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Cantillon (77154) on 1/14/2022 11:10 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

A new thread for a new year.

Like in previous threads, if you come across a developer page that you feel requires some work, 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.

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Cantillon (77154) on 1/14/2022 11:37 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

This, this and this Matt(hew) Sanders are the same person it seems when you check the LinkedIn of the first profile.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 1/23/2022 5:03 PM · Permalink · Report

agreed, extremely unlikely to have another guy with this name working at blizzard and even if, i couldn't find; merged, thanks.

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Cantillon (77154) on 1/14/2022 12:20 PM · Permalink · Report

I think Manuel Gomez and Manuel Gomez III are the same dev. (source 1 and source 2)

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Mtik333 (29531) on 1/23/2022 5:06 PM · Permalink · Report

i agree, sources look good, his LI confirms working for VCS and then TimeGate; merged, thanks.

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mario luis on 9/24/2022 9:09 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

[spam redacted]

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Infernos (44194) on 1/21/2022 12:23 PM · Permalink · Report

There's a LOT of names to go through so I split these up in 5 parts.

=Electro-Choc=

=Fusion FM=

=IF 99=

=JNR=

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Mtik333 (29531) on 2/5/2022 5:58 PM · Permalink · Report

this part is done, also c. piper is chris piper, added discogs/wiki links too.

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Infernos (44194) on 1/21/2022 12:35 PM · Permalink · Report

=K 109 The Studio=

=LCHC=

=LRR 97.8=

=The Journey=

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Mtik333 (29531) on 2/6/2022 9:17 AM · Permalink · Report

part 2should be ready too - for Gary Miller i didn't touch this second dev sheet so if you feel about moving credits between profiles, please submit correction and i'll take another look

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Infernos (44194) on 1/22/2022 1:24 PM · Permalink · Report

=Massive B=

=Radio Broker=

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Mtik333 (29531) on 2/6/2022 1:27 PM · Permalink · Report

this part is ready as well.

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Infernos (44194) on 1/22/2022 1:45 PM · Permalink · Report

=San Juan Sounds=

=The Beat 102.7=

=The Classics 104.1=

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Mtik333 (29531) on 2/12/2022 2:48 PM · Permalink · Report

this part should be also ready, links - gonna add later.

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Infernos (44194) on 1/23/2022 12:08 PM · Permalink · Report

=The Vibe 98.8=

=Vladivostok FM=

=Interiors Music=

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Mtik333 (29531) on 1/23/2022 5:07 PM · Permalink · Report

uh, that's extreme amount of stuff to merge but ok, i will try to slowly and carefully go through all the names you listed and complete this within next, hmmmm, 30 days? hopefully; i will reply to each list once i'm done

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Mtik333 (29531) on 2/12/2022 4:47 PM · Permalink · Report

ok, should be finally ready, thanks a lot for your time in investigating this stuff.

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Infernos (44194) on 2/17/2022 12:36 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

Nice work, here's a couple more I overlooked the first time.

=JNR=

=Radio Broker=

=San Juan Sounds=

=The Vibe 98.8=

=Other=

  • The links for these two: Tim Harrington / Tim Harrington are mixed up; the Wikipedia article belongs to the one with GTA4 credit, while the Discogs profile belongs to the one with Juiced credit.
  • Ricardo Ducant -> Ducent
  • Viktor Tsoy -> Tsoi; Tsoy should be the Also Known As
  • Sergey Parhomenko -> Parkhomenko as Also Known As
  • Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko -> Ruslana Lyzhychko; Stepanivna is her patronymic
  • Character Design credits on Zelda games from Alexander Vasiliev should be moved to A. Vasiliev

These are the ones I couldn't find their first names: S. Mitchell / M. Wellington / D. Castro / N. Olsen / J. Olsen

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Mtik333 (29531) on 2/17/2022 11:29 PM · Permalink · Report

thanks, this should be also corrected now

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Foxhack (32100) on 1/25/2022 6:37 AM · Permalink · Report

Ron Allen: https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,18662/
Ron Allen: https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,613144/

There's two or three people between these two profiles.

A musician in 18862 which should be split;
A tester, most of his credits are in 18662, but he also has two in 613144;
And the Sony dev who has Production, Design and Thanks credits. There's a good chance the QA tester and the SCEA Bend / Bend Studio dev are the same person, but I couldn't find info to confirm this (he has no LinkedIn that I could find.) Someone should ask him...

