# Funtastic

> game publishing company

**Wikidata**: [Q55251565](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55251565)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/funtastic

## Summary
Funtastic (officially Funtastic, Inc.) is a United States–based company in the video game industry that is recorded as both a video game developer and a video game publisher. It appears in multiple industry and bibliographic databases under identifiers such as MobyGames company ID 31 and VIAF ID 150576856.

## Key Facts
- Official name: Funtastic, Inc.
- Country: United States.
- Industry: Video game industry (listed as operating in the video game industry; reference date 2018-09-07).
- Instance classifications: recorded as both a video game developer and a video game publisher (reference date 2018-09-07).
- Alias: Funtastic, Inc.; also referenced as "Funtastic Publishing" in NL CR AUT records (nl_cr_aut_id kn20060117005).
- VIAF identifier: 150576856 (reference date 2023-06-20).
- MobyGames company ID: 31 (also appears under former scheme "funtastic-inc").
- VideoGameGeek company ID: 1558 (reference date 2022-03-19).
- Wikidata short description: game publishing company.

## FAQs
### Q: What is Funtastic?
A: Funtastic, officially Funtastic, Inc., is a United States company active in the video game industry and is documented as both a video game developer and a video game publisher.

### Q: Where is Funtastic based?
A: Funtastic is based in the United States.

### Q: Does Funtastic develop games, publish games, or both?
A: Both. Funtastic is recorded as a video game developer and as a video game publisher.

### Q: How can I find official records or database entries for Funtastic?
A: Funtastic appears in multiple databases: VIAF ID 150576856, MobyGames company ID 31 (alias/former scheme "funtastic-inc"), VideoGameGeek company ID 1558, and NL CR AUT ID kn20060117005 (linked to "Funtastic Publishing").

## Why It Matters
Funtastic occupies a dual role in the video game value chain as both a developer and a publisher. That positioning means the company can be involved in creating game content and in distributing, marketing, or otherwise publishing games to the market. Its presence in standard industry and bibliographic databases—MobyGames, VideoGameGeek, and VIAF—indicates it is an identifiable corporate actor within the video game ecosystem and in bibliographic authority records. For researchers, industry analysts, collectors, and archivists, these identifiers and classifications provide verifiable hooks to locate corporate records, cataloged releases, and historical mentions across databases. Knowing a company is both a developer and a publisher is useful for understanding its potential scope of operations, partnerships, and responsibilities in the production and dissemination of video games.

## Notable For
- Being documented simultaneously as a video game developer and a video game publisher.
- Official corporate name recorded as Funtastic, Inc.
- Presence in major game and bibliographic databases: MobyGames company ID 31 and VideoGameGeek company ID 1558.
- Bibliographic authority entry under VIAF ID 150576856.
- NL CR AUT record linking the identifier kn20060117005 to the name "Funtastic Publishing."

## Body

### Overview
- Funtastic is identified as a company in the video game industry.
- The official corporate form listed is Funtastic, Inc.
- The company is recorded as operating from the United States.

### Classification
- Instance of: video game developer (recorded classification).
- Instance of: video game publisher (recorded classification).
- Industry association is explicitly the video game industry (reference metadata dated 2018-09-07).

### Names and Aliases
- Official name: Funtastic, Inc.
- Alias/alternative name recorded in Dutch/authority records: "Funtastic Publishing" (linked to nl_cr_aut_id kn20060117005).
- Former MobyGames scheme name: "funtastic-inc".

### Identifiers and Database Records
- VIAF ID: 150576856 (reference metadata date 2023-06-20).
- MobyGames company ID: 31 (also appears under former scheme "funtastic-inc").
- VideoGameGeek company ID: 1558 (reference metadata date 2022-03-19).
- NL CR AUT ID: kn20060117005, with qualifier mapping to "Funtastic Publishing".

### Metadata and Descriptions
- Short descriptive label (from Wikidata): "game publishing company."
- Industry metadata references cite the entity as associated with the video game industry (reference date 2018-09-07).

## References

1. Funtastic, Inc.. MobyGames
2. Virtual International Authority File
3. VideoGameGeek