Talk:Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds (1998 video game)

message: Sorry, I was the one to add the horizontal dividers but I wasn't logged in at the time. SkreeHunter 05:26, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Dividers

message: I am just curious, where could you get the game? --Pevarnj 20:34, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It was a commercially available game. So, generally, any computer game store. I note that it generally was skipped over by the gaming community. Lots of full-page ads, no reviews. I didn't have too many problems finding a copy, but the lack of reviews probably led to a fair number of stores not ordering it at all. Rindis 20:47, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: If you cannot find a copy of the game, and resort to downloading it (which, legally speaking, you shouldn't), be sure to get a full, unstripped version. The game comes on two CDs, both of which have a few audio tracks with remixed versions of some music from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version. Nice stuff. You could always try Ebay or something similar.--Drat (Talk) 03:52, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where could you get it 

message: Sorry about the spelling Cpuwhiz11 12:24, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Oops

message: I seem to remember someone making an unofficial expansion / bug fix for this game. Does anyone have any idea how to find it?
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--82.41.14.207 10:25, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expansion? 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:JeffWayne'sWOTWgamebox.jpg

message: I've just altered a paragraph in the 'impact' subsection just to highlight some of JW'sWOTW compatability issues with Windows XP. I apologise if a couple of the phrases seem like weasel words and if there's information to the contrary that I've not been made aware of. As far as I know this is accurate (in regards to the Dosbox compatability and/or patch). But please feel free to post here if I've missed something or made a mistake. (Bobbo9000 (talk) 01:58, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a windows game. How does DOSbox even enter into it? Besides, without reliable sources (which forums, IRC, etc. are definately not), it's original research. I know there's no sources as it is (and I started the article years ago, so I'm just as guilty in many places), but that doesn't excuse more unsourced info.--Drat (Talk) 02:04, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Compatability 

message: There's a line in the article, under the small image, which reads:
""Jeff Wayne" version handling-machine, and it while playing is similar."
Does anyone have a clue what this means? --  JediLofty User ¦ Talk 17:32, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gibberish 

message: The PC and PlayStation games based on Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds are completely different. The PC game is a real-time strategy, whereas the PlayStation game is a third-person shooter and vehicular combat game. They use the same music, and many of the same models and textures, but that's where the similarity ends. According to Wikipedia:Notability_(video_games), the PlayStation game is notable enough for an article of its own. I'm going to create one, and rewrite the current article to focus solely on the PC game. Any objections or contributions would be welcome.
I have one problem: the two games have exactly the same title, which is probably why they were conflated into the same article in the first place. Since the PC game was released in 1998 and the PlayStation game was released in 1999, I'm not sure if this article should be split into 
Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds (1998 video game) and Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds (1999 video game) 
or 
Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds (PC) and Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds (PlayStation) 
but I'm more inclined to go with the former, as 'PC' may be too ambiguous. Any thoughts? Flax5 (talk) 18:02, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I've gone ahead and split the article; see below. Flax5 (talk) 19:15, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: I plan to split this article