Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Realm of Nauga

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 23:28, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Realm of Nauga[edit]

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Lack of notability, the majority of sources on the article are emails from a mailing list for Color Computer fans, and are unreliable and don't say much about the game. I was unable to find any reliable sources showing notability on Google or Archive.org. Waxworker (talk) 21:17, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Waxworker (talk) 21:17, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete found nothing either. Timur9008 (talk) 11:23, May 17, 2023 (UTC)
Delete Non-notable old game, no sources apparent. QuicoleJR (talk) 14:18, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep I found a reference in the book "Playing Nature: Ecology in Video Games" by Alenda Chang. I'd like to see at least one more source. If not, I'm hoping someone can find a valid merge target. Shooterwalker (talk) 04:03, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
To what extent does it cover Realm of Nauga? Merko (talk) 22:08, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Replying to my own comment, the book^[1] has this:
"Some of my earliest and fondest memories of playing computer games involved measuring myself against game environments: hurrying across a field of bright green and blue — forest and water — in Realm of Nauga (1982) for the TRS-80, ..."

Merko (talk) 19:34, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Chang, Alenda Y. (2019). Playing nature: ecology in video games. Electronic mediations. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-1-4529-6226-9.

Delete Fails WP:GNG. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 04:32, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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[books-1] Chang, Alenda Y. (2019). Playing nature: ecology in video games. Electronic mediations. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-1-4529-6226-9.

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