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The staff credits for games in the 90s were something else. (thelemmy.club)
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I imagine they made these games mostly for themselves and didnt have to explain to family why they were called Booby Master.

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[–] rozodru@piefed.world 7 points 1 week ago

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