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Electronic Arts

1st (known) Logo
(1992-Late 90's)
Logo: Against a black BG, we see a segmented red square flip in, followed by a segmented blue circle and a segmented green triangle. At the same time, the words "ELECTRONIC ARTS" are formed below by two sets of lines coming in from the sides of the screen and merging together.

FX/SFX: The flipping and merging.

Music/Sounds: None.

B.O.B Variant: B.O.B, released in 1993 on Sega Genesis, showed EA logo with sound: it consisted on a series of ominous futuristic sounds which changed their pitch as the geometric forms flipped in. At the end, a "clunk" noise was heard. As far as I know, the Super Nintendo port of the game lacked the sounds.

Availability: Seen on SNES and Sega Genesis/Megadrive games of the era.

Scare Factor: None.


2nd Logo
(1995-1996)

Logo: On a black background, a blue version of the logo shown above fades in,the shapes seperate and start rotating while lightning flashes appear in between the triangle and the square.The shapes 'implode' and form a deformed version of the first logo. ''ELECTRONIC ARTS STUDIOS'' fades in below

FX/SFX: The shapes rotating and imploding.

Music/Sounds: A synth build up while the logos are spinning and a lightning-like sound for the text fading in.

Availability: Seen on VERY EARLY PSX and Saturn games, I'm pretty sure this was used for less than a year, being seen on Road Rash and Psychic Detective.

Scare Factor: Medium.

3rd logo
(1994-1996)

Nickname: "Geometric Shapes 3D"

Logo: Against a purple-gray gradient background, pieces of 3D versions of the segmented square, circle, and triangle (well, since they're 3D, it should be a cube, sphere, and pyramid! ;-)) drop down, one-by-one, as the camera goes from a top aerial view from the right, passing the logo, then returning to center the logo as pieces continue to drop when "Electronic Arts Canada" ("Electronic Arts" is purple, "Canada" is red) flies underneath. Also, when the logo finishes, it shines, and a white sun can be seen traveling all over the logo.

Variant:

• 3DO games, including the original version of The Need for Speed, had a much brighter background, no sun, and the music just ended with the "THUD!" sounder.
• High quality still version was used on NHL 95 for DOS.

FX/SFX: The pieces of the shapes dropping down, the camera flying over, the text appearing underneath.

Music/Sounds: A Moog synthesizer build up as the pieces form the shapes, then a "jail-door" like "THUD!", followed by a twinkling sound.

Availability: Can be found on many EA games from this period, most notably the first game of the "Need for Speed" franchise (the best!).

Scare Factor: None to low, for the music can be a bit startling.


3rd Logo
(Late 90's-1999)



Logo: We see the current EA logo stacked on top of the word ''GAMES'' in capital letters,encased in a circle.The circle rotates for a few seconds before placing itself into place. ''WWW.EAGAMES.COM'' fades in below along with some copyright info.

FX/SFX:The circle rotating.

Music/Sounds: 'Whirling' effects for the rotation and when the circle stops there is a mild ding sound.

Music/Sounds Variant: On some games there is an explosion sound in place of the ding.

Availability: Seen on games from the era.

Scare Factor: None.


4th Logo
(1998-2003)



Logo: We see many mixed-up flying letters, which move quickly from us to their usual places, forming the ELECTRONIC ARTS. There's a glow around the words, and the website fades in below.

FX/SFX: Flying letters.

Music/Sounds: An explosion-like sound, followed by a male announcer pronouncing the company's name.

Music/Sounds Variant: Some games like Need for Speed: High Stakes have a different sound and a female announcer saying "Electronic Arts."

Availability: Seen on several games, like Freedom Force and Future Cop: L.A.P.D.

Scare Factor: Low.


4th Logo
(2002-2004)

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: A voice says "EA Games", then a whisper says "Challenge Everything"

Variants: A still version with black BG was used on NDS even a few years later.

Availability: Seen on games of the era.

Scare Factor: None.


5th Logo
(2005-2006)

Logo: On a black background, two white lines are seen whooshing in. They later go down and right, forming the EA logo. The logo then makes a sudden boom, and it zooms out.

FX/SFX: Everything.

Music/Sounds: Some sword drawing sounds, and then a synth whoosh.

Availability: Seen on games from the era.

Scare Factor: Medium to high.


6th Logo
(2006- )

Logo: On a white background, the current EA logo zooms in.

FX/SFX: The zoom out of the EA logo.

Music/Sounds: The same whoosh heard on the last logo.

Availability: The original variant is seen on The Simpsons Game, Lord of the Rings: Conquest.

Scare Factor: Medium.