[game_preservation] Identifying game makers based on style

[Andrew Armstrong]

Mmm, fascinating stuff. When there are no credits for a game, and likely 
the company doesn't even know, it is useful being able to do this kind 
of informed guesswork.

Andrew

On 30/10/2010 06:33, Devin Monnens wrote:

> Here is a discussion I stumbled upon in VGMdb. VGMdb attempts to 

> catalogue every game music album released. They are the largest 

> database in English on this subject. This thread (might seem a little 

> otaku) is analyzing the musical styles of Mega Man X to help determine 

> who composed what (the liner notes do not marry composer with song). 

> Post 8 has the most detail of this method. It is interesting that the 

> experts of this field are dedicated audiences rather than say scholars 

> or journalists. They are perhaps a kind of curator without attaining 

> an official role. I have considered a similar method for identifying 

> the artists behind early arcade games.

>

> http://vgmdb.net/forums/showthread.php?p=24197#post24197

>

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