Talk:Cooperative video game

Typography

Is there an Orthographic spelling for 'Co-Op'? What is the proper way of stating it in English? I've seen co-op, Co-op, Co-Op CO-OP and all those without hyphens (the hyphen is no doubt the proper dash if it is used). If used in a title, where all words are capitalized, does that change the capitalization? For instant, if you made a book, 'Co-Op Deathmatches of Doom', and co-op or Co-op is correct, does it become Co-op or Co-Op? (or even CO-OP?)Paladin carvin (talk) 21:23, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

It's just "co-op". "Co-op", when standard rules of capitalization apply. (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=co-op) Rankiri (talk) 20:00, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

F.E.A.R. Combat?

This is just the multiplayer part of F.E.A.R. and whilst it has team games I'm not aware of any specific co-op play, please enlighten me if I'm wrong.

Battlefield 2?

DICE introduced a new co-op mode of play in patch 1.3 for Battlefield 2, should it be added to the list? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lorian (talk • contribs)

I added it. Thunderbrand 03:27, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Screenshots?

I was thinking of adding a couple screens to liven up the page, but I haven't run across anything yet. If someone has a good screen of co-op play, please add it. Thunderbrand 15:30, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Added double dragon pic. andrewkeith80 08:44, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

History

Do you think the history of video game co-op mode stems from JRR tolkien and classic table-top games ? "the roots of cooperative gaming are linked to the culture of languages". Where does this come from ? . Isnt Co-op mode just another mode in a video game which allows more than 1 person to play the single player game story ? andrewkeith80 03:35, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Co-op is more than that, I think, but bringing up Tolkien for this article seems ridiculous, if you ask me. I think that paragraph should be cut. --SevereTireDamage 05:34, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Agreed !! . Cut the tolkien out.andrewkeith80 08:41, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Section split

I've suggested splitting of the list to a seperate article. Is this a good idea? Is there a better name than the one I've suggested? jaco♫plane 15:21, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

I was actually thinking about it earlier in the week, but it really isn't that long a list. I dunno yet. Thunderbrand 15:52, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure myself that this list would really be worthwhile as a standalone article, but it takes up a disproportionally large amount of space in the article. I always think that in articles such as this titles should be talked about using prose, and simply listing them is not really a good idea. Perhaps we could create a category for games that support co-op. jaco♫plane 16:22, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

How about having the list as two columns? That would save space. Thunderbrand 16:41, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

done. jaco♫plane 16:55, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

What I don't like about that list is that its already too big, and there's not much rhyme or reason to it. Its also filled primarily with FPS titles, ignoring beat 'em ups and sports titles. I liked the suggestion to simply make a category. I'm hoping that eventually there'll be more thorough discussion of co-op by genre, but right now this huge list just seems sort of arbitrarily plunked into this article. --SevereTireDamage 19:14, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

I think a category would be better, too. Thunderbrand 22:12, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Ordering the list by genre

Here's an idea I wanted to bounce of the community. What about organizing the list by genre? In each genre(FPS,beat em' up, sports, etc.) coop plays much differently. For example, there's a lot more interaction in a sports game than say a FPS. I think it would further enhance the article if the list of coop games took a per genre look. --Mitaphane 02:02, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Categorizing

I've started categorizing the games; the list seems better served that way. Feel free to add the tag to applicable videogame pages. Frackintoaster 20:14, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm up to the Cs. We should leave the list up until all the games on it are categorized. I also added a Main redirect there to the category page. Frackintoaster 20:21, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Rather, I tried to add a Main template redirect, but I suck at it. Nothing was showing up. Why can't I use the Main template to make a link to that category page? Frackintoaster 20:34, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

In order to link to a Category page, you need to put an extra colon (:) before the word Category, so the page knows you're linking to it and not just adding the page you're editing into that category. For instance:

[[:Category:Video games featuring cooperative play|Boo]] -> Boo.

Easy thing to miss. The main template will work with it, but since it's not pointing to an "article" I thought it would be inappropriate, I just added different text. --SevereTireDamage 21:03, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Coop for Console but not for PC?

I don't get it, almost every time these days they create a coop feature for the console version of the game, (Doom 3, Sniper Elite) but do not include it for the PC version. The PC version certainly has adequate (if not superior) multiplayer capabilities so why is this?147.144.1.251 19:19, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

It is far easier to achieve split screen coop than over the internet, because lag compensation and syncing aren't issues. However, over internet coop on consoles seems no easier than PC coop, except that developers know exactly what hardware they are developing for. It is a good question. More developers should work on cooperative on PC games. SvenCoop (for Half-Life) proves that it is popular. --RabidZombie 18:00, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

First cooperative NES game?

Anyone knows? --Artman40 18:01, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

When did online co-op play begin?

What was the first game to have online co-op play? And when did it first become popular? Lots more detail wanted about the beginnings of online co-op play! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.107.192.17 (talk) 21:35, August 23, 2007 (UTC)

New era for co-op gaming ?

It seems that there is an large number of co-op feature in recent games.I just mention some of the latest titles from last few years here - The Scourge Project , Left 4 Dead , Call of duty 5 , Army of Two , Kane & Lynch: Dead Men , Gears of War

So , i would mention in this article that Cooperative gaming is gaining popularity again or something. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.191.39.41 (talk) 23:54, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

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Article Corrections

More co-op games were initially developed for the arcade and consoles than for computers. 
Like consoles, computers can use multiple gamepads through a USB hub, but many less expensive 
PC monitors are sized for a single user, and few games are designed specifically for a home theater PC.

I'm removing this paragraph for the following reasons:

1. I'd agree with the arcade part but I'm fairly sure it's not an entirely correct statement in regard to computers. The author probably had 'regular' today's PCs in mind when he/she wrote this, but there were so-called home computers (with quite a few two-player games developed for them) long before the popularity of the 2nd and 3rd generations of video game consoles. I'm not a first generation gamer so I will abstain from correcting the article myself, but I'm sure Commodore 64 had its "The Castles of Dr. Creep" and arcade-ported "Gauntlet" long before the advent of popular game consoles.

2. USB (Universal Serial Bus) was created in 1996 and became widespread much later, somewhere around 2000. Again, I'm not an expert in earlier technologies, but, I recall, before that D-subminiature (DE-9?) types of ports were used for interfacing joysticks and gamepads to PCs.

3. The size of the monitor is not the most important issue with development of co-op games for PCs. Firstly, many earlier games used 2D isomeric views that could easily be shareable between two players without splitting the screen. Secondly, computers received their networking capabilities considerably earlier than game consoles did. Many early users only had access to then expensive computers from their workplaces or educational institutes, where machines were often interconnected into office or college LANs. Therefore, it made a lot more sense to spend efforts on creating network-based multiplayer gametypes that weren't space limiting and allowed infinite number of players, not ones based on one machine and weren't really suitable for office environment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rankiri (talk • contribs) 23:04, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

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