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Chow Woon Gan and Dison
Editions by
Chow Woon Gan
Video captures courtesy of
Chow Woon Gan and MartinIgna SalasV
Ubisoft Blue Byte
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
Blue Byte is a German studio formed in 1988 by Thomas Hertzler and Lothar Schmitt, most famous for developing strategy games. It was taken over by Ubisoft Entertainment in 2001. Related Designs was merged into Blue Byte in 2013, and a third studio in Berlin was established in 2018. Since 2019, Ubisoft Blue Byte acts as the parent company of Ubisoft's three German studios, which became branded as Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Mainz and Ubisoft Berlin. By 2020, the "Blue Byte" name was phased out.
Blue Byte
Animated Logos
Visuals: A white box containing a blue asteroid is seen with the handwritten stacked text "Blue Byte" below, over a black background. A light is seen running through the bottom and right side of the box, before it flashes on the top-right of the logo.
Variants:
- On Great Courts 2, a navy blue rectangle containing the Ubisoft Entertainment logo is seen below.
- On Battle Isle, in the final scene of the game's intro, the player (only the hand is shown) inserts a floppy disk into a hard drive, which causes the logo animation to show inside of the monitor. The sequence takes place inside of a room with a calendar, a lamp, a trashcan, a window, a paper containing the Blue Byte logo, and a gray desk containing the aforementioned hard drive and monitor, a computer mouse, two red books and a tomato(?) juice with straw, all placed onto the desk. The last scene of the intro is then followed by the actual logo appearance.
Technique: Sprite-based animation.
Audio:
- Great Courts 2: The opening theme of the game.
- Battle Isle: In the final scene of the intro, a click when a floppy disk in inserted. None for the actual logo appearance.
Visuals: The logo from before (inside of a tan-colored plate this time) is first shown zooming out and rotating into position on a black background. After a few seconds, "SPORTS CHANNEL" in a tan bold font zooms out below the plate. The blue asteroid disintegrates after a few seconds, as a bubble bulges in and pops in place of the asteroid. Four bubbles then bulge in, revealing a yellow smiling face of a tennis ball (from the game's mascot), which zooms in towards the screen, and stays for a second before fading out.
Technique: Sprite-based animation.
Audio: An uplifting synth tune which carries over from the copyright screen.
| Media Title | Platform | Date of Release | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour MobyGames | SNES | 1992 |
Visuals: The top part of the asteroid is first revealed by a light on a black background, before it reveals the entire logo, which is shown slanted. A light then appears running through the right part of the box and shines.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A droning synth note followed by a synth hit.
| Media Title | Platform | Date of Release | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Isle 2200 (Battle Isle 2) MobyGames | DOS | 1994 |
Visuals: A blue asteroid zooms to a starfield and blows with a white wave. Then it blows again, making the background white and creating a box around, with "Blue Byte" in a handwritten font smashing below.
Technique: 2D computer animation.
Audio: A whoosh is first heard, then an explosion sound. Another explosion sound is heard when the asteroid blows, followed by two metallic banging noises.
| Media Title | Platform | Date of Release | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Settlers: Fourth Edition (The Settlers IV/Die Siedler IV) MobyGames | Windows | February 15, 2001 | First appearance |
| Heritage of Kings: The Settlers (The Settlers: Heritage of Kings/Die Siedler: Das Erbe der Könige) MobyGames | Windows | November 25, 2004 | |
| The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary (Die Siedler II: Die nächste Generation) MobyGames | Windows | September 7, 2006 | |
| The Settlers MobyGames | Nintendo DS | July 12, 2007 | Final appearance |
Print Logos
Visuals: On a rectangle, there is a sun rising on the water with the flying seagull and the white-blue gradient serif text "BLUE BYTE" on the bottom.
Variant: On the Amiga and Atari ST ports of Twinworld, the logo is entirely yellow.
Technique: A still, computerized graphic.
Audio: The opening theme of the game.
Visuals: A box containing a blue asteroid is seen with the handwritten stacked text "Blue Byte" below.
Variants:
- The logo may be usually shown in-credit.
- On The Settlers (Serf City: Life is Feudal in North America), the logo is superimposed over the following backgrounds:
- Amiga: A grassland with a castle, a windmill, a tree, a wooden barn, a pig and two workers holding a log. Birds can also be seen flying past. "'93" is shown below the logo's wordmark. This version was also used for the DOS demo version, albeit yellow text stating the demo release and the instruction to read the Readme file for SFX being shown below.
- DOS: A grassland with a castle and a bridge. "'94" is shown below the logo's wordmark.
- On Dr. Drago's Madcap Chase, the logo takes place on a wooden background.
- On Archimedean Dynasty, "PRESENTS" is shown in a tall font, and "A Co-Production of [Blue Byte's logo] and [Massive Development's logo]" is shown at the bottom of the scree.
- On Extreme Assault, "PRESENTS" in a white tall bold font is shown below the logo.
Technique: A still, computerized graphic.
Audio: None or the opening theme of the game.
Audio Variant: On Anno 1404: Dawn of Discovery on Windows, the sound effects of the Related Designs logo are heard over the still logo, due to a synchronization error.
| Media Title | Platform | Date of Release | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom and the Ghost MobyGames | Amiga, Atari ST, DOS | 1990 | First in-credit appearance |
| Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour (Great Courts 2/Pro Tennis Tour 2) MobyGames | Amiga, Atari ST, DOS | 1991 | |
| Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour MobyGames | SNES | 1992 | In-credit appearance on the copyright screen, wordmark used on the Japanese release and the main menu screen of all releases |
| The Settlers (Serf City: Life is Feudal) MobyGames | Amiga, DOS | 1993 | Superimposed variant |
| Albion MobyGames | DOS, Windows | 1995 | |
| Dr. Drago's Madcap Chase MobyGames | Windows 16-bit | 1995 | Wooden background variant + in-credit appearance |
| Archimedean Dynasty MobyGames | DOS | 1996 | "Presents" variant with Massive Development co-production |
| The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici MobyGames | DOS, macOS | 1996 | In-credit appearance, also appeared on its Gold Edition |
| Extreme Assault MobyGames | DOS | 1997 | "Presents" variant |
| Dawn of Discovery (Anno 1404) MobyGames | Nintendo DS, Wii, Windows | June 25, 2009 | On the Windows version, Related Designs' audio heard due to a synchronization error On the Nintendo DS and Wii versions, "a Blue Byte production" is seen below the logo |
| Silent Hunter Online | Browser | August 15, 2012 | Gamescom trailer |
Ubisoft Blue Byte
Visuals: A simplified version of the asteroid from the previous logo (three asteroid shapes overlaid in different shades of blue) with the words "Blue Byte" in a different font and the byline "A UBISOFT STUDIO" ("UBISOFT" is in the corporate font) below.
Variant: On Champions of Anteria, the logo zooms in slowly.
Technique: A still, digital graphic. Zooming effects for the Champions of Anteria variant.
Audio: None.
Availability Note: First seen on the announcement trailer for Panzer General Online and last seen on Champions of Anteria.
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