Developer/Publisher Requests

[empovyle]

Developer: 
HandyGames (SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom) 
Crunchyroll Games (Street Fighter: Duel) 
Seaven Studio (Streets of Rage 4) 
Sirvo (Threes!) 

Publisher: 
HandyGames (SpongeBob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom) 
Crunchyroll Games (Street Fighter: Duel) 
Sirvo (Threes!) 

[coffeejits]

Please add Freewheeling Games as publisher for Desert Bus for the Intellivision (NA).  Specifics can be found at http://fwgames.ca/desert-bus/

[empovyle]

Developer: 
1N1 (My Little Terrarium) 
CanaryDroid ("Mahjong" on Play Store) 
Socialpoint (Dragon City) 
Playstudios ("Tetris" on Play Store) 
chess.com (Chess: Play and Learn) 
   
Publisher: 
1N1 (My Little Terrarium) 
CanaryDroid ("Mahjong" on Google Play Store) 
Socialpoint (Dragon City) 
Playstudios ("Tetris" on Play Store) 
chess.com (Chess: Play and Learn) 

[coffeejits]

Please add Blue Sky Rangers, Inc. as a publisher for multiple Intellivision (NA) titles.  Specifics can be found at http://www.intvfunhouse.com/bsr/ and https://blueskyrangers.com/

Also, please add Psycho Stormtrooper as publisher and developer for two early unofficial releases, namely, https://www.vgcollect.com/item/34037 and https://www.vgcollect.com/item/34039 as detailed at https://forums.atariage.com/topic/333647-stupus-intellivision-homebrew-scene-timeline-release-list-including-variants/

Thanks

[empovyle]

Developer: 
Greenheart Games (Game Dev Tycoon) 
Gram Games (Merge Dragons!) 
ExoCorp (ExoMiner) 
Team Wood Games (Super Auto Pets) 
Seriously Digital Entertainment (Best Fiends) 
Good Smile Company (Touhou LostWord)   
   
Publisher: 
Greenheart Games (Game Dev Tycoon) 
ExoCorp (ExoMiner) 
Team Wood Games (Super Auto Pets) 
ClockStone Studio (Bridge Constructor) 
Nexon (MapleStory M) 
Big Blue Bubble (My Singing Monsters) 
Good Smile Company (Touhou LostWord) 
Seriously Digital Entertainment (Best Fiends) 

[empovyle]

Developer: 
Euphoric Brothers (Garten of Banban) 
Mob Entertainment (Poppy Playtime) 
Flipline Studios (Papa's series) 
Dry Cactus (Poly Bridge 2) 
Graphite Lab (RollerCoaster Tycoon Puzzle) 

Publisher: 
Euphoric Brothers (Garten of Banban) 
Mob Entertainment (Poppy Playtime) 
Flipline Studios (Papa's series) 
Dry Cactus (Poly Bridge 2) 

[empovyle]

Developer: 
LightSpeed Studios (Undawn) 
Shift Up (Goddess of Victory: Nikke) 
Hotta Studio (Tower of Fantasy) 
 
Publisher: 
Level Infinite (Undawn) 

Clean Up (all developers): 
"Hot • B" and "Hot • B" and "Hot-B" and "HOT-B Co., Ltd". 
"HotGen" and "HotGen Studios" 
"Hothead Games" and "Hothead Games, Inc." 
"Humming Bird Soft" and "Hummingbird Soft" 
"Gaijin Entertainment" and "Gaijin Entertainment Corporation" 
"Jaleco" and "Jaleco CO., LTD" 
"Johnson-Voorsanger Productions" and "Johnson Voorsanger Productions" 
"Joindots" and "Joindots GmBH" 
"King of the Jungle" and "King of the Jungle Ltd." 
"Jupiter" and "Jupiner" (?) 
"Majesco Sales" and "Majesco Sales, Inc." 
"SCE Japan Studios" and "SCE Japan Studio"   

Lmk if I should keep posting possible duplicate/error companies, I really don't mind taking a look through the huge list.

