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Background: Angel was a California-based game developer. They completed their first game in 1996. Take-Two acquired the studio in 2002 and merged it into the Rockstar family under the name San Diego. |
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===Background=== |
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'''Angel Studios''' |
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In November 2002, [[Take-Two Interactive Software]] acquired [[Angel Studios]] for $41 million and merged it into the [[Rockstar Games]] family under the San Diego banner, forming "'''Rockstar San Diego'''"; original founder Diego Angel left the studio in 2005 and returned to Colombia. Under Rockstar, the studio led the development of the ''Midnight Club'' and ''Red Dead'' series. They also operate the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE), which has been used on all Rockstar games since ''Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis''. |
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===Logo (April 9, 2003-May 21, 2010)=== |
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1st Logo |
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<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> |
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R* San Diego (2003).png |
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R* San Diego (2005).png |
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R* San Diego (2008).png |
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</gallery> |
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'''Visuals:''' The usual Rockstar shield, but colored purple. |
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(September 30, 1996) |
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'''Variants:''' |
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Logo: A lens flare is seen shining with the company name swinging in. The lens flare reveals an angel drawing in gray and blurred. "Interactive Entertainment" then fades in below. |
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* <u>''Midnight Club II''</u>: There is a waving water surface in place of the shield. Then, the "'''''R'''''" shape fades in with the star turning white in a flash, while the water surface fades out. "''SAN DIEGO''" fades in below. |
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* <u>''Midnight Club III''</u>: The shield is formed by carwheel footprints. When it fully forms, a copyright symbol and "ROCKSTAR SAN DIEGO" in a new-age font appear below. |
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* <u>''Midnight Club: Los Angeles''</u>: The shield fades in moving from left to right choppily, while shadow copies of it move at a faster rate. |
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** On <u>''Midnight Club: L.A. Remix''</u> (the PSP version), the animation plays at a faster rate. |
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* <u>''Red Dead Redemption''</u>: A spinning coil of a bar machine appears and presents the Rockstar San Diego logo (spinning in slower than the preceding Rockstar Games logo). The logo is shot and vanished in a small cloud of smoke. |
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'''Technique:''' CGI for the ''Midnight Club II'' and ''Red Dead Redemption'' variants, and 2D digital animation for the ''Midnight Club III'' and ''Midnight Club: Los Angeles'' variants. |
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FX/SFX: The lens flare. |
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'''Audio:''' Depends on the game: |
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Music/Sounds: None. |
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* <u>''Midnight Club II''</u>: Water sounds. |
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* <u>''Midnight Club III''</u>: Car engine noises. |
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* <u>''Midnight Club: Los Angeles''</u>: A short hip-hop cue, which is taken from the game's intro. |
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* <u>''Red Dead Redemption''</u>: Western-oriented music with the sound of spinning machine and a gunshot. |
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Availability: Only appeared on ''Mr. Bones'' for Sega Saturn. |
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'''Availability:''' Appears with other Rockstar subdivisions on said games. |
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Editor's Note: None. |
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2nd Logo |
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(April 30, 1999) |
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Logo: A purple spark is seen flying around as the name swings in. The angel, this time not blurred and the shadows purple, fades in as the spark reaches its hand. The same text "Interactive Entertainment" from before, but in a different font, wipes in from the left to the right. |
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FX/SFX: The purple spark, the name swinging in. |
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Music/Sounds: Short humming and a xylophone-like note. |
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Availability: Appeared on ''Midtown Madness''. |
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Editor's Note: None. It's a dreamy logo. |
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3rd Logo |
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(September 21, 2000-August 21, 2001) |
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Logo: There is a halo coming down from the bright light from above as many flares rise up. The flares go through the halo, causing a pulse with many more flares. The pulse expands to the edges of the screen and the halo drops little white drops and zooms out as a blue, lined, rounded box with the company name inside it. The box shines.<br />FX/SFX: The flares and the pulse.<br />Music/Sounds: Humming chorus, followed by the splash sound and the female announcer saying the company's name.<br />Availability: Appeared on the PlayStation 2 version of''Test Drive Off-Road: Wide Open, Midtown Madness 2,Smuggler's Run'' and ''Midnight Club: Street Racing''.<br />Editor's Note: None.<br />4th Logo |
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(October 29, 2001-March 18, 2003) |
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Logo: Multiple outlines of the rounded box zoom out as the name is drawn in. The lines inside the box are wiped in as the halo outline zooms out multiple times and then the logo turns full color. The slogan "PURE FUN" and the URL are wiped in.<br />FX/SFX: The formation of the logo. |
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Music/Sounds: Sounds of car braking and zooming, followed by the female announcer saying the name. |
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Availability: Was seen on ''Smuggler's Run: Warzones'' for Gamecube, ''Smuggler's Run 2: Hostile Territory'' and ''Transworld Surf''. |
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Editor's Note: None. |
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'''Rockstar San Diego''' |
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TBA |
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