Freeman (65147) on 1/4/2021 7:43 AM · Permalink · Report

A repost from the previous thread:

Is Hiroshi Adachi actually an AKA that Teruhisa Hiroi went by, or a completely different person? There's currently a credits' correction for Bonk's Adventure, based on this interview, where a new Hiroshi Adachi entry is added (Teruhisa Hiroi was already credited as 'Hiroi-san'). The contributor said that the two are different people.

The wording from the interview (at least based on a machine translation) seems to support this. Take this section which talks about Adachi & Hiroi separately:

それで僕とあだちさんの2人でやる流れになって。その時にあだちさんが「この世界に出てくる人間は、原人1人だけ」って言ったんです。
普通は主人公が原人だったら、女の子とか仲間のキャラとか作りたくなるものなんですよ。
広井さん（※）には「こいつはしゃべらないんだよ」って言われて。その瞬間に自分にはキャラクターが出来上がった気がしました。

※広井王子…「天外魔境」をはじめ数々のヒット作を手掛ける。活躍の場はゲーム業界にとどまらずアニメ、マンガ、舞台演出などジャンルを問わず才能を発揮するマルチクリエイター。

Also this tweet by GSK (based on the same interview):

"Bonk's design was based on a caricature Oji Hiroi drew of a friend from his college days—Hudson had requested a Mario-style action game from RED, and when Adachi saw this drawing he immediately came up with the name "PC Genjin" and was able to visualise a world & setting."

'Adachi' also isn't mentioned at all on Hiroi's JP Wiki page as an alternate name.

From the bottom of that interview, here's the profile of Adachi (machine translation):

"An original author, planner, writer, and illustrator who has been involved in numerous works since the founding of RED (1976), including the original work of the "Tengai Makai" series. Master of character creation with multi-creators who create works that go beyond the boundaries of genres, from bonus toys to advertising."

『天外魔境』シリーズの原作をはじめREDの設立当時（1976年）から多数の作品に関わる原作者、企画者、作家、イラストレーター。 おまけ玩具から広告までジャンルの枠を超えて創作を行うマルチクリエイターでキャラクター作りの達人。

So was Hiroshi Adachi a separate person? And if so, are any of our current profiles the same person as the Bonk character designer?

Freeman (65147) on 1/4/2021 8:02 AM · Permalink · Report

Does anyone know if Randy Turner is the same person as Randall Turner? The bio on file for Randall Turner suggests that he's been in the games industry since that time, though I'm not sure where that claim originates from. Also, the company he's said to have founded, Horizon Simulations, is only credited on a single title and his name doesn't appear in the credits.

Foxhack (32098) on 1/4/2021 4:53 PM · Permalink · Report

I've stickied this thread.

I'll be working on the pending stuff on the 2020 thread where I can (currently working on the last big submission by Infernos from Dec 13.)

Infernos (44622) on 1/10/2021 1:26 PM · Permalink · Report

• S. Campbell is Sean Campbell - https://www.discogs.com/artist/2271528-Sean-Campbell-3
• A. Gordon is Allen Gordon - https://www.discogs.com/artist/142824-Allen-Gordon-Jr
• W. Little is Wes Little - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confrontation_Camp
• G. Eaton is Gerald Eaton - https://www.discogs.com/artist/294700-Gerald-Eaton
• B. West is Brian West - https://www.discogs.com/artist/294701-Brian-West
• Swan Lee is not a person, it's a band - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Lee
• S. Yurderi is Savas Yurderi a.k.a. Kool Savas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_Savas
• James Adkins needs a split; audio credits belong to band Jimmy Eat World vocalist and guitarist Jim Adkins (a.k.a. James Christopher Adkins) - https://www.discogs.com/artist/563142-Jim-Adkins
• James Atkins needs a split as well: 1) The Sims 3: Generations audio credit should be moved over to aforementioned Jim Adkins from Jimmy Eat World 2) Saints Row IV audio credit belongs to James Atkin a.k.a. James Saul Atkin from EMF - https://www.discogs.com/artist/109410-James-Atkin 3) Road Rash credits belong to James Atkins (Hammerbox bassist) - https://www.discogs.com/artist/589747-James-Atkins
• Thomas Linten (typo)=Thomas D. Linton=Thomas J. Linton - https://www.discogs.com/artist/563139-Tom-Linton
• K. Shah=Kavon Shah a.k.a. Professor Griff / Richard Griffin - https://www.discogs.com/artist/173746-Richard-Griffin
• Tarik Trotter=Tarik L. Collins a.k.a. Black Thought - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Thought https://www.discogs.com/artist/1036058-Tarik-Luqmaan-Collins
• Steve Tegal (typo)=Steve Tegel - https://www.discogs.com/artist/1199105-Steve-Tegel
• Ben Tegal (typo)=Ben Tegel - https://www.discogs.com/artist/1199106-Ben-Tegel
• Andrew White needs a split; Cities: Skyline credit should be split off, the other credits are for the Kaiser Chiefs guitarist - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_White_(musician) who wasn't born yet when the Mary Wells song came out - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Guy

Foxhack (32098) on 1/13/2021 7:03 AM · Permalink · Report

There's a company on the database called Tong King Show that is credited in a few Taito games in the early 90s for graphic work. Well, it turns out it's an artist's pen name.

Arc Hound on Twitter identified him as "Aquila Sasaqui", a.k.a. 佐々木 晃, a.k.a. Akira Sasaki; he's also stealthily identified in the credits for Kid Klown in Crazy Chase (SNES) over here and confirmed in the Japanese credits here (so that credit has to be moved to this new profile.)

This same artist also did editorial and cover work on the Dengeki magazines in the 90s, including Dengeki PC Engine. Further evidence: his LinkedIn uses the same profile image that used to be a header at his long defunct homepage.

As far as I can tell, he has nothing to do with the Omega Force staffer that currently has the Kid Klown credit.

Thoughts? :)

Mtik333 (29531) on 1/14/2021 6:12 PM · Permalink · Report

Do you know who (and when) submitted LinkedIn profile here?

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,322732/ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-allen-37432a11/

This experience describes his work only at Sumo Digital (though he says something about 20+ years experience in bio) and it would correspond to this sheet instead:

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,689644/

So maybe these two entries should be merged.

