History LogoJoke / VideoGames

* The WebAnimation/HomestarRunner faux video game company ''Videlectrix'' has a logo with a white man running onscreen, tripping and falling, and then getting up in time with the music. In ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople: 8-Bit Is Enough'', Strong Bad himself takes the white man's place when he first enters the Videlectrix mainframe.
** The ''Awexome Cross '98'' game has The Cheat, inside a tire, run over the Videlectrix guy.
** The ''50k Racewalker'' shows the Videlectrix guy marching across the screen at [[OverlyLongGag about the same pace as the characters in the game.]] The game abruptly cuts to the title screen before he even reaches the center of the screen.

** ''Where's an Egg'' has a shady man walk in screen and shoot the Videlectrix logo. The shot ricochets off the logo and kills him. The standard jingle is also replaced with "Song of the Volga Boatmen", which begins with four similar notes.
** ''Stinkoman: 20X6'' has a Mega Man style version of the white man. The long-awaited Level 10 version has a CD-ROM fly in and [[OffWithHisHead slice off his head]].

** The Nintendo 64 port of ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianDawn'' has the N64 logo appear in wireframe before filling in with color... and then a Commando [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tIjmTQrAzA runs up, plants C4, and blows it up]]. Creator/WestwoodStudios' logo is then shown as part of a fake installation sequence mirroring the original PC version's installer.

-->--'''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''' on the SNES version of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat''

* ''VideoGame/EternalChampions'' had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTF0qBHnQQI variations for the nine playable characters]] - each would approach the logo and then harm it in some way (usually [[MadeOfExplodium blowing it up]]). For example, Xavier would turn the logo yellow.

** In the N64 version of ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim 3D'', Earthworm Jim is dancing with an accordion when he is squashed by a falling Nintendo 64 logo, which is in turn [[DropTheCow squashed by a cow]] (in the PC version he's instead squashed by a fridge, then the cow). Possibly the most amusing part of this logo joke is that ''that's what actually kicks off the game's story''.

* The Mega Drive version of ''Cheese Cat-Astrophe Starring WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales'' has Speedy run past the Sega logo, turning it into cheese, which he then runs past two more times to eat.

** The special edition of the first game Jim performing a variety of inane acts on a DeliberatelyMonochrome Sega logo (Sega CD) or on the title screen (PC).

* The ''Magical Taruruuto-kun'' LicensedGame has Taruruuto-kun doing the "Seee-Gaaa!" shout.

** Similarly, the ''VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva'' series (done by the same staff as the ''K-On!'' game) opens with [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku]] singing the SEGA sound. Later on, Rin, Len, Luka, KAITO, and MEIKO can also heard singing the jingle.

* Neversoft really likes this trope, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8TXtzS_j5E as seen]] by the ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' games.

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[[caption-width-right:350:The Sega logo for ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020''.]]

** ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry6ShapeUpOrSlipOut'': The Sierra fanfare experiences a LettingtheAirOutOfTheBand moment, while the word SIERRA morphs into "PRESENTS".

