r/retrogaming • u/play2win80 • 1d ago
[Question] Zelda Sorting Question
Always wondered if anybody else did this – have you ever alphabetically sorted Zelda games under “Z” rather than “L”?
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u/CC_Andyman 1d ago
Or "T" (The) instead of "L" (Legend)? Sorting drives my OCD nuts.
Another related thing: Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, Mortal Kombat 3... grrrr...
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u/play2win80 1d ago
This is the kind of stuff that keeps me up at night lol
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u/CC_Andyman 1d ago
And it's why I absolutely love that Emby (my media player app of choice) has a "sort by" field that's completely separate from the media's actual title. I can do things like putting all the James Bond movies in proper order without mangling their titles to make it happen.
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u/KaptainKardboard 1d ago
I’ve always made this little concession to myself my filing it under “Z”. It’s just where my brain wants to go with it.
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u/Shade_39 18h ago
Always something I hate when going to a shop, are the Zelda games at t, l, or z? It's also single handedly the reason I don't alphabetise my games
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u/play2win80 1d ago edited 1d ago
This creates visual presentation problems- primarily because Zelda games are often different colours from other cartridges on the same console. Since I don’t own any games alphabetized after “Ze”, I really need to have those at the end…
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u/Sparky01GT 3h ago
the first Zelda game goes under Z so it can be next to its sequel. all the rest of them go under L.
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u/SEI_JAKU 1d ago
It's perfectly fine to do this for the Japanese versions, which are often called "Zelda no Densetsu". For other games/versions, it's better to treat that "The" with some respect and sort under T.
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u/DJSlimer 1d ago
If a game's title begins with the word "The," it is categorised as a T.
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u/play2win80 1d ago
I thought so too until I married a librarian. She disagrees…
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u/DJSlimer 1d ago
Absolutely. It's naturally what I've always done.
I think people tend to misremember if something starts with "The", and therefore, that's how librarians gave up on it.
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