Additionally, Art/Graphics credits from this sheet should be moved: https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,322733/

Infernos (44622) on 1/21/2021 2:36 PM · Permalink · Report

Richard Burns Rally & Others

• M. Cavalera=Massimiliano Cavalera=Massimiliano Antonio Cavalera=Max Cavalera - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Cavalera
• A. Gardner=Andy Gardner, also I think the South Park credit from Andy should be moved to Andrew Gardner
• L. Rous=Lee Rous - https://www.discogs.com/artist/651636-Lee-Rous
• C. Gibbs is Christian Gibbs - https://www.discogs.com/artist/279278-Christian-Gibbs
• R. Bell=Robert Earl Bell - https://www.discogs.com/Plump-DJs-Creepshow/release/233517
• G. Brown=George Brown
• C. Smith needs a split; 1) Black Ops credit belongs to Columbus Smith - https://www.discogs.com/artist/2983564-Columbus-Smith 2) Richard Burns Rally credit belongs to Claydes Eugene Smith 3) Hot Wheels credit belongs to Chrisbo Smith - https://www.discogs.com/artist/473686-Chrisbo-Smith
• J Salo=Jari Salo a.k.a. James Spectrum - https://www.discogs.com/artist/767077-Jari-Salo
• Joseph Goddard=Joe Goddard - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Goddard_(musician)
• Goddard and Taylor Limited is not a person
• Andrew F. Wilkes-Krier=Andrew W. K. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_W.K.
• Walz Shabazz=C-Rayz Walz - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-Rayz_Walz https://www.discogs.com/artist/186902-C-Rayz-Walz
• Florence Leontine Mary Welch=Florence Welch - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Welch
• D. Stein=DJ Fresh
• W. Wilson=Wilfredo Wilson - https://www.discogs.com/artist/915407-Wilfredo-Wolf-Wilson

Rounin (9426) on 1/23/2021 1:45 PM · Permalink · Report

I have a slight inkling that the aliases Darkness K.K from "Hippodrome", Nervous K.K from "Caveman Ninja" and Turk K.K from "Cliffhanger" might belong to Katsumi Kurihara. Timeline and roles would fit the profile.

Also tcrf has discovered secret credits for RoboCop 2 (Arcade) where the developer is mentioned with his initials whereas in the game itself with the clear name.

Any other thoughts?

Freeman (65147) on 1/26/2021 5:33 AM · Permalink · Report

I split off a number of different entries from this Akira Inoue profile. The last one was a bit of a misc. profile with several A. Inoue & Akira I. credits.

a) The 222450 profile had an old correction on file which linked here which would seem to link the Power Instinct & Super Adventure Island II credits. I'm guessing that Milon's Secret Castle would belong here as well?

b) The credits for Sonic Labyrinth & Baku Baku Animal share a lot of staff so I'm guessing these two go together.

c) There's also:

Mtik333 (29531) on 1/26/2021 11:52 PM · Permalink · Report

So, at first I thought that maybe these two profiles should be merged - both working only in QA area:

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,758563/ - 2 Gameloft games credited

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,593962/ - 4 EA games/DLCs and 1 Ubisoft game.

Then, however, I noticed following LinkedIn profiles:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dragomir-alexandru-a93233109/ - QA at EA in 2016, at Gameloft in 2015,

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dragomir-alexandru-296533169/ - QA at Gameloft in 2013-2014, at Ubisoft in 2016-2020.

I know that this topic is about merges/splits, not potential credits issues, but...any idea, who should be credited...for what? I haven't tried to reach any of these two guys, but maybe that would be the only way to clarify that, because I don't think current lists are correct. If so, I'll just keep this thread until I find out.

Mtik333 (29531) on 1/28/2021 6:35 PM · Permalink · Report

So we have following profile for Ellyn Stern:

Ellyn Stern

However, there are two with very similar names that also include credits on voice-acting: Ellyn Stearn - Might & Magic 1994 voiceacting.

Ellen Stern - Might & Magic 2000 + ParaWorld 2006 voiceacting.

Now, I tried to reach her via her website Ellyn's website - no answer yet. She has resume there but no info about M&M, though her husband worked on these titles.

Overall, I'd say it's like 90% she worked on all these titles and therefore three profiles should be merged with AKA's. Since it's not 100%, I'm asking - what do you think - should these three profiles be merged?

Mtik333 (29531) on 1/30/2021 11:01 PM · Permalink · Report

I'm not sure, but looks like this profile needs 3 or 4 splits.

So, first, credits for Animal Jam matches this guy: LinkedIn

Then, three games made by Smart Bomb are related to this guy: Some kind of blog mentions one of games he worked on

Then, audio credits are likely going to profile with this man: Music bio

Finally, "Stone Age" - very unlikely, but maybe this guy? Wiki entry - there is something about doing some Amiga graphics.

Mtik333 (29531) on 2/1/2021 9:28 PM · Permalink · Report

So there are 3 devs with this name

1

2

3

I tried to contact this guy via LinkedIn, no answer yet, but what do you think? I believe 1st and 3rd might have potential due to the fact that games on 3rd profile point to 1C company where 1st guy worked. On the other hand, "Localization Manager" is far away from "Programming".

For now I'll leave it here and come back once he responds or at the end of the week (if no answer)

MAT (241141) on 2/2/2021 3:28 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

Satoshi Miura

Satoshi Hiura

Hiura looks like typo, maybe H looked similar to M in capital letter format. At least when it comes to ./hack games where both devs are credited under same "Movie Edit" job so there's a big chance at least that is the same person.

Infernos (44622) on 2/2/2021 12:16 PM · Permalink · Report

• J. Vastano=Johnny Vastano
• V. Poncia=Vini Poncia
• E. Mercury is Eric Mercury - https://www.discogs.com/artist/312407-Eric-Mercury
• E. Floyd=Eddie Floyd - https://www.discogs.com/artist/284321-Eddie-Floyd
• C. Curet Alonso is Catalino Curet Alonso - https://www.discogs.com/artist/2218992-Catalino-Curet-Alonso
• C. Simonetti is Claudio Simonetti - https://www.discogs.com/artist/149103-Claudio-Simonetti
• G. Meo is Giancarlo Meo - https://www.discogs.com/artist/133394-Giancarlo-Meo
• Imani Wilcox=Emandu Wilcox - https://www.discogs.com/artist/740615-Emandu-Wilcox
• Wolf Hoffman (typo)=Wolf Hoffmann - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Hoffmann
• PB Wolf=Chris Manak - https://www.discogs.com/artist/538758-Chris-Manak
• K. Andersen is Kimba Mutanda Andersen - https://www.discogs.com/artist/3230681-Kimba-Mutanda
• A. Guthrie is Andy Guthrie - https://www.discogs.com/artist/7878
• T. Bondy is Todd Bondy - https://www.killradio.band/
• J. Price is James Price - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oE7ZM2FcbE
• T. Brown is Tyrone Brown - https://www.discogs.com/artist/403783
• D. Kim needs a split; audio credit belongs to Dennis Kim - https://www.discogs.com/artist/1920460-Dennis-Kim

Mtik333 (29531) on 2/2/2021 6:26 PM · Permalink · Report

If I see correctly, we have 3 "instances" of Paul Wong. Here is what I believe needs to be done with them:

1st Paul Wong - link - QA at Interpret: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulvincentwong/

2nd Paul Wong - link - Director of Business at EpicSoft/Corous360: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-wong-chi-ern/

3rd Paul Wong - link - here we need to do following:

• Witcher 3 credits to be moved to 2nd dev

• Astro3D to be left here?

