On Genre filters and such
1: added 3 new filters - Action (classic), Run 'n Gun and Strategy
Action is basically for classic games that don't fit any regular genre - such as Qbert, Food Fight, Cheeky Mouse, Dock Man, etc.
Run 'n Gun for anything in the style of Contra, Ikari Warriors, Metal Slug
Strategy - well, there's only really 1 arcade strategy game I know of that we support, "Command War" on Taito F3...But there are several in the consoles, so it will be there for when we finally genre-ize them.
2: fixed the genre filters to be inclusive instead of exclusive, this way a game can have more than 1 genre, and the game will show up in each genre's section when the filters are used. For example, Bump 'n Jump is racing and action. or the "20th Annaversary MS Pacman/Galaga" can be in both maze and shooter sections.
3: went through every arcade game and verified the genre - this took a couple days...
As a bonus, all the Run 'n Gun games in the Megadrive section got categorized. I set a goal to have the rest of the console games categorized by 2024.
best regards,
- dink