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Abul
09-01-2006, 04:19 AM
I think it would help alot of people searching for certain types of games with the options of looking through the roms so putting things like *arcade and RPG style games also I would really love it and im pretty sure alot of other people would like it if there was a thing describing what language the game was in well yeh ta ta.............;)
Kristaps513
09-01-2006, 04:32 AM
Yes i would be a lot easier! :)
pizzaman
09-01-2006, 07:22 AM
Nah, I like them in alphabetical order, but we could put them in both.
ridley
09-01-2006, 07:26 AM
you mean like format,type,most downloaded,least downloaded,language,hacks,etc
pizzaman
09-01-2006, 07:28 AM
you mean like format,type,most downloaded,least downloaded,language,hacks,etc
I think he means in genres. Like sports, RPGs, platforms, and so on.
fiReBirD
09-01-2006, 09:21 AM
I like ridleys example...
Iconoclast
09-01-2006, 09:25 AM
I don't like the idea because many users have misunderstandings about which games are under which genres. For example, I thought Banjo-Kazooie was an RPG, until Kameo kept saying it's a platformer. cherko thought Zelda was an RPG game (and so did I, actually), but I checked the Project64 RDB, and it said it was an Action-Adventure game. If this suggestion were applied, many users might find it difficult to find the ROM file they would like.

Also, for people with slow Internet connections, it may take a long time to get to the next page of downloading a ROM, and sorting ROM files by their genre, only adds an extra link to click on before downloading. It's quicker to view all of the ROMs under a certain beginning letter, without also classifying by genre.

What's more? If there are over 2,500 Nintendo 64 ROMs, imagine how many ROM links for all the consoles there would be to have rearranged into genre classification? It's too much hard work to go through.
fiReBirD
09-01-2006, 09:46 AM
I would say that we keep the alphabetical system and then put ridleys system in so that i wouldn't be hard to upload the site...
DarthBrady
09-01-2006, 10:24 AM
I would say that we keep the alphabetical system and then put ridleys system in so that i wouldn't be hard to upload the site...

I too think it would be a wise decision to keep the alphabetical system , but more info would be nice.
noodles
09-01-2006, 10:44 AM
I feel like there's already sufficient information given for the games on the right-hand side of a ROM download page. Maybe a short summary of the game would be useful, though.
fiReBirD
09-01-2006, 11:04 AM
I feel like there's already sufficient information given for the games on the right-hand side of a ROM download page. Maybe a short summary of the game would be useful, though.
Who do you think wanna make that...?!?!?!? Not to sound rude but there is about 2500 N64 games and i don't know how many roms...
noodles
09-01-2006, 11:17 AM
It wouldn't be as much work as you're making it sound. I'd volunteer to compile it all if I knew it would be added.
cherko
09-30-2006, 10:52 AM
cherko thought Zelda was an RPG game (and so did I, actually), but I checked the Project64 RDB, and it said it was an Action-Adventure game.

I still think Zelda is an RPG. An Action/RPG. I don't care what Project64 RDB says, but if Zelda is not an RPG then this is not a forum.

I like the idea still, you can't put Zelda under the wrong category because it's ESA protected...