Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flightmare

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 23:42, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Does not meet WP:GNG. No reliable source coverage has been found/provided. Rusf10 (talk) 21:18, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Rusf10 (talk) 21:18, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. Rusf10 (talk) 21:18, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. Rusf10 (talk) 21:18, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Several sites list this as "One of the earliest shareware games". A proper source for that would be good, but at least there are enough mentions of this game to make it notable. --Bensin (talk) 21:51, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete unless proper sources are found (then ping me and I'll reconsider my vote). I failed to find a single source that is reliable and contains SIGCOV. Note that there is a new piece of software named the same which is mentioned by a few academic works ([1]). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:50, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - The game certainly existed, but I am finding no real coverage of it in reliable sources. The few sources that do mention it seem to be user-generated or non-reliable sources. The only real piece of information in a reliable source was this article from Eurogamer, but it only has a single sentence discussing it. If anyone can suggest a potential Redirect target, I would probably be fine with that, as well. Rorshacma (talk) 17:57, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Article topic lacks significant coverage from reliable, independent sources. (?) It had no meaningful hits in a video game reliable sources custom Google search, just passing mentions[2]. There are no worthwhile redirect targets. If someone finds more (non-English and offline) sources, please {{ping}} me. czar 18:55, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per above. If this is indeed the first shareware game, this should be mentioned with a source at Shareware#Games. There is far from enough sourcing to justify a separate article. IceWelder [✉] 00:38, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Unless we can find a reliable source for that claim, I wouldn't even mention it.--Rusf10 (talk) 02:10, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just to clarify: No one said it's the first, but rather "One of the earliest shareware games". As for sources, since this game likely had its peak around its release in 1984, there is a good chance that more sources or reviews can be found in print rather than online, and it would be sad to see this article go because of that. I don't think anyone doubts the game's existence or that it was wide spread. --Bensin (talk) 11:02, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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