Logo descriptions by DarkJester25
Logo captures by DarkJester25 and EnormousRat
Video captures courtesy of Napostriouf, hueso67, seablue, dimouseandzubik, Denskiewar, and gameantique

Background: Infogrames was a French gaming company that is famous for several titles, including Alone In The Dark, Shadow of the Comet, and Hogs Of War. The company began in 1983 and lasted until the mid-2000's, when it acquired the Atari name and eventually became the new Atari, Inc. in 2009, after many financial struggles.

1st Logo
(1983-1995)




Nickname: "The Armadillo", "The Rainbow Armadillo", "Infogrames Armadillo"

Logo: Against a white background, we see a black armadillo with rainbow stripes. Below it is the word INFOGRAMES. The logo usually fades in, stays a while, and fades out.

FX/SFX: None, this is a still logo.

Music/Sounds: None or the opening theme of the game.

Availability: Rare, but can still be found on copies of old games from the 80's.

Scare Factor: None for silent variant, Minimal to Median for the other variant depending on the music.



2nd Logo
(1992-1993)


Nicknames: "Armadillo In The Dark", "The Rotating Armadillo (Of Doom)", "CGI Armadillo", "InfogrAAAAARGH!"

Logo: We fade in to see a primitive version of the 90's grey Infogrames logo on a black background. After a brief flash of lightning and sudden clap of thunder, the armadillo and words become very early CGI renditions of themselves, and the armadillo rotates in the same manner as an object from the game Alone In The Dark. The logo fades out after it makes one rotation.

FX/SFX: The thunder, the lightning flash, the armadillo and text turning into CGI, the armadillo rotating, the fade in, the fade out.

Cheesy Factor: That early CGI is exceptionally awful - look at all those polygons. And the armadillo doesn't even have eyes!

Music/Sounds: Just the thunder.

Availability: Extremely Rare - this logo is only found on the game Alone In The Dark. This logo is not a variant of the third logo; it is a direct precursor to the third logo, and was therefore only used once.

Scare Factor: Median to High, depending on how much thunder and earlyCGI scares you.




3rd Logo
(1993-1998)


Nicknames: "The Grey Armadillo", "Rainbow Armadillo II", "Infogrames Armadillo II"

Logo: A grey armadillo with rainbow stripes stands over the text INFOGRAMES, usually on a black or white background. The logo fades in and out, just like it's 80's predecessor, but the colored stripes aren't as bright as the first logo.

FX/SFX: None, this is a still logo.

Music/Sounds: None or the opening theme of the game.

Availability: Rare, found only on games of that period.

Scare Factor: None for the silent version, Minimal to Median for the other version depending on the music.




4th Logo
(1999-2001)



Nicknames: "Spiral Armadillo", "Fancy Rainbow Armadillo", "Infogrames Armadillo III"

Logo: On a white background, a more stylized version of the armadillo draws itself starting from the tail, then the text INFOGRAMES fades in below.

Variant: Sometimes only the fade-in was used, and the background can be black.

FX/SFX: The drawing.

Music/Sounds: None for still version. The animated version has a 6-note fanfare.

Availability: Uncommon to Scarce. Was only used for three years before the current logo began to show up.

Scare Factor: None for the silent variant, Minimal to for the other version.


5th Logo
(2000-2003)

Nicknames: "Seizure Armadillo", "Crazy Armadillo", "Springy Spiral Armadillo", "Infogrames Armadillo IV"

Logo: We zoom out from black to see a shiny black 3D line on a flashing rainbow background. The line wiggles, stretches, and then snap-compresses together like a spring. The spring unfolds to reveal a heavily stylized armadillo. The spring then becomes a 3D flat drawing, and the word INFOGRAMES, in a black oval-like shape, fades in and zooms into the logo. It lands on the logo as the background turns white. A shadow fades in below the logo, and then the entire thing fades out.

FX/SFX: The zooming, the flashing colors, the springy line, the 3D effects, the fading.

Cheesy Factor: The flashing lights in the first variant could cause seizures, but otherwise nothing's wrong with it. A nice logo. The second variant is cheesy, but in a way that's intended to be funny. Why someone is yelling 'chocolate' is a mystery to me, but the abrupt cut to black feels off.

Music/Sounds: The spring noise and some weird wooshing sounds, along with a heavy synth cord reminiscent of the one from the first Cyan, Inc. logo.

Availability: Common.

Scare Factor: Minimal to Median; the flashing colors and the synth at the end may get to some people.