Category talk:Consoles

Should the company name be left out of the sort keys here? For example, should Nintendo Game Boy be in the G's under "Game Boy"? --AnyoneEB 23:40, 20 Oct 2005 (EDT)

It'd make more sense without the 'Nintendo' to be consistent with 'Super Nintendo Entertainment System'. I think that if I was looking for it I'd look under the G's first. --Labmaster ^Talk 05:35, 21 Oct 2005 (EDT)

Of course, that same train of logic doesn't work with 'Nintendo Entertainment System'...--128.138.7.150 05:45, 21 Oct 2005 (EDT)

I think it does - because it's commonly referred to as the 'NES', that is, 'Nintendo' is part of it's name. Though it isn't really that big a deal since all the consoles can fit on one page anyway. --Labmaster ^Talk 16:33, 21 Oct 2005 (EDT)

Okay, I made the change. Thank you for your input. --AnyoneEB 17:02, 21 Oct 2005 (EDT)

maybe there should be a page about N64 hacking? the only game currently being hacked is Super Mario 64 (you can read more here: http://board.acmlm.org/thread.php?id=12971), but still.

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Don't use the USA system name. Systems must be refered to their original names (mostly japanese).
And yes, the manufacturer should appear in the name:
Nintendo Famicom
Nintendo Super Famicom
Nintendo Game Boy (Color/Advance)
Sega Mega Drive
Sega Master System
Sega Game Gear

Consoles and Platforms

I think we should consider the current state of how consoles are organized. Currently they're either based on their only incarnation or the North American console gets priority. I personally feel that consoles and platforms are two different things. Consoles are unique in nature but the hardware within a few similar consoles fall under the same platform. The Nintendo Switch for example has three different consoles, the original, the Lite, and the OLED yet they fall under the same platform. Meanwhile you have cases like the Family Computer (Famicom/FC) and Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) that have the most distinct differences between the two and in the real world are absolutely different consoles that even function differently to an extent, but despite that it's commonly all labeled as NES. The Famicom released first in 1983 and the NES wouldn't exist until 1985 yet the platform name that encompasses Nintendo's 8-bit line of consoles across the world is called NES? Considering the internet is global, I feel that this is a bad practice that results in context being lost from certain releases being for specific consoles when you label it as something it never officially had and can go as far as to create misinformation in regards to the software and consoles. At the very least I would like to suggest clear definitions between consoles and platforms as they're treated as more of the same right now. --Bro3256 (talk) 10:46, 25 February 2024 (UTC)