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Mtik333 (29531) on 2/5/2022 6:40 PM · Permalink · Report

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-allen-340b01/details/experience/ - so almost everything from 18662 and 613144 is in scope of this career. only one questionable credit (toonstruck) is mentioned here - https://rawg.io/creators/ron-allen - so overall i would say "yes" to merge. agree?

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Cantillon (77154) on 2/16/2022 11:53 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

Chris Lamb has a list of projects on LinkedIn, so I think the Audio guy should be split off:

  • CSI: Dark Motives
  • Backyard Sports: Rookie Rush
  • Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers
  • Ben 10: Battle Ready
  • Bible Fight
  • Diner Dash 2015
  • Diner Dash Classics
  • Dungeons and Dungeons
  • Family Guy: Another Freakin' Mobile Game
  • Glow Artisan
  • Hemp Tycoon
  • Imagine Movie Star
  • Juice Jam
  • LMN's Flixation
  • Lifetime's RSVP
  • MTV's Red Carpet Rally
  • Mall Stars
  • Mr. T's School for Fools
  • My Lil' Bastard
  • Naruto: Star Students
  • Petz Fashion: Dogz & Catz
  • Puffy Ami Yumi: Dish it Out
  • Spongebob Squarepants: Atlantis Squarepantis Squareoff
  • Spongebob Squarepants: Delivery Dilemma
  • Spongebob Squarepants: Patty Panic
  • Spongebob Squarepants: Pyramid Peril
  • Spongebob Squarepants: Sea Monster Smoosh
  • Strip Solitaire
  • Sunsilk's Showdown Throwdown
  • The Dudesons: Bonebreaker
  • The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Mobile Game
  • Tree World
  • VH1's I Love Toys
  • Viva Caligula
  • Winx Club: Your Magical Universe
  • Zombie Hooker Nightmare
  • Zombie Universe
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Mtik333 (29531) on 2/17/2022 9:37 PM · Permalink · Report

hm, what about "thanks" role, potential 3rd chris lamb here?

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Cantillon (77154) on 2/18/2022 10:35 AM · Permalink · Report

Yes, indeed.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 2/19/2022 10:11 PM · Permalink · Report

should be ready, thanksss

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fake degree on 2/17/2022 1:31 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

[spam redacted]

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Cantillon (77154) on 2/17/2022 12:16 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

Stephen Taylor is at least two people I think. The 1980s developer is an Australian it seems.

I think the developer from Virtual Resort: Spring Break (2002) might be a third person.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 2/17/2022 9:30 PM · Permalink · Report

agreed, especially since we have also this LinkedIn profile that can work as proof: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-taylor-5086848/ - split done, thanks.

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Cantillon (77154) on 2/18/2022 11:22 AM · Permalink · Report

Thanks! And keep Virtual Resort: Spring Break (2002) in there for now?

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Mtik333 (29531) on 2/19/2022 10:14 PM · Permalink · Report

well, seems there is no source for "deep red" part of credits and i'm trying to reach stephen via linkedin; hopefully will get the answer but if not within hmmm week, probably need a reminder to split this single credit off

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Cantillon (77154) on 4/1/2022 10:27 AM · Permalink · Report

Reminder :D

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Cantillon (77154) on 2/21/2022 12:29 PM · Permalink · Report

Since this Kyle Nelson worked for Luma (see LinkedIn) he should probably be merged with this one.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 2/21/2022 10:25 PM · Permalink · Report

agreed and merged, thx

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Cantillon (77154) on 2/23/2022 5:22 PM · Permalink · Report

This Anthony Byrne should probably merged into Antony Byrne. In Assassin's Creed: Unity his name his actually in the credits without the "h". The other two games are with an "h", but IMDb credits him for those.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 4/3/2022 7:12 PM · Permalink · Report

i agree, merged, thx

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Cantillon (77154) on 3/8/2022 3:39 PM · Permalink · Report

Julian Peacock's LinkedIn mentions: "3d and 2d artist, working on PS1 titles (colin Mcrea rally2, Prince Naseem boxing)" so he should probably be merged with Jools Peacock.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 4/3/2022 7:17 PM · Permalink · Report

yep, confirmed and merged, thankssss

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Cantillon (77154) on 3/10/2022 2:15 PM · Permalink · Report

Just for reference, I will merge this developer with only one backer credit with Dave Gregory, as he said to me on Discord this is him.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 4/3/2022 7:17 PM · Permalink · Report

sure, thanks for making a note here

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Cantillon (77154) on 3/11/2022 12:28 PM · Permalink · Report

This Don Williamson with a single credit for "Remotery Apache License 2.0, Don Williamson, https://github.com/Celtoys/Remotery" should be merged with this dev, as his LinkedIn mentions he is the Celtoys CEO.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 4/3/2022 7:24 PM · Permalink · Report

also done thanks

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Foxhack (32100) on 4/3/2022 5:11 PM · Permalink · Report

I believe Jakob Kaufmann needs to be merged into Jake Kaufman (virt).

