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Currently we have 15 image types for the main database (not counting flyers, which are treated separately, and 3-D Movies which are .mov files not images).

Existing Image Types:

1. Cabinet
2. Cabinet-Cocktail
3. Bezel Close Up
4. Instruction Card
5. Japanese
6. Side Art
7. Logo
8. Marquee
9. Marquee-Alternate
10. 3-D Movie [ya it really isn't an image]
11. PCB
12. Control Panel
13. Screen Shot
14. Screen Shot-Title
15. Pinball: Play Field
16. Pinball: Back Glass

It's time for some updating.

1. It would be nice to add a few fields, such as for alternative types of cabinets, memorabilia items related to games, etc.

2. I'm inclined to rename fields to make them more intuitive to the unsophisticated. Instead of "Cabinet", I'm thinking "Cabinet - Whole Machine (Default)". People often seem to have trouble understanding Cabinet' so they choose anything. Occasionally I get an email as such. I also want to make clear that 'Screen Shot' relates to videogames. You would be amazed how many pinball machine and 100 year old slot machine images come in as 'Screen Shot', probably because 'Screen Shot' lacks as much clarity as 'Cabinet'. "Pinball: Play Field" for example, is worth broadening, since lots of mechanical and EM (non-pinball) games have play-fields.

Proposed New Image Types (including renaming the above).

Cabinet - Whole Machine (Default)
Cabinet - Alternative Factory Model
Cabinet - Cocktail Table
Cabinet - Control Panel
Cabinet - Conversion
Cabinet - Detail / Close-Up Exterior
Cabinet - Inner Workings
Cabinet - Instruction Card
Cabinet - PCB Game Circuit Board
Cabinet - Back Glass (Pinball/EM)
Cabinet - Play Field Whole (Non Video Game)
Cabinet - Play Field Detail (Non Video Game)
Cabinet - Side Art
Cabinet - Video Game Marquee
Cabinet - Video Game Marquee - Alternate
Cabinet - Video Game Monitor Bezel Close Up
Cabinet - Video Game Screen Shot - Others
Cabinet - Video Game Screen Shot - Title
3-D Movie (spinning .mov)
Advertising (Print)
Enthusiast - Art
Enthusiast - Cosplay
Flyer
Game Logo
Historic Location
Japanese Language
Memorabilia (Promo or Licensed)
People

The primary place these terms would be used would be on image submission screens. On game pages, some of the distinctions might just help display order (ie: screen shot - others would follow title).

Additionally, for a few of the few (ie: Alternate Cabinet, Memorabilia), a submitter or editor could add a line of text to display with the image.

- Any suggestions, missing items, comments?

Thanks in advance.
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