MAMEWorld Forums - News - Re: Catlist 0.158 out !

I've re-classified more sets according to your reports, and I've fixed a few spare mistakes (e.g. braveff was marked as belonging to the Platform genre)
thanks again for the careful review of the inis: it's always good to have fresh eyes double checking the job

feel free to report more errors if you find them, except if they are about Fruit Machine / Electromechanical classification, because we are going to reorganize those genre a little bit for 0.159 and it's better to wait until we are done before reporting further mistakes that could have been already fixed

> > > pprobe=Shooter / Misc. Horizontal
> > doesn't this qualify for Shooter / Gallery instead?
>
> Maybe, but you scroll to the right so...
>

let me think a bit more about this...

> > > toobin=Sports
> > > toobin1=Sports
> > > toobin2=Sports
> > > toobin2e=Sports
> > > toobine=Sports
> > > toobing=Sports
> > while you are not technically swimming in this game, you are still doing a sort of
> > "downhill slalom" in the river, while moving water with your hands...
>
> Ok, but this does not qualify it to the "Sports / Swimming" category.

how does Swimmer qualify to this category, then, in your standard? you are not in a pool in that game either, and you don't compete with others to win a "race"
if we are going to be strict about what belongs to the sports category, then we would have to be strict in all cases, and reclassify dozen of them because rules are often bent for gameplay reasons

I'd rather be a little bit more elastic here

> > > warpsped=Misc.
> > This seems a bit of a "Driving / 1st Person" or "Driving / Plane" game, since you
> > have to guide your spaceship and avoid "asteroids" while trying to get as far as
> you
> > can... opinions?
>
> This is hard to define, it can be "Driving / 1st Person" but you don't drive, or
> "Shooter / Flying 1st Person" but you don't shoot, or "Driving / Race 1st Person" but
> it is not a race.
> "Driving / Plane" fits well enough but it is not a plane.

well, you steer your vehicle in various directions... so you're driving, even if not with a steering wheel

I guess we shall extend the "Driving / Plane" name to better describe the fact spaceships are allowed as well