Well, the first work I did for that company (Paragon 5) was unpaid, a hobbyist-with-commercial-aspirations game called Drymouth. Game never got published.

Source.

There's also this tweet saying this user received tracker files for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire from Kaufman.

Not sure who this guy is but if an admin can check the backend, it might be him too.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 4/3/2022 7:33 PM · Permalink · Report

well, merge should definitely happen, but seems like 68261 should be also split, hm? wolfenstein credits definitely for a split; not sure about remaining ones in 'other' group as these seem to be rather correct;

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Foxhack (32100) on 4/4/2022 8:32 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

Yeah it looks like the Wolfenstein credits are for... a baby.

https://www.ocregister.com/2014/03/27/irvine-teen-asks-congress-to-fund-research-for-tuberculosis/

This article talks about Caryn Kaufman and his son Jake - a teenager who was 15 years old when that article was printed. Both of them lived in California, and Gray Matter Studios was located in California during the early 2000s. Seems the Kaufmans credited on those Wolfenstein games may have been related to Michael Kaufman (art director on Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Redneck Rampage.)

So, Jake from Wolfenstein needs to be split to a new listing.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 4/7/2022 8:23 PM · Permalink · Report

doneeee, thanks

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Cantillon (77154) on 4/7/2022 1:30 PM · Permalink · Report

Theo Scott should probably be merged into Theodore Scott as the latter's LinkedIn mentions:

Lead Artist / Cold War Rearmed Modification / May 2009 - May 2013

Cold War Rearmed" is an informal international group of game-design professionals. We develop an unfunded, non-commercial game project in association with Bohemia Interactive.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 4/7/2022 8:26 PM · Permalink · Report

agreed and merged thanks

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Cantillon (77154) on 4/10/2022 11:26 AM · Permalink · Report

Anthony Arnaud is probably the same dev as Antony Arnaud.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 4/10/2022 9:37 PM · Permalink · Report

agree, merged

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Cantillon (77154) on 4/10/2022 8:13 PM · Permalink · Report

I researched our Phil(ip) Wrights on file, and moved over some credits between them.

Some more things I think:

  • Phil Wright and Philip W. Wright are probably the same person
  • Here Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold probably needs to be split of. Don't know which name to use, since there were no sceenshots supplied
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lights out party (84260) on 4/11/2022 2:43 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

[Q --start Cantillon wrote--]

  • Here Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold probably needs to be split of. Don't know which name to use, since there were no sceenshots supplied

[/Q --end Cantillon wrote--] It's Phillip Wright.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 4/13/2022 10:36 PM · Permalink · Report

1) i agree, merge done;

2) ok i added the shot from comment below to backend; i don't think any other phillip wright matches so i would assume that split is needed.

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Cantillon (77154) on 4/15/2022 6:18 AM · Permalink · Report

2) done

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Cantillon (77154) on 4/12/2022 9:50 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

Karen K. Lee and Karen Lee might be the same dev, although the former does not mention the latter's two games on her LinkedIn. And she also seems to have not been at Ubisoft at the release of Uno...

//Edit, the credits were updated in-game in 2021, so that would explain it.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 4/13/2022 10:38 PM · Permalink · Report

so i think it is safe to merge.

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Infernos (44194) on 4/12/2022 10:39 AM · Permalink · Report

GTA5

Others

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Mtik333 (29531) on 4/23/2022 8:10 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

writing only to indicate that i'm going to work on this "very soon" (done all)

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Cantillon (77154) on 4/13/2022 9:22 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

Graeme Boxhall is probably a misspelling of Graeme Boxall as the latter worked at Blast according to his LinkedIn.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 4/13/2022 10:42 PM · Permalink · Report

yep, i agree, not adding AKA since it is a clear misspelling. thanks

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Cantillon (77154) on 4/14/2022 4:24 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

That is what the standards say, but I had the impression it was not really followed. Not even by you in the past. (e.g. Antony <> Anthony just a few days ago)?

