Creative Electronics and Software, Inc.

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Creative Electronics and Software, Inc.
Founder:	Bob Kowalski
Key People:	Bob Kowalski (president and CEO)
Location:	United States

Background

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

Logo (1999)

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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.