• 2 Fallout Tactics credits should belong to new Paul Wong, working at Microforte: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-wong-42aa7a1/

• Fury and Megamind should belong to the same Paul Wong as Fallout Tactics (here he worked then at Auran and THQ)

• Emberwind - probably new dev?

• Dreamfall Chapters - well, probably new dev...

I'm not sure, therefore I write here.

Koterminus (260469) on 2/5/2021 6:58 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

I just got confirmation that Darren Weekes (Splash Damage level designer) and Darren Weekes (G String voice actor) are the same person.

Edit: Whoops, I should have submitted this as a correction instead... sorry about that.

Duc Nguyen (264) on 2/7/2021 5:26 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

David Crane (https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,467139/) - David Crane (https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,24639/)

The Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Crane_(programmer)) says he created the voice for Space Shuttle Project and he is the same guy who did Pitfall.

Also for https://www.mobygames.com/game/snes/urban-strike/credits

Solid Software - D. Scott Williamson

I think D. Scott Williamson is the owner of a company called "Solid Software". (https://atariage.com/forums/topic/188836-some-pretty-awesome-graphics-for-the-lynx/page-1)

Mtik333 (29531) on 2/7/2021 5:16 PM · Permalink · Report

So I believe we have 4 "Lu Yang" dev sheets here. Quick summary on what I found and what is wrong in my opinion:

Lu Yang - https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1003285/ - one credit, probably this one: LinkedIn

Lu Yang - https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1096568/ - probably this one: LinkedIn

Lu Yang - https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,956368/ - probably OK, couldn't find him/her on web

Lu Yang - https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,234125/ - LinkedIn. Few entries do not match here though:

• Monster Hunter: World (Capcom/XPEC Art Center)

• Final Fantasy XIV (Mineloader Software)

• Phantasy Star Portable 2 + Shinobi + Sonic Unleashed + Altered Beast (SEGA)

I couldn't find any Lu Yang on LinkedIn who would said he/she worked in any of these companies, so it might be that we need 3 splits. Hard to say, maybe someone else here will find something more than I found.

MAT (241141) on 2/10/2021 1:58 AM · Permalink · Report

Just a logical guess, but I would say that voice acting credits for Yuuko Inoue should probably be split from all the other graphics/animation related credits.

MAT (241141) on 2/10/2021 6:09 AM · Permalink · Report

Not sure if Tanihara is a typo.

Kumiko Tanihira

Kumiko Tanihara

They seem to be in same type of work. Also basing this on this developer...

Yukari Yamaura

...who has both games that splits Tanihara and Tanihira together.

I'm adding credits for Triangle Again for the developer also credited under animation, hence noticing this.

Foxhack (32098) on 2/11/2021 12:20 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

Stefan Lupp - could Steffen Lupp be a typoed duplicate? That's his name as shown in the submission images for this game.

I also suspect Dirk Sender is a typoed duplicate of Dirk Sander.

All of these work in audio localization in Germany. I would merge them, but I'd like some additional input from other folks (specifically people who know German :P)

Edit: Also found Klaus Schmidt, who may be a dupe of Klaus Schmid. Based on some shared credits I suspect this is the case, but there's no images on file for the credit submission...

Evolyzer (21862) on 2/13/2021 1:04 PM · Permalink · Report

Kevin MacLeod and Kevin McLeod is most likely one and the same person

Mtik333 (29531) on 2/14/2021 9:43 AM · Permalink · Report

I didn't know we have so many "Ionescu" devs here. So let's look at what I think should be done:

Alexandru Ionescu - Sheet - Linkedin - 2 QA credits from Ubisoft (Assassin's Creed II and Academy of Champions) inproperly assigned

Alexandru Ionescu - Sheet - Linkedin - one QA credit (Gangstar) inproperly assigned

Alexandru Ionescu - Sheet - Linkedin (?) - has 3 QA credits from Ubisoft and should get 2 credits from 410875

Alex Ionescu - (no sheet) - Linkedin - should get QA credits of Gangstar

There are some more strange derivatives like Alexandru Ionut/Cornel/Victor/Florian Ionescu, but I haven't checked them...(quite sensible to put 2nd name if there are so many guys with these "credentials")

S Olafsson (60421) on 2/16/2021 6:42 PM · Permalink · Report

See the Mobygames discussion in the comments here.

https://www.filfre.net/2020/12/lode-runner/

Foxhack (32098) on 2/19/2021 8:54 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

Norio Suzuki, sent as a correction by Rounin: He said that the Map Modeler credits should be split, but looking into this I noticed at least four people:

The Nihon Falcom programmer is easy to spot (鈴木規夫);

The Konami / Hudson programmer (鈴木規生 / credited as noriot in Dungeon Explorer II and others), which I'm pretty also worked on Gulliver Boy (the credits are in English, but it has lots of devs who worked on Bomberman), plus he's credited in Mario Party Advance (found a PDF manual with his name on it.) I also strongly suspect he also worked on the DDR games given the Konami / Hudson connection (Hudson was partially bought by Konami in 2001, this guy started showing up in DDR credits in 2002);

I -believe- the modeler is 鈴木紀雄, based on the credits shown here: https://youtu.be/473S8kSXSV4?t=1616

I couldn't find a Japanese spelling for the Mario and Sonic programmer (Arzest) since there don't seem to be any Japanese credit videos for it uploaded anywhere.

I found the spellings via a combination of Wikipedia, the Game Staff wiki, crossreferencing the English Yokai Watch credits with JP videos, and Jisho name searches.

Any comments before I split the profiles?

Happy _10 on 2/19/2021 4:47 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

spam

Mtik333 (29531) on 2/19/2021 5:54 PM · Permalink · Report

There's a bunch of profiles that have very similar dev "ID". I wasted some time to just list them so we can clarify things in the future, uh.

Catalin Gheorghe - https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1027081/ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/catalin-gheorghe-aba815a7/ - looks OK

• Moving Out - credited as Catalin Gheorge

• Blasphemous - credited as Catalin Gheorghe

• Monster Sanctuary - credited as Catalin Gheorge

• Yooka-Laylee - credited as Catalin Gheorghe

Catalin Gheorghe - https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,837418/ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/catalingheorghesm/ - looks OK

• Galaga X - credited as Catalin Gheorghe

Catalin Silviu Gheorghe - https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,323864/ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/catalin-gheorghe-9a305087/ - looks OK

• Fifa 14 - credited as Catalin Gheorghe

• FIfa 13 - credited as Catalin Gheorghe

• Midnight Play Pack - credited as Catalin Silviu Gheorghe

Catalin Marian Gheorghe - https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,877742/ - merge with 1027081?

• BF4 Final Stand - credited as Gheorghe Catalin Marian

Catalin Gheorghe - https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,361528/ - The Sims 4 credits to merge with 1027081?