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Mtik333 (29531) on 4/14/2022 6:57 AM · Permalink · Report

well, you're right, but i personally see difference between 'first name misspelling' (i can imagine someone forgetting about 'h' in anthony, since this name's equivalent in some languages does not have 'h' there, like 'antoni' in polish). in this case with name 'boxall' / 'boxhall', well, that's a completely different surname. but yeah overall i need to control myself better in terms of these AKAs

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Cantillon (77154) on 4/14/2022 9:24 AM · Permalink · Report

Going to link this to win people for the cause. :D

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Cantillon (77154) on 4/14/2022 2:58 PM · Permalink · Report

The 3D Baseball credit for Charles Anderson needs to be split off I think. He is probably just a relative of Richard Anderson.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 4/23/2022 5:26 PM · Permalink · Report

agreed and done thx

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Juli Ivy (1) on 4/14/2022 10:37 PM · Permalink · Report

Juli Ivy and Juliene Ivy should be merged, Juli Ivy being the main name
/developer/sheet/view/developerId,730702/ /developer/sheet/view/developerId,1232891/
Also, section saying "Also known as: Julienne Ivy" is incorrect

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Rik Hideto (473489) on 4/14/2022 11:00 PM · Permalink · Report

OK.

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Freeman (65099) on 4/18/2022 1:24 AM · Permalink · Report

Takeshi Sato is possibly the same person as Tsuyoshi Sato - 剛 can be read both ways and I'm thinking this might have just been an error with the English credits.

a) The credits for Time Stalkers are credited to 佐藤 剛 at T's Music (many of Takeshi Sato's credits are at T's music, also see the VGMdb profile).

b) Re: Sega GT - While T's Music isn't mentioned (and the game's JP credits are in English), both Shinji Yoshikawa & Tarō Hara are also at T's Music - the latter also worked with him on Sakura Taisen 2.

Based on the above, I'm assuming that these 2 credits belong to Takeshi Sato.

There's also another Tsuyoshi Sato, but this is the Audio Engineer at MIT Studio (VGMdb page).

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Freeman (65099) on 4/19/2022 4:08 AM · Permalink · Report

Kazuhiro Ayabe - Is the scenario writer/game designer from Millennium Kitchen the same person as the Sound programmer? He doesn't make mention of any programming roles.

Also, if it is the same person, should Kaz Ayabe (綾部 和) be the main name since that seems to be the name he goes by?

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Rounin (9351) on 4/19/2022 6:00 AM · Permalink · Report

Yes, he is mentioning it himself in this interview.

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Freeman (65099) on 4/20/2022 12:03 AM · Permalink · Report

Thanks for that. So he wasn't at Atelier Double or Powwow (developers on 'The Last Battle' & 'Jungle Wars') but at a company called 'K-Idea'?

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Rounin (9351) on 4/20/2022 4:56 AM · Permalink · Report

GDRI has a K-Idea entry and according to their linked Interview you are correct.

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🍪biscuits✨ on 4/23/2022 2:21 PM · Permalink · Report

Hi, I'm Mark Billington (https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,3997/). I worked on Chaos Reborn (Early Access 2014, Full Release 2015) as "Additional Programmer" (https://www.mobygames.com/game/chaos-reborn). I also worked as "Gameplay Programmer" (in the credits under "Engineering") on Black Powder Red Earth, released 2021: https://www.mobygames.com/game/black-powder-red-earth https://store.steampowered.com/app/988490/Black_Powder_Red_Earth/ I didn't work on any of the other games listed (that must be another Mark Billington:). You could split me out as: Mark "🍪biscuits✨" Billington or even just "🍪biscuits✨" if possible:) I go by "🍪biscuits✨" when I'm online now:) You can talk to me on Steam to verify that I worked on BPRE (I have [developer] tag still at https://steamcommunity.com/id/cqbiscuit/ (I'm not often online with that ID, however, so need warning in advance:)); I'm no longer with Snapshot, so I don't have [dev] tags for Chaos, but you can see my name in the credits:) I raised a correction: https://www.mobygames.com/user/sheet/view/approvals/as,2/at,49/userSheetId,874973/ a couple of months ago and am wondering if I can expedite it somehow. It feels weird seeing "me" credited for a load of stuff I've not worked on:) Regards, MarkB/ 🍪biscuits✨

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Mtik333 (29531) on 4/23/2022 5:38 PM · Permalink · Report

here's your profile now: https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1236528/ - as for 'black powder red earth' we don't have credits, but i see some yt video with it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUOBIOQ7ZQ0

do you know real name of 'token'? and 'fm3-21.8'? and 'q'? i would be able to get it into the system but these nicknames are quite strange and i wonder if can be resolved to some real names

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🍪biscuits✨ on 4/23/2022 8:06 PM · Permalink · Report

Ah, that's fantastic, thanks for resolving so quickly!

