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===Background===
'''Argonaut Software'''
===1st Logo (1991-1992)===
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'''Availability:''' Seen
▲===2nd Logo (1994-2004)===
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'''Variants:''' There are a lot of variants:
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*On ''Power Drome'', it is white. And a red marker with "SHEFFIELD" blasts in.
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===3rd Logo (1995)===
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, The screen pans up to see extreme close-ups of the stone surface. Once the stone surface pans up, we reveal to see a CGI version of the Spartan logo from the previous logo placed one by one, and the company name emerges below the logo.
'''Technique:''' 3D CGI.
===4th Logo (Mid-Late 1990s)===▼
'''Audio:''' None.
'''Availability:''' Seen only on ''FX Fighter'' for PC.
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, the screen pans down to reveal the B&W version of the Spartan logo, complete with the company name panning over, with the 5 lights, {{color|#0000ff|blue}}, {{color|#009900|green}}, {{color|#f0f000|yellow}}, {{color|#ff0000|red}} and white, from the previous logo moving, placing and wiping the Spartan logo in a standard color, leaving sparkles.
'''Technique:''' Computer animation.
'''Audio:''' A wind blowing and a sound of waves crashing.
'''Audio Variant:''' On ''Creature Shock,'' the logo is silent.
'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Alien Odyssey'' for PC and 3DO, Sony PlayStation, Sega Saturn and the Philips CD-I port of ''Creature Shock''.
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Latest revision as of 16:04, 1 September 2024
Background
Argonaut Software is a British game developer founded by Jez San in February 23, 1982 at Edgware, United Kingdom, best known for co-developing the Star Fox games with Nintendo. In October 1, 2004, the company was closed and liquidated. It was relaunched in 2024.
1st Logo (1991-1992)
Visuals: On a white background, there is an elliptical banner with a picture of a warrior holding his lance and a shield. The name to the right reads "AN ARGONAUT Software Ltd. PRODUCTION".
Technique: A still, digital graphic.
Audio: None.
Availability: Seen only on Birds of Prey.
2nd Logo (June 1994-August 11, 2005)
Visuals: There is a warrior's head composed of four colored lines and the underlined name which reads ARGONAUT. Below the "SOFTWARE LTD" line can be seen, or "GAMES PLC".
Variants: There are a lot of variants:
- On the PS1 and PC versions of Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, three Gobbos inflate the logo-bearing balloon until it blows. The Sega Saturn version and the GBC version (latter version under the name Croc) just have the still logo.
- On the PS1 and PC versions of Croc 2, the logo is pictured on a floating bottle. The GBC version has the still logo.
- On I-Ninja, the rubber-made logo is severed by a sword.
- On SWAT, it appears on a metal door blasted by police squad.
- On Malice, the letters rotate and zoom in.
- On Power Drome, it is white. And a red marker with "SHEFFIELD" blasts in.
Technique: Depending on the variant, usually decent CGI.
Audio: Depending on the variant.
Availability: Seen on most releases of their games. This was not seen on Catwoman, Bionicle, the Harry Potter series, and Stunt Race FX.
3rd Logo (1995)
Visuals: On a black background, The screen pans up to see extreme close-ups of the stone surface. Once the stone surface pans up, we reveal to see a CGI version of the Spartan logo from the previous logo placed one by one, and the company name emerges below the logo.
Technique: 3D CGI.
Audio: None.
Availability: Seen only on FX Fighter for PC.
4th Logo (1995-1997)
Visuals: On a black background, the screen pans down to reveal the B&W version of the Spartan logo, complete with the company name panning over, with the 5 lights, blue, green, yellow, red and white, from the previous logo moving, placing and wiping the Spartan logo in a standard color, leaving sparkles.
Technique: Computer animation.
Audio: A wind blowing and a sound of waves crashing.
Audio Variant: On Creature Shock, the logo is silent.
Availability: Seen on Alien Odyssey for PC and 3DO, Sony PlayStation, Sega Saturn and the Philips CD-I port of Creature Shock.