[empovyle]

Developer: 
Proxima Beta (ChimeraLand) 
Amanotes (Magic Tiles 3) 
Yuanli Prism (Army Men Strike)   
Disney Online (Frozen Free Fall) 
Steve Howse (slither.io) 
Kooapps (Snake.io) 
 
Publisher: 
Amanotes (Magic Tiles 3) 
Cartoon Network (Bloons Adventure Time TD) 
Volcano Force (Army Men Strike) 
Jam City (Frozen Free Fall) 
Lowtech Studio (slither.io) 
Kooapps (Snake.io) 

[tripredacus]

Lmk if I should keep posting possible duplicate/error companies, I really don't mind taking a look through the huge list.

You can if you want. Many people over the years said they would do it but it never happened.

[dhaabi]

Lmk if I should keep posting possible duplicate/error companies, I really don't mind taking a look through the huge list.

You can if you want. Many people over the years said they would do it but it never happened.

Should those options have been removed? In a way, they are duplicates, but at times the developer or publisher name will vary slightly on the packaging so in another way, they are not. There are most definitely some games relating to those now-removed options that are like this. Take HotGen, for example:
HotGen
HotGen Studios
HotGen Studios Ltd.
HotGen Studios Limited

There isn't any rule that I can find that says how we should handle this information, but I try to use whatever information is mentioned on the packaging itself because relying on the actual item will always be the best source of information—not third-party information such as whatever GameFAQs reports (which I have encountered being wrong in many cases.) In my opinion, defaulting to HotGen for all relevant items is incorrect.

[nathan776]

Lmk if I should keep posting possible duplicate/error companies, I really don't mind taking a look through the huge list.

Here's a list of Publishers & Developers in Alphabetical order that may be of use

https://pastebin.com/yrpPVQah
https://pastebin.com/ptgeC9AJ

[tripredacus]

For that instance, perhaps it wasn't correct to merge Hotgen. As it seems they are HotGen from 2008 to present and HotGen Studios from 1998-2003. That is what Mobygames has for them.

We can't undo the merge now, only add HotGen Studios and change the relevant entries.

Typically for company names, Mobygames company history pages are the reference, not GameFAQs. And we do not need to use full corporate titles, as usually portions of names like Inc, Ltd, LLC, Co. (and their full terms) aren't needed except in rare cases.

[dhaabi]

We can't undo the merge now, only add HotGen Studios and change the relevant entries.

HotGen Studios has been re-added as a Developer option.

[dhaabi]

Typically for company names, Mobygames company history pages are the reference

No source is going to be complete or accurate, and MobyGames is no exception. Here is their page for Resident Evil Village. Despite all PAL copies of the game clearly listing CE Europe as the publisher, that name is not mentioned on MobyGames's site. You did not respond to my previous post's thoughts on the actual item being the best source of information. So, does this mean that Capcom Co. or Capcom U.S.A. is instead accurate only because some third-party site reports it as such?

In my opinion, the hierarchy for submitting this information should be:
1. Text found on item (physical) or official digital storefront (digital)
2. MobyGames
3. Game data
4. Other third-party sites

I am prioritizing information from the item itself because that is how we treat other fields typically, such as Item Number (albeit a huge exception to Sony items.) I would prioritize game data over MobyGames too, but that is not ideal for us who verify edit submission information.

[empovyle]

Here's a list of Publishers & Developers in Alphabetical order that may be of use

https://pastebin.com/yrpPVQah
https://pastebin.com/ptgeC9AJ

 
Thanks, this helps so much       
   
Developer: 
Gabriele Cirulli (2048) 
Chimera Entertainment (Angry Birds Epic) 
TinyCo (Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff) 
 
Publisher: 
Solebon (2048) 
Beamdog (Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition) 
 
It's not my call on how much each naming variant matters for the database, but I agree with you dhaabi for the most part. I think its very important to preserve the contents of the original packaging but if there's very small naming variants like "Inc" or "LLC" on the packaging but the company has had no official change of title during that time period, I don't really see the point in having listings for each one. There's only one company behind it, after all. But again, that's really up to you all to decide on. For now I'll just keep posting the ones that seem almost identical or have issues. I'll include my thought process for submitting companies for clean up. 
 
