Re: [Audyssey] Game Terminology was General Gaming Info

2011-08-03 Thread Hayden Presley
ssey] Game Terminology was General Gaming Info Hi tom. Your point about computers and consoles is exactly right, indeed while I was growing up it was very common to have versions of the same game such as final fight, ghouls n ghosts, golden axe or streetfighter 2 to be out for consoles like the snes

Re: [Audyssey] Game Terminology was General Gaming Info

2011-08-03 Thread Hayden Presley
0:16 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Game Terminology was General Gaming Info Hi Tom. Yes, these terms were made basically for convenience and according to what was around at the time, however the point of classifications in the database was to help people identify what a ga

Re: [Audyssey] Game Terminology was General Gaming Info

2011-07-29 Thread dark
Hi Tom. Yes, these terms were made basically for convenience and according to what was around at the time, however the point of classifications in the database was to help people identify what a game is like, or search for a style of game, for instance Brian wanting stratogy games for research

Re: [Audyssey] Game Terminology was General Gaming Info

2011-07-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Yes, I see your point. I read the link to the Audiogames.net article on game genres and it seems fairly well thought out. Although the catagory for arcade seems rather broad considering the variety of subgenres that could be classified as arcade. For instance, you created a subgenre call

Re: [Audyssey] Game Terminology was General Gaming Info

2011-07-29 Thread dark
Hi tom. Your point about computers and consoles is exactly right, indeed while I was growing up it was very common to have versions of the same game such as final fight, ghouls n ghosts, golden axe or streetfighter 2 to be out for consoles like the snes, and home computers like the Amigar as w

[Audyssey] Game Terminology was General Gaming Info

2011-07-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, That's very interesting. Over hear in the USA most electronic games are generically referred to as video games regardless of the platform or console being used. We, that is to say Americans, divide video games up into two catagories console and computer/PC games. So if you talk to someone