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| Feb 10 2012, 11:20 PM EST (current) | EnormousRat | 246 words added, 18 words deleted, 1 photo added |
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Logo descriptions by EnormousRat
Background: Krome Studios was an Australian video game company with offices in Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne. The company was founded in 1999.1999 as a joint venture between Robert Walsh and Gee Whiz! Entertainment. The additional office in Adelaide was created to adopt people from closed Ratbag (Midway Australia) and in 2006 Melbourne House was acquired from Atari to become other inner studio.Atari. On 18 August 2010, it was reported that Krome had closed down their Adelaide studios and made significant staff cuts to their Melbourne and Brisbane offices - with as many as 100 staff let go. Unfortunately, on 1818th October 2010 the company went down.down while working on Happy Feet Two.
1st Logo
(1999-200?)(1999-2004)
Nickname: "The Laser Carving"Laser"
Logo: TBAThere is a stone wall with the word "KROME" in fancy font, also made of stone. The blue laser line passes through the screen and clears the word, making it shiny blue and sending a lot of sparks. "STUDIOS" then zooms in.
Variant: On a pair of Barbie games, the logo was still.
FX/SFX: TBA.Laser moving and sparks flying.
Music/Sounds: The sound of carving.laser carving and the echoing lock.
Availability: Seen on early games like Ty the Talisman Tiger and Championship Surfer.
Scare Factor: Low.Low to Medium.
2nd Logo
(2000's-2010)(2005-2010)
Logo: The logo zooms in with the trail effect, mostly in white and red colors, centered on the red sphere inside "O" letter. The trail absorbs into the logo and it becomes completely sharp black with white outline, and the word "STUDIOS" is white.
Variants:
FX/SFX: Light trails.
Music/Sounds: The sound of whoosh.TBA
Availability: Seen on Hellboy: The Science of Evil, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Legend of Spyro: Eternal Night and other games.
Scare Factor: Low.
Background: Krome Studios was an Australian video game company with offices in Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne. The company was founded in 1999.1999 as a joint venture between Robert Walsh and Gee Whiz! Entertainment. The additional office in Adelaide was created to adopt people from closed Ratbag (Midway Australia) and in 2006 Melbourne House was acquired from Atari to become other inner studio.Atari. On 18 August 2010, it was reported that Krome had closed down their Adelaide studios and made significant staff cuts to their Melbourne and Brisbane offices - with as many as 100 staff let go. Unfortunately, on 1818th October 2010 the company went down.down while working on Happy Feet Two.
1st Logo
(1999-200?)(1999-2004)
Nickname: "The Laser Carving"Laser"
Logo: TBAThere is a stone wall with the word "KROME" in fancy font, also made of stone. The blue laser line passes through the screen and clears the word, making it shiny blue and sending a lot of sparks. "STUDIOS" then zooms in.
Variant: On a pair of Barbie games, the logo was still.
FX/SFX: TBA.Laser moving and sparks flying.
Music/Sounds: The sound of carving.laser carving and the echoing lock.
Availability: Seen on early games like Ty the Talisman Tiger and Championship Surfer.
Scare Factor: Low.Low to Medium.
2nd Logo
(2000's-2010)(2005-2010)
Logo: The logo zooms in with the trail effect, mostly in white and red colors, centered on the red sphere inside "O" letter. The trail absorbs into the logo and it becomes completely sharp black with white outline, and the word "STUDIOS" is white.
Variants:
- Later, the logo appeared in a shine, made as a sped-up version of the described action, and it was altered to gain volume effect. The red button is clearly 3D.
- On Legend of Spyro, a monster walked to the right, then a bunch of screaming monsters ran to the left, chased by Spyro, and the orange logo appeared through background mist, then turning into usual colors.
FX/SFX: Light trails.
Music/Sounds: The sound of whoosh.TBA
Availability: Seen on Hellboy: The Science of Evil, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Legend of Spyro: Eternal Night and other games.
Scare Factor: Low.
