Wheel of Fortune Online

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Logo descriptions by curiousgeorge60, timduncan21spursfan
Logo captures and videos courtesy of Subzero917

1st Logo
(1998-1999)

Nicknames:
"The Globes", "Play and Win #1"

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Logo:
Similar to the 1998 Jeopardy! Online logo. On a red background, several rotating globes appear while the word "play" pops up in the left side, then the upper right corner, and the lower right corner of the background. The words "Wheel of Fortune" & "Online (below "Wheel of Fortune")" fade in, and zooms out until it comes to a stop in the middle while the URL "www.wheeloffortune.com" appears below "Online".

FX: The appearance of the rotating globes, the logo and the URL fading in.


Music/Sounds:
The audience yelling "WHEEL", "OF" and "FORTUNE" followed by a techno tune Wheel of Fortune ending with the sound that plays when a puzzle category is revealed, and two beeps. Also, the sound that plays when only vowels are left in the puzzle is heard the entire time the logo is seen.


Availability: Extinct on TV; was last seen on Wheel of Fortune in the late '90s.

Scare Factor: None to minimal.

2nd Logo
(2000-2001)

Nicknames: "The Red-White Ring", "Play and Win #2"

Logo: Similar to the 2000 Jeopardy! Online logo, but the URL for this logo is written as "WHEELOFFORTUNE.COM" and it uses the spinning wheel as the background. The logo is a red-white ring with a yellow circle inside the ring and the words "Wheel of Fortune Online" in yellow below the ring. We start with the logo flipping to reveal a red-orange circle. Like the Jeopardy! Online logo, the URL moves from the right to the left, and the letters "WHEELOFFORTUNE.COM" appear on the circle one by one. Instead of the logo zooming out, the circle flips again to reveal the logo. The words "Play Online and WIN" appear below the URL.

FX: The flipping of the logo, the letters on the URL appearing on the circle, the words "Play Online and WIN" appearing below the URL.

Music/Sounds: Same as logo 1.

Availability: Again, extinct on TV; was seen on Wheel of Fortune in the early 2000s.

Scare Factor: See logo 1.