TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.club to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThe staff credits for games in the 90s were something else.thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1114arrow-down1imageThe staff credits for games in the 90s were something else.thelemmy.clubTheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.club to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square17linkfedilinkfile-text
I imagine they made these games mostly for themselves and didnt have to explain to family why they were called Booby Master.
minus-squarerozodru@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoyou’re right it was primarily due to anti-poaching. Many Japanese publishers forbade their devs to use their real names out of fear that another company would try to hire the devs for their own games: https://www.timeextension.com/features/flashback-heres-why-japanese-video-game-companies-often-didnt-credit-their-developers
you’re right it was primarily due to anti-poaching. Many Japanese publishers forbade their devs to use their real names out of fear that another company would try to hire the devs for their own games: https://www.timeextension.com/features/flashback-heres-why-japanese-video-game-companies-often-didnt-credit-their-developers