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Old 09-20-2011, 08:28 AM   #1
 
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Retro splash screens & logos!

Post up the best and the worst, I wanna see em.

Here's a few of my absolute faves, to get us started:

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SIERRA Online! Nothing says "old DOS PC" like this baby.

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Konami on SNES - I still get shivers when I boot up a game with this thing in it. Turtles in Time is the pinnacle of beatemups.

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CAPCOM on the SNES - Mega Man X: Man that is one bomb ass intro.
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Old 09-20-2011, 10:09 AM   #2
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Aw man, AI, you took Konami and Capcom, which are my favorites. I even associate them with TMNT IV and Mega Man X like you do.

Of course, we can't forget:

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Old 09-21-2011, 12:52 AM   #3
 
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Ah yeah, the SEGA screen's a total classic. It's funny to me in a way that I never cared much about SEGA stuff back in the day, but recently they've published some of the more interesting games (House of the Dead, Mad World, Conduit).
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Old 09-21-2011, 08:57 AM   #4
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I liked Sonic as a kid, but I feel like I've grown out of it a little bit. Didn't help that the series grew away from everything I liked about it.
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Blizzard and Interplay circa the mid 90s:

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The many awesome themes of Apogee:

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Old 09-24-2011, 09:21 AM   #6
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Looks like someone already posted SAY-GAAAAAAAH. Too bad I can't remember many other good splash screens.

Crystal Dynamics had at least one cool one:
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Then there's the Iguana Entertainment logo from Turok 2:
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Old 09-24-2011, 01:51 PM   #7
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Rare has always had some good ones.

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Maybe I just love this one because I'm a fallout addict, but I prefer this Interplay splash screen.
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Old 09-26-2011, 12:43 AM   #9
 
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Here's another classic Interplay intro:

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And here's id Software going solo (they used to publish through Apogee)

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Aaaaand riffing off that, Raven Software (who has created various properties with id Tech)

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Those are great, although the DKC one is definitely more memorable. Love that little music hook. It seems most game companies forget their heritage as they get older, trying to pull in changing audiences.

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Then there's the Iguana Entertainment logo from Turok 2:
Iguana and Probe were two of my favorite studios during the late 90s. It's a shame Acclaim's offices were so effing corrupt, because that was a great company before they ran it into the ground.

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Old 09-26-2011, 09:00 AM   #10
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I actually like the Rare splash for all 3 DKC games. Very memorable.

My favorite part of the 007 one is how it goes straight into the Bond theme song. And that game is a pretty big part of my childhood gaming, so it sticks with me.

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the opening screen for the atari jaguar the roar after the jaguar logo
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