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Background

Laguna Video Games, also called in German as Laguna Videospiele Vertriebs & Marketing GmbH was a defunct German-based video game publisher who published several Game Boy and Super Nintendo games throughout the 1990s, such as Mega Man 7, whilst serving as Capcom's European publisher for 8-bit and 16-bit systems until the introduction of the 5th generation of consoles, but has also published and distributed games for the PlayStation, the Sega Saturn and the Nintendo 64. The company was purchased by the French division of Philips Media in 1996, itself purchased by Infogrames in 1997. Laguna Video Games was folded into fellow subsidiary Bomico Entertainment Software (also bought by Philips Media the year prior) and became Infogrames Deutschland shortly afterwards.

Logo (Early 1990's-1998)

Visuals: Over a white background, there is the teal word "LaGUNa" in a cartoonish font with a blue drop shadow. Below it, there is a red rectangle with the blue text "VIDEO GAMES" inside.

Technique: A still, sprite-based graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on Game Boy and Super NES titles such as Casper, Hugo 2, and Matthias Sammer Soccer.

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 ===Background===
-'''Laguna Video Games''', also called in German as '''Laguna Videospiele Vertriebs & Marketing GmbH''' was a defunct German-based video game publisher who published several Game Boy and Super Nintendo games throughout the 1990s, such as ''Mega Man 7'', whilst serving as Capcom's European publisher for 8-bit and 16-bit systems until the introduction of the 5th generation of consoles, but has also published and distributed games for the PlayStation, the Sega Saturn and the Nintendo 64. The company was bought by [[Infogrames]] in 1998, becoming their German division '''Infogrames Deutschland''' thereafter.
+'''Laguna Video Games''', also called in German as '''Laguna Videospiele Vertriebs & Marketing GmbH''' was a defunct German-based video game publisher who published several Game Boy and Super Nintendo games throughout the 1990s, such as ''Mega Man 7'', whilst serving as Capcom's European publisher for 8-bit and 16-bit systems until the introduction of the 5th generation of consoles, but has also published and distributed games for the PlayStation, the Sega Saturn and the Nintendo 64. The company was purchased by the French division of [[Philips Media]] in 1996, itself purchased by [[Infogrames]] in 1997. Laguna Video Games was folded into fellow subsidiary Bomico Entertainment Software (also bought by Philips Media the year prior) and became  '''Infogrames Deutschland''' shortly afterwards.
 ===Logo (Early 1990's-1998)===