Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hyperdrive (video game)

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I could not find a single reference offering significant coverage of this Arcade machine. Odie5533 (talk) 17:23, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 19:43, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

• Delete per WP:V and WP:NOR. It also fails WP:GNG. Darth Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 00:31, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game-related deletion discussions. ({{find video game sources short|Hyperdrive (video game)|linksearch=}}) • Gene93k (talk) 17:04, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

• Keep I'm not ready to set this precedent of deleting arcade games by notable companies such as Midway Games. The game isn't some fictitious hoax, and as much as I know some want to delete almost every single video game article in existence (especially ones from the 1980s and 1990s since it's more difficult to find sources), it's not starting here. Agent Vodello^{OK, Let's Party, Darling!} 17:44, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

:*Hey look, a single reference offering significant coverage of this Arcade machine. [http://imgur.com/rU2ur GamePro #115, April 1998, page 64.] Agent Vodello^{OK, Let's Party, Darling!} 18:20, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

::*That is a great print reference, good hunting. But I still think it's not enough media coverage to warrant a full article. Perhaps inclusion in List of Midway arcade machines with details and references for the arcades would be good. For the record, I love creating and expanding video game articles from the 80's and 90's, but some are simply not notable enough for to warrant a full article on Wikipedia. I realize this arcade is not a hoax, I saw pictures and some available for purchase on eBay and some arcade trader site while I was researching the subject. --Odie5533 (talk) 20:17, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

:::I can't provide scans, but it also had a full preview in Electronic Gaming Monthly's Player's Guide to Summer Gaming 1998, as well as 4 entire pages of coverage in EGM². That's more than enough coverage. Agent Vodello^{OK, Let's Party, Darling!} 18:18, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

::::Can you at least give us a citation to these references you say exist? --Odie5533 (talk) 03:59, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

:::::Come the hell on. Now you're saying that I'm making references up? I'm going by what I found on the [http://www.animbomb.com/hyperdrive/Hype.htm official page] for the game, as well as an artist's [http://www.3dbrianmorris.com/pictures/BrianCVFineArt4.pdf resume], two different places that both cite a four page strategy guide in EGM2, the preview in Electronic Gaming Monthly, and the preview in Gamepro. I've already gone above and beyond to find one source and upload the scan. I have no reason to believe the other two were just made up out of thin air. Agent Vodello^{OK, Let's Party, Darling!} 13:41, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

::::::[https://web.archive.org/web/19990218052800/http://www.gameinformer.com/news/apr98/042998d.html Game Informer], [https://web.archive.org/web/19990221134726/http://gamefan.com/arcade/hyperdrive/reviewspreviews.htm Gamefan], [https://web.archive.org/web/200101160622/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_02/25_hyper/index.html Gamespot], [https://web.archive.org/web/19980611091828/http://www.replaymag.com/spotlite.htm Replay Magazine], [https://web.archive.org/web/19990820130818/http://www.next-generation.com/jsmid/news/2662.html Next Generation Magazine], Since I'm doing all the research for you, could you please incorporate these into the article? Seems like the article can be expanded quite a lot, now. Agent Vodello^{OK, Let's Party, Darling!} 13:59, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

::::::*{{cite web |title=Midway's Hyperdrive |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990218052800/http://www.gameinformer.com/news/apr98/042998d.html |archivedate=18 February 1999 |url-status=dead |date=29 April 1998 |work=Game Informer |accessdate=31 August 2011 |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/news/apr98/042998d.html }}

::::::*{{cite web |title=Preview: HyperDrive |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990221134726/http://gamefan.com/arcade/hyperdrive/reviewspreviews.htm |archivedate=21 February 1999 |url-status=dead |date=4 May 1998 |work=GameFan Online |accessdate=31 August 2011 |url=http://gamefan.com/arcade/hyperdrive/reviewspreviews.htm }}

::::::*{{cite web |title=Hyperdrive Races to Arcades |author=Mark Hain |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/200101160622/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_02/25_hyper/index.html |archivedate=16 January 2001 |url-status=dead |date=25 February 1998 |work=GameSpot |accessdate=31 August 2011 |url=http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_02/25_hyper/index.html |no-tracking=yes}}

::::::*{{cite web |title=Spotlight: Fast In Space! |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19980611091828/http://www.replaymag.com/spotlite.htm |archivedate=11 June 1998 |url-status=dead |date=May 1998 |work=RePlay Magazine |accessdate=31 August 2011 |url=http://www.replaymag.com/spotlite.htm }}

::::::*{{cite web |title=ASI: Day One Arcade Show Report |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990820130818/http://www.next-generation.com/jsmid/news/2662.html |archivedate=20 August 1999 |url-status=dead |date=26 March 1998 |work=Next Generation Online |accessdate=31 August 2011 |url=http://www.next-generation.com/jsmid/news/2662.html }}

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