That yt video looks correct. I think I know most of the team there by real name, but I feel like, if they've chosen to be credited under a pseudonym, I shouldn't compromise that. But, I've passed a link to this converation on to the other engineer I work with, and I'll let you know if anyone wants to resolve into "real" names.

Thanks again, 🍪biscuits✨

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Infernos (44194) on 4/25/2022 1:26 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

These are for both Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City and The Lost and Damned

=LCHC Liberty City Hardcore=

=LRR 97.8 Liberty Rock Radio=

=Radio Broker=

=The Beat 102.7=

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Mtik333 (29531) on 5/6/2022 10:33 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

i need to start going through this

all done 1-74

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Infernos (44194) on 4/25/2022 1:41 PM · Permalink · Report

These are for all 3: Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City & The Lost and Damned & The Ballad of Gay Tony

=RamJam FM=

=Self-Actualization FM=

=Vice City FM=

=K 109 The Studio=

=Vladivostok FM=

=Electro-Choc=

=San Juan Sounds=

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Mtik333 (29531) on 5/31/2022 9:49 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

working on it

done all except 3, 9, 14

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Cantillon (77154) on 4/29/2022 11:27 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

David Light should probably be split. A Tester and a Broadcast guy.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 5/6/2022 10:28 PM · Permalink · Report

done + added related linkedin link

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Cantillon (77154) on 5/5/2022 12:22 PM · Permalink · Report

Daniel Larkin: the Testing-Offspring is unlikely to be the same person as the Special Thanks (probably relation of Creative Director Colm Larkin).

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Mtik333 (29531) on 5/6/2022 10:30 PM · Permalink · Report

also done, thanks

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Cantillon (77154) on 5/6/2022 9:24 AM · Permalink · Report

Pattrick Dillon: the dev credited just before him in the Special Thanks, John Stookey, also worked at Midway, so big chance it is Patrick Dillon.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 5/6/2022 10:32 PM · Permalink · Report

agree, since midway published that in US in 2000; merged thx.

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Cantillon (77154) on 5/17/2022 9:19 AM · Permalink · Report

I already split out Ryan McKee over different developers, but probably the Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair (2002) - (Dragonstone Special Thanks) warrants another split.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 5/30/2022 5:26 PM · Permalink · Report

i agree to that, couldn't find if this was some relative of other devs, seems not; split done thx.

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Cantillon (77154) on 5/30/2022 10:37 AM · Permalink · Report

I'd say Elena Seigman (id=753701), credited only on The Flame in the Flood (2015) - (Special Thanks) is the same dev as Elena Siegman (id=138386).

Elena Siegman's Facebook post with the launch trailer of said game ("My friends (and former coworkers from Irrational and Harmonix and Bungie) made this amazing game, and it's out today! If you liked my album The Mighty, and you like high quality indie games, you are really going to love it!").

Also: backer tweet.

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Cantillon (77154) on 5/31/2022 11:23 AM · Permalink · Report

One of the credits of Rob Richardson seems to be Bob Richardson who is associated with the animated Spider-Man television series. It actually does say Rob in the credits screenshot...

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Cantillon (77154) on 6/1/2022 6:28 PM · Permalink · Report

I had a chat with David Scantlebury, and he confirmed the "Additional Graphics by" on Colony (1990) here should be moved to Keef Jones (and that name should be made an aka).

I also think the Beta testing on Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri: Planetary Pack (2001) should be an extra dev, but I contacted the Keith Jones from Constructor and I am awaiting his reply.

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Rwolf (22827) on 6/13/2022 4:11 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

Al Stellakis, writer:

https://gr.linkedin.com/in/allanstellakis/sv?trk=people-guest_people_search-card

Writing for Rock Pocked Games in 2015-2017 (Moons of Madness)
also writing for Rock Pocket Games in 2015 (Shiftlings)
Quality control rep. for Blizzard 2008 (Wrath of the Lich King)

So yes...but I'm not sure which first name is correct.

edit: As noted by a more alert reader, the listed URL name is Allan.

