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Freeman (65147) on 10/15/2015 8:23 PM · Permalink · Report
With the Mark Jones topic, I figured we needed a general topic about developer splits/merges. If you come across a developer page that you feel requires some cleaning up, but aren't completely sure what's correct, feel free to post it here and hopefully we can get it sorted out. Just post the developer name as the subject when starting a new sub-thread.
Rik Hideto (473431) on 10/26/2015 3:47 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
There are four Lisa Wilson pages. There's also Lisa Best and Lisa Best Wilson.
P.S. "Highlight" of the day: I merged T. Namiki, Tsuyoshi Namiki, and Tuyoshi Namiki with Tsuyoshi Namiki: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,57161/
Four pages for the same person (nothing unusual), three were eliminated.
Freeman (65147) on 11/16/2015 4:01 AM · Permalink · Report
I cleaned up the Lisa Wilson/Best pages.
Lisa Dunlevie (Best/Wilson): https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisadunlevie
Sega of America/Psygnosis/Segasoft 1992-98
Searching for Lisa Best +Sega brought up this page.
Lisa Wilson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-wilson-2477b3a
Design Manager at The Learning Company.
Lisa Wilson: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/lisa-wilson-797ab73b
Tester at Sony
Rik Hideto (473431) on 11/18/2015 1:59 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Cool. You rock.
There are more pages. Hundreads, thousands of them.
Tiziano Riolfo, TIZ Riolfo
Robert Daly / Robert V. Daly
Tsutomu Kond, Tsutomu Kondou (I don't know yet why "Also Known As" has Tomoo Kondou)
Russ Tucker = Russel Tucker OR Russell Tucker
Rebecca Colbourn, Rebecca COLBURN
Nicole Tatem, Nicole TATUM?
Frank Trocco (typo?), Frank Strocco
<hr />This is getting out of my control. Way too many pages. I'm still wondering why some creatures add credits to this site... Typing letters must be a really funny thing to do, huh? Or maybe their fingers are just crazy, oh well. Too much incompetence, my heart can't stand this anymore. God please help me, and teach these creatures how to type Japanese names...
Freeman (65147) on 11/20/2015 6:08 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Merged Tiziano Riolfo, TIZ Riolfo - AI Designer (Tiziano), AI Programmer (Tiz) at Sony Camden.
Merged Robert Daly entries. Only credits unsure of are Elivra & Nanotank.
Kondou/Kond: The 2 Mega Man special thanks credits are probably the same person (Spelled 'Kond' in the ending credits). Who knows whether that's the same person as the Shenmue programmer/DC version Dino Crisis programmer.
Frank Trocco/Strocco: No screenshots for Trocco, but 'Cool Boarders 2001' has the same role (Motion Capture Animator) and the other 2 MC animators are also credited on Gameday 2002.
Tatum/Tatem: Merged, tatem is the correct spelling (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolemtatem)
Rebecca Colbourn/Colburn: I merged them. Colburn's one credit is a QA credit for AnyRiver. Colbourn also has a QA credit for AnyRiver (A Fork in the Tale).
Tucker: Not sure which is the correct spelling (spelled both ways in game credits). Both are acceptable spellings.
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Often times, it's not the contributor who's careless but the production person who put the manual/in-game credits together and couldn't be bothered to get the names right! =P
S Olafsson (60421) on 10/27/2015 1:22 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Scott Smith, there are almost 30 hits. Some of these must be redundant!
Rik Hideto (473431) on 10/28/2015 4:12 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
There's an "interesting" thing and I wanted to share it. Few days ago I was checking some JP names quite randomly and I found Ruiko Fukazawa (old page) and Ruiko Fukuzawa (Id,695963 - created very recently). FukU was a typo made by the contributor.
Then a certain contributor added some Sega Ages credits and I decided to check one of them and noticed the same thing. Instead of Yoko FUKAzawa, the mister added Yoko FUKUzawa. Note that the images clearly have FUKA but they still added FUKU. I see a pattern here...
Fukuzawa surname exists but if the image has Fukazawa, you should really add the A, and not the U.
I guess this must be related to a certain topic, right? While typing those names, the poor guys were thinking about naked woman (and/or man)/sex/fu*k. So my "friendly" advice is: do NOT think about sex while contributing to this site, that's all. Thanks in advance.
EDIT: Pages were merged. Where are my facking points? :\
S Olafsson (60421) on 11/10/2015 4:21 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Same person?
S Olafsson (60421) on 11/10/2015 5:21 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Anglicisation of his original Egyptian (Arabian?) name?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Adham
Edit: https://twitter.com/brianfargo/status/294473955992023041
Rik Hideto (473431) on 11/18/2015 5:34 PM · Permalink · Report
Katsumi Nihonmatsu - http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,259301/
Katsumi NihoMMatsu - http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,724807/
KatEumi Nihonmatsu - http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,317689/
KATSUYUKI Nihonmatsu - http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,220912/
Not sure about this "Katsuyuki". Probably a bad translation. Can't see the manual image.
EDIT: I think from now on I will simply stop merging/organizing the new pages (those with id,7xxxxx? Don't get me wrong... :( It's just a form of "protest". If you creatures want to type the credits fast and create new pages without using the search button, it's ok... but then I guess I'm not going to bother with these things anymore.
Ossamu Shibuya - http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,705388/
Osamu Shibuya - http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,730392/
Yeah, I think it's better for me retiring, I have no other solution. Too much "knowledge" sucks I guess, sometimes I wish to be an ignorant. I would probably be (even) more happy. Sigh.
Sciere (930965) on 11/18/2015 6:38 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Take into account that many times the credit sources themselves may be misspelled (Katsumi NihoMMatsu) and with no warning signs or intricate knowledge of names and variations of names for all of the 7,000 languages this world has, a connection to another developer is not always obvious. Good job merging what you are familiar with, we all do our part, but mostly in silence.
Simon Carless (1834) on 11/19/2015 8:28 AM · Permalink · Report
Well, I think it's good to get lots of info into the database with 99% accuracy and then get things cleaned up than almost no info in there. We are still waaay behind on credits as a % of all games.
I would say that Japanese names are notoriously tricky, not least cos English manuals will translate/transliterate them in different ways, right?
So it's not even always that the credit entering person isn't entering them right, they're just not doing some complex merging based on context - which many of them probably don't feel qualified to do.
Which is why you should continue doing it, JFF :)
Steve Bonaci on 1/18/2016 3:52 AM · Permalink · Report
Would someone be able to merge all of my entries together? The three names currently in the database are:
Stephen Bonaci
Steve Bonaci preferred name
Stephen Benaci (a typo)
Thanks!