• Burnout Paradise Remastered - credited as Catalin Gheorghe

• The Sims 4 Get to Work - credited as Catalin Gheorghe

• The Sims 4 - credited as Catalin Gheorghe

• BF3: Armored Kill - credtied as Catalin Gheorghe

• BF3 Close Quarters - credtied as Catalin Gheorghe

• Battlefield Bad Company 2 - credtied as Catalin Gheorghe

• Create - credtied as Catalin Gheorghe

• Burnout Paradise Ultimate Box - credtied as Catalin Gheorghe

Catalin Ionut-Gheorghe - https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,393492/ - ??? hard to say if it is connected to 361528

• Bulletstorm Full Clip - credited as Catalin Gheorghe-Ionut

• Star Wars Battlefront - credited as Gheorghe Catalin Ionut

• Crysis 3 - credited as Catalin Ionut Gheorghe

• Medal of Honor Warfighter - credited as Catalin Ionut Gheorghe

• Bulletstorm - credited as Catalin Gheorghe-Ionut

• Crysis - credited as Catalin-Ionut Gheorghe

• Crysis 2 (credits in Russian, I'm not good at it)

• NFS The Run - credited as Gheorghe Catalin-Ionut

• NFS Hot Pursuit - credited as Catalin-Ionut Gheorghe

• NFS Shift - credited as Gheorghe Catalin-Ionut

Catalin-Stefan Gheorghe - https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,761976/ - ???

• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands - credited as Catalin Stefan Gheorghe

• Tom Clancy's The Division - credited as Catalin-Stefan Gheorghe

Evolyzer (21862) on 2/19/2021 6:20 PM · Permalink · Report

Philippe Brosseau and Philippe Brousseau is most likely one and the same person

Evolyzer (21862) on 2/19/2021 6:37 PM · Permalink · Report

Charles Kirouak and Charles Kirouac is most likely one and the same person

Evolyzer (21862) on 2/20/2021 2:08 PM · Permalink · Report

Greg MacLean and Greg MacLean is most likely one and the same person.

Evolyzer (21862) on 2/20/2021 11:52 PM · Permalink · Report

W. G. Van Der Velden

W.G. van der Velden

Freeman (65147) on 2/22/2021 6:01 AM · Permalink · Report

Are Chimorin Shogun and Keigo Chimoto the same person? The game_staff site lists them as the same person, with Chimorin Shogun being used on all the Capcom titles. However, he's also credited this way on Drakengard 3 as the lead animator for Access Games - the same role that Keigo Chimoto has on Lord of Arcana.

So, would it make sense to merge them then?

Foxhack (32098) on 2/24/2021 11:25 PM · Permalink · Report

Yūichi Nakatani / 中谷祐一, AKA Violetche Nakamoto, character designer, graphic designer and manual illustrator on Samurai Shodown. He later joined Yuki (Samurai Shodown V) and now works at Examu (Arcana Heart).

Source: https://twitter.com/VGDensetsu/status/972389352201433089

Violetche Nakamoto / Yuichi Nakatani

I can't find much information on Nakatani. Most of the results on Google link back to that tweet...

Infernos (44622) on 2/26/2021 2:11 PM · Permalink · Report

On Hitman: Blood Money music credits (for platforms Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360) under "White Noise" there's credit for another song mixed in. What happened is that in the Manual (page 27) there's a missing song title.

So starting with this part: "Published by Zenith Publishing Ltd. © 2003 Zenith Publishing Ltd., P. Watts (Written by), S. Gillett (Wriiten by), J. Reeve (Written by), Performed by "Airbiscuit" from the album Caldo-Freddo. Recording Copyright 2003 Zenith Café Ltd." should be under role "Wonderous" as that is the name of the Airbiscuit song in the game - https://www.discogs.com/Airbiscuit-Caldo-Freddo/release/1451330

Bullet-Proof Software games 1) Lyrane credits

• "ESP" is Edward S. P. Rogers
• "Tani" could be Tomoyuki Tani
• "Nakashima" could be Yuji Nakashima
• "Yoshida" could be Masayoshi Yoshida or Funky Yoshida

2) Archon credits

• "Kenneth C.R" could be Kenneth Rogers
• "Sakamoto" could be Takashi Sakamoto

3) Black Onyx credits

• "E.S.P." is Edward S. P. Rogers
• "Joe" could be Joe B. Langdon
• "Bob" could be Bob Rutherford

On Alshark X68000 Credits "TAKION" is Isao Watanabe - https://gamefaqs1.cbsistatic.com/box/9/5/9/146959_back.jpg

Electric Boogaloo (1916) on 2/27/2021 7:14 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

Fold Chuck Tolman (ids 270017 and 250059) into Charles Tolman (id 26240).

They are the same person.

Had worked at Tengen/Time Warner Interactive/Atari Games and Treyarch before co-founding The Workshop Entertainment - itself got acquired and became Skydance Interactive, where he still currently works.

Was recently interviewed here: https://youtu.be/BjhDXStrFdc?t=539

Mtik333 (29531) on 3/3/2021 7:30 PM · Permalink · Report

It might be that this guy has to be merged with other Goopy Rossi.
I'm not sure, but there is some old page that has his bio and mentions "Arborescence" as well as EA:
https://trustoria.com/artist/Production-Artist/Redwood-City-CA
This company is mentioned in both games from 90s (Iron Helix, Forever Growing). His LinkedIn lacks info about working at Arborescence though.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/goopy-rossi-3224921/
I submitted dev correction already with all the info I put here

Duc Nguyen (264) on 3/12/2021 8:26 PM · Permalink · Report

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,769831/ = https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,61143/

That's the same guy!

Duc Nguyen (264) on 3/13/2021 4:54 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

Sam Ly and Sam Lee This is the same person, because he worked for Atari at that time.

Also:

M Hoff = Morgan Hoff

J Ritter = Jack Ritter

M Mahar = Mike Mahar

Also we need to split up pieces of game credits who made Radical's NES titles based on newer arcade-history.com sources because of a lack of role identification on these people who made the game:

The Terminator based on Staff data from the Arcade-History.com article

Chris Robertson = Programmer

Alan Blouin = Graphics

Rory Armes = Producer

Paul Wilkinson = Sound Composition

The same also goes for the other two NES games Radical developed:

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends (based on Staff data from the Arcade-History.com link: https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=the-adventures-of-rocky-and-bullwinkle-and-friends-model-nes-rf-usa&page=detail&id=55676

Rory Armes = Producer (also Designer)

Ed Konyha = Graphics

Chris Lippmann = Programmer (also Designer)

Paul Wilkinson = Sound Designer

And Wayne's World (the NES game) (based on the Staff data from the Arcade-History.com site)

Chris Lippmann = Programmer (also Designer)

Ed Konyha = Graphics

Rory Armes = Producer (also Designer)

Paul Wilkinson = Sound Designer

Kevin Wilkinson = Quality Assurance

Freeman (65147) on 3/27/2021 8:03 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

I'm wondering if Nobuko Hagino (no English credits) is actually the same person as Nobuko Ogino? The roles are the same; the difference is that the Hagino profile uses the 萩野 spelling for the surname (which can also be read as Ogino) while the Ogino profile uses 荻野 (can also be read as Hagino).

