Talk:Head Over Heels (video game)

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[edit] Remove clean-up message

I think that this is a very good article, and the message is unecessary. I think that it could be better to place citation needed tags where needed instead of tagging the entire article as and ad retrieved from a magazine. Loudenvier 15:47, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

The article is positively gushing with praise, and citations do not fix this. I'm re-tagging it until I have time to clean it up. An example:

* Graphically, Head Over Heels has probably pushed the limits of the ZX Spectrum's display capabilities further than any other game.

This is just OTT commentary, and should either be rewritten or removed entirely. Chris Cunningham 16:02, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Release dates

I'm pretty sure the 16-bit versions of this game were published in 1991. I notice several dates are mentioned in the infobox. We should probably try and link dates to the specfic versions released. -- Zagrebo 13:37, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Screenshot

Am I the only person who thinks that the infobox should contain a screenshot of the game itself intead of the cover art? Sure, the cover art is nice (and important), but the game itself is what we're describing here, and it struck me as silly that the only images were at the end.

I've put an Amstrad CPC screenshot in, but it looks a bit cluttered. I still feel we should have a picture of the game itself visible on the first screen (i.e. without scrolling on a 1024x768 monitor). Fourohfour 19:03, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry but I think that replacing cover scans with screenshots for a game's infobox is rather like replacing film posters with a film still for infoboxes in movie entries. I think cover art is justifiable to illustrate the game in question

They *don't* illustrate the game in question! That was my point. Fourohfour 13:18, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

whilst screenshots are more for illustrating gameplay or differences between different versions. --Zagrebo 20:48, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

I'd prefer the game cover too. But a well placed screenshot right in the begginning would be great Loudenvier 21:30, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Zagrebo; I'm sorry, but I find your assertions somewhat strange- that cover art "illustrates the game in question" (it doesn't) whilst screenshots of the game itself (which is what the article is actually about) only illustrate the gameplay? Fourohfour 13:18, 17 March 2007 (UTC)