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Jester Interactive is a video game developer based in North Wales in the United Kingdom and was founded in 1997 as a trading arm of Morgan Computing Limited. It would later trade under the name Jester Interactive Limited, and after going into administration in 2003 would re-emerge trading as Jester Interactive Publishing Limited. The company is well known for its music sequencing software on home consoles in the form of the MUSIC and MTV Music Generator branded software.

1st Logo (November 20, 1998-December 17, 1999)

Nicknames: "Glowing Jester", "Ace Ventura: Jester Detective", "That One Logo Before MUSIC: Music Creation for the PlayStation"

Logo: We see the glowing-multicolored word "JESTER" standing on the floor in a medieval-style font, as the camera moves by the logo. The background also changes colors from purple to yellow, and the word "- INTERACTIVE -" stands in front of the text. We then pan to a jester head on a stick that lies next to the logo, which bears a striking resemblance to that of Ace Ventura. The camera then zooms out as we see the logo completely.

FX/SFX: Nice colorful CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: A dramatic orchestral theme.

Availability: Can be seen on the PlayStation games MUSIC: Music Creation for the PlayStation, Music 2000 and its American counterpart MTV Music Generator.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (May 25, 2001-August 4, 2005)

Nicknames: "Jester from Hell", "The Really Confusing Logo", "The Evil Jester", "A Herobrine Jester", "What Did I Just Watch?!"

Logo: On the floor of a dark room, we see an open treasure chest. Suddenly, a glowing ball of light comes out and hovers over to a creepy-looking court jester dressed in purple and yellow clothing (hat-bell and all) who is asleep. Talking in squeaky gibberish, it wakes the jester up on the start as the camera follows the ball around it (who looks like we are in some kind of filming studio with a projector running in the background), who simply watches in wonder. Then, the jester grumbles darkly at the ball while it hovers around still talking gibberish. The camera then zooms to the jester as the ball stops moving in front of him. Then the jester jerks his head back giving out a loud, evil-sounding laugh. Suddenly, the ball goes into his mouth, and he gains an "Oh no" expression on his face as he starts shaking while lights beam out his face, exploding into a load of bubbles with only his white eyes hitting the screen and sliding down, leaving a trail of white slime, while his hat slowly floats down as we see the now empty projector studio fading out to a black background to reveal the logo (a pair of glaring white eyes under a half-yellow and purple hat with "JESTER" below) inside a white outline. The website address "www.jesterinteractive.com" is positioned below.

Variant: On Suzuki TT Superbikes and Super Trucks Racing, the logo is still. Also, the URL is replaced with "PRESENTS".

FX/SFX: Quite impressive computer-game style CGI animations with good graphic character design. The fading screen to the logo is very clean.

Music/Sounds: An ominous piano theme with chords and synths, but mainly, it's high-pitched gibberish and low-pitched grunting that takes up much of the logo's sounds. At the end, a large sinister laugh is heard. On the still version, it is silent.

Availability: Only appeared on the PS2 game MTV Music Generator 2. The still variant appears on the games mentioned above.

Editor's Note: A very strange, somewhat creepy logo with a bizarre concept and even weirder execution.

3rd Logo (May 30, 2003-July 28, 2004)

Nicknames: "The Falling Treasure Chest"

Logo: On the floor in a dark room, we see a yellow and blue treasure box with a Jester hat on it. Suddenly, the box moves from the inside four times as it then falls onto its side and we see a brand plastered to its bottom. As we zoom and bump into it, the text can be seen "GWNAED A LLAW YNG NGHYMRU GAN / HAND MADE IN NORTH WALES BY" with a black Jester logo below.

FX/SFX: Good CGI.

Music/Sounds: Bumping and squeaking sounds, the last squeak occurs when the text zooms in.

Availability: Rare. Was seen on Music 3000 and its American counterpart, Digital Hitz Factory.

Editor's Note: None.