I should mention that both names do have separate ANN profiles (Ogino / Hagino), though I'm wondering if this is correct. Not only are the roles the same (In-Between Check), but they're credited on a lot of the same shows (though not together, and usually with Hagino only being credited once on shows they're both credited on). For example, they credit both on Ai Yori Aoshi, but not on the same episodes (and this isn't even correct. They credit Hagino on Ep. 1 but checking the credits this was actually credited to Ogino). ANN has them both credited on Ghost Hunt, but without listing the episodes that Hagino worked on (and again actually checking the credits, Ogino isn't credited alongside Hagino on the several credits that I looked at). Finally, they credit both names on the exact same episodes of Toradora!, but looking at the credits only 荻野 信子 is credited.

Edit: Even on shows where they only credit Hagino (eg. Bakuman), the credits actually have 荻野 信子.

So, I'm thinking that Nobuko Hagino/萩野 信子 was likely just a mistake (possibly just by ANN, though 萩野 may have been used a few times). Thoughts on merging?

Mtik333 (29531) on 3/28/2021 12:26 PM · Permalink · Report

Hmmm, could it be possible that these two dev sheets point to the same guy?

Adam King

Adam King

Quite odd that I cannot really find anything about this guy on the web. Or maybe there are really two animators with this name/surname and some game titles need to be transferred.

Freeman (65147) on 4/2/2021 6:28 AM · Permalink · Report

Is it possible that Crude Matsuoka (クルード松岡 / Compile) is the same person as Tsuyoshi Matsuoka? I'm adding the credits for Warau Salesman and クルード松岡 is credited as the Scenario writer - the same role as Tsuyoshi Matsuoka is credited with on Super Nazo Puyo. This thread also mentions that Matsuoka spent some time at Compile. In connection to クルード松岡, I came across this Twitter comment.

Mtik333 (29531) on 4/3/2021 1:17 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

Is there anyone who knows, why this "AKA" (Juan Logar) was added to dev sheet of Ramon Reparaz?
Ramon Reparaz
We also have separate profile for Juan Logar and it all seems to be quite messy:
Juan Logar
If my research is right, there are actually 3 actors: Ramon Reparaz, Juan Logar (Junior) and Juan Logar (Senior).
Juan Logar Junior
Juan Logar Senior
Ramon Reparaz
Someone already created dev correction, but I'm quite confused how to make it all look valid now. I'll try to meanwhile ask Juan Logar (on LinkedIn) and verify some of the games crediting him. For now, I guess someone will have to go through credits and see where Ramon Reparaz was credited as Juan Logar and...move it to Juan Logar dev sheet?

S Olafsson (60421) on 4/19/2021 4:44 PM · Permalink · Report

I have verified they are spelled like that in the manuals

John Martin / Johnny Martian

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,370478/

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1787/

Ian Mathias / Ian Matthias

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,402/

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,182412/

Iggi (36291) on 4/29/2021 5:34 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

I assume "Oli Böttcher" https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,646179/ is the same voice actor as "Oliver Böttcher" https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,198477/? Unfortunately I haven't found any gameography for any of the two name variations...

Rounin (9426) on 5/1/2021 8:14 PM · Permalink · Report

I think Tony Kee and Tony Key should be merged.

Given the timeline of their respective title list compared to the LinkedIn profile, i think Tony Key's is the coninuation of Tony Kee's.

And comparing the credits of Catz (Nintendo DS) and Catz (Windows) in overlapping years hints further to it.

Any objections or thoughts?

Rounin (9426) on 5/10/2021 9:10 PM · Permalink · Report

I'm not quite sure, but i think Idit Sharon, Ideet Sharon and Ideet Martin are one and the same.

This seems to be her website.

In Micro Machines she is credited as Ideet Sharon-Martin and as she hails from Israel i think Idit is a version of Ideet. I couldn't find any resume, where she lists her work in the gaming industry though.

MAT (241141) on 5/12/2021 1:13 AM · Permalink · Report

Both of these devs are credited under two different H.A.W.X. games. Might be the same dev.

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,162251/

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,502462/

Steve Coleman on 5/14/2021 10:44 AM · Permalink · Report

Hi guys,

There's currently one "Steve Coleman" listed, which includes both my credits (2020/2021 under Public Relations) and the credits of a dev from the 80s and 90s. Would it be possible to split these so that my credits are on a separate profile moving forward?

Thanks!

Rounin (9426) on 5/16/2021 1:24 PM · Permalink · Report

Takashi Kobayashi needs a split into several profiles. As far as i can tell into following:

1. DECO / Y'sK / Zex
   http://shmuplations.com/puzzlegamecreators/
   http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Y%27sK

2. BPS / KAZe
   http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/KAZe
   https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9E%97%E5%AD%9D%E5%BF%97

3. "Kishin Dōji Zenki" programmer

4. The rest are several graphics and cinematics roles, which very likely belong to several other people:

5. several RayForce title
   

6. "Ultimate Muscle"
   
7. "Battle Fantasia"
   
8. "Gōketsuji Ichizoku"
   
9. two Spike Chunsoft title
   
10. "Travis Strikes Again"

Did i miss anything? Any thoughts?

Rounin (9426) on 5/18/2021 8:27 PM · Permalink · Report

I think Tac H., T. Haga and Takuya Haga are one and the same DECO developer.

The "Captain America and the Avengers" Arcade and Genesis as well as the "Magical Drop II" Arcade and SEGA Saturn credits hint to that.

Furthermore i have a strong suspicion the nick 3.2.1 (which is used in all "Magical Drop" titles for instance) is his fellow programmer Tomoki Mitsui, which i think is a wordplay on Mitsui mixing the different counting forms.

3.2.1 = Mi(3)Tsu(2)i(1)
Mi = short for Mittsu, Kun-reading
Tsu = Romaji for Two
I = short for Ichi, On-reading

Any opinions on that?

Trond Berntsen (14525) on 5/23/2021 12:54 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

Typo. Jay Garrava -> https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,418999/ Source -> https://imgur.com/ETfmlsH Jay Gavarra -> https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,632363/

Also I have created credits for "Awakening: The Redleaf Forest". My notes:

Screenshots here -> https://imgur.com/a/dYgBKxN

1. Nate Arches (Art) https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,581648/

2. Zarif Khairuddin (Art) I think this is a same developer. https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,398018/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,410001/

3. Vania Maria Oei (Additional Art) https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,632351

4. Cici Yap (Additional Art) I think this is a same developer. https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,632354 https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,737404/

5. Gabriel Dizon (Additional Testing) https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,201335

Thanks.

