Over at Quarter to Three, we have a great discussion on who should get credit in games.  That is, in the manual or the in-game credits, who should be listed.

It's not as easy of a question as one might think to answer because making games is not like making a movie, making a game is an engineering effort as much (if not more) than being a "creative endeavor".  That means, the amount of contribution person A makes to a game may absolutely dwarf that of person B even if they hold the same position.

So when you look at the credits of a game, who should get listed? Anyone who participated at all? Only people who were part of the team when they game launched? Or what?