Pseudo_Intellectual (66516) on 1/18/2016 4:57 AM · Permalink · Report
Done, and the remaining account is now associated with your username also 8)
Plok (221062) on 1/31/2016 12:21 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Wow. Didn't know this thread existed.
Rajeev Joshi: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,715604/
is actually Raj Joshi: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,88282/
Proved by his LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajjoshi13
This was also mentioned in the Battlecast Primetime show, episode 9: https://youtu.be/e5gbwxa1fw8?t=31m45s
I originally made this as a contribution, will pull it if this goes faster.
EDIT: Approved.
Morgan Jaffit (5) on 2/10/2016 5:52 AM · Permalink · Report
There's currently three Morgan Jaffit - but they're all me. It's not a very common name!
Victor Vance (18138) on 2/10/2016 7:41 AM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Morgan Jaffit wrote--]There's currently three Morgan Jaffit - but they're all me. It's not a very common name! [/Q --end Morgan Jaffit wrote--]
If you like you can submit some developer corrections so you will get the contribution points. From my experience contributions of this time don´t take long to get approved.
S Olafsson (60421) on 4/18/2016 8:57 PM · Permalink · Report
Synergistic Software, Inc. has some names that need sorting out.
John P. Conley vs John Conley
Jim McBride vs James McBride
David H. Schroeder vs David Schroeder
Freeman (65147) on 4/20/2016 3:09 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
I went through the John Conley entries. I split out this one as his LI only lists these 2 games (along with Jim Oxley). I merged the other 2 Synergistic entries. John P. Conley is credited that way only in Thexder, so that name applies to the Synergistic dev. The 2 credits for 'Manley & Associates' are probably the same person since it's another Seattle dev. studio. Whether the thanks credits for Redneck Rampage & RtCW are the same person, I'm not sure.
Edit: BTW, is anyone able to find a manual for the DOS version of Championship Baseball? There's no source on file but the ingame credits are quite different than what's on file.
Freeman (65147) on 4/20/2016 6:18 AM · Permalink · Report
McBride: Split/Merged these entries. Also made sure the names are correct (Jim/James).
-Entry for the PGA photographer
-One for the Sound engineer
-VMC Labs tester
-Syn. dev.
Dave Schroeder: Dev at Syn & freelance illustrator. (see bottom of page).
S Olafsson (60421) on 4/22/2016 9:13 AM · Permalink · Report
I seriously doubt that Peter Austin moonlighted as a graphics artist during the last years of Level 9, but what do I know.
At least something needs to be done about these guys ;)
Peter Austin
Pete Austin
Freeman (65147) on 4/22/2016 9:42 PM · Permalink · Report
I merged them, it actually is the same guy (see: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/pete-austin-495a389)
The only credits that are uncertain are the following from the late 80s, which is mostly cover artwork stuff. Though, this could have been freelance stuff he did between Level 9 & Synergy.
S Olafsson (60421) on 4/24/2016 10:28 AM · Permalink · Report
I see no mention of Level 9 in the profile (I am doing it through a mobile app though, not sure how it affects the results).
I had traced the Level 9 Pete Austin to this person through a series of Googling:
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/peter-austin-447a8b30
And while it does not mention Level 9 either, I am pretty sure it's a correct match.
Looking at the staff at Fresh Relevance, both Mike and Pete Austin are founders:
https://www.freshrelevance.com/meet-the-team
Also the Cambridge Psychology degree is a match.
Freeman (65147) on 4/25/2016 1:42 AM · Permalink · Report
No you're right, the LI profile I linked to doesn't list Level 9. I just saw it on our rapsheet and thought that it might have been left off the LI profile since very early positions are sometimes left off (like in the profile you linked to). Feel free to split it off if you're certain that it's a different person. I'm not sure who should be credited with the several titles that I made mention of.
S Olafsson (60421) on 4/25/2016 11:15 AM · Permalink · Report
For now I split Level 9 vs rest. We will see if anything further comes up.
Evolyzer (21862) on 4/25/2016 4:58 PM · Permalink · Report
I think Claude Isabelle Vieillard and Claude-Isabelle Viellard are the same person, since they both worked for MC2-Microïds/Microïds and Microïds Canada Inc..
S Olafsson (60421) on 5/1/2016 10:49 PM · Permalink · Report
Michael / Mike Greene is probably mixed up (and may well be more than two people)
The 2600 programmer seems to have only been responsible for a handful of games. http://2600gamebygamepodcast.blogspot.is/2014/02/q-with-imagics-michael-greene.html
S Olafsson (60421) on 5/5/2016 7:54 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
There is an Aspyr Studios Compatibility Technician in there that is alternatively spelled Greene or Green
Edit: The D3 publishing "General Office Manager" and the Interplay / THQ Marketing guy are the same person:
Linked In Profile
I plan to split those credits out and merge with this guy since in both credits (Fallout and Star Trek) originally on this profile his name was misspelled as Green by moby users.
S Olafsson (60421) on 5/5/2016 2:13 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
And they even worked on the same game...
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/puzzle-quest-galactrix/credits
Anyways here is the compatibility tech
Rik Hideto (473431) on 5/2/2016 8:09 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
I think this week/month I will deal with a bunch of Chinese and Japanese names (from my shitty backlog). The "Western" ones will all be skipped because I simply don't have time. NOTE: This is just a warmup. "Thank you very much".
Adrian Escultura, Adrian Escultera
Mary Ann Fernandes, Mary Ann O'Leary
Michiko Wang, Michi Wang, Michi Morita Wang (not a western one but I'm skipping it)
Jhune De La Cruz, Jhune Dela Cruz, Jhune Delacruz
Jesse Mejia, Jesse Majia, Jesse Meija , (Jessica Mejias?)
Blake Ritson, Blake Ritzon, Blake Riston
William Vanderpuye, William Vanderpoye
Leyton Rooney, Layton Rooney
Stephane Cornicard, Stephane Cornicord
Graham Foxhall, Graham Foxall
Michael Geary, Mike Geary
Johnny Moya, John Moya
Eric Hartness, Eric Harness
Denny Chiu, Dennis Chiu
Samuel Reiter, Sam Reiter ?
Karen Taylor Lopez, Karen Lopez
Piyoosh Sah, Piyoosh Shah
Rahul Dwivedi, Rahul Kumar Dwivedi
Saurav Singh Parihar, Saurabh Singh
Gaurav Rane, Gaurao Rane ??