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Terok Nor (42013) on 6/14/2022 1:09 PM · Permalink · Report

The one in the username/URL probably.

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Rwolf (22827) on 6/14/2022 4:04 PM · Permalink · Report

Merged; thanks for being alert ;-)

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Infernos (44194) on 8/23/2022 12:07 PM · Permalink · Report

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Mtik333 (29531) on 8/27/2022 3:03 PM · Permalink · Report

all done thx

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Infernos (44194) on 9/1/2022 10:31 AM · Permalink · Report

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Mtik333 (29531) on 9/24/2022 10:37 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

all done thx

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Tim Cox on 9/1/2022 9:46 PM · Permalink · Report

Hey there. I just found Moby and noticed that my credits are mixed in with another Tim Cox. Here are the list of credits that should be under my name (If you need a unique Tim Cox name, I suppose we could go with Tim C Cox or Timothy Cox)

Creative Services

EverQuest: Rain of Fear (2012) (Web Presence Team)

Technology

Wizardry Online (2013) (Web Presence Team)

Bullet Run (2012) (Web Development Team)

PlanetSide 2 (2012) (Web Presence Team)

DC Universe Online (2011) (Web Development Team)

EverQuest: Veil of Alaris (2011) (Web Development Team)

EverQuest: House of Thule (2010) (Web Development Team)

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures (2010) (Web Development Team)

Free Realms (2009) (Web Development)

EverQuest: Seeds of Destruction (2008) (Web Development Team)

EverQuest II: Rise of Kunark (2007) (Platform Engineers)

EverQuest: Secrets of Faydwer (2007) (Platform Engineers)

Legends of Norrath (2007) (Platform Engineers)

EverQuest II: Echoes of Faydwer (2006) (Web Development Team)

EverQuest II: Kingdom of Sky (2006) (Web Production Team)

EverQuest: Prophecy of Ro (2006) (Web Production Team)

EverQuest: The Serpent's Spine (2006) (Web Development Team) Pirates: Constructible Strategy Game Online (2006) (Web Development Team)

Star Wars: Galaxies - The Complete Online Adventures (2006) (Web Development Team)

Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom (2006) (Web Development Team)

Champions: Return to Arms (2005) (Web Production Team)

EverQuest: Depths of Darkhollow (2005) (Web Production Team)

EverQuest II: Desert of Flames (2005) (Web Production Team)

Star Wars: Galaxies - Episode III Rage of the Wook... (2005) (Web Production Team)

Star Wars: Galaxies - The Total Experience (2005) (Platform Web Production Team)

Star Wars: Galaxies - Trials of Obi-Wan (2005) (Web Production Team)

EverQuest: Gates of Discord (2004) (Web Production Team)

EverQuest II (2004) (Web Production Team)

EverQuest: Omens of War (2004) (Web Production Team)

Star Wars: Galaxies - Jump to Lightspeed (2004) (Web Production Team)

EverQuest (2003) (EverQuest Front-end, Station Integration and Web Presence Team)

Lords of EverQuest (2003) (Web Production Team)

PlanetSide (2003) (Web Team)

Star Wars: Galaxies - An Empire Divided (2003) (Web Production Team)

EverQuest: The Planes of Power (2002) (EverQuest Front-end, Station Integration and Web Presence Team)

EverQuest: The Scars of Velious (2000) (EverQuest Front-end, Station Integration, and Web Team)

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Tim Cox on 9/16/2022 10:40 PM · Permalink · Report

Hello!

Just following up on this. Do I need to do anything to facilitate this change?

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Cantillon (77154) on 9/17/2022 4:13 PM · Permalink · Report

Done. Thanks!

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MarianoF (860) on 9/10/2022 8:42 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

Hey there! Keiko Ishizaka and Keiko Pope are the same person. She goes by Keiko Pope since she married fellow dev Lucas Pope.

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Cantillon (77154) on 9/10/2022 9:21 PM · Permalink · Report

done

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MarianoF (860) on 9/12/2022 12:44 PM · Permalink · Report

Cheers!

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Infernos (44194) on 10/2/2022 11:31 AM · Permalink · Report

NCAA

Def Jam: Vendetta

Others

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Mtik333 (29531) on 10/7/2022 3:29 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

all done thx

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Mtik333 (29531) on 10/4/2022 8:57 PM · Permalink · Report

so all 3 sheets should be merged into one, right?

