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[EmSeta]

Can someone explain to me why the hell old (8-bit mostly) japanese games present the staff names as cheeky pet names, instead of their real names? Don't they wanna take credit for what they've done?

 

[dog$]

From what I know, it was mostly mandatory on the part of the company rules to prevent headhunting among the different houses.

Favorite Japanese fake name:
LLAOYLLAKCUF, Samurai Shodown 3

 

[EmSeta]

Guess that explains that. The idea is terrible for the poor game makers.

 

[fennec fox]

Actually it was more just because computer folks used handles. You can find games with real names, too.

 

[belgurdo]

Gooo P-note/P-bomb/Pi Shimomura

Capcom's best music composer next to the Dragon Quarter/FFT guys

 

[RevenantKioku]

Yukichan's Papa!
Saw that name in a few Megamans

 

[cvxfreak]

The most recent example I could think of is Capcom vs. SNK 2.

 

[BeOnEdge]

its all about the great "nin" who resides at "nin nin hall".

 

[JackFrost2012]

My favorite NES programmer is S MIYAHON!

 

[Kobun Heat]

My favorite NES programmer is SHIGERU MIYAHON!

I think mine is TEN TEN.

 

[JackFrost2012]

What games did he work on ?

Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, etc.

 

[FortNinety]

I thought it was due to the lack of space or something,,,

 

[Justin Bailey]

My favorite has always been Bun Bun.

 

[Kobun Heat]

Should I end the Acknowledgements section of my book with:


AND...



YOU

 

[Laurent]

 

[MASB]

Has anyone ever tracked down the real names of the people who had fake names? Be sad if no one ever knew years after the games were released.

 

[Kobun Heat]

Has anyone ever tracked down the real names of the people who had fake names? Be sad if no one ever knew years after the games were released.

I'm not sure who YUUKICHAN'S PAPA and RYUUTARO'S MAMA were, but I'm sure somebody knows. As was mentioned, Shimo-P, P, etc. was Yoko Fucking Shimomura.

 

[Duckhuntdog]

Conan Chamberlin... oh wait, he's real.

 

[drohne]

keiji inafune is credited as "inafking" in the nes megaman games. i'm pretty sure this is pronounced "enough fucking."

and i think treasure still uses weird codenames in their credits. at least they did as recently as radiant silvergun. treasure rocks.

 

[Diomedeskun]

I always loved Fishman and Bamboo 7 from Megaman games. Incidentally, I seem to recall that Bamboo 7 was the default name in Adventures in the Magic Kingdom.

 

[aku:jiki]

keiji inafune is credited as "inafking" in the nes megaman games. i'm pretty sure this is pronounced "enough fucking."

and i think treasure still uses weird codenames in their credits. at least they did as recently as radiant silvergun. treasure rocks.

I'm pretty sure many shooter/arcade devs still do it. Carrying on a tradition, I suppose.

Psyvariar -- only credits I have handy since they're in the PAL manual -- was made by ORE808", bymake2 and WASi303 (and Takato Yoshinari but he doesn't count, obviously).

I've always heard it was because back then, making games was sort of shameful, like being a huge nerd and most people didn't want a nerd stamp on their real names. I guess fennec and Kobun would know more than me though.

 

[john tv]

TEN TEN FOREVER!!

One of the most talented game creators alive. Miyamoto gets an awful lot of credit for this guy's genius.

 

[fennec fox]

Well, I didn't go around pirate BBSes as a teen under my real name either, yknow...

 

[john tv]

FEN FEN?

 

[fennec fox]

Actually I was STONEY

cuz i was such a hard cyber gangbanger

 

[aku:jiki]

Well, I didn't go around pirate BBSes as a teen under my real name either, yknow...

I think I used my real name backwards when I first registered on one...

Hey, I was like 11!

 

[EmSeta]

 

[User 406]

ALIEN POLE

 

[shoplifter]

X68K

 

[sc0la]

Should I end the Acknowledgements section of my book with:


AND...



YOU

YES is the only answer

 

[brandonnn]

Aria of Sorrow is the most recent game I can think of that uses the nicknames, though they're interspersed with a few full names as well.

As proof to their power, Iga's instantly recognizable to this day, seemingly more so than Koji Igarashi.

 

[ferricide]

PHENIX RIE, bitch.

 

[drohne]

I'm pretty sure many shooter/arcade devs still do it. Carrying on a tradition, I suppose.

i wouldn't know - i haven't seen the credits of an arcade shooter since soukyugurentai.

ah, the travails of one credit play.