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1st Logo
(1984-1992)
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Nicknames
: "Neon Videotape (of Doom)", "ZAP", "Black Triangle/Prism", "The Pink Floyd Logo", "Dark Side of the Videotape"

Logo: On a black background, we see a blue globe, with longitude and latitude lines, and an orange shooting star forms a neon green outlined videotape, which then spins around throughout, and then the background zooms in, which we zoom from the globe, as is the neon videotape disappears. Then shooting stars form 8 sets of double dots, 8 times, forming a triangle. Then it becomes a black 3D triangle with blue outlining, and a line goes through the triangle downward. Then "PRISM" appears, then a shooting star forms "ENTERTAINMENT". "PRISM" changes its colors throughout.

Variants:
  • On some laserdisc releases, and later releases from Prism Entertainment cut out the first part of the logo, going directly to the triangle forming.
  • A still logo appears on a blue background, with everything in white, and a slogan under that reading "Reflecting a new light in home video."

FX: The animation in the logo.

Cheesy Factor: Off the scale. The first half of the logo (with the cassette tape) is completely unnecessary (it only seems to be for aesthetic purposes), the chryon is crappy, the synth theme is pretty cheap, and the outdated-ness of the cassette will make you laugh (though it was pretty advanced for the time).

Music/Sounds: A creepy synth tune with sound effects that resemble a zapping noise when the shooting stars appear.

Availability: Seen on tapes by Prism in the 80s and early 90's.

Scare Factor: Depending on the logo variant:
  • Long Version: Medium to high; the cheap animation, the music, SFX, and length make this a nightmare-inducing logo.
  • Short Version: Medium, the music and some zapping noises are still there, but since the first half is cut out, the logo is quite tamer.
  • None for the still blue BG logo, this is very boring.



2nd Logo
(1992-1996)



Nickname: "The Prism Cube with the Rainbow filmstrip"

Logo: TBA

FX: TBA

Cheesy Factor: TBA

Music/Sounds: None, although there will sometimes be music, as well as announcer saying "Coming from Prism Entertainment"

Availability: Can be found on newer tapes from Prism such as Project: Shadowchaser, The Double O Kid, Abraxas, Still Life, and Baby on Board.

Scare Factor: TBA


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videogamefan199 Is Prism Leisure Corpration a diffenrent company? 2 Aug 7 2009, 5:10 PM EDT by BudTheChud1989
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Is it or is it what Prism Enertainment is now?
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PF9ThePikachuLover Deal with Paramount? 2 Aug 7 2009, 5:10 PM EDT by BudTheChud1989
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On IMDB, I saw that some Prism Entertainment titles had been distributed by Paramount. Was this the result of a deal?
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DarkJester25 Anybody see this logo as a kid? 0 Mar 12 2009, 7:02 PM EDT by DarkJester25
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This logo brings back memories of these old tapes I got from the library as a kid. They were part of some series called Tell Me Why or something, and they had the full Prism logo in them. I remember getting so excited when I heard that synth chord and saw the neon green videotape come spinning through space...
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