Talk:Indy 4 (video game)

link from discrete CPU

I don't know whether a discrete CPU means a discrete electronic device, or a digital (non-analog) device. So I don't know whether to link it to Discrete device or to Discrete signal. I'm therefore removing the link from the word "discrete". The same goes for a number of other arcade game pages. --Coppertwig (talk) 16:43, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Discrete electronic device and digital device can mean the same thing. Something being discrete does not mean its automatically analog. As far as in relation to what to use for this, neither. They use ic's, so don't match the requirements of Discrete device. Likewise, "digital device" does not aptly define the separation needed here, since Microprocessor based pcb's are also "digital devices". Unfortunately the template as it stands only has CPU for a category. These early machines don't have a CPU per se, they aren't general purpose computers running code. They're state machine computers, though they do use ic's (pong uses the 7400 series for example). It might be better to move the description from "discrete" to "state machine". While most websites describe pre-microprocessor pcb's as "discrete" (which is why that was used here), I'm thinking "state machine computer" might be a better descriptive, with a link to Finite state machine. That's also what Nolan described it as (state machine). --Marty Goldberg (talk) 18:19, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

So, in short, you agree with my removal of the double square brackets from the word "discrete" beside "CPU" in the infoboxes on a number of arcade game pages? (Just putting square brackets around "discrete" links to a disambiguation page (discrete), which is not very useful.) Thanks for your reply, and thanks for copying it to my talk page – I'd forgotten to watchlist this page. --Coppertwig (talk) 22:05, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I agree. I'm also suggesting we replace "discrete" with state machine computer. --Marty Goldberg (talk) 03:48, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Indiana Jones

Deleted the line " The game has no resemblence to the actual film Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull." The game isn't supposed to be about Indian Jones, it's about the Indianapolis 500. --DOHC Holiday (talk) 13:45, 15 September 2008 (UTC)