Franck Genty, Franck Gentry
Emeric Polin, Eric Polin
Jocelyn Cioffi, Jocelin Cioffi
Julie Joet, Jolie Joet
Céline Chahinian, Céline Ghahinian
Phil Brannelly, Phil Branelly
Richard Arnesen, Richard Arneson
David Razaghi, David Razaghi Kamsi, David Razaghi Khamsi
David Castaño Masó, David Castano
Stephen O'Leary, Steve O'Leary
Altaf Shabbir Pathan, Altaf Pathan
Keshav Kale, Keshav Subhash Kale
Vishal Kakade, Vishal Ramvilas Kakade
Amol Gurav, Amol G
Antonio Fernández Pardiñas, Antonio F. Pardiñas
Gaivan Chang, Galvan Chang, Gavian Chang
<hr />JUICY BONUS (Japanese lesson): JYUNJI = JUNJI.
Jyunji Fujii, Junji Fujii
Jyunji Majima, Junji Majima
Freeman (65147) on 5/6/2016 11:56 PM · Permalink · Report
I went through your list and merged all of them except:
Saurav Singh (VMC Labs, EA) / Saurabh Singh Parihar (GlobalStep only, probably this person: https://in.linkedin.com/in/saurabh-singh-a070204a)
Evolyzer (21862) on 5/5/2016 7:12 PM · Permalink · Report
I think Wing-Pui Chung and Wing Pui Chung is the same person, since both are mainly credited as 'tester'.
Evil Ryu (66059) on 5/15/2016 4:06 PM · Permalink · Report
Jozef Mital' and Jozef Mital' could be merged, too.
Evil Ryu (66059) on 5/16/2016 4:07 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Peter Beňo and Peter Beno.
Evil Ryu (66059) on 5/17/2016 4:15 PM · Permalink · Report
Kensei Ogiwara / Kensei Ogihara and Takazumi Tomoike / Takazumi Tomoika.
Rik Hideto (473431) on 5/18/2016 10:39 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Hmm... yes... saw these pages AGES ago, added to the backlog but yeah.
And few hours ago I saw this: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,53477/ ----- Clap clap to the Homo Erectus who decided to merge(?) TakAshi Tateishi with TakEshi Tateishi.
And now... "Surprise"! Freeman, are you... interested...? I'll just merge "the others", and skip these for now:
Chris Larkin x6 / Christopher Larkin = MESS?
Greg Lewickyj, Gregory Lewickyj, Greg Lewickj
John Diamonon, John A. Diamonon
Elizabeth Chiu, Elisabeth Chiu
Louie Reyes, Louis M. Reyes
Edmond Wong, Edmund Wong
Ian Sherman, Ian Sherma
Jeff Nachbaur, Jeff Nachbau
Andrew Ayre, Andrew Ayer
Tricia Gray, Trish Gray??
matt landi, Matthew Landi
Michael Crahan, Michael Shawn Crahan
Gregory Candelaria, Greg Candelaria
Kellan O'Leary, Kallen O'Leary ?
Laili Bosma, Laili S. Bosma, Laila Bosma ?
Michael Lunn, Mike Lunn
Chris Cubacub, Chris Cubacob ?
Yong-Qiang Ma, Ma YongQiang
Liu Yong Qiang, Liu Yongqiang (Chinese names are a mess, as usual. NO CHANCE.)
Brian Hsieh, Brian Hseih
Sehee Oh, Seehe Oh
Hwang JooEun, JooEun Hwang
Kumar Chandrasekaran, Chandrasekaran Kumar
Sunny Chu, Sunny T. Chu
Maciej Franaszek, Maciej Franasek ?
Maciej Mach x2?
Scot Carlisle, Scott Carlisle
Bazz O'Reilly, Barry O'Reilly ??
Yoshi Niki (as Yoshikuni Niki). see: http://www.mobygames.com/game/xbox-one/dark-souls-iii/credits , but there's a page for Yoshikuni Niki
Takehiro Kakizawa, Takehiro Kakisawa
Yuki Furukawa, Yuuki Furukawa
Kunio Neo, Kunia Neo
.......
I'll copy/paste more random names soon. o/
Freeman (65147) on 5/19/2016 4:53 AM · Permalink · Report
Re: Takashi/Takeshi. That's an unfortunate merge, too bad there's no 'undo' option. It seems that Takeshi is the Square graphic design dev while Takashi is credited in some of the sound roles (voice director at MOSTCOMPANY, Sound Product Management on the DDR games). I didn't check everything though.
I'll have a look at the other ones when I have the chance.
Freeman (65147) on 5/19/2016 10:15 PM · Permalink · Report
Split the Takashi/Takeshi entries. Takeshi is credited with the Square Graphics roles and is probably also the T. Tateishi who was credited with graphic design credits for Video System Co., Ltd.
Takashi is the music guy. Also, thanks to this interview and this one, there's confirmation that the composer on early Capcom games is the same guy who went to Konami and eventually formed 'Most Company'.
Freeman (65147) on 5/24/2016 1:31 AM · Permalink · Report
I went through and fixed everyone. I think you're right that Yoshi Niki is Yoshikuni Niki. On a couple of the games (Ace Combat 3/Time Crisis), he was credited as 'Yoshi Niki' in the US manual and as Yoshikuni Niki in the ending (JP) credits.
Re: Chris Larkin. I don't think there was any problem with these pages. Each of the pages are for a separate individual and there are links for all the pages (except the Take2 marketing person) showing that they're separate people. The only uncertain credit would be "The Walking Dead' special thanks entry - hard to say if that's one of the existing entries or someone else. Left it as a separate entry.
Rik Hideto (473431) on 5/27/2016 6:38 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Sweet. Takashi/Takeshi: I'll add the JP characters and a maybe a portrait to their pages.
BTW: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,431514/ , http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,106011/
Monozygotic, I assume.
<hr />Boring surprise again? These names were found yesterday... But I'm avoiding the Merge Developers page. Easy stuff, as usual. And maybe that's why I'm avoiding them. It's not challenging doing these things.
One of these days I (and Freeman) will establish the Game Credits (Shitty) Academy... and you know what? I don't care if you are a muslim, catholic, scientologist, freaking midget, sucker with social anxiety, ANNOYING autistic bastard, etc... ALL of you are invited (as you can see I'm a very open minded person). And lessons are free of charge. Obviously.
SPAM:
Torrie Dorrell, Torrie Dorell
Jill LeGrand, Jill Le Grand
Chris Moryl, Christopher Moryl
Tavio Castrillo, Tavio Castillo
Jennifer Belott, Jennifer Bellott
Heidi Behrendt, Heibi Behrendt
Jorge Gutierrez, Jorge GuTTierrez
Simon Hundleby, Simon Hundelby
Kevin Kurdes, Kevin Jurdes
Russel Mock, Russell Mock
John Ardell, John AdRell
Davis Doi, David Doi
Mark Rudolph, Mark S. Rudolph
David Rheinhardt, David S. Rheinhardt
Russell Marsden, Russell James Marsden ?
James Galloway, James Gallaway
Don Carroll, Don J. Carroll
Jeny Yan, Jenny Yan , Jeny Yang??
