Talk:Continue (video gaming)

Article Name

Is it just me, or does this article's naming seem a bit too general. Surely the concept of continuation is more than just its video game usage? I for one was confused when I got here. -- cmh 02:44, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Me too. I expected something about the continue statement in many computer languages. -- Unnamed

In my opinion, I think this should be moved to Continue_(video games) and Continue should be a disambiguation page. -- CrazyTerabyte 13:33, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Haunted Castle

Additional coins could be inserted before pressing start to increase the player's health; for every coin inserted the player's health doubled, up to the game's ten-coin limit.

I find this difficult to believe. If you inserted 10 coins, this would double your health 9 times, multiplying it by 512. Are you sure it doesn't just increment the multiplier, giving you 10 times health? — Daniel 22:14, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

I've tested that game on MAME. I can say it does have a DIP Switch to allow continues. In addition, the player starts with 16 points of health and each additional coin adds more 16 points, up to 4 coins in total (64 points). These points are only added when the player press Start button, just adding coins does nothing (apart incresing the number of credits). So, in my opinion the comments about this game should be removed from the article. --CrazyTerabyte 13:33, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Does not cite references?

The unreferenced template has been added to this article since October 2006. I disagree with it. The continue concept is simple and present in many games. I've read the article and I think it does not need to cite references (like Life bar does not cite references too). I'm removing that tag, if someone finds something that needs a citation, mark that (but be specific, I see no point in adding that tag to the whole article). —Preceding unsigned comment added by CrazyTerabyte (talk • contribs) 13:43, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

C Language

"Continue" is also a command in the C, C++, and C# computer languages. It is rarely used that's why I tried to find it here but it is not.66.55.54.106 (talk) 19:26, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

1cc?

It's quite important that arcade gamers often strive for 1cc - completion of the game without using continues 81.219.188.205 (talk) 20:33, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 21:26, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

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Continue → Continue (video gaming) — The word continue has multiple meanings, my suggestion is that the article be renamed and placed under the disambiguation page continuity or under a new disambiguation page be made as Continue. Knowledgekid87 (talk) 02:52, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

• I'm not impressed that "continue" has many encyclopedic meanings but don't care if you want to make it a dab page. However, I oppose redirecting continue to the continuity disambiguation page. Someone typing "continue" in an encyclopedia search box is not likely to be looking for one of the various continuity pages. — AjaxSmack 03:27, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

I will make a dab page for continue then if consensus agrees, how do you feel about this areticle's name change though? This move proposal is to change the article name and place continue articles under a dab page. The move is one thing, adding a dab page to put this under is another thing. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 04:02, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

• Support dabification. Seems reasonable. 65.94.44.124 (talk) 05:30, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
• Support. I don't have a problem redirecting continue to continuity, but making it a new disambiguation page is fine if there are enough articles to support one. Powers ^T 14:46, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
• Support. Video gaming doesn't seem to be the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC of the word "continue." In favor of a disambiguation page. RJaguar3 | u | t 07:35, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
• Support creation of disambiguation page - it can link to Continuity (disambiguation) and Continuation (disambiguation), and to Wiktionary's definition of the word. Uncertain about move - if title is only ambiguous with other articles linked in hatnotes this is probably primary, and "continue" is probably unlikely title for searching or linking to articles on the existing disambiguation pages. Peter E. James (talk) 12:30, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
• Weak oppose. Video game usage seems to be the primary topic. What's wrong with a hatnote This article is about video game. For other uses see Continuity (disambiguation) and Continuation (disambiguation)? Although I agree that video game term is primary only as far as video game terminology goes and for a general user this may not be the expected article. On the other hand, I am unsure what a general reader is looking for under the term "Continue". I suppose I also don't care if this becomes a dab page, but as far as our articles go, this is the primary topic. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 13:03, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

• I created continue (disambiguation) but still don't care about the move and still oppose continue redirecting to continuity. No one has yet shown that "continue" has many encyclopedic meanings and the current article seems to be the primary topic. Feel free to delete continue (disambiguation) if this move fails. — AjaxSmack 04:11, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.