Draft:Creative Electronics and Software, Inc.

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum


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Background

Creative Electronics and Software, Inc. is an American manufacturer of custom printed circuit boards (PCBs) and software, founded by Robert W Kowalski[2] on August 30, 1989.[2] Based in South Elgin, IL (with a West Coast facility in Las Vegas, NV that opened in January 1999),[3] its first project was for Bromley Inc.'s 1992 Rock-N-Bowl redemption arcade machine.[3] Since then, CES has ventured into making games itself, starting with LED-based games Home Run Classic (1996)[4] and Home Run Classic[4], and later

Logo (1999)


Visuals: Over a closeup of a circuit board, the camera gradually tilts to the center from the right. At the same time, electrical sparks move in from the top-left, center-up, top-right, and bottom-right. As they all merge into the center, a transparent ring grows from the center (a la the 1999-2017 Cartoon Network Productions logo). Immediately after, a transparent oval grows, as a flash appears from the center, which then reveals itself to be the CES logo, which is a 3D, semi-glossy turquoise oval with a blue gradient 3D outline, embossed with the following:

CES
CREATIVE ELECTRONICS
AND SOFTWARE
INC.

As the logo appears, the oval outline fades out. The logo then shines twice before fading out.

Trivia: The circuit board depicted in this logo represent CES's origins and primary operations as a manufacturer of custom PCBs.

Technique: CGI. This logo runs at 15 frames per second.

Audio: Rising sounds of electricity (around the 50Hz range) as the sparks move, with a brief static sound in the middle. As they near the center, a rising cymbal kicks in, which then evolves into a brief, symphonic fanfare with two descending electronic sounds. The audio is rendered in 16-bit quality.

Availability:

  • Only known to appear on Dino Dash (1999).
    • This logo was still kept despite the rights (and by extension, maintenance work) quickly being passed onto Innovative Concepts in Entertainment (ICE) not long after the game's original release.

Legacy: This logo is memorable to those who grew up playing Dino Dash, especially when it was at one's local Chuck E. Cheese.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Creative Electronics & Software, Inc". LinkedIn. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ilsos
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Untitled Document". Creative Electronics and Software, Inc. Archived from the original on February 2, 2001. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Home Run Classic - Arcade by Creative Electronics And Software, Inc". Museum of the Game. Retrieved February 6, 2024. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "hrc" defined multiple times with different content
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