Trond Berntsen (14525) on 5/25/2021 9:03 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

1. Same developer Dimitry Cheglakov https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,359319/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,372411/ Specialbit Studio developer. Info from his credits games.

2. Also same developer Vitaliy Kuzmin https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,314930/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1162750/

3. Same developer from Puzzle Lab - Victoria Shishkina https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,384813/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1153780/

4. Same developer Maria Shilina https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,53099/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,418397/

Thanks.

Duc Nguyen (264) on 6/5/2021 7:37 PM · Permalink · Report

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,687401/ = https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,212770/

I think this could be an alias for Roger W. Amidon. Proof here: https://www.postjobfree.com/resume/abqsrx/lcd-sample-cmos-boot-jockey-hopewell-township-nj

Trond Berntsen (14525) on 6/7/2021 7:45 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

Same developers

1. Christian Campbell: https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,31281/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,430403/

2. Alisa Tyrrill https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,467674/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,484043/

vedder (71199) on 6/7/2021 7:56 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

Main person: https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,2674/
Wiki article about the man: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Walton

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,255501/ - Most probably same person, a special thanks in another Star Wars title from the same time he worked on Star Wars titles.

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,599579/ - Cult & Daggers credit most likely refers to the same person since what other Gordon Walton was influential enough to inspire someone? The other special thanks here could be anyone.

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,471653/ - Sim game thanking developer of sim games around the same time. Most likely same person.

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,197668/ - Harpoon credits are of the main person. Star Wars special thanks as well. Wheel of Fortune perhaps, he has other executive producer credits from around this time. Syndicate and Spectre are probably not him, but also unlikely to be the same person so they should be split.

Different Gordon Waltons:
https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1035827/
https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,925330/
https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,883475/ (don't know)

- - on 6/19/2021 4:42 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

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MrFlibble (18361) on 6/21/2021 4:27 PM · Permalink · Report

It looks like Luis Fernando Fernandez and Luis Fernando Fernández López are likely the same person, as they appear in credits alongside Daniel Navarro Medrano.

Michael Powell (3) on 6/28/2021 8:58 AM · Permalink · Report

These are me and are the same developer:
https://www.mobygames.com/developer/michael-powell/credits/developerId,755633/

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/michael-powell/credits/developerId,921115/

Foxhack (32098) on 6/28/2021 3:44 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

Looking over these credits and the information posted at Wikipedia, I think Y. Kohdoh is actually Yoshihiko Kodo - SNK had the habit of naming their presidents "Big Boss". Game Machine said he was appointed the head of SNK in 1996, and Neo Turf Masters (the only game this profile is mentioned in) was released on that year.

Rounin (9426) on 7/6/2021 10:58 AM · Permalink · Report

Following are a bunch of german voice actors with multiple merge candidates, which i am not entirely sure about:

Fritz Rott is very likely also Friedhelm Rott and possibly Friedrich Rott too
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Rott_(Synchronsprecher)

Simon Roden is likely also Simon Rohden

Jürg Löw is possibly Jörg Löw as well
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrg_L%C3%B6w

Dieter Maise is possibly Dieter Meese as well

Hans Bayer, Hans Baier, Hans Beyer and Hans Beier are likely all one and the same
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Bayer_(Schauspieler)

Any opinions on the possible mergers?

S Olafsson (60421) on 7/13/2021 10:01 PM · Permalink · Report

What do ya think? https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,47359

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,29676/

Infernos (44622) on 7/14/2021 11:40 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

1) L. Moses=Don Blaze - https://www.discogs.com/artist/5604590-LeDon-Moses

2) Steph Jeczalik=J.J. Jeczalik - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.J._Jeczalik he's credited on the Prodigy track because it samples an Art of Noise song

3) Gary Langan=Gary Michael Langan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Langan

4) Paul Morley=Paul Robert Morley - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Morley

5) L. Jackson=Leroy O’Neil Jackson Jr. a.k.a. Leroy Burgess - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Burgess

6) Rudolph Taylor=Rudy Taylor - https://www.discogs.com/artist/329988-Rudy-Taylor

7) A. Schreiber=Qwel

8) N. Nirza=DJ Rhettmatic

9) Charizma=Charles Hicks - https://www.discogs.com/artist/34219-Charizma

10) D. Rabinowitz=Daniel Rey a.k.a. Daniel Rabinowitz - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Rey

11) Roy Roosevelt Bonner=Leroy Bonner - https://www.discogs.com/artist/168235-Leroy-Sugarfoot-Bonner

12) R. Aguilar=Robert Aguilar=Rob Swift - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Swift

13) Nick Millhiser=Nicholas Millhiser - https://www.discogs.com/artist/1010879-Nicholas-Millhiser

14) Keith Thornton=Kool Keith - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_Keith

15) Ian Klimister (typo)=Lemmy Kilmister

16) E. Schrody=Erik Schrody a.k.a. Everlast - https://www.discogs.com/artist/646291-Erik-Schrody

17) L. DiMant=DJ Lethal

18) Brian Johnson=Brian Johnson (AC/DC singer) - https://callofduty.fandom.com/wiki/Bob_Starkey

19) J. Scott G=Scott Giaquinta; full name is Jesse Scott Giaquinta - https://www.discogs.com/artist/633031-Jesse-Scott-Giaquinta

20) NBA credit from D. Stewart should be moved to Derrick Lemel Stewart=Derrick Stewart - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatlip

21) C. Rogers Young=Carl R. Young; while NFL Street 2 credit belongs to Carlos Young - https://www.discogs.com/artist/2846384

22) Rudolf de Borst=Rudolf DeBorst a.k.a. Dolf DeBorst - https://www.discogs.com/artist/966280-Dolf-DeBorst

23) M. Brown needs a split; Tony Hawk credit belongs to Qwazaar, while Madden credit belongs to Marqus Brown - https://www.discogs.com/artist/641727-DJ-Fresh-7

24) Call of Duty: Black Ops credit from Claydes Eugene Smith should be moved to Columbus Smith - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won%27t_Back_Down_(Eminem_song)

25) Juiced credit from Chris Goss should be moved to Christopher Ryan Goss because it samples a Masters of Reality song - https://www.discogs.com/Lemon-Jelly-64-95/release/9853099

26) B. Ellis=Bradford Ellis - https://www.discogs.com/artist/832225-Bradford-Ellis

27) D. Betmead is Dominic Betmead - https://www.discogs.com/artist/482236-Dominic-Betmead

28) J. Wallace is Jimbo Wallace - https://www.discogs.com/artist/670812-Jimbo-Wallace

29) P. Bentley is Patrick "Taz" Bentley - https://www.discogs.com/artist/670811-Patrick-Taz-Bentley

30) P. Hegarty is Patrick Hegarty - https://www.discogs.com/artist/1320403-Patrick-Hegarty

31) K. Herrmann is Kurt Herrman - https://www.discogs.com/artist/1320413-Kurt-L-Herrman

32) M. McLoughin is Martin McLoughlin - https://www.discogs.com/artist/815812-Martin-McLoughlin

33) S. Padden is Scott Padden - https://www.discogs.com/artist/840666-Scott-Padden

Rounin (9426) on 7/15/2021 11:01 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

Yoshinori Kobayashi needs a split into several developers. I see at least:

1. Taito
   
2. Tecmo and affiliates
   
3. Nippon Ichi
   
4. Game Republic

Plus several standalone credits for DECO, Capcom, Konami, Square Enix, which are perhaps nonrelated to the above mentioned.