Scott Marshall, Marshall Scott?
Fausto Lorenzano, Fausto Lorenzo??
Michael Rubino??, Michael Rubin??
Frank Lam, Frank Lam?
Ian Ng , Ian Ng Siong Yoong
Yoong Wei Siong , Wei Siong Yoong
David Khaw , David Khaw Ban Huat , David Ban Huat Khaw
Michael Bailey Smith x2, Michael Smith x? ... MESS?
Nick Torchia, Dick Torchia ??
Freeman (65147) on 6/29/2016 4:16 AM · Permalink · Report
Finally had a chance to finish these. A couple of notes:
Re: Two Michael Smith profiles with same profile picture. These are actually separate people (see LI profiles); the same picture was added twice to the original profile and got split as well. Since I'm unsure of which of the two it belongs to, I sent in a correction to have it removed.
Re: Michael Bailey Smith. Cleaned this one up (along with some of the other Mike Smith entries). Michael Bailey Smith is an actor and only credited as such in 2 games. There were a couple of other games where a voice actor was credited as Michael Smith and where IMDb credited it to MBS, but there's no reason to assume it's the same person as all of MBS's roles were live-action FMV stuff (MW4, Dune).
Re: Nick/Dick Torchia. Only credited as 'Dick Torchia' under the 'VUG Special Thanks' for one game. I thought it might be a typo, but it might also just be a family special thanks credit. While the first 3 names are all Vivendi production people, Tom Gastall & David Toma have no other credits and no connection to Vivendi. Also, Jay & Maggie Calis are probably related to Sam Calis (Vivendi Technical Director on the game). Left it as a separate entry.
Rik Hideto (473431) on 6/29/2016 7:07 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
I'll be back to the old method (exchanging PMs with you). Discussing publicly about these things is useless. Recently I found many Hungarian names/surnames. :P
For those T-Rex contributors: try NOT spamming unnecessarily too many new developer pages because that's pretty lame (suckers!). Adieu to this thread (I won't read anymore).
S Olafsson (60421) on 5/29/2016 11:23 PM · Permalink · Report
At some time the Probe developer has been spilt out from the original Dokk, but they seem to be the same person according to this interview:
http://www.c64.com/interviews/docherty.html
http://www.pauldocherty.net/animator.htm
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,39751/
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,320605/
Then there is the question of this guy:
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,278602/
Freeman (65147) on 6/9/2016 2:02 AM · Permalink · Report
There was actually another artist named Paul Docherty who worked at Acclaim & Eutechnyx. See: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/amarna3d
Nice find on the interview, though. At least it confirms that Dokk was at Probe which means the SNES Alien 3 entry would go to him. I'll clean up the entries.
Plok (221062) on 6/3/2016 3:37 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Sam(uel) Bass:
Main: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,12582/
Faulty: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,257153/
In the second one, the Thanks section for LotR: Battle for Middle-Earth II - Rise of the Witch-King belongs to the main one, but the Featured Soloists thing for inFamous 2 doesn't sound like him. A mislink?
He was often referred to as Sam Bass in the Battlecast Primetime show between 2007 and 2010, so put it as an alias.
Jake AM (9491) on 6/5/2016 1:43 PM · Permalink · Report
Thinking these might be needing to be merged. My slight research hasn't yielded anything great, but maybe someone else might be able to find something more:
Gia Luc
Gia Mahn Luc
Gia Manh Luc
Freeman (65147) on 6/9/2016 3:13 AM · Permalink · Report
Merged. The 'Alien Syndrome' credit doesn't really fit the LI timeline, but I'm assuming it's the same person.
LI profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gia-luc-5b7a411
Plok (221062) on 6/7/2016 10:25 AM · Permalink · Report
These are obviously the same (Juan Ruiz, see Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2002 credits): http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,39647/
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,736885/
Rik Hideto (473431) on 6/7/2016 1:27 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Wheaton Francis Gribb, Wheaton Gribb
Emmeline Kalla Kit, Emmeline Kaila Kit
Etc. Who loves babies?
Jake AM (9491) on 6/8/2016 4:47 AM · Permalink · Report
Adding another one:
Richard Lee
Have fun with that one. My quick foray with that developer is showing a few that might be possible merges...
Rik Hideto (473431) on 6/8/2016 8:35 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Interesting. Or maybe not.
Now these are somehow interesting:
Jun Tanaguchi, Jun Taniguchi
Paul Tanaguchi, Paul Taniguchi
Takeshi Tanaguchi, Takeshi Taniguchi
<hr />And how about these?
Marina Sokolova, Marina SCkolova --- A present for chirinea
Fujikawa Toshihiro, Toshihiro Fujikawa --- This one is for our buddy Sciere
Makoto Ohsaka, Makoto Oskaka, Makoto Osaka --- This one is for me I guess (I'll take the "pain"). OSKAKA sounds like a surname from Nigeria.
Takahiro Onishi, Takahiro Ohnishi --- Sigh.
Brian Cummings, Brian Cummings --- Boring.
Anastasia Fomina, Anastassia Fomina --- From Russia with Love
Matthew Tateishi, Matt Tateishi --- Why?
I wonder if I can "spam" more names...? The thing is... if I do these things in silence (all the time), people will just not learn... so...
S Olafsson (60421) on 6/20/2016 7:02 PM · Permalink · Report
Retro Gamer 56 (p.48-54) confirms that the following game credits belong to the same person: Warlok, Voodoo Castle, The Staff of Karnath, Entombed, Blackwhyche, Dragonskulle, Buggy Boy (Speed Buggy), Outlaws, First Strike, Live and Let Die.
Also given that the brothers were a team, Disney's Beauty and the Beast and Full Throttle: All-American Racing probably belongs there also.
They are currently attributed to these three persons:
David Thomas 21114
David Thomas 202064
Dave Thomas 384895
While he is associated with the Stampers, there is no mention of Rare in the interview. But it is fair I guess to combine the Rare game credits in one person.
The rest of person 21114 probably belongs to umpteen people.
S Olafsson (60421) on 6/28/2016 10:07 PM · Permalink · Report
According to this interview, it is rather unlikely he is the same person as the contemporary Rare coder : Games TM Interview
According to Wikipedia the Diablo II, Might and Magic: World of Xeen and Chaos Legion voice credits belong to David Allen Thomas Jr.
Freeman (65147) on 6/30/2016 2:14 AM · Permalink · Report
I went through the various Dave Thomas entries and made corrections where I could.
S Olafsson (60421) on 6/29/2016 9:32 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Bob Thomas (Robert E. Thomas) is the brother of Dave Thomas and according to the 2008 interview they worked on pretty much the same games (Bob on a subset actually) and he did not pursue a career in gaming.
