Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chikyū Kaihō Gun ZAS

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was KEEP. Sourcing looks good now. Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 21:39, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Non-notable game from 1992. No sourcing. Fails a number of notability tests. Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 04:14, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and expand/improve the article. --Hydao (talk) 04:47, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

*Delete - fails WP:GNG, can't find any information on it whatsoever, and the article is totally unreferenced. There's nothing to expand with at present, unless someone with access to Russian sources shows otherwise.Lukeno94 (talk) 09:03, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - There are many sites:

• http://www14.atwiki.jp/gball/pages/387.html
• http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ua4s-njm/gb_soft/gstg23.html
• http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/jetboy_256/6519379.html
• http://nicosound.anyap.info/sound/sm3308295
• http://www.giantbomb.com/chikyuu-kaihou-gun-zas/61-32925/
• http://www.blamethecontrolpad.com/gbshooters/gbshooters3.htm
• http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/ZASreview/reviews/ZAS/
• http://www.shmup.com/index.php?page=fiche&id=824
• http://hg101.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=games&action=display&thread=6147
• http://www.racketboy.com/retro/best-undiscovered-gameboy-game-boy-color-games

It will be difficult to find more info about this uber-obscure game. This game seems very rare, and it's expensive as hell:

• http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUPER-RARE-NINTENDO-GAMEBOY-GB-Chikyuu-Kaihou-Gun-ZAS-w-box-JAPAN-T-E-Soft-/360520691498?pt=TV_Movie_Character_Toys_US&hash=item53f0b52f2a
• http://www.ebay.com/itm/GAMEBOY-GB-Chikyuu-Kaihou-Gun-ZAS-JAPAN-SUPER-RARE-NINTENDO-/150964181469?pt=TV_Movie_Character_Toys_US&hash=item23262a99dd

Maybe I can find some info about it on some old magazine, but first I need to ask some people. --Hydao (talk) 09:20, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - After doing some researching and using the information from a few of Hydao's references, there is enough information about this obscure non-recent Japanese video game to keep the article on English Wikipedia. The only reason this game is obscure in North America/Europe is that the game was never released in North America/Europe. GVnayR (talk) 17:11, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - obviously GVnayR and Hyado are much better at finding information than I am, I'm now convinced that this game is notable enough, even if it is obscure. Lukeno94 (talk) 21:58, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it looks good now. I'm going to go ahead and close this one. Good work everyone! --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 21:39, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 17:21, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 17:21, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game-related deletion discussions (G·N·B·S·RS·Talk). — Frankie (talk) 17:23, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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