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-Logo description by Santaslittlehelper and EnormousRat
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+===Background===
-Background: Jester Interactive is a Welsh gaming company that was formed in 1997.
+'''Jester Interactive''' is a video game developer based in North Wales in the United Kingdom and was founded in 1997 as a trading arm of Morgan Computing Limited. It would later trade under the name Jester Interactive Limited, and after going into administration in 2003 would re-emerge trading as Jester Interactive Publishing Limited. The company is well known for its music sequencing software on home consoles in the form of the ''MUSIC'' and ''MTV Music Generator'' branded software.
+===1st Logo (November 20, 1998-December 17, 1999)===
+<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
+Jester1.jpeg
+</gallery>
+'''Nicknames:''' "Glowing Jester", "Ace Ventura: Jester Detective", "That One Logo Before MUSIC: Music Creation for the PlayStation"
-st Logo
-(1998-1999)
+'''Logo:''' We see the glowing-multicolored word "JESTER" standing on the floor in a medieval-style font, as the camera moves by the logo. The background also changes colors from {{color|purple}} to {{color|yellow}}, and the word "- INTERACTIVE -" stands in front of the text. We then pan to a jester head on a stick that lies next to the logo, which bears a striking resemblance to that of Ace Ventura. The camera then zooms out as we see the logo completely.
-Nicknames: "Glowing Jester", "Ace Ventura: Jester Detective", "That One Logo Before MUSIC: Music Creation for the PlayStation"
+'''FX/SFX:''' Nice colorful CGI animation.
-Logo: We see the glowing-multicolored word "JESTER" stJester Interactive (1999)anding on the floor in a medieval-style font, as the camera moves by the logo. The background also changes colors from purple to yellow, and the word "- I N T E R A C T I V E -" stands in front of "JESTER". We then pan to a jester head on a stick that lies next to the logo. The jester bears a striking resemblance to that of Ace Ventura. The camera then zooms out, as we see the logo completely.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' A dramatic orchestral theme.
-FX/SFX: Nice colorful CGI animation.
+'''Availability:''' Can be seen on the [[PlayStation]] games ''MUSIC: Music Creation for the PlayStation'', ''Music 2000'' and its American counterpart ''MTV Music Generator''.
-Music/Sounds: A dramatic orchestral theme.
+'''Editor's Note:''' None.
-Availability: Can be seen on the [[PlayStation]] games MUSIC: Music Creation for the PlayStation, Music 2000 and its American counterpart MTV Music Generator.
+===2nd Logo (May 25, 2001-August 4, 2005)===
-Editor's Note: TBA.
+<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
+Jester2.jpeg
+</gallery>
+'''Nicknames:''' "Jester from Hell", "The Really Confusing Logo", "The Evil Jester", "A Herobrine Jester", "What Did I Just Watch?!"
+'''Logo:''' On the floor of a dark room, we see an open treasure chest. Suddenly, a glowing ball of light comes out and hovers over to a creepy-looking court jester dressed in {{color|purple}} and {{color|yellow}} clothing (hat-bell and all) who is asleep. Talking in squeaky gibberish, it wakes the jester up on the start as the camera follows the ball around it (who looks like we are in some kind of filming studio with a projector running in the background), who simply watches in wonder. Then, the jester grumbles darkly at the ball while it hovers around still talking gibberish. The camera then zooms to the jester as the ball stops moving in front of him. Then the jester jerks his head back giving out a loud, evil-sounding laugh. Suddenly, the ball goes into his mouth, and he gains an "Oh no" expression on his face as he starts shaking while lights beam out his face, exploding into a load of bubbles with only his white eyes hitting the screen and sliding down, leaving a trail of white slime, while his hat slowly floats down as we see the now empty projector studio fading out to a black background to reveal the logo (a pair of glaring white eyes under a half-{{color|yellow}} and {{color|purple}} hat with "JESTER" below) inside a white outline. The website address "''www.jesterinteractive.com''" is positioned below.
-nd Logo
-(2001-2005)
+'''Variant:''' On ''Suzuki TT Superbikes'' and ''Super Trucks Racing'', the logo is still. Also, the URL is replaced with "PRESENTS".
-Jester Interactive (2001)
-Nicknames: "Jester from Hell", "The Really Confusing Logo", "The Evil Jester", "A Herobrine Jester", "What Did I Just Watch?!"
