 0-L and M-Z. — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 02:14, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes - 0-L and M-Z is the norm for lists like this and would be the best solution here MrLeo (talk) 21:44, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps such a long list is better split into three. A-I, J-R and S-0..9. That way loading times are faster and vertical scrolling for searching is cut down than it would be if the list were split in two. If certain lettered arcade game tables prove to be short for the exact letter ranges mentioned above you may wish to change it a bit to get something similar to the List of Amiga games. Deltasim (talk) 12:06, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I have split the list. I am afraid that it seemed so obvious to me that an article per letter was required that I didn't really notice that a larger grouping may have been prefered. As noted below, it can be changed if required. I have put the lede of each sub article into a template :Template:List of arcade video games header so that if adjustments need to be made, they only need to be made in one place. The nav box is in : Template:List of Arcade Video Games Navbox. This template also includes the categories, so if you want to add more categories, it only needs to be done in one place. There are a number of things to do, but I don't have time now: 1) The nav box template needs tidying up. 2) the header template should give a result specific to the letter of the article, e.g. "This article lists games beginning with A" I haven't got that to work yet. I hope my work will be considered a good start. If you change the grouping then hopefully, you will only need to update the nave box template and the change will appear throughout the series of articles. Op47 (talk) 22:42, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Size split? 

message: This list needs to be updated to display correctly for Wikipedia mobile. List is completely absent in iOS browsers such as Safari and Chrome, and will only display when viewing the desktop version of the article. 2600:8805:8980:23:B111:3692:1384:FEF0 (talk) 01:06, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fix list for mobile 

message: Maybe it's a mobile viewing issue? 2600:8802:1700:48D:9C83:1D8:F080:29 (talk) 18:45, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does this list contain a list?