Then also the CIV designer/programmer/tester also needs sorting out I guess (along with the probable myriad of people on the profiles):
S Olafsson (60421) on 7/3/2016 2:03 PM · Permalink · Report
I think I figured out the various iterations of Robert Thomas for the most part. Now on to Dave.
Jake AM (9491) on 6/30/2016 4:07 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Thinking that most, if not all of Dave McCarthy and David McCarthy can be merged.
Might look into this further myself once I'm done with my pending credits, but until then, it's here for consideration.
S Olafsson (60421) on 7/1/2016 8:16 AM · Permalink · Report
Looking at those two, what is the correct role for director / developement director?
(Originally I reported this post, when I intended to reply, damn failing eyesight and mobile devices ;)
S Olafsson (60421) on 7/1/2016 8:43 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Kabushi wrote--]Director can be either Design or Production, one usually can't tell for sure [/Q --end Kabushi wrote--] Never Business? Or Administration?
Patrick Bregger (303550) on 7/1/2016 12:29 PM · Permalink · Report
Business is only for the highest executives (CEO, etc.) and Administration is HR.
S Olafsson (60421) on 7/1/2016 12:38 PM · Permalink · Report
Is there available (behind the scenes) a view for each role? I think it might be interesting to see what goes where throughout the years.
S Olafsson (60421) on 7/4/2016 7:16 AM · Permalink · Report
Would this be it?
Patrick Bregger (303550) on 7/4/2016 2:26 PM · Permalink · Report
That's two revisions outdated.
S Olafsson (60421) on 7/2/2016 2:04 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
OK, seeing the above profiles, I am curious how they would "look right" from a roles standpoint?
S Olafsson (60421) on 7/4/2016 4:15 PM · Permalink · Report
While trying to figure out who was the UK 8-bit programmer I came across a lot of discrepancies regarding the Lucasfilm employee (many of which I have tried to fix).
Some credits list both David W. Collins and David Collins, is it possible they are two different people? (one for acting, the other for writing)
Whether they are or not, this is some funky mixture:
208679
254506
478714
579901
I am still none the wiser regarding my original quest, I suspect he is somehow mixed into those two entries.
208683
217871
The Audio credits there seem to belong to this guy
Freeman (65147) on 7/5/2016 5:08 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
I'll have a look at the various Dave Collins entries (though probably leave the 8bit computer stuff for you). As for the voice/writing credits for Dave Collins, if it's for LucasArts, it's almost definitely the same person. For SW: Force Unleased II, Dave W. Collins is credited for the Voice/Sound credits, but is credited as Dave Collins on script writing. However, from this interview, you can see that it is Dave W. who also wrote the script ("and got to do a large portion of in-game dialogue writing on the second one.") Also, he lists 'Script Writing' on his LI page.
There might be another David Collins doing VO work on non-LucasArts games (eg: XCom, Mage Knight). He began at LucasArts in 1999, so I'm not sure whether he was freelancing at other places. I'll leave them as a separate entry (IMDb groups them all together, but who knows).
Edit: I missed that he was represented by 'Stars', a VO agency. I've also merged non-Lucasarts roles where Stars did the casting (if Stars wasn't actually credited, checked other VAs at the Stars database). Only the CSI & Saint's Row games had other VO casting companies listed, so left these as a separate entry.
Freeman (65147) on 7/5/2016 8:10 AM · Permalink · Report
I think your guy is these 3 entries:
S Olafsson (60421) on 7/5/2016 9:59 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
I have done as you suggested, thanks. With the exception that the Psygnosis credits puzzle me. (Along with the early thanks). His linked in profile does not list Psygnosis, but there is a programming credit there. So either he freelanced for Psygnosis or there was another Dave Collins there.
Freeman (65147) on 7/6/2016 2:59 AM · Permalink · Report
I made 2 further splits:
Freeman (65147) on 7/19/2016 3:38 AM · Permalink · Report
Does anyone know if this Tom Lanigan is the same as the 8bit computer programmer of the same name? In the C64.com interview linked to in the first entry, he mentions that he never really did any programming work. So does that mean that there was another Tom Lanigan active at the same time in the UK doing work for the same companies (ie. Palace)? Anyone have any info?
S Olafsson (60421) on 7/19/2016 8:00 AM · Permalink · Report
Yes that is the odd one out (BBC - 6502 vs all the other programming credits are Z80). But the stumper for me is that the artist guy added and then removed the Barbarian credits from his bio, and the Barbarian credits are programming credits.
Freeman (65147) on 7/19/2016 11:21 PM · Permalink · Report
Yes, but there was a Tom Lanigan credited as programmer for both Barbarian II & the port of Rastan. So, it seems pretty likely that the Lode Runner programmer is also Tom Lanigan. The question is whether this Tom Lanigan is the same as the artist in the interview. Also, he mentions in the interview that Palace is one of the companies "that [he] wanted to associate with". The Barbarian II credits is (c) Palace Software. Just circumstantial evidence, but it seems quite likely that it's the same person.
S Olafsson (60421) on 7/19/2016 11:42 PM · Permalink · Report
The Barbarian II manual reads: "Spectrum and Amstrad Programming by Paul Atkinson and Tom Lanigan FOR ICON DESIGN"
While he himself wrote in the bio (and then removed): "1988 - Barbarian II: Dungeons of Drax, Palace Software (Artist) Spectrum / CPC".
It is quite possible that Atkinson did the programming and Lanigan the graphics and Palace just lumped it all in one.
Then the artist and programmer could easily be two different people.
I have some credits pending, once they clear I will shoot him a PM, hoping he replies.
Evolyzer (21862) on 7/19/2016 6:26 AM · Permalink · Report
I guess that's the same person:
Miguel Ligero
Miguel Ligero Nieto
There is actually one credit submission pending for the one with the ID 83059.
Freeman (65147) on 7/28/2016 3:33 PM · Permalink · Report
1) This Paul Johnson entry was split off from a different entry which was many different people. These remaining credits are the ones that I wasn't able to find any sources for.
Byte Back/Cloud nine (amiga/st)
-Jungle Boy
-Orbit 2000
-Fruit Machine
-Burger Man
Amstrad/ZX spec
-Collapse
-Centi-Bug
Atari 8bit
-In Search of the Most Amazing Thing
Consult soft. C64 graphics
-Dragon Spirit
-Little Puff in Dragonland
-Vindicators
-Donald's Alphabet Chase
Al Baker & Associates (US)
-Taz in Escape from Mars (art)
Electric Software
-Shark Hunter
2) There's also this Paul Johnson who did artwork for a 1993 Amiga game. I can't find much about either company (Software Circus/Outer Limits).
3) Another Paul Johnson entry who is credited with Amstrad/ZX/C64 work.