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François Bertrand on 10/6/2022 7:19 PM · Permalink · Report

Yes please :)

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Mtik333 (29531) on 10/6/2022 8:58 PM · Permalink · Report

done, thanks.

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SpaceFanatic64 (516) on 10/7/2022 4:39 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

Mapping a few debugger names for Wario Land 4.

T. Hosoi = Toshimune Hosoi

M. Kawakita = Mika Kawakita

Y. Eguchi = Yasuyo Eguchi

Y. Matsumoto = Yoshiyuki Matsumoto (1272026)

H. Miyoshi = Hiroki Miyoshi

H. Ookura = Hayato Ookura

M. Mori = Masaki Mori (841580, not the sound guy)

Y. Murata = Yuichiro Murata

H. Takeda = Hiroya Takeda (do not include the programming credit in the main Hiroya Takeda page)

M. Takahashi = Masakazu Takahashi

K. Miyake = Keisuke Miyake

H. Inaba = Hisashi Inaba (no official English credits, but a Super Mario Club debugger by the name of Hisashi Inaba can be found in the Japanese credits of Jump Superstars, transcription and source video: http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-15225752/jump-superstars-2005)

N. Iwata = Naoki Iwata (this is a different person from the already existing Naoki Iwata profile; much like Inaba he has no official game credits but a Naoki Iwata can be found in the credits of Nintendo Puzzle collection, transcription and source screenshots here: http://raido.moe/staff/gc/gc_nintendo_puzzle_collection.html)

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Mtik333 (29531) on 10/20/2022 7:35 PM · Permalink · Report

just to check - you found this by looking up some other games or is there some new source for credits with full names?

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SpaceFanatic64 (516) on 10/21/2022 8:04 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

I found the names by looking at other credits that listed Mario Club debuggers, and using that I pieced matching names together. In the process I was also able to uncover some more stuff that hadn't been posted here.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 10/22/2022 6:05 PM · Permalink · Report

ok, done, thx

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Chris Bourassa (2) on 10/17/2022 10:23 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

This is 2 Chris Bourassa's : https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,216284/

This Chris Bourassa : https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-bourassa-842a76?trk=people-guest_people_search-card

is responsible for :

Programming/Engineering :

Moss (2018) (Additional Programming)

Midnight Club: Los Angeles - Complete Edition (2009) (Programming)

Midnight Club: L.A. Remix (2008) (Programming)

Midnight Club: Los Angeles (2008) (Programming)

Carnage Racing (2013) (Programming)

Design :

Moss: Book II (2022) (Principal Designer)

Moss (2018) (Game Design)

Red Dead Redemption (2010) (Multiplayer Designers)

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Cantillon (77154) on 10/19/2022 6:22 AM · Permalink · Report

Done. Carnage Racing is not in the database yet it seems?

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Chris Bourassa (2) on 10/19/2022 4:19 PM · Permalink · Report

It was a FB game that then got ported to Steam and IOS. No longer supported so maybe just never made it. All good

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Cantillon (77154) on 10/22/2022 11:17 PM · Permalink · Report

Right, I am going to post some split dilemmas I'd like some advice and second opinions on.

The first one:

I think the first credit of George Bray, Reach for the Stars: The Conquest of the Galaxy (1983) is another developer than the other credits.

  1. The dev himself mentions on Twitter that his first job in the games industry was in 1987 for CDS Software Ltd (the tweet is protected in the meantime and I don't have an archived copy, but here at least some proof that the Twitter George Bray worked for that company (CDS Software = Idigicon)).
  2. he is English and that first game is an Australian one
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Cantillon (77154) on 10/22/2022 11:26 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

Then there is Stephen Hand. I think there is a UK developer (MicroProse) and an Australian developer (Strategic Studies Group) in here.

The latter seems to enjoy medieval fencing, see his email at the bottom (shand [at] ssg.com.au). -> https://stoccata.org/about/provosts/stephen-hand/ : "Stephen Hand was born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1964. [...] Moving to Sydney in 1989 [...] In 2004 Stephen returned to his native Tasmania".

This is an interview with the former who also wrote the Fighting Fantasy book Dead of Night. And apparently is also the guy who designed Chainsaw Warrior.

The only game I am not sure of is Dragon Age: Origins, which might even be a third person.

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Kabushi (261212) on 10/23/2022 7:39 AM · Permalink · Report

[Q --start Cantillon wrote--] The only game I am not sure of is Dragon Age: Origins, which might even be a third person. [/Q --end Cantillon wrote--]

Yep.