Constantinos Tsikinis (27426) on 7/16/2021 4:58 PM · Permalink · Report

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,261218/ and https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,784925/ both have credits for the Yakuza and Kingdom Hearts series. It seems likely that the series only belongs to one dev each. The issue I'm having is that several devs might also be crammed into here ("Yuki Kato" is a common enough name, judging by the other results). To try to make sense of things, I'm listing the credits between the two pages by company:

Konami:
* Shaman King: Master of Spirits (2004)
* Shaman King: Master of Spirits 2 (2005)

Artoon:
* Blue Dragon (2006)

Jupiter:
* Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals (2008)

SHiiTAKE DiGiTAL:
* Infinite Undiscovery (2008)

Avant:
* Yakuza 2 (2006)
* Yakuza 3 (2009)
* NieR (2010)
* Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (2010)
* The 3rd Birthday (2010)

Amusement Vision:
* Yakuza 4 (2010)

Square Enix:
* Mario Sports Mix (2010)
* Kingdom Hearts HD II.8: Final Chapter - Prologue (2017)
* Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 ReMIX (2017)
* Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (2017)
* Kingdom Hearts III (2019)

Ryu ga Gotoku:
* Yakuza 5 (2012)
* Binary Domain (2012)
* Yakuza 0 (2015)
* Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (2016)
* Yakuza: Kiwami 2 (2018)
* Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise (2018)
* Judgment (2019)

Tango Gameworks:
* The Evil Within (2014)

FromSoftware:
* Dark Souls II (2014)
* Bloodborne (2015)
* Dark Souls III (2016)
* Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019)

Ubisoft Osaka:
* Sonic: Free Riders (2010)

SEGA:
* Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F (2013)
* Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd (2014)

Yuke's:
* WWE 2K15 (2015)

JellyThink Inc.:
* Transformers Devastation (2015)
* Star Fox Guard (2016)
* NieR: Automata (2017)
* The Evil Within 2 (2017)

Digital Media Lab:
* Tekken 7 (2017)

Capcom:
* Devil May Cry 5 (2019)

I'm really not sure how to sort this out. The Avant credits would suggest that all of the Yakuza and Kingdom Hearts credits (alongside the other credits for the same companies) belong to one person, but I just refuse to believe that someone was able to work at multiple AAA studios in the same years for high-profile titles at the same time. At the very least, unless there's evidence to the contrary, the credits for Konami, Artoon, Jupiter, SHiiTAKE DiGiTAL, Yuke's, Digital Media Lab, and Capcom all seem like they each belong to separate devs.

This thread was made at the request of Mtik333.

Rounin (9426) on 7/17/2021 4:56 AM · Permalink · Report

Naoki Matsuo should be split into following devs imo:

1. Taito/Racjin/Acquire
   Later Racjin and Acquire titles have shared staff with Taito dev

2. FromSoftware/imageepoch/Ilinx
   His Facebook resume
   https://twitter.com/kanowi
   http://kanowi.com - Ilinx (株式会社イリンクス) is mentioned at the bottom

3. Konami

Rounin (9426) on 7/17/2021 10:22 PM · Permalink · Report

Satoshi Nakamura contains at least two profiles.

Definitely the Koei programmer has to be split off. Question is if the early Sims/Genki (中村 智) and FACE credits also belong to the Bandai Namco dev.

Mtik333 (29531) on 8/10/2021 6:35 PM · Permalink · Report

Suggested via correction by UnderdogAnomaly that all of the "Product Testing" and Quality Assurance credits be moved from Yuki Takashi to Yuuki Takahashi

Like in many Japanese cases, I can't find any social-media links, but it could be possible that indeed all QA-related entries (and ones that are not yet classified as QA but should belong there) needs to be moved.

unif uniko on 8/24/2021 12:44 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

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Aura Triolo (137) on 9/14/2021 1:15 AM · Permalink · Report

Found most of these back in december and forgot to do anything with them. Hopefully most of them are pretty straightforward.

These three Dan Rosas's are the same person - I confirmed this by checking his linkedin. The "tetragon works developers" is also telling because that team was formed almost entirely of ex-KSP devs, starting out. https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,778714/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1116460/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,970723

These two Sorins seem extremely likely to be the same person given they share an extremely specific career discipline and work on the same game franchises. https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,593163/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,627521/

These two seem likely, given the name and shared outsource QA career. https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,735079/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1011487/

These five Ryan Clarks are 100% the same person. I can say this with high confidence because Ryan is the head of Brace Yourself Games and a major figure in the vancouver indie dev social scene. A huge number of the games in the various "thanks" are locally developed vancouver indie games (Infested Planet, Rebuild 3, Darkest Dungeon, Bunker Punks) and many of the rest are high profile indies who almost certainly made contact with him at events like pax and gdc, where he regularly hosts parties. https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,201969/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1116455/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,774833/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,916023/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,905686/

inrm2 on 9/17/2021 6:46 PM · Permalink · Report

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/contribute/developerId,663/ This is 2 people. I initially created the entry and was wanting to update. Titles between 2000-2020 are the other Ian's work. My LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-mitchell-53a7b324 Other Ian Mitchell profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-mitchell-2a435a5

Thanks.

Evolyzer (21862) on 9/29/2021 6:44 AM · Permalink · Report

Paul Abbott and Paul Abbott is most likely one and the same person

unif uniko on 10/3/2021 11:49 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

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Electric Boogaloo (1916) on 10/3/2021 6:18 PM · Permalink · Report

A while back, I came across a Twitter reply from System Sacom programmer Hiroshi Ogino (there are three MobyGames listings with the same name, so I'm unsure which one matches, but he did write an e-book documenting his time at the company, which included a chapter on Gale Racer, which Sacom developed - https://hipparchus.booth.pm/items/874445). On that reply, he was able to confirm that "Shiori Hongo" was Ogino's alias in Gale Racer (likely an anagram), while "Yoshito Kida" was an alias for System Sacom composer Hiroki Kamata (id=442302). Kida was apparently the name of a character in one of Kamata's comics he drew at the time. Would this be sufficient evidence for a developer merge/name change?

https://twitter.com/honda_ken/status/1335081454519218177 https://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/System_Sacom https://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Blog:Gale_Racer_(Saturn) https://twitter.com/gdri/status/1444065417547460622

Electric Boogaloo (1916) on 10/24/2021 3:41 PM · Permalink · Report

Fold Will Norble (id=204615) into Will Noble (id=133499). His name was misspelled in the Gauntlet IV attract mode (where they showed the credits for the original 1985 Gauntlet arcade game)

kirshoegor jack on 10/26/2021 3:41 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

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Foxhack (32098) on 11/2/2021 6:23 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

I believe the single credit from this profile, and the two testing credits from this one needs to be moved to this profile.