The only Paul Johnson who I've been able to track down from this time is this guy (programmer) who mentions in his LI:
Hacker Various shareware and freelance efforts June 1986 – June 1989 (3 years 1 month)
Less said, the better. Early days!
and who mentions working on the Spectrum in his intro.
Alaka (106755) on 7/28/2016 7:17 PM · Permalink · Report
Paul Johnson [DK'Tronics - Hard Cheese/Centi-Bug]
From Paul (April 2001): "In a very brief Spectrum career (instigated from a demo game, written with a colleague, Eugene Farrell and not originally intended for commercial release, but which was subsequently issued as 'Hard Cheese') I wrote Centi-bug (I seem to remember a two-week deadline from start to finish - those were the days!) and generally helped with Spectrum issues, copy protection etc. I also converted 'Minder' for the Amstrad CPC464, before leaving to pursue 'real world' programming!
I currently work for Microsoft on web browsing technology for mobile 'phones, in Cambridge (UK) as part of their 'WTGE' (Wireless Telephony Group Europe). I have spent some ten or so of the intervening years writing embedded software / data processing software for racing cars, covering all formulas from F1, US Indy car, F3000 to Karting. The five year gap preceding this period was spent as part of a team writing / porting word processors and early desktop publishing systems for and between such systems as the Atari ST and Amstrad (Airo)1512 (anyone remember First Word Plus under GEM?). Info by: Paul Johnson.
Freeman (65147) on 7/28/2016 8:49 PM · Permalink · Report
Thanks. What about the credits for 'Realm' & 'Booty'? Booty is a 1984 Amstrad conversion for Firebird, so the role is similar to 'Minder' (though different publisher). Realm is a 1987 C64 game for Firebird so that seems less likely. Also, from the Paul Johnson from #1 there was the 1985 Amstrad conversion credit for 'Collapse' (also Firebird). His LI has nothing before 1988 (and nothing VG related), so that's no help.
However, the last Paul Johnson entry I mentioned is also a UK programmer who mentioned early work (1986-89) on his LI, so the Firebird stuff could possibly be his.
S Olafsson (60421) on 11/24/2016 3:44 PM · Permalink · Report
I have moved everything but the stuff that is confirmed from this 8-bit Paul to this Paul that seems to have become the garbage can of Paul Johnson's
I also have a few Amstrad/Spectrum/Consult Software credits pending that I also dumped there.
I could also believe that due to the Christian F Uruqhart connection and the date, the Kung Food credits belong to the Consult Software Paul. Unless there is compelling evidence otherwise.
Jake AM (9491) on 7/31/2016 9:00 PM · Permalink · Report
Person who was reviewing my correction for the Audio credits suggested I submit this to the forum instead.
We have 5 Gareth Davies in the database. developer IDs are: 771842, 766109, 736049, 39371, 775438
The audio credits for 771842 and 39371 are for the band member of Funeral for a Friend those should be merged.
Good chance that 736049 and 39371 are the same person as well.
There is possibly some inconsistencies with 39371 as well...
Freeman (65147) on 8/5/2016 4:07 AM · Permalink · Report
I've cleaned up the various Gareth Davies entries except for this one & this one. While the Activision Global IT credit 736049 & 39371 are obviously the same person, I think this might be 2 different people. On CoD: AW, Gareth Davies is credited under both Activision IT & under the group 'Additional Development Support from Infinity Ward, Neversoft, and Beachhead Studios'. Going through the Black Ops 3 IT credits, none of the other IT people are credited under the 'additional dev' group. The question is whether the Neversoft tester is the IT guy, or the other one.
Jake AM (9491) on 8/1/2016 5:56 AM · Permalink · Report
Lock's Quest credits: Came across the Usability Testers for this game, I think those shouldn't be persons, but just entities if I'm not mistaken?
S Olafsson (60421) on 8/1/2016 7:44 AM · Permalink · Report
Yeah, probably. And the Noah credit for Constantine corrected.
S Olafsson (60421) on 8/4/2016 7:06 AM · Permalink · Report
The Noah credit in Constantine fixed as in it should be Noah "Lee" Margretts
http://www.mobygames.com/images/i/41/27/368227.png
Sorry, I would fix, except I am on a tablet for a while now ;)
and the two should probably be merged
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,73728/
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,366058/
Jake AM (9491) on 8/5/2016 3:30 AM · Permalink · Report
Fixed the Constantine credit.
Though the merge I'm not 100% on.
Found a official website for Noah Lee Margetts. Resume he is using doesn't include some of the credits that are listed. It's possible that he has done more than he has listed, but at the same time he might not feel some of the credits worth mentioning.
offalynne (308) on 8/31/2016 10:13 AM · Permalink · Report
Pleasantly surprised to find only 13 John Smiths but Carlos Lopez sure is a good time.
Freeman (65147) on 9/6/2016 6:26 AM · Permalink · Report
Re: John Smith. I went through them and they're mostly fine except for some of the Microsoft related devs. This John Smith entry will need some work. This LI profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/netjohnsmith) matches the bio on file, which means that most of the special thanks credits aren't correct since he left MS in 2004 (and there are some others mixed in there as well). The difficulty is that there are 2 other MS related devs where the Special thanks credits could reasonably go:
1999-Present: Senior Director Xbox Global Games Publishing
https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-smith-4a76366
2005-10: Xbox/LIVE Engagement Program Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-smith-6895253
Both of these (333638 & 786070) are also MS credited John Smiths.
Re: Carlos Lopez. Yes, there are a lot. If you find any that you think should be split/merged, feel free to post them here.
Infernos (44622) on 9/6/2016 9:44 AM · Permalink · Report
Ssinger of the band Deftones has 3 entries: Camilo Moreno / Chino Moreno / Chino Camilo Moreno
Plok (221062) on 10/16/2016 9:38 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Stephen Russell, famed voice actor, isn't quite the guy who would program a game in the early 90s, methinks.
No mention of programming on Wikipedia or IGDB profile.
EDIT: the same goes for his PES 2015 UK Division credits :D
S Olafsson (60421) on 10/17/2016 8:09 AM · Permalink · Report
Is it then possible that the 'Steven Russell' AKA is incorrect now?
S Olafsson (60421) on 10/18/2016 10:40 PM · Permalink · Report
Mixed up much?
S Olafsson (60421) on 10/26/2016 11:26 AM · Permalink · Report
These guys look like they might have something in common:
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,472647/
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,72852/
Todd Hooper (33) on 10/26/2016 11:13 PM · Permalink · Report
Somehow I ended up with three entries, but I'm only one person :)
https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,502036/
https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,668612/
https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,755942/
Thanks,
Todd
Pseudo_Intellectual (66516) on 10/27/2016 3:42 AM · Permalink · Report
You'd better have been telling the truth! Merged.
