Logo captures by logoboy95

Background: Ocean Software was a video game publisher operated from 1984 until 1998, when the video game studio was shut down. The company did not have a logo until 1989, when Beach Volley came out for Amiga in video game stores. In 1998, it was brought by Infogrames (of course, the company that features a fictional armadillo in the logo) and was renamed to Infogrames UK. The last video game Ocean Software published was Mission: Impossible for Nintendo 64, which is based on the 1996 Paramount film of the same name.


1st Logo
(1989-1995)

Nicknames: "The Dolphin", "The Ocean", "The Rectangle Box", "The Reflection"

Logo: On a black background, we see the Ocean logo in a round font (which has an often prominent placement on an box art), shining. Then a live-action dolphin comes by and sees over us. The live-action dolphin then exits out of the screen. Was also seen with no animation on some SNES games, with "PRESENTS" or "LICENSED BY NINTENDO" underneath.

Variants: The Ocean logo has had any variations during the era. Here are some of them:

• Beach Volley (1989): The Ocean logo goes up when it appears.
• Darkman (1990): The Ocean logo is joined by the title screen and the Universal logo (without a globe) on a copyright info.
• Darkman (1991) (Amiga): The Ocean logo appears joining by the credits below during the opening credits.
• Darkman (1991) (Game Boy): The Ocean logo is joined by the title screen of the game.

• Hook (1992) (NES): The Ocean logo is joined by the title screen on a copyright info.
  
• RoboCop 3 (1992): The Ocean logo was in 3D and in black and white. Was also used in Epic.
• Cool World (1992): Just the Ocean logo but with "Presents" in red and in script below it, with the Nintendo license information below.
• The Addams Family (1992): The background was dark purple instead of black.
• Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1992): The Ocean logo is joined by the LJN logo tinted in blue, with copyright info underneath.
• The Untouchables (1993): The Ocean logo was in a blue/yellow tint.
• Burning Rubber (1993): The Ocean logo is on a sign and cars race through the logo.
• Syndicate (1994): The Ocean logo is in majestic purple and there is no rectangle box behind it.
• Jurassic Park (NES) (1993): TBA
• Soccer Kid (1994): The Ocean logo flies from the top of the screen and places in the middle.
• Jurassic Park II: The Chaos Continues (1994): The Ocean logo was in stonish gray on a green reflected ugly box. The logo then shines with a green light.
• Super Turrican 2 (1994): The Ocean logo forms in an underwater form.
• Addams Family Values (1994): Just the Ocean logo but the background is the spooky R.I.P. stone hideout.
• Micro Machines (1994): The Ocean logo stretches at an angle through the screen then goes normal.
• The Flintstones: Movie Edition (1995): Fred Flintstone runs past over a stonish Ocean logo on a greenish teal background and yells his catchphrase "Yabba-Dabba-DOO!!!".

FX: Everything.

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

Availability: Common; can be seen on Ocean games of the era, like The Addams Family and Lethal Weapon among others.

Scare Factor: None.


2nd Logo
(1995-1998)

Nickname: "The Reflection Box Strikes Back"

Logo: On a white background, we see the same Ocean logo as before, fading in.

FX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on GT 64: Championship Edition for Nintendo 64. It is also on MRC: Multi-Racing Championship as well.

Scare Factor: None.


3rd Logo
(Mid 1990's)

Nickname: "The Dolphin Returns"

Logo: We see the same Ocean logo on a black background, this time with an image of reflecting waves inside. The logo animates in the form of ripply waves, and a dolphin comes in from the left, looking at us and smiling, a la the 1st logo. The dolphin leaves, and the logo stops making rippling, and we fade out.

Variants:

• A still version of this logo can be seen on some games.
• On Tunnel B1, we see a shark instead of a dolphin across the Ocean logo, then when the shark leaves, we see many dolphins.

FX: All the animation in the logo.

Music/Sounds: A mystical synth jingle.

Availability: The animated version can be found in the first game of the Worms franchise. The still logo can be found in True Pinball (one of the first virtual pinball games ever). The animated version can be also found on said game for PlayStation.

Scare Factor: None.

4th Logo
(1997-1999)

Logo: On a black background, the same Ocean logo, colored blue, zooms out. It pauses for a few seconds, then begins to spin around once, and we fade out.

FX: The logo zooming out and spinning.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on the Mission: Impossible video game for the N64.

Scare Factor: Medium to high for the dark environment and lack of music. The zooming of the logo isn't clean, either.