I feel KLOV should get cleaned up and up to date before even thinking about adding anything new to the site.
Mike
This is what I was thinking. Oh, and finally getting my VAPS and KLOV accounts merged.(please!!!)
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I feel KLOV should get cleaned up and up to date before even thinking about adding anything new to the site.
Mike
There's already a billion sources for home console information, and they're probably more complete than what could be provided here.
Personally, I say instead of adding more scattered data the entries that are already here could be improved. There are some entries where the pictures for the machines are converted cabinets, and not originals. Create a way for trusted members to adjust the database. Get their restored machines uploaded as real examples of the machines. Get the side art. Get those 3D sketchup model people are making here. Get images of the boards and control panels. All this data exists, but it's just not in the entries.
The integration with VAPS is a good start, but I think it needs to be cleaned up a bit. You want KLOV to be the best site for all things coin-op amusement. Through this, hopefully you can make it easier for anyone out there who wants to own an arcade or pinball machine to get help and information to make that possible.
I feel KLOV should get cleaned up and up to date before even thinking about adding anything new to the site.
Mike
Though I've heard from people with a variety of perspectives, there seems to be enough concern about letting consoles in the database that if they were let in I'd have to try and keep them segregated.
I'm going to put this off for a while (weeks, not days) to let it brew a little more, and then maybe I'll either drop it or come back with a more succinct proposal and pitch.
Our museum/exhibits definitely covers console ( http://www.arcade-museum.com/penny-arcadia/ ) but that's sort of separate from the encyclopedia and VAPS.
Keep it coin op only! That said, I'd like to see coin op expand to include stuff like coin op air hockey, billiards, foosball, change machines, etc. I think all that stuff has a place here and in VAPS before console and hand held stuff does.
I'm thinking of adding better console coverage here, in particular adding system coverage to the main's site encyclopedia. It would have its own category to keep things separate from the coin-op machines.Comments?
Gee, can we have a category for board games too? I'd love to register my Monopoly and Strageto games. And how about sports games too, where we can register our bats, balls, gloves, hockey sticks, etc?
I am totally against this idea. I really don't think we should have pinball games on here. The pinball database has an excellent system of their own already. Why do we keep trying to move towards an all encompassing registration? Why can't we keep it to simple coin operated video arcade games?
Wall games (Trapshoot, etc.) should be on KLOV before console games.