+'''FX/SFX:''' Quite impressive computer-game style CGI animations with good graphic character design. The fading screen to the logo is very clean.
-Logo: On the floor of a dark room, we see an open treasure chest. Suddenly, a glowing ball of light comes out and hovers over to a creepy-looking court jester dressed in purple and yellow clothing (hat-bell and all) who is asleep. Talking in squeaky gibberish, it wakes the jester up on the start. The camera follows the ball around the jester (who looks like we are in some kind of filming studio with a projector running in the background), who simply watches in wonder. Then, the sinister-looking jester grumbles darkly at the ball while it hovers around still talking gibberish. The camera then zooms to the jester as the ball stops moving in front of him. Then the jester jerks his head back giving out a loud, evil-sounding laugh. Suddenly, the ball goes into his mouth, and he gains an "Oh no" expression on his face. He then starts shaking as lights beam out his face. What follows is that the jester explodes into a load of bubbles with only his white eyes hit the screen and slide down, leaving a trail of white slime, while the Jester's hat slowly floats down as we see the now empty projector studio fading out to a black background to reveal the Jester Interactive Logo (a pair of glaring white eyes under the yellow and purple hat with styled writing "Jester" below) inside a white outline. The website address, www.jesterinteractive.com is positioned below.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' An ominous piano theme with chords and synths, but mainly, it's high-pitched gibberish and low-pitched grunting that takes up much of the logo's sounds. At the end, a large sinister laugh is heard. On the still version, it is silent.
-Variant: On Suzuki TT Superbikes and Super Trucks Racing, the logo is still. Also, the URL is replaced with "PRESENTS".
+'''Availability:''' Only appeared on the PS2 game ''MTV Music Generator 2''. The still variant appears on the games mentioned above.
-FX/SFX: Quite impressive computer-game style CGI animations with good graphic character design. The fading screen to the logo is very clean.
+'''Editor's Note:''' A very strange, somewhat creepy logo with a bizarre concept and even weirder execution.
-Music/Sounds: An ominous piano theme with chords and synths, but mainly, it's high-pitched gibberish and low-pitched grunting that takes up much of the logo's sounds. At the end, a large sinister laugh is heard.
+===3rd Logo (May 30, 2003-July 28, 2004)===
-Music/Sounds Variant: On the still version, it is silent.
+<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
+Jester3.png
+</gallery>
+'''Nicknames:''' "The Falling Treasure Chest"
-Availability: Only appeared on the PS2 game MTV Music Generator 2. The still variant appears on Suzuki TT Superbikes and Super Trucks Racing.
+'''Logo:''' On the floor in a dark room, we see a {{color|yellow}} and {{color|blue}} treasure box with a Jester hat on it. Suddenly, the box moves from the inside four times as it then falls onto its side and we see a brand plastered to its bottom. As we zoom and bump into it, the text can be seen "GWNAED A LLAW YNG NGHYMRU GAN / HAND MADE IN NORTH WALES BY" with a black Jester logo below.
-Editor's Note: A very strange, somewhat creepy logo with a bizarre concept and even weirder execution.
+'''FX/SFX:''' Good CGI.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' Bumping and squeaking sounds, the last squeak occurs when the text zooms in.
-rd LogoJester Interactive - CLG Wiki
-(2003-2004)
+'''Availability:''' Rare. Was seen on ''Music 3000'' and its American counterpart, ''Digital Hitz Factory''.
-Nicknames: "The Falling Treasure Chest"
+'''Editor's Note:''' None.
-Logo: On the floor in a dark room, we see a yellow and blue treasure box with a Jester hat picture. Suddenly, something beat the box from inside four times. The last time the box falls onto its side and we see a brand plastered to its bottom. As we zoom and bump into it, the text can be seen "GWNAED A LLAW YNG NGHYMRU GAN / HAND MADE IN NORTH WALES BY" and a black Jester logo below.
+[[Category:British video game logos]]
-FX/SFX: Good CGI.
+[[Category:British logos]]
+[[Category:Video game logos]]
-Music/Sounds: Bumping and squeaking sounds, the last squeak occurs when the text zooms in.
-Availability: Scarce. Was seen on Music 3000 and its American counterpartDigital Hitz Factory.
-Editor's Note: TBA.
-[[Category:Scarce logos]]