Talk:The War of the Worlds (1984 video game)

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BetacommandBot 16:55, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

1983 game

So how do we know of the existence of the 1983 game? Was it mentioned in a magazine? 2fort5r (talk) 11:56, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Removed as irrelevant and possible OR.Autarch (talk) 04:03, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

This article is about the 1984 game from CRL using the Jeff Wayne licence. For some reason in 2009, somebody added references but referenced entirely the wrong game and changed dates/publisher etc. The 1983 game is only known about from one small ad in a magazine. It has never been archived and probably either never actually got released or sold in tiny numbers and certainly doesn't warrant a wikipedia article. It was also apparently a space invaders type game so the rest of the article did not reference it. The 1984 adventure version was released by a well known publisher, was featured in many magazines at the time, is available on many download sites and is related to the Jeff Wayne franchise. See the link at WoS. The article does need improving and should probably be renamed.--Retro junkie (talk) 20:12, 4 September 2011 (UTC)