Genres
I'M TRYING TO ROUGHLY sort the 2600 library into genres; for the purposes of seeing which genres really are underrepresented.It's a balancing act between defining the genres too narrowly and too broadly. Here's what I've got so far, with a few example games for each:1. Scrolling Platformers (Road Runner, Pitfall II)2. Non-Scrolling Platformers (Pitfall!, Xenophobe)3. 2D Non-Scrolling Shooters (Space Invaders, Galaxian)4. 2D Scrolling Shooters (Defender, River Raid, Thrust+)5. 3D (or first person) Shooters (Star Fire, Battlezone)6. Board Games (Othello, Chess)7. Breakout Clones (Breakout, Circus Atari)8. RPGs/Adventures (Adventure, DragonStomper)9. Frogger Clones (Frogger, Space Treat Deluxe)10. Maze Eaters (Pac-Man, Crystal Castles)11. Catchers (Kaboom!, Eggomania)12. Puzzles (Edtris, KLAX)13. Q*Bert Clones (Q*Bert, Frostbite)14. Car Racers (Enduro, Dragster)15. Sports (Tennis, Skiing)That's a big list (15 categories) but I think you lose something if you combine some of those - I could combine all 2D shooters into one category, but is Gravitar really similar to Galaxian?On the other hand, I could easily divide these up almost ad nauseum - separating 2D Scrolling Shooters into those with gravity (Thrust+, Gravitar) and those without (Defender, River Raid), etc. The sports games as well.More than 20 categories becomes unmanageable, I think. I guess the goal is the fewest helpful categories.Any comments? Come up with any games that don't fit anywhere in there?Here's my initial list of games that I'm not sure where to stick:TapperBump 'N' JumpStampedeMarble CrazeDark Mage (does it go in the RPGs/Adventures genre, or does it standalone in the Text Adventures category?)
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