[Scummvm-devel] Idea: Extend game pages on Wiki to include tech specs

[Henry Bush]

(sent again from the right email address...)

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 22:28, Henry Bush<henry at unforgettable.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 21:15, Max Horn<max at quendi.de> wrote:
>> how about extending <http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Template:GameDescription
>>  > to include tech spec data? Most notably, adding a "Resolution"
>> field which is set to something like "320x200 at 8bit" or "640x480 at
>> 16bit". That information is highly useful for games, and to quickly
>> determine whether a certain game has any chance of running on a given
>> platform. More things are conceivable. Like size of the data files
>> (can be a range if there are multiple versions); or whether we support
>> compressing the data files of the game; etc.
>>
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>>
>> Anyway, just an idea. If somebody likes it and has time, just do it.
>> If nobody has the time to implement this and start adding the data,
>> well, also fine by me :)
> That is a *really* good idea. I know I would have found it very useful
> back when I was obsessively collecting games ;-) I guess some will
> have multiple, but that's easily handled. I'll add it to the template
> and start the ball rolling with a couple of games...
>
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> Henry
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