Angel Studios

Background

Angel Studios was a San Diego, California-based game developer founded in 1984 by Colombian entrepreneur Diego Angel. Originally providing animation and VFX services for film and television (most notably the 1992 New Line Cinema film The Lawnmower Man), the studio completed its first game in 1998. Their work on Midtown Madness for PC landed Angel a partnership with Take-Two's Rockstar Games label, which eventually resulted in the Midnight Club series. In November 2002, Take-Two acquired the studio and merged it into the Rockstar family under the San Diego banner, forming "Rockstar San Diego".

Contents

1st Logo (September 30, 1996)	2nd Logo (April 30, 1999)	3rd Logo (September 21, 2000-August 21, 2001)	4th Logo (October 29, 2001-November 24, 2003)

1st Logo (September 30, 1996)

'Visuals: A lens flare is seen shining with the company name ("angel" in a bold orange serif font with "studios" in a silver rounded font set below the former word and beside of the ""g") swinging in. The lens flare reveals an angel drawing in gray and blurred. "Interactive Entertainment" in a cursive font then fades in below.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The opening intro of the game.

Availability: This only appeared on Mr. Bones for Sega Saturn.

2nd Logo (April 30, 1999)

Visuals: A purple spark is seen flying around as the company name swings in like the previous logo (with "studios being colored purple). The angel, this time not blurred and the shadows purple, fades in as the spark reaches its hand. The same text "Interactive Entertainment" from before, but in a different cursive font, wipes in from left to right.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Short humming and a xylophone-like note.

Availability: It appeared on Midtown Madness.

3rd Logo (September 21, 2000-August 21, 2001)

Visuals: There is a halo coming down from a bright light from above as many flares rise up. The flares go through the halo, causing a pulse with many more flares. The pulse expands to the edges of the screen and the halo drops little white drops and zooms out as a blue, lined, rounded box with the company name inside it. The box shines.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A humming chorus, followed by a splash sound and a female announcer saying "Angel."

Availability: This appeared on the PS2 version of Test Drive Off-Road: Wide Open, Midtown Madness 2, Smuggler's Run and Midnight Club: Street Racing.

4th Logo (October 29, 2001-November 24, 2003)

Visuals: Multiple outlines of the rounded box from before zoom out as the name is drawn in. The lines inside the box are wiped in as the halo outline zooms out multiple times and then the logo turns full color. The slogan "PURE FUN" and the URL then wipe in.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: Sounds of a laser gun, followed by the same female announcer saying "Angel."

Availability: It was seen on Smuggler's Run: Warzones for GameCube, Smuggler's Run 2: Hostile Territory, the Xbox release of Test Drive Off-Road: Wide Open, Transworld Surf and SpyHunter 2.

Angel Studios

Rockstar San Diego

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