The Alone in the Dark credit is listed under "EDS". 538181 has a 2008 credit for testing in Chronicles of Riddick PS3 with that same company.

Edit: This profile needs to be merged with this one. He works at Limited Run as a curator. It's the same guy.

Infernos (44622) on 11/3/2021 1:00 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

• 1) Ultra Naté Wyche=Ultra Naté - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_Nat%C3%A9
• 2) L. Springsteen=Lem Springsteen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lem_Springsteen
• 3) Not sure why Neil Meikle is credited on track "Positive Education" because guy from Slam is named Orde Meikle - https://www.discogs.com/artist/225760-Orde-Meikle
• 4) On track "Raghupati (Folk Tune)" Lewinson, Hassilev (currently listed as non-persons), they are Paul Lewinson, Alex Hassilev - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Shankar_(album)
• 5) On track "Hebeena Hebeena" Barakat, Atrache (currently listed as non-persons), they are Tawfik Barakat, Farid El Atrache - https://www.discogs.com/release/968049-Various-The-Story-Of-Arabic-Song
• 6) Peter Bouncer=Peter McKenzie - https://www.discogs.com/artist/9521-Peter-Bouncer
• 7) Christopher Rio (typo)=Big Pun - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Pun
• 8) J. Tineo is Jerry Rafael Tineo (a.k.a. Juju or Junkyard Juju) - https://www.discogs.com/artist/237480-JuJu-3
• 9) Liberty City Stories credit from Angus Young (AC/DC guitarist) belongs Dr. Dre
• 10) GTA credit from Stefon Taylor belongs to Sam Taylor (Samuel Willis Taylor Jr.) - https://www.discogs.com/artist/646262-Sam-Taylor-4 because it samples a B.T. Express song, not sure why Stefon Taylor is credited instead.
• 11) Shawn Jacobs=Sheek Louch (a.k.a. Sheek of The Lox) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheek_Louch https://www.discogs.com/artist/210876-Sheek-Louch
• 12) On track: Chest2chest Freestyle" Barnes, Lemay, Montgomery are currently listed as non-persons, they are: Andre Barnes - https://www.discogs.com/artist/891129-Andre-Barnes-2 Rodney Lemay, Wes Montgomery - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Montgomery
• 13) A. Dookith (typo) is Ahmud Farhad Dookhith (a.k.a. Ray Keith) - https://www.discogs.com/artist/2332-Ray-Keith
• 14) Saints Row credit from Ashley Brown should be moved to Aloysius Brown - https://www.discogs.com/artist/1331780-Aloysius-Brown
• 15) Warriors credit from Warren Smith should be moved to William Smith (a.k.a. William "Smitty" Smith) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_%22Smitty%22_Smith
• 16) Liberty City Stories credit from Lawrence Smith should be moved to Lee Smith - https://www.discogs.com/artist/25740-Lee-Smith
• 17) On Liberty City Stories credits in "Additional Radio Credits" section Danger Mouse is currently listed as non-person.
• 18) K. Tatham=Kaidi Tatham - https://www.discogs.com/artist/3515-Kaidi-Tatham
• 19) Audio credits from Will Gregory should be moved to William Gregory - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Gregory
• 20) C. Narain is Clyde Sergio Narain (a.k.a. DJ Chuckie) - https://www.discogs.com/artist/135575-DJ-Chuckie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuckie_(DJ)
• 21) Martin P. Hemley is supposed to be Marvin Nemley (a.k.a. Martin Nemley / DBC) - https://www.discogs.com/artist/759225-Marvin-Nemley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stetsasonic
• 22) Swiss Beatz=Swizz Beatz

Cantillon (79437) on 11/26/2021 10:29 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

We had three Paul Bonner profiles: 1, 2, 3 (I archived them in archive.org). These are actually two people, where some credits were mixed up between them. One guy is a programmer who started out as QA and does production too. The other one is an artist. I fixed them.

The Special Thanks credit is the programmer, as Streamline Studios is on his LinkedIn.

The Art credits seem to be from the same artist:

• Confrontation (2012) - Rackham Artworks (proof, "A really old one from Rackham. The underground old city in Cadawallon. Just loved the story telling that they allowed me to do ( and the amazing concepts of Edouard Guiton")
• Space Hulk (1993) - Manual Illustrations by (proof)
• Dragonfire: The Well of Souls (1999) - Title Graphics (the credit is under Target Games Interactive AB. This company also made Mutant Chronicles, for which Paul did work)
• Svea Rike (1997) - Box Art (also Target Games)

Cantillon (79437) on 12/10/2021 1:44 PM · Permalink · Report

I think the voice cast credits here should be split to a different developer. It is probably this actor.

davep_75 (2495) on 12/12/2021 10:23 PM · Permalink · Report

Hi

Please could Daniel Lopez Vallejo (Developer ID: 916279) be merged into Daniel Lopez (ID:100395)?

Below is a copy of my correspondence with him, confirming he is the same person:

Daniel López @fenedan SWE currently developing games for Nintendo Switch. Ex-cofounder of @abylight

Hi Daniel. I hope you are well. I'm sorry to disturb you but I'm a contributor to the video games database, Mobygames, and I was just adding the developer credits to your excellent Q-Bee! game onto the system when I noticed there was already a developer listed as "Daniel López Vallejo" who is created as working on Elite Forces: Unit 77 for Abylight, which I notice from your Twitter profile, you co-foundered. Would you be kind enough to confirm if this is you or not so that I can credit Q-Bee! to the correct person? I don't like making assumptions! Gracias! Dave Pearce Nov 9, 2021, 4:48 PM

Hi David, Yes, it is correct. I was a co-founder of Abylight and worked on Elite Forces. Thanks for adding Q*Bee! Nov 20, 2021, 5:45 PM

Cantillon (79437) on 12/22/2021 8:50 PM · Permalink · Report

I think John Gärtner and John Gaertner are the same person. Although it does seem strange that he would have two spellings in one credit listing...

Electric Boogaloo (1916) on 12/29/2021 4:26 AM · Permalink · Report

Fold Xion Cooper (id=61936) and Shawn Cooper (id=1193008) into Shawn Cooper (id=73614).

They are the same person, with "Xion" being an alternate spelling of his name.

Eugene Jarvis video interview, revealing that Cooper was part of the Cruis'n USA team who had worked on Cruis'n Blast: https://youtu.be/15WnWa8c6MI?t=475