S Olafsson (60421) on 10/30/2016 5:04 PM · Permalink · Report
Looks like 'Andrew Taylor' could do with a little consolidation.
S Olafsson (60421) on 11/10/2016 9:32 AM · Permalink · Report
Suspect pairs:
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/by_year/developerId,364158/
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/by_year/developerId,309507/
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/by_year/developerId,456704/
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/by_year/developerId,600654/
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/by_year/developerId,212054/
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/by_year/developerId,381270/
Freeman (65147) on 11/20/2016 9:25 PM · Permalink · Report
I went through all the Andrew/Andy Taylor entries and made corrections where I could.
1) For your first pair, I split off the relevant credit and merged it with the other one. The remaining 'Spidersoft' credit belonged to another dev.
2) Merged them with their correct respective entries (these were 2 different people).
3) These are actually 2 different people, as confirmed with their LI profiles.
Some leftover entries I'm not sure about. This Andrew Taylor entry has an interview for his bio where he confirms that he began in the industry in the early-mid eighties. I don't know if that's the same person as this one (1986 c64 game where 'andrew taylor' is the sole person credited) or this one (1994 sound/music for BITS). The 1st entry is credited with programming/audio credits for Domark.
Anon ymous on 11/3/2016 3:09 AM · Permalink · Report
William Youney and Will Youney are the same person, Quality Assurance.
I'm not sure if this should also be put here, but for Crysis 3 it says "OTG Core Team" for Windows, but "DTG Core Team" for Xbox. "OTG Core Team" is the correct name, as seen with SimCity and Madden 25
William Youney: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,561396/
Will Youney: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,687793/
S Olafsson (60421) on 11/9/2016 10:29 PM · Permalink · Report
Same person, all of it?
Steve Thomson
Stephen Thomson
Interview
What have you been up to since the C64 hey days? What are your current activities?
I'm Research and Development Art Director at Blitz Games Studios. It's a great place to work, and in a lot of ways has a similar family atmosphere to the Ocean days of old.
Sonja Bolton (2) on 11/23/2016 1:23 PM · Permalink · Report
Hi there!
I have changed my last name because I got married last year - would it be possible to merge my 2 profiles under my new name?
This is the old one (Sonja Engelhardt): http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,468885/
And this is the new one (Sonja Bolton): http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,794036/
Thanks a lot in advance! :) Cheers, Sonja
S Olafsson (60421) on 11/29/2016 10:57 AM · Permalink · Report
Continuing from a previous thread, where has it been established that Bernie Drummond used Berni as an aka?
There is also Berni Hill who has been known to sign his work as Berni.
Don't all the existing Berni credits belong to Berni Hill?
Freeman (65147) on 11/29/2016 5:33 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
I'll reply here as well. I went through every game our Bernie Drummond entry is credited with (including each edition of the game) and it seems pretty obvious where the confusion came from:
Bernie Drummond
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Batman
Head Over Heels
Match Day II
Monster Max
Q.A.D
SuperHero
Watman
Berni (Gremlin)
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Dark Fusion
FOFT
Greg Norman's Shark Attack
*Toyota Celica GT Rally (ingame as Berni / in the manual as 'Bernie') - article claiming (w/o source) Bernie Drummond
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge (ingame as Berni / Wikipedia claiming (w/o source) Bernie Drummond)
Utopia
First Class with the Shoe People
Space Crusade
Top Gear 2
All the games under 'Bernie Drummond' are credited as such (and none are for Gremlin). Also, every Gremlin game is credited to 'Berni' (and in one case 'Bernie' which was most likely just a typo). This interview (which was posted in the last thread), confirms 'Berni' as Berni Hill. The Gremlin Archive also lists the Gremlin Graphics Berni as Berni Hill. My opinion would be to only credit Drummond with the games where he's credited as such (and remove his AKA) and have all the other games going to the Berni Hill entry (and merging 'berni hill' with 'berni'). What do you think?
S Olafsson (60421) on 11/29/2016 5:50 PM · Permalink · Report
I tend to agree (HOL and WoS have them mixed up, that might be where the confusion stems from)
S Olafsson (60421) on 11/30/2016 6:43 AM · Permalink · Report
Not that it matters a lot.
http://hol.abime.net/hol_search.php?N_ref_artist=3949
Apparently they are all over the place ;)
Foxhack (32098) on 11/29/2016 10:52 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
I never thought I'd say this, but...
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,539956/
The original developer entry only had a credit for Escape Goat. And since that entry was for yours truly, I can guarantee you I had nothing to do with Last Call!, so that should be split to a new dev.
:)
Foxhack (32098) on 11/29/2016 11:24 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start chirinea wrote--]We shouldn't fix that to teach you not to leave the approval staff, humpf! =P
Joking aside, there are pending credits for Neverending Nightmares (Windows / Backers), is that yours also or should it go with the Last Call! one? [/Q --end chirinea wrote--]
I didn't back Neverending Nightmares, so that ain't me.
I honestly doubt the same dude from Last Call backed that game, though who knows. :p
chirinea (47516) on 11/29/2016 11:34 PM · Permalink · Report
Well, those credits are still pending, so that's a decision for the approver and contributor to make! Anyway, your profile is split, do you want me to link your user account to that page? Maybe it would make it easier for approvers to check future credits.
Foxhack (32098) on 11/29/2016 11:41 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start chirinea wrote--]Well, those credits are still pending, so that's a decision for the approver and contributor to make! Anyway, your profile is split, do you want me to link your user account to that page? Maybe it would make it easier for approvers to check future credits. [/Q --end chirinea wrote--]
My account is already linked to that dev profile, unless you meant something else. :)
chirinea (47516) on 11/29/2016 11:43 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Foxhack wrote--] [Q2 --start chirinea wrote--]Well, those credits are still pending, so that's a decision for the approver and contributor to make! Anyway, your profile is split, do you want me to link your user account to that page? Maybe it would make it easier for approvers to check future credits. [/Q2 --end chirinea wrote--]
My account is already linked to that dev profile, unless you meant something else. :) [/Q --end Foxhack wrote--]Doh, I didn't see the link from the developer side (as there isn't one, really), so I figure they were not linked! Sorry!
S Olafsson (60421) on 12/4/2016 3:11 PM · Permalink · Report
There is pending correction to merge these:
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/by_year/developerId,422394/
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,314686/
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,36168/
At least the first two seem plausible enough, with some of the third one's credit. But then I saw they had already been split.
Thene there is this guy:
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/by_year/developerId,441476/
Patrick Bregger (303550) on 12/4/2016 4:48 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Based on his profile on LinkedIn I think the first two should be merged except for the Special Thanks on Worms. Since those are usually for people who left the company, its probably this Matthew Cooper who left in late 2007 (the third one). The Q.U.B.E. credits should be probably split, though.
