Descriptions by logoboy95 and EnormousRat
Logo captures by EnormousRat

Background: Melbourne House began in 1977,and you don't need to ask in which town. The same year Beam Software was founded as the subsidiary. In 1987 Melbourne House brand was sold to Mastertronic, which used it until 1989.


1st Logo
(Late 80's -1989)

Nickname: "The Red Dot"



Logo: There's a 3D-border shield made of stone. It can be light brown or grey. A red dot lies on the shield, designed as a 3D object. Below the dot, we can read MELBOURNE HOUSE.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Rare; seen on War in Middle-Earth and Obliterator, among other games, mainly for Amiga.

Scare Factor: None.


In 1989 Mastertronic was absorbed by Virgin and the Melbourne House brand was shut down. In 1996 Virgin managed to put off the brand and it was picked up by Beam Software, a former subsidiary of Melbourne House, to be used as the publishing name for some of their games. The first appearance was in 1997, but the two names were aways used separately.


2nd Logo
(1997-1999)

Nicknames: "The Waking Television Eye"



Logo: The screen is full of white noise. The camera zoom out and we see the blue drawn eye with the TV in his eyeball. There are five eyelashes, two of them being red and yellow. Under the eye, the text is Melbourne House. The whole picture is 3D.

FX/SFX: The noise in TV.

Variants:

• In KKND: Krossfire, the eye is being shot. After this, it makes arms and legs and starts to shoot back.
• In Dethkarz, the eye has four wheels and ride all over the screen before bumping into its normal position.
• There's a version with no 3D.
  

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: Used in Dethkarz, GP 500 and in KKND game series.

Scare Factor: None for normal version. Low for KKND: Krossfire.


In 1999 Melbourne House was sold to Infogrames and renamed Infogrames Melbourne House. Beam Software soon went out of gaming business.


3rd Logo
(2000-2003)

Nicknames: "Blue Armadillo", "Indian Armadillo".

Logo: On a spotlight, there is the words: "INFOGRAMES Melbourne House" in white and blue respectively with "INFOGRAMES" in white inside a black curvy shape with armadillo's footsteps below it and a blue Indian armadillo with his red Indian blanket.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Was used in Space Race and Le Mans 24 Hours for Dreamcast.

Scare Factor: None.


4th Logo
(2000-2003)

Nickname: "Playing All-Over the Globe"

Logo: There is blue Earth with orange MELBOURNE HOUSE over it. The turtle and the kangaroo are sitting on North and South poles (correspondingly) and playing consoles. Suddenly the Earth starts to move and the animals freeze (in fear?). The Earth flips 180 degrees and change poles. The animals continue playing console.

FX/SFX: Animals tapping the stick, Earth moving.

Music/Sounds: The sound of tapping the sticks with a weird soundtrack.

Availability: Was used in Space Race and Le Mans 24 Hours for Playstation 2. It was also spotted in Men in Black 2: Alien Escape for GameCube.

Scare Factor: None.


5th Logo
(2003-2006)

Nickname: "Melbourne Wings"

Logo: TBA.

FX/SFX: TBA.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: Was used in Transformers for Playstation 2.

Scare Factor: None.

Final Note: In November 2006, Melbourne House was acquired by Krome and became Krome Studios Melbourne.