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== Enhancing the 'Game' wiki entries ==
== Enhancing the 'Game' wiki entries ==
It's nice that we have a page for every single game ScummVM supports. But IMO those pages could becomes a lot more useful with some effort! In particular, it would be nice if one could find all relevant information to that game easily from that game's page -- it would make support work so much easier. Just point people there, and they can help themselves.
It's nice that we have a page for every single game ScummVM supports. But IMO those pages could become a lot more useful with some effort! In particular, it would be nice if one could find all relevant information to a game easily from that game's page -- it would make support work so much easier. Just point people there, and they can help themselves.


Here are some ideas for potential extra information we might consider adding to the game pages:
Here are some ideas for potential extra information we might consider adding to the game pages:
* Disk space requirements
* Disk space requirements
* Memory requirements (will this even run on my device XYZ)
* Memory requirements (will this even run on my device XYZ)
* List of platforms the game is known to work / not to work (using a nice Wiki template, with red,yellow, green fields maybe?)
* List of platforms the game is known to work / not to work (using a nice Wiki template, with red, yellow, green fields maybe?)
* For multi CD games: Instructions on how to handle these (copying both CDs to HD, how to rename files, etc.)
* For multi CD games: Instructions on how to handle these (copying both CDs to HD, how to rename files, etc.)
* Whether we support compressing the datafiles of this game, and how to do that (i.e. link to a Wiki page describing the usage of the relevant compression tool)
* Whether we support compressing the datafiles of this game, and how to do that (i.e. link to a Wiki page describing the usage of the relevant compression tool)
* For games with a Mac CD version: Pointer to a webpage explaining about these (Mac CD use a different file system, HFS; tell them which tools to use on Windows/Linux to access them etc.)
* For games with a Mac CD version: Pointer to a webpage explaining about these (Mac CDs use a different file system, HFS; tell them which tools to use on Windows/Linux to access them etc.)
* List of require datafiles for each game, resp. pointer to the datafile page (we already have the pointer, still might consider listing the information also on the game page)
* List of required datafiles for each game, resp. pointer to the datafile page (we already have the pointer, still might consider listing the information also on the game page)
* List of FAQs on the game, resp. known issues / workarounds  
* List of FAQs on the game, resp. known issues / workarounds  
* Links to important bug reports for the game
* Links to important bug reports for the game
* Info on where you can legally obtain the game
* Info on where you can legally obtain the game
* Link to the relevant part of our screenshots section
* Link to the relevant part of our screenshots section
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