Developer Clean Up: 
"SNK Co." and "SNK Corporation" -- Co. and Corporation have the same meaning. 
"Ancient" and "Ancient Co. Ltd." 
"Arcen Games" and "Arcen Games, LLC" 
"Argonaut Games" and "Argonaut Games, PLC" 
"Ascaron Entertainment" and "Ascaron Entertainment ltd." 
"Atari Games Corporation" and "Atari Games Corperation" -- Typo?   
"Atari, Inc." and "Atari, Inc" -- Formatting 
"Athena" and "Athena Co., Ltd." 
"Audiogenic" and "Audiogenic Ltd." 
"Backbone Entertainment" and "Backbone Entertainment, Inc." 
"Bandai" and "Bandai Co., Ltd." 
"Beenox" and "Beenox, Inc." 
"bleem" and "bleem!" 
"Blitz Games" and "Blitz Games Limited" 
"Blue Tongue Entertainment" and "Blue Tongue Entertainment Limited" 
"Bullfrog Productions" and "Bullfrog Productions LTD" and "Bullfrog Productions Ltd." 
"Candygun Games" and "Candygun Games UG" 
"Capcom Production Studio 3" and "Capcom Studio 3" -- Are these the same? 
"Cat Daddy Games" and "Cat Daddy Games, LLC" 
"Cauldron" and "Cauldron Ltd." 
"Cavia" and "Cavia Inc." and "Cavia, Inc." 
"Creat Studios" and "Creat Studios, LLC" 
"Games Farm" and "Games Farm" -- Exactly the same 
"Gust" and "Gust Co. Ltd" and "Gust Co., LTD." 
"Hudson Soft" and "Hudson Soft Co., LTD" and "Hudson Soft Co., Ltd." 
"K- Byte" and "K-Byte" 
"Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka" and "Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka (KCE" -- I'm not sure what the KCE stands for, but it's missing a parenthesis? 
"Krisalis Software" and "Krisalis Software Limited" and "Krisalis Software Ltd" and "Krisalis Software Ltd." 
"Nintendo R &D 1" and "Nintendo R &D1" -- Not sure if the extra space has any significance. 
"Nintendo R &D 2" and "Nintendo R &D2" 
"Nintendo R &D 3" and "Nintendo R &D3" 
"Nintendo SPD Group No. 1 Intelligent Sys" -- I believe this is missing a / or a , before Intelligent Sys 
"Nintendo/Hudson Soft/Sharp Corpo" and "Nintendo/Hudson Soft/Sharp Corporation" 
"Nippon Ichi Software" and "Nippon Ichi Software Inc." 
 
Publisher Clean Up: 
"MTV Games / Electronic Arts" and "MTV Games, Electronic Arts" -- Thoughts: Same companies just different formatting 
"Crave Entertainment" and "Crave Entertainment, Inc" and "Crave Entertainment, Inc." 
"CinéGroupe" and "CinéGroupe Interactive" -- Unicode bug and same company 
"Erik Svedang" and "Erik Svedäng" and "Erik Svedäng" -- Accents and unicode bug (?), same person 
"Levande Böcker" -- Unicode bug 
"Nu·ClearVision Entertainment" -- Unicode bug? 
"Sierra On-Line" and "Sierra On-Line Inc." and "Sierra On-Line, Inc." 
"Suomen Kotijäätelö Oy" -- Unicode bug   
 
Side note: I have definitely noticed MobyGames and GameFAQs being super unreliable lately especially for digital games. Usually I have to have like 25+ tabs and the Wayback Machine pulled up just to research one game!