Your Favorite Game Company Logos?

[Reiji-kun]

Let's talk about something mundane. Like game company logos. Have you ever looked at the company logo on the box and think to yourself, "That's a cool-looking logo"? I know I have.

Feel free to post pictures of your favorites whether they be the old ones or new ones.

Myself, I always thought the Atlus logo looked nice.

[Scylla]

<--- Well, I obviously like that one. :P

It's a stereotypical answer, but I really like the Konami logo of the 90s, specifically the version with the italic font: www.gamestone.co.uk/gradius/guides_konami_logo_history.php

The new red logo is so sterile and boring. Even after so many years of the new logo, I still don't like it and don't understand the change. I can definitely understand why they made a change from their original logo, though. I always thought it looked goofy, almost like it says "Kionami".

Oh, and the Nintendo racetrack is a classic, of course. I like how the Nintendo Power logo had the race stripes that alluded to it.

[thethird]

First one that popped into my head (although i can't recall too many game company logos at the moment. uh, nintendo's is nice? and capcom's i've always appreciated, i guess. sounds weird to say. oh, and rare, i suppose. i dunno). Simple, but kinda elegant.

[Scylla]

It's kinda funny how derivative this kind of stuff can be when you really think about it. You can sort of play 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon with it, without the Kevin Bacon, haha.

Like take Takara, for instance, a company whose name means "Treasure".

Then you got the company Treasure, whose logo is a box:



Then the PC-FX, with its swirl exploding out of a box:



And the Dreamcast with its swirl:



And the Neo Geo Pocket Color with its swirly, exploding "P":

[vnisanian2001]

Konami's 1981-1986 logo



Konami's 1986-2003 logo

[Deleted]

Konami's logo screen from the early 90s is probably my favorite. The kind that appears at the beginning of games like Super Castlevania IV. Just hearing that little chime when the animation plays...aaahhhh.

[vetus]

Feb 18, 2013 2:14:35 GMT -5 @jasonx said:

Konami's logo screen from the early 90s is probably my favorite. The kind that appears at the beginning of games like Super Castlevania IV. Just hearing that little chime when the animation plays...aaahhhh.

Same here (but with other Konami games like Contra and Twinbee).

On the other hand, when they decided to change the logo at PS2 era at first it looked so cold and unoriginal. But then I got used to it.

[bobloblaw]

So many good games with this logo. Deus Ex, Tomb Raider, TimeSplitters, Hitman, Fear Effect, etc. Plenty of shit games too, though. There's something about the E and the cool colors that induce a unique euphoria.



Whatever you think of their games (I personally love Max Payne, Manhunt, and all the GTA's prior to IV. Oni and LA Noire are pretty good too), this logo is perfect. It cannot be mistaken for any other ones, and you don't even need the name of the company to know what it's for. Also, I remember visiting the beach in southern California around when Vice City came out, and there was an outdoor shower, and the pole was covered in Rockstar stickers. I think I peeled off three of them. One's still on my skateboard.

I'll have to agree with everybody about the Konami logo from the nineties. That coupled with the white cover on MGS is a great contrast to the grays and blues and greens throughout the game.

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Countless great arcade games.

[Reiji-kun]

I too have to agree with the Konami logo. The late 80s-90s one had personality to it. I always sort of wondered what the red and gold design stood for. I kept thinking it was just some random design but maybe there's some meaning to it.

My other favorite logo is:

Part of it has to do with growing up with an abundance of Neo Geo MVS cabinets back in the 90s, but I always felt the logo had a look that suggested their games had a certain "sleek" quality to them. Plus it's a nice and straightforward design and it just looks cool.


Their older logo from their early years isn't too bad either, though. But I prefer the more well-known blue one.

[nickz]

All of my favorites have music or are animated.

Cave's old logo, the goofy looking one with red letters over a spinning ball. I think it's only in Donpachi and that's it.

All three of Wolf Team's logos. The first one was a red and yellow statue with candles around it. The second was covered in swords and had scary music accompanying it. The third was the words "Wolf Team" styled to look like teeth that moved very fast.

Like everyone else, I like the 16-bit Konami logo too. The music for that one really makes it for me.

I also liked Capcom's late 8-bit and 16-bit logo, but mostly for the accompanying music, Sega's loud screen filling "SE-GA!" at the begining of many of their Genesis games, and Rainbow Arts when the logo is animated.

[mystery]

Aside from the SNK logo, which was already mentioned, I always really liked this one:


The games weren't that great though

[Bobinator]

I'm not gonna lie, the music is about half of it.

[vnisanian2001]

Another one:

Technos Japan (1990-1996 logo)

[backboneteller]

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[Allie]

Was kind of expecting the thread to be a spam of Konami's old "Small Waves" logo. Lots of mentions, of course, but actually more diversity than all that!

For me, it's SNK's iconic blue logo, Sega's iconic blue logo, and Taito's not-so-iconic "i in the A" blue logo.

The coloration is just coincidental.

I was fond of Enix's old solo logo, too.