Background: Runecraft Ltd. was founded in 1997 with the offices in UK. It was specializing on brand and license titles. Ultmately, Runecraft went into financial troubles, speculations and poor management, which led to its collapse in 2003.


1st Logo
(1997-2002)


Logo: We see the dust-covered shield with the semicircular panel above (with grass landscape). The panel slowly zooms in and the debris flies away to reveal the RUNECRAFT name written in stony runic letters. Three stones emerge on the upper panel.

FX/SFX: Debris uncovering, stones rising up.

Music/Sounds: Deep synth note with the sound of uncovering debris.

Availability: Seen in many games for various platforms - Caesar's Palace 2000, Y2K, Men in Black: Crashdown and others.

Scare Factor: Low.


2nd Logo
(2000's)


Logo: This is actually the longer version of first logo. The camera flies backwards over the water surface with the rainbow, then over the field with a pathway. Finally we see the "stonehenge" with three familiar stones among others. The image is outlined by the shield with "Runecraft" already uncovered. The background with stones changes to night, the moon appears.

FX/SFX: All the animation, not very beautiful, but still good.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: Extremely Rare.

Scare Factor: None.


3rd Logo
(2002-2003)


Logo: Over the water ripple effect, the red sun rising effect is shown. The background clears out from mist and water and becomes white, when the "sun" turns into a blue oval with customly made r over it. The name is seen below - RUNECRAFT, with the byline: games by design.

FX/SFX: Sun and water effects.

Music/Sounds: Resounding synth note.

Availability: Seen in Monopoly Party and Scrabble 2003 Edition for PC. The still version can be found on Super Bubble Pop for GameCube.

Scare Factor: None.