Remakes vs originals?

I'm not clear on this and was hoping someone could clear it up for me. How are original games handled versus remakes? For instance, I notice there is a Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter page and there is also a Space Quest I: Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter page. Now these are technically the same game, but one is a remake done in VGA and updated in a few other ways. There are a few other instances of the old Sierra games where this is the case, some of the originals were redone in VGA and updated in some other ways, but there are not always seperate game pages for these other games. I'm just curious what the policy should be here. Should a remake have its own page, or should it be combined with what is technically the same game? Anyone have any idea? Or should I PM a specific person with this question? Thanks.

I know that the first Resident Evil game and the REmake for the GameCube share the same page. I would also like to know if this is the standard.

I'd also like to get thoughts on special editions, do they really need their own pages? This has probably been discussed before, but why does a game like Devil May Cry 3 need two pages. The special edition is the same exact game but with more content and easier difficulty settings, I don't see why two pages are needed.

If the SKUs have seperate content I would consider them seperate games - unless there was some way to access the SE content in the normal game they are technically seperate games though they IMO should occupy a single page with the SE content under a heading.

As for the OPs question if it is a direct remake I would say the same page - can we do aka aliases for game titles?

See, these are the kinds of things that really need official clarification. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one wondering this. Does anyone know the best way to get official clarification on something? Do I need to PM a specific someone, or just hope that a web design staff member eventually sees this and clears it up?

As for aliases, I thought of that but we're not able to edit the alias field as that's more for internal database use as I understand it.

PM a mod is my advice

A staff member will usually come in and clarify this for us. If they don't respond within a couple days, I would PM them.

If not much is changed (like the Final Fantasy Advance titles), then I think the same page is okay. In the case of games with incredible differences and improvements (like Bionic Command: Rearmed) a new page should be good.

"See, these are the kinds of things that really need official clarification. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one wondering this. Does anyone know the best way to get official clarification on something? Do I need to PM a specific someone, or just hope that a web design staff member eventually sees this and clears it up?

As for aliases, I thought of that but we're not able to edit the alias field as that's more for internal database use as I understand it."

Do you think that users will ever be able to edit aliases again? Maybe as a point reward?

I can assure you clarification on this issue has been given in the past, but I agree that it should be more readily available. We are currently in the process of writing a document that will (hopefully) answer all your questions, and this one will certainly be included.