Talk:NASCAR Arcade/GA1

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Reviewer: Namcokid47 (talk · contribs) 06:10, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

A nice, short article. I like these. Here are my comments.

1. You should add the Japanese name (ナスカーアーケード) as a footnote. It's a Japanese arcade game, after all.
2. If you're able to, of course, I'd try to replace the screenshot with a higher-quality version.
3. Any chance you're able to find a specific release date? I won't count it against the article, but it would be nice.
4. "holding down the brake pedal would allow access to drivers" The article talks about the gameplay in the present tense, so I'd remove the "would" here.
5. You might wanna say that the soundtrack album was published by Victor, not released. The previous sentence says that Senoue and Gioeli released it, so it's a bit confusing to say "It was released by Victor Entertainment".
6. Is Jun Senoue a reliable source?
7. I'm admittedly concerned about the Reception, as it's really short. Were you able to find any other reviews for it? It's rather strange for a game from a noteworthy developer based on a noteworthy license to have such little coverage. I'd also add the Allgame review into the writing; it's listed in the review box but it's not actually in the text.

That's all I have. Once these are addressed, I will gladly pass it. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 06:10, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

• Done on the Japanese name - took me a bit because I double-checked my sources and apparently the Japanese magazines do call it "NASCAR Arcade". Perhaps all the feedback on the title I referenced in the article made them change their mind.
• We're already at 66,600 pixels for the screenshot - fair use for images is usually limited to 100,000. I could maybe find one a little bigger, but I don't think it would do all that much better for the effort.
• It would be nice, but the answer is no. It's safe to assume it was around September 2000 based on Anoop Gantayat of IGN's viewing of the game at the JAMMA show that year, but that's about it. The later we get, the less and less coverage of coin-ops there are because people were less interested in them.
• Changed to present tense.
• Wording changed to "published"
• Jun Senoue is a primary source in this case - he is a sound producer for Sega and produced the soundtrack for the game. As a matter of fact, his involvement in the game is what drew me to it, as it has the first songs by Crush 40, the band known now for the theme song to almost every Sonic the Hedgehog game since Sonic Adventure. Its usage should fit under WP:PRIMARY, and if you disagree, it's all in the IGN article cited with it, anyway.
• I slipped in a retrospective from Bleacher Report putting it on a list of top NASCAR game. Other than that... no, not really. The truth is, I'm not surprised at all there was so little. By 2000, interest in coin-op machines, especially in the US, was really dropping. It's not so much in Japan, but I have four Japanese sources listed and none of them actually "reviewed" it - they're more or less featuring it and tips for play. Allgame only had the star rating and no other meaningful content, and no one else gave it a score. I felt this was pretty scant too, but I did my homework and dug and dug for everything I could find on the game. I think there is just an honest lack of coverage because of the cultural changes around arcade games, and this was never going to seriously make it to home consoles (1. because of the EA license, and 2. the Sega Hikaru hardware was too powerful to convert to console, even though it was NAOMI-based). I'll let you decide what you think here, but I personally think this is enough to satisfy the GA criterion for broadness. No, it would never come close to FA standard, but not all articles are capable of FA quality.

@Namcokid47: responses given. Red Phoenix ^talk 13:20, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

@Red Phoenix: - Okay, I think this looks good. I'll pass it. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 18:58, 3 May 2020 (UTC)