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The result was delete. The dab / redirect issue can be addressed editorially. Sandstein 12:16, 29 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Unnotable video game series, fails WP:GNG. Lordtobi (✉) 20:39, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:54, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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• Redirect to the developer as a likely search term. --Izno (talk) 22:54, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • May also make sense to add a hatnote pointing at Emerald#Emerald mines. Chris857 (talk) 04:17, 15 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • That is another target entirely and I might favor that instead. WP:2DABS is probably applicable either way. --Izno (talk) 18:42, 18 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Kingsoft GmbH or just delete was Comment There is a brief mention about the game in Amiga World December 1994 page 57 talking about gaming on the CD32 and referencing back to Emerald Mine and other Boulder Dash clones.[1]. I vaguely recall reading some reviews of the game back in the day but haven't found anything back to 1987 yet. PaleAqua (talk) 15:52, 21 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  Did some more digging, there is a review by Louis Wallace in the December 1988 issue page 74[2]. PaleAqua (talk) 15:59, 21 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  The two sources refer to two different games in the series. There are at least for diferent ones. No game on their own nor the series as a whole appears to be notable if there is just one source each, and each of those sources with just limited information. Lordtobi (✉) 16:01, 21 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  Hence the reason I didn't !vote keep. Figure I'll keep looking a little bit more this weekend and then switch my comment into a !vote, currently leaning towards delete/redirect. BTW their are least 5 different ones there was an iOS version in 2011, but only "source"—using the term source extremely loosely here—I found on that one only mentioned that no sources reviewed it.[3] ( Which is a good indication of lack of notability, as likely would have been reviewed for nostalgia otherwise. )(edit: game was unrelated as noted below) Still haven't found the review that I kinda recall, but it might have been for a C64 version. PaleAqua (talk) 17:46, 21 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  The iOS title appears to be unrelated. Since Kingsoft always bought the rights to the games they published, EA owns the rights now; not Les Bird. Lordtobi (✉) 17:49, 21 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  You are correct, and having searched more can't find anything else so switching from comment to redirect or delete. Note that Emerald mine was a red link which I boldly redirected to Emerald#Emerald mines. Given that I would suggest Kingsoft as both redirects given WP:DIFFCAPS. PaleAqua (talk) 04:19, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect To developer (publisher really) per Izno. Delete also acceptable, there's nothing much to really say other than note it existed. -- ferret (talk) 14:41, 27 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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