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Cantillon (77154) on 10/23/2022 8:10 AM · Permalink · Report

That might be yet another one, as in the credits I see:

Additional Programming -> Steven Hand

Special Thanks -> Stephen Hand

Seems rather strange they would get his name correct the first time, and wrong the second mention. I reached out to the first one on LinkedIn just now.

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Cantillon (77154) on 11/18/2022 8:18 AM · Permalink · Report

I also contacted Steve Hand, and he says the same:

"It has never been mentioned to me before, not even when I worked at BioWare. I’m confident it must be someone else. I can’t think of any reason they would list me in the special thanks section."

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Cantillon (77154) on 11/10/2022 9:15 AM · Permalink · Report

I contacted the Australian developer and he is indeed not the MicroProse developer, so I split his credits already.

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lei qiu on 11/8/2022 5:56 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

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Vladimir Dienes on 11/10/2022 12:58 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

Hello,

I'm dedicated gamer and games developer as well. I know MobyGames for years but decided to create account just now, so I'm using this opportunity to introduce myself as well.

I'm credited in several games here, but I don't know how to link developer bio on MobyGames with my account. I guess only way is to get in touch with admins, so I'm replying on this thread.

Here's link to "my" developer id: Vladimir Dienes

Cheers.

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Koterminus (241279) on 11/10/2022 1:32 AM · Permalink · Report

Welcome! I've linked your MobyGames account to your developer profile.

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Vladimir Dienes on 11/10/2022 1:48 AM · Permalink · Report

Thanks a lot!

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tine clerk on 11/11/2022 11:29 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

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vedder (70822) on 11/18/2022 7:58 AM · Permalink · Report

But it's unlikely the person went from game designer to junior QA tester after a 7 year break.

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Cantillon (77154) on 11/18/2022 8:17 AM · Permalink · Report

I added the second one's LinkedIn. No info after 2012 however.

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henry nelson on 11/25/2022 10:37 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

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Foxhack (32100) on 12/22/2022 1:48 AM · Permalink · Report

Anselm Hook = Andy Hook

Making this comment for a friend on Twitter. Both are the same developer, confirmed by his LinkedIn profile.

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Cantillon (77154) on 12/30/2022 10:16 AM · Permalink · Report

done

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Cantillon (77154) on 12/30/2022 11:24 AM · Permalink · Report

It seems to me Christophe Ha 308312 is the same developer as Christopher Ha 343672.

The latter mentions on his Facebook he Went to collège/lycée rodin and is From Paris, France, and on his LinkedIn he has an endorsement from Jacques Louradour who also worked for Kheops Studio for one year.

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Cantillon (77154) on 12/31/2022 3:30 PM · Permalink · Report

I got in contact with Louradour and he confirmed that this is the same dev, so will merge them.

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Mtik333 (29531) on 1/28/2023 9:18 PM · Permalink · Report

ok, shouldn't we have 2023 thread already?

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Evolyzer (21842) on 1/29/2023 10:23 AM · Permalink · Report

[Q --start Mtik333 wrote--]ok, shouldn't we have 2023 thread already? [/Q --end Mtik333 wrote--]

I don't think any exists yet

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Cantillon (77154) on 1/29/2023 10:26 AM · Permalink · Report

done

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Freeman (65099) on 4/2/2023 6:09 AM · Permalink · Report

These have been merged.

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Foxhack (32100) on 5/6/2023 8:04 PM · Permalink · Report

https://www.mobygames.com/game/40226/chavez-ii/credits/snes/

"Mr. Kikuchi" here is Teruhide Kikuchi, CEO of the company that handled distribution of Nintendo products in Mexico at the time.

https://twitter.com/primosrodriguez/status/1135999790196633603

Edit: I have a list of credits that includes him, but I'll add them once he's turned into a proper entry.

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Freeman (65099) on 5/7/2023 2:01 AM · Permalink · Report

Updated the credits to add Teruhide Kikuchi.

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Foxhack (32100) on 5/7/2023 2:09 AM · Permalink · Report

Thanks.

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John Jones (101) on 8/25/2023 12:07 PM · Permalink · Report

Mike Rennie ( https://www.mobygames.com/person/76071/mike-rennie/credits/ ) incorrectly merges two developers with the same name into one.

The developer who worked on Train Simulator is a different person and should be split off. Here is the proof (the Train Simulator Mike Rennie runs a studio called Smokebox): https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/a-question-about-mike-rennie-of-smokebox.72697/#post-701310