False Credits

This is not meant to apply to humorous or fictional credits designed to add to the entertainment value of a work. This only for serious credits that are purposefully false.

Alan Smithee is a subset of this tag. Alan Smithee was invented in Hollywood to replace a director's name when he didn't want to receive credit for the move he had directed or helped to direct (when a replacement was used). There are various alternates used (Allen Smithee, Alan Smythee, and Adam Smithee) but the original is associated with an anagram, "the alias men". It has since been expanded for use by any man or woman who's name is removed from the official credits per their request. This is usually because the person feels the finished product is not entirely representative of their work due to forces beyond their control. Such as conflicting interests by their boss(es), production inadequacies, post production modifications, they were replaced during production, or they replaced someone else during production. Videogame design is not immune to such disputes.