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Background

Incredible Technologies is a video game company that was founded in 1985 by former Action Graphics employees Elaine Hodgson and Richard Ditton as Free Radical Software, before eventually settling on its current name in 1987. Its best known products are the Golden Tee Golf games.

1st Logo (1987-1998)

Visuals: Over the game's credits, a blue box is seen with a silver 3D construct shaped like the letters "iT", with a dot hanging resting at the top left edge of it. Above and below it was the text "INCREDIBLE" and "TECHNOLOGIES" in a serif font.

Variants:

Sometimes, the logo was used as a standalone logo, with a copyright info on the bottom.
Sometimes, the logo is in print.
An enhanced version existed in the late 1990s, with a higher quality image, a beveled box, and a serif font.

Technique: A still, sprite-based graphic.

Audio: None, or the opening theme of the game.

Availability: Seen on any Incredible Technologies game from the period, like Time Killers, the Golden Tee Golf series, the arcade versions of Wheel of Fortune and Street Fighter: The Movie, and the NES version of American Gladiators, among others.

2nd Logo (1998- )

Visuals: On a gold background, the black serif letters "it" are seen conjoined together, with a gold dot hanging above the letters. Below it is the text "incredible TECHNOLOGIES". Rays can be seen in the background emitting from the orb, as the logo casts a shadow.

Variant: An animated version exists where a golf ball is rolling down a green into a hole. As it enters the hole, it flashes with gold briefly and the camera pans into the hole. The golf ball then rises up from the hole, light emitting as it is carved away into a gold sphere, and the "it" wipes in white, and the entire screen is filled with white light. As it dies down it reveals the logo positioned to the left, and the text flips in below as the dot emits a ripple of light. The logo then fades to black. The fadeout is absent in the Golden Tee Fore! games.

Technique: CGI for the animated version. None for the still variant.

Audio: For the animated variant, the ball rolling into the hole, and then a thunderclap, followed by a piano theme at the end, with some chimes. Most likely composed by Matt Kern, who did music for many Incredible Technologies games at the time. None for the still version.

Availability: The animated logo appears on Peter Jacobsen's Golden Tee Golf for the PlayStation and in the Golden Tee Fore! arcade games. The still version was used on a lot of Wii, iOS and arcade games, like the Golden Tee Golf series and the Wii games of Target Toss Pro: Bags, Target Toss Pro: Lawn Darts and Carnival King.

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+{{PageCredits|video=Zedmilse|compiled=RSX-798|description=RSX-798|capture=RSX-798|edits=RSX-798}}
 ===Background===
-'''Incredible Technologies''' was a video game company that was founded in 1985 by former Action Graphics employees Elaine Hodgson and Richard Ditton as '''Free Radical Software''', before eventually settling on its current name in 1987. Its best known products are the ''Golden Tee Golf'' games.
+'''Incredible Technologies''' is a video game company that was founded in 1985 by former Action Graphics employees Elaine Hodgson and Richard Ditton as '''Free Radical Software''', before eventually settling on its current name in 1987. Its best known products are the ''Golden Tee Golf'' games.
 ===1st Logo (1987-1998)===
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 Incredible Technologies + Interplay (1998) (Taken from Peter Jacobsen's Golden Tee Golf, Windows).png
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-'''Visuals:''' Over the game's credits, there is a {{color|blue}} box with the 3D stylized silver letters "{{color|grey|iT}}", with a dot hanging over the letters. Above and below it was the text "INCREDIBLE" and "TECHNOLOGIES" in a serif font.
+'''Visuals:''' Over the game's credits, a blue box is seen with a silver 3D construct shaped like the letters "{{color|grey|iT}}", with a dot hanging resting at the top left edge of it. Above and below it was the text "INCREDIBLE" and "TECHNOLOGIES" in a serif font.
-'''Variant:'''
+'''Variants:'''
 * Sometimes, the logo was used as a standalone logo, with a copyright info on the bottom.
 * Sometimes, the logo is in print.
-* An enhanced version existed in the late 1990s.
+* An enhanced version existed in the late 1990s, with a higher quality image, a beveled box, and a serif font.
-'''Technique:''' None.
+'''Technique:''' A still, sprite-based graphic.
 '''Audio:''' None, or the opening theme of the game.
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 Incredible Technologies (2000s-2010s) (Taken from Target Toss Pro Bags, WiiWare).png
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-'''Visuals:''' On a {{color|gold}} background, there is the text "{{font|Times New Roman|'''it'''}}", with a {{color|gold}} dot hanging above the letters, and below it was the text "{{font|Times New Roman|incredible}} TECHNOLOGIES" with lights shown over the background.
+{{YouTube|id=hxJ7Ys3xtAk}}'''Visuals:''' On a gold background, the black serif letters "'''it'''" are seen conjoined together, with a gold dot hanging above the letters. Below it is the text "'''incredible TECHNOLOGIES'''". Rays can be seen in the background emitting from the orb, as the logo casts a shadow.
-'''Variant:''' An animated version exists where a golf ball is hanging on a golf course, and it hits the hole, as the logo flashes, and the golf turns into a {{color|gold}} sphere as the letters pan down from the bottom, and then the light flashes, and the logo plays as normal as the company name wipes in.
+'''Variant:''' An animated version exists where a golf ball is rolling down a green into a hole. As it enters the hole, it flashes with gold briefly and the camera pans into the hole. The golf ball then rises up from the hole, light emitting as it is carved away into a gold sphere, and the "'''it'''" wipes in white, and the entire screen is filled with white light. As it dies down it reveals the logo positioned to the left, and the text flips in below as the dot emits a ripple of light. The logo then fades to black. The fadeout is absent in the ''Golden Tee Fore!'' games.
-'''Technique:''' None. CGI for the variant.
+'''Technique:''' CGI for the animated version. None for the still variant.
-'''Audio:''' None. For the animated version, a cracking sound, and then a thunderclap, followed by a piano theme at the end, with some chimes.
+'''Audio:''' For the animated variant, the ball rolling into the hole, and then a thunderclap, followed by a piano theme at the end, with some chimes. Most likely composed by Matt Kern, who did music for many Incredible Technologies games at the time. None for the still version.
-'''Availability:''' The animated logo  was seen on ''Peter Jacobsen's Golden Tee Golf'' for the PlayStation. The still version was used on a lot of Wii, iOS and arcade games, like the ''Golden Tee Golf'' series and the Wii games of ''Target Toss Pro: Bags'', ''Target Toss Pro: Lawn Darts'' and ''Carnival King''.
+'''Availability:''' The animated logo appears on ''Peter Jacobsen's Golden Tee Golf'' for the PlayStation and in the ''Golden Tee Fore!'' arcade games. The still version was used on a lot of Wii, iOS and arcade games, like the ''Golden Tee Golf'' series and the Wii games of ''Target Toss Pro: Bags'', ''Target Toss Pro: Lawn Darts'' and ''Carnival King''.
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+[[Category:English-language logos]]