The fourth Cooper is this one and correct.
Freeman (65147) on 12/7/2016 4:35 AM · Permalink · Report
I made the other changes but for some reason I'm unable to merge this entry with this one - it gives me a server error.
S Olafsson (60421) on 12/7/2016 7:43 AM · Permalink · Report
Yup, got that too. Then I noticed it had already been split.
S Olafsson (60421) on 12/5/2016 12:54 PM · Permalink · Report
Another pending merge request, how many ways are there to write Ferguson?
Keith Ferguson 138941
Keith Fergeson 341156 (verified correct from source)
Keith Fergason 201375 (verified correct from source)
Keith Furguson 196848 (Two unsourced, one typo and one verified correct from source)
Keith Fergusen 378742 (verified correct from sources)
Simon Carless (1834) on 12/5/2016 6:32 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
S Olafsson (60421) on 12/7/2016 7:49 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
How about the Ghostbusters credit here?
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,801920/
And this dude:
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,309206/
Will you handle the correction? It's early in the queue.
Foxhack (32098) on 12/12/2016 3:51 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
We need to move a credit here:
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,199835/ (Javier de Campos)
This guy is credited as Platform Development in the PC port of Jet Grind Radio, but it's incorrect, it should actually be this guy:
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,369353/ (Javier Campo)
I'm currently adding the credits for Sonic CD (Windows, ported by Blit) and this guy popped up. I checked my copy of JSR (the credits are in text format) and the credit is for Javier Campo.
Edit:
I'm also very suspicious of the two QA credits listed on this profile - I suspect they're for the other Ramon Nafria, who worked QA at Gameloft Barcelona according to his LinkedIn page.
Freeman (65147) on 12/13/2016 5:11 PM · Permalink · Report
1) Made the corrections to the Campo entry - the ingame screenshots show 'campo' as well.
2) You're probably right about the Nafria entry, so I made the changes. Not because of the Gameloft QA credits (the years wouldn't match), but because both of the QA credits were for 'Nerlaska, S.L.' - a Spanish company (and one he listed later on his LI profile). According to our profile, it was still an amateur company at that point in time, which might be why it isn't listed on his LI profile?
Foxhack (32098) on 12/15/2016 10:50 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Rebecca Charalambous, Rebecca Charlambous - the latter might be a typo - it might be worth looking into the original Stormrise credit submission - but they're definitely the same person. (PR at Sega Australia.)
Freeman (65147) on 12/17/2016 4:35 AM · Permalink · Report
Martin Baldscheidt
Martin Baltscheit
Martin Bahlscheid
Probably the same person, though I don't know what the correct spelling would be. There are sources on file for the first two but not the third entry.
Freeman (65147) on 12/20/2016 5:38 AM · Permalink · Report
This was the result of a split, I'm just putting it here because I'm still not sure about the identity of one of the people.
1) Raymond (Ray) Lee was in QA for Vivendi/Activision.
2) Raymond (Ray) Lee is credited with QA for EA roughly between 2004-06. There are, however, 2 different Ray/Raymond Lees that worked at EA at roughly this time and they're both BC based:
2005-06: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/raymond-lee-2a955611
2004-07: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/ray-lee-05ab4017
Credited titles as Raymond Lee
Foxhack (32098) on 12/20/2016 8:51 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
Naoya Tsurumi - Has an alt of "Naoyo Tsurumi" in the Sonic CD (Windows) credits - a typo. It doesn't seem to be reproduced anywhere, the only other place that has this listed is the credits for the game at Sonic Retro.
firefang9212 (81834) on 12/24/2016 3:16 PM · Permalink · Report
The entries for Alejandro Panyo Cano & Alejandro Payno Cano should be merged.
Freeman (65147) on 12/27/2016 10:47 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
I'm wondering if anyone is able to provide a source for linking the Capcom planner 'Hassy' to the name Hiroyuki Hashidate. Hassy has another planner credit on the arcade version of SSFII. There's also a programmer credit on Armored Warriors for one 'H. HASssssY', and the hiscore table for that game has a 'Hassy' at 6th place (the same spot he appears in the credits).
Furthermore, there's a program designer credit for Darkstalker's Revenge that's credited to one 'Odawara Hassssssy' that's currently assigned to Hiroyasu Hashidate. Whether this is correct or not, I don't know.
At shmuplations, they list a 2000 interview with Hiroyasu Hashidate for the game 'Technictix'. It doesn't seem to be translated yet, so if someone has access to that interview, there might be some info there.
Evolyzer (21862) on 12/29/2016 8:53 PM · Permalink · Report
I guess Peter Laird and Peter Lair is the same person
Evolyzer (21862) on 12/29/2016 10:01 PM · Permalink · Report
I guess Kensei Ogiwara and Kensei Ogihara is the same person
Evolyzer (21862) on 12/29/2016 10:06 PM · Permalink · Report
I guess Ryoko Mizukami and Ryo Mizukami is the same person
Freeman (65147) on 12/31/2016 1:59 AM · Permalink · Report
No, check your sources. For both Ninja Turtles games, there's a Ryo & Ryoko Mizukami credited - Battle Nexus movie design, Mutant Nightmare CG artists. I'll make the necessary corrections.
Freeman (65147) on 1/2/2017 5:18 AM · Permalink · Report
I can't say I'm completely sure. I also thought at first it was just a typo but it seemed less certain after the 2nd turtle game also had the same thing. Also, 'AirForce Delta Strike' has the 2 different spellings for the 2 different roles. If it turns out that it is the same person, merging them afterwards is a simple matter.
Foxhack (32098) on 12/30/2016 3:36 AM · Permalink · Report
Adrienne Wilkinson - her name is misspelled as "Adriane Wilkinson" in the credits for Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (Windows). This is both in the in-game credits and the manual. I've already submitted some replacement credits.
Plok (221062) on 1/1/2017 10:27 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Voice actress Katie Semine has a duplicate "Katie Samine".
Her name appears to be misspelled in the Saints Row 2 credits: source 1, source 2
Freeman (65147) on 1/2/2017 5:44 PM · Permalink · Report
I think a lot of the 'Blitz' special thanks credits would go to the coyote artist. I'm basing this on Oliver Bermejo who's credited with 'special thanks' alongside Robinson. Checking his profile, he was also at Coyote/attractive and lists a lot of outsource work.
Freeman (65147) on 1/2/2017 11:02 PM · Permalink · Report
His LI has 'Associate Software Engineer' listed while the manual only has sr & software engineer in it so they might just not have listed him (space constraints or whatever). The few playthroughs I looked at didn't have any ending credits, so I'm not sure if he was ever officially credited or not.