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Post by Andrew on Jun 23, 2018 19:45:12 GMT -5
^It says it takes place somewhere in New Jersey. Is that where the convenience store was located in the movie? (That's what it looks like from the photos. It'd have to have three machines to be included in the wiki though. Was there three?) A lot of the film was filmed in NJ, but I wouldn't know the exact towns, or if it was a real arcade. Is NJ good enough for a location? |
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Post by Fatal Rewind on Jun 23, 2018 19:46:56 GMT -5
Yeah, that's fine. "Unnamed New Jersey arcade" would probably be it. It doesn't have to be a real arcade anyway as I've said before.
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Post by Andrew on Jun 23, 2018 20:06:28 GMT -5
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Post by Fatal Rewind on Jun 23, 2018 20:14:17 GMT -5
It needs info on the movie. You can check out the RoboCop 2 arcade and The Greatest American Hero University game room pages as examples, as the #1 rule in writing is to assume the reader knows nothing (I've never seen the Dollhouse movie, so a brief summary would help). |
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Post by Andrew on Jun 23, 2018 20:28:37 GMT -5
It needs info on the movie. You can check out the RoboCop 2 arcade and The Greatest American Hero University game room pages as examples, as the #1 rule in writing is to assume the reader knows nothing (I've never seen the Dollhouse movie, so a brief summary would help). OK sorry. I added a little more. I can add more in the future. Sorry that I'm not the best. |
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Post by Fatal Rewind on Jun 23, 2018 20:48:09 GMT -5
That's ok, it's your first one. If you ever contribute to wikis again you'll get better at it.
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Post by Play_Song on Jun 24, 2018 11:43:07 GMT -5
I know there's one in Fast Times.  |
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Post by The Mrs. on Jun 25, 2018 17:01:56 GMT -5
I know there's one in Fast Times. Quit stalling. Type up a Wiki. |
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Post by Fatal Rewind on Jun 27, 2018 10:14:28 GMT -5
^Heh!
Well, as this month is drawing to a close and this area will soon be locked and archived, I'd appreciate it if anyone reading this knows of a gamer that might be interested in this wiki to please send them the link to it.
It'd be one thing to say that I don't even really know how to get people to write on a wiki as it is, but here it's a lot simpler, as pages can just be mostly comprised of a list of games that an arcade had to it for the most part if people can't find much (or any) information on a game room as it is. But then I never really posted about this wiki on a really popular gaming site as it is, such as Atari Age, but then that still has a lot of trolls roaming around, even after years after I quit posting on there (as others have told me that still read the forums consistently, if not still post on them as well). So I'm not sure how good an idea that is.
Why this wiki hasn't taken off yet is beyond me.
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Post by Mr. Feeny on Jun 27, 2018 10:25:31 GMT -5
^Heh! Well, as this month is drawing to a close and this area will soon be locked and archived, I'd appreciate it if anyone reading this knows of a gamer that might be interested in this wiki to please send them the link to it. It'd be one thing to say that I don't even really know how to get people to write on a wiki as it is, but here it's a lot simpler, as pages can just be mostly comprised of a list of games that an arcade had to it for the most part if people can't find much (or any) information on a game room as it is. But then I never really posted about this wiki on a really popular gaming site as it is, such as Atari Age, but then that still has a lot of trolls roaming around, even after years after I quit posting on there (as others have told me that still read the forums consistently, if not still post on them as well). So I'm not sure how good an idea that is. "Vintage" is most likely going to win for July. I'd say you could have a round two for vintage gaming and we'd have more time to recruit people. |
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Post by Biased on Jun 27, 2018 10:37:51 GMT -5
I know there's one in Fast Times. Quit stalling. Type up a Wiki. I'm interested in helping with the Fast Times one. I have the DVD somewhere. I'd rather take my own screen captures than steal some from online. |
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Post by bigballofyarn on Jun 27, 2018 11:40:05 GMT -5
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Post by Fatal Rewind on Jun 27, 2018 12:18:16 GMT -5
I can't get the formatting correct for the life of me. There are supposed to be 9 pictures. Every time I tried to shift up the photos on the left, something got deleted. Once you hit Edit, I find it easiest to select the Classic editor, then Source. That way you can see what you're doing as far as adding and not deleting. Because I couldn't get the pictures formatted the way I wanted them, I added filler text from IMDB in the center. That stuff can be taken out now if you want. I made all pics into a gallery and added categories. Was this a real arcade in real life? Because I left that out as far as categories went if it was ficitonal. |
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Post by bigballofyarn on Jun 27, 2018 12:56:36 GMT -5
I can't get the formatting correct for the life of me. There are supposed to be 9 pictures. Every time I tried to shift up the photos on the left, something got deleted. Once you hit Edit, I find it easiest to select the Classic editor, then Source. That way you can see what you're doing as far as adding and not deleting. Because I couldn't get the pictures formatted the way I wanted them, I added filler text from IMDB in the center. That stuff can be taken out now if you want. I made all pics into a gallery and added categories. Was this a real arcade in real life? Because I left that out as far as categories went if it was ficitonal. I did a bit of research and rewatched the opening credits of the movie a few times. The interior of the mall took place at the Sherman Oaks Galleria, which no longer exists. That mall did have an arcade, but then I found this: tarpreport.blogspot.com/2014/05/sherman-oaks-galleria-1980s-floor-plan.html |
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Post by Fatal Rewind on Jun 27, 2018 12:59:32 GMT -5
Good catch. If more work is done on the page then they can add "Fictional arcades" to the category list.
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