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* ... <s>that a reviewer of the 1985 [[side-scrolling video game]] '''''[[Castle Quest (BBC Micro)|Castle Quest]]''''' called for conversions to be made from the [[BBC Micro]] to other platforms?</s>
 
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<s>:* '''ALT1''':... that the 1985 video game '''''[[Castle Quest (BBC Micro)|Castle Quest]]''''' was considered to have the best [[side-scrolling video game|side-scrolling]] on the [[BBC Micro]], and it could have been considered the "best game" were it not for ''[[Elite (video game)|Elite]]''?
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:* '''ALT2''':... that '''''[[Castle Quest (BBC Micro)|Castle Quest]]''''', a 1985 [[side-scrolling video game]] for the [[BBC Micro]], used a smooth hardware scrolling technique termed 'Scrollerama'?</s>
 
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<s>:* '''ALT4''':... that 'Scrollerama' was the name of a smooth hardware [[side-scrolling video game|scrolling]] technique used in the 1985 [[BBC Micro]] video game '''''[[Castle Quest (BBC Micro)|Castle Quest]]''''''?</s>
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:* '''ALT1''':... that the 1985 video game '''''[[Castle Quest (BBC Micro)|Castle Quest]]''''' was considered to have the best [[side-scrolling video game|side-scrolling]] on the [[BBC Micro]], and it could have been considered the "best game" were it not for ''[[Elite (video game)|Elite]]''?
 
:* '''ALT2''':... that '''''[[Castle Quest]]''''', a 1985 [[side-scrolling video game]] for the [[BBC Micro]], used a smooth hardware scrolling technique termed 'Scrollerama'?
 
:* '''ALT3''':... that the 1985 [[BBC Micro]] video game '''''[[Castle Quest]]''''' used a smooth hardware [[side-scrolling video game|side-scrolling]] technique termed 'Scrollerama'?
 
:* '''ALT4''':... that 'Scrollerama' was the name of a smooth hardware [[side-scrolling video game|scrolling]] technique used in the 1985 [[BBC Micro]] video game '''''[[Castle Quest]]'''''?
 
 
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<small>Created by [[User:Trevj|Trevj]] ([[User talk:Trevj|talk]]).&nbsp;Self nominated at 15:52, 21 February 2014 (UTC)</small>.
 
<small>Created by [[User:Trevj|Trevj]] ([[User talk:Trevj|talk]]).&nbsp;Self nominated at 15:52, 21 February 2014 (UTC)</small>.
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:* [[File:Symbol question.svg|16px]] size and vintage check out - nice little article. Not fond of either hook (the comparison with Elite was one writer's opinion). I think something mentioning the smooth side-scrolling and the humorous word "scrollerama" would work best. [[User:Casliber|Cas Liber]] ([[User talk:Casliber|talk]] '''·''' [[Special:Contributions/Casliber|contribs]]) 13:13, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
 
:* [[File:Symbol question.svg|16px]] size and vintage check out - nice little article. Not fond of either hook (the comparison with Elite was one writer's opinion). I think something mentioning the smooth side-scrolling and the humorous word "scrollerama" would work best. [[User:Casliber|Cas Liber]] ([[User talk:Casliber|talk]] '''·''' [[Special:Contributions/Casliber|contribs]]) 13:13, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
 
:::Thanks. I've concocted ALTs 2, 3 and 4. Any good? (And go on, have a play under emulation... you know you want to!) <span style="white-space:nowrap;">-- [[User:Trevj|Trevj]]</span> ([[User talk:Trevj#top|talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/Trevj|contribs]]) 16:42, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
 
:::Thanks. I've concocted ALTs 2, 3 and 4. Any good? (And go on, have a play under emulation... you know you want to!) <span style="white-space:nowrap;">-- [[User:Trevj|Trevj]]</span> ([[User talk:Trevj#top|talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/Trevj|contribs]]) 16:42, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
:::*[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] let's take ALT3 - I think that one reads best. good to go. [[User:Casliber|Cas Liber]] ([[User talk:Casliber|talk]] '''·''' [[Special:Contributions/Casliber|contribs]]) 21:06, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
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:::*[[File:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]] let's take ALT3 - I think that one reads best. good to go. [[User:Casliber|Cas Liber]] ([[User talk:Casliber|talk]] '''·''' [[Special:Contributions/Casliber|contribs]]) 21:06, 1 March 2014 (UTC){{#if:yes|</div></noinclude>|{{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Template talk:Did you know/{{SUBPAGENAME}}|[[Category:Pending DYK nominations]][[Category:DYK/Nominations|Pending]]|{{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Template:Did you know nominations/{{SUBPAGENAME}}|[[Category:DYK/Nominations|Pending]][[Category:Pending DYK nominations]]}}}}}}<!--Please do not write below this line or remove this line. Place comments above this line.-->
 
 
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Revision as of 00:58, 2 March 2014

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by — Maile (talk) 00:58, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Castle Quest (BBC Micro)

:* ALT1:... that the 1985 video game Castle Quest was considered to have the best side-scrolling on the BBC Micro, and it could have been considered the "best game" were it not for Elite?

:* ALT4:... that 'Scrollerama' was the name of a smooth hardware scrolling technique used in the 1985 BBC Micro video game Castle Quest'?

Created by Trevj (talk). Self nominated at 15:52, 21 February 2014 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg size and vintage check out - nice little article. Not fond of either hook (the comparison with Elite was one writer's opinion). I think something mentioning the smooth side-scrolling and the humorous word "scrollerama" would work best. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:13, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks. I've concocted ALTs 2, 3 and 4. Any good? (And go on, have a play under emulation... you know you want to!) -- Trevj (talk · contribs) 16:42, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg let's take ALT3 - I think that one reads best. good to go. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:06, 1 March 2014 (UTC)