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Creator/RockstarGames loves to make use of this trope, examples include:
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series:
** ''VideoGame/{{Grand Theft Auto|Classic}}'' (the first game) first depicts the logo for DMA (now Rockstar North) running along a white background, and then getting run over by a car. The Rockstar logo is, appropriate to the name, brought in with the sounds of cameras flashing and paparazzi shouting.
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto2'' has police car lights rush past the DMA logo, causing it to spin out and fall to the ground.
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' has a faux-computer boot up saying "RAM OK" and "ROM OK" before forming the Rockstar logo using fast moving lines to create a wireframe.
*** This variant also applies in ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'', ''The Italian Job'' and the ''Smuggler's Run'' series.
*** While the [=PS2=] version was developed under DMA Design, the PC version, the first version made after the rename to Rockstar North, amended the intro to have the R turn into a spinning 3D model and form the Rockstar North logo.
** In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', Rockstar North's half of the logo sequence is presented as a UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}}-style loading screen while [[Music/TheBuggles "Video Killed the Radio Star"]] plays in the background, to fit the game's 80's vibe.
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' has the Rockstar Games and Rockstar North logos appearing on screen with the sound of spray cans, kinda like graffiti (fitting for the game's 90s-era hip-hop mood).
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoLibertyCityStories'' has the Rockstar Games, Rockstar North, and Rockstar Leeds logos brought into frame through hordes of passing-by vehicles in their respective colors (yellow taxicabs for Rockstar Games, blue police cars for Rockstar North, and white ambulances for Rockstar Leeds).
** The DS version of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoChinatownWars'' has the logo appear on the outside of a suitcase full of drugs (based on one of the game's main mechanics), which then opens up to reveal the other Rockstar studios involved in the game's development. In the PSP version, however, the logos for various Rockstar studios involved in the game's development are shown through a moving train.
** After having a rather mundane logo intro for the [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV fourth numbered game]] in the series, ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' returns to having a nice elaborate logo intro: the sound of a window shattering, a car being hotwired, police sirens, gunfire, and the car speeding away are heard in succession with accompanying police siren lightshow and [[WantedMeter Wanted Stars]] filling up to the maximum of five. The fifth star from the meter falls to the center of the screen and serves as the star present in the Rockstar Games logo.
* In ''VideoGame/BodyHarvest'', predating the Rockstar days, the DMA logo walks towards the screen, only for alien goo to appear and drag it away.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'' has the Rockstar logo appearing as the last of three targets - the first two fall as soon as they're hit by baseballs. The Rockstar Vancouver logo (with Rockstar New England in ''[[UpdatedReRelease Scholarship Edition]]'') holds on through a barrage of balls before finally getting whacked with a brick, where it spins and changes to the Rockstar Games logo.
* ''VideoGame/LANoire'' shows the Rockstar logo as a frame in an old film reel, before switching to the Team Bondi logo depicted as an old school light-up sign.
* ''VideoGame/{{Oni}}'' has Konoko doing some killer moves and poses through different angles before the logo comes into the screen.
* ''VideoGame/RedDead'' series:
** ''VideoGame/RedDeadRevolver'' shows the logo as a silhouette burned into a stack of wood.
** ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' shows the Rockstar Games and Rockstar San Diego logos inside a revolver cylinder. The camera focuses on the Rockstar Games logo, it's fired, and the cylinder rotates to the San Diego logo before it's also fired away.
** ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' shows gunsmoke and two shotgun shells being loaded. The shells, marked with "ROCKSTAR GAMES EST. MCMXCVIII" are briefly seen before being fired, creating the Rockstar logo as a red silhouette.
** ''VideoGame/MaxPayne3'' shows the Rockstar logo as a white silhouette. Gunshots are heard, and the silhouette is filled with red, nearly to the brim, before the rattle of a pill container is heard and the red empties. It's a joke on the series' health meter, which works identically - a silhouette of Max gets progressively filled with red as he takes damage, and he heals himself by popping painkillers.
* ''VideoGame/MidnightClub'' series:
** ''Midnight Club II'' shows the Rockstar logo drawn in a bolt of fire. Its San Diego counterpart shows the logo in a waving water surface.
** ''Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition'' shows a custom rolling wheel with the logo seen through it before it drives away, revealing the Rockstar logo. The San Diego shows the logo formed via skidmarks.
** ''Midnight Club: Los Angeles'' shows white stars moving through the screen choppily, followed by the Rockstar Games and Rockstar San Diego logos appearing in the end and stopping in the middle of the screen. ''Midnight Club: LA Remix'' includes the logo of Rockstar London.
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* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRevolver'' shows the logo as a silhouette burned into a stack of wood.
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' shows the Rockstar Games and Rockstar San Diego logos inside a revolver cylinder. The camera focuses on the Rockstar Games logo, it's fired, and the cylinder rotates to the San Diego logo before it's also fired away.
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' shows gunsmoke and two shotgun shells being loaded. The shells, marked with "ROCKSTAR GAMES EST. MCMXCVIII" are briefly seen before being fired, creating the Rockstar logo as a red silhouette.
* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne3'' shows the Rockstar logo as a white silhouette. Gunshots are heard, and the silhouette is filled with red, nearly to the brim, before the rattle of a pill container is heard and the red empties. It's a joke on the series' health meter, which works identically - a silhouette of Max gets progressively filled with red as he takes damage, and he heals himself by popping painkillers.

* The flash game ''VideoGame/{{Gyossait}}'' features the tank in the Website/{{Newgrounds}} logo abandoned and is covered in weeds.

** ''Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions'' has Daffy say "Whoo-hoo!" as the Sunsoft logo appears.

** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' and ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4'' actually had Sonic run to the right of the screen to make half of the logo appear, and then run back to the left to complete the logo. Trailers for ''Sonic 4: Episode 1'' have a black background, with Sonic (in the form of a blue streaking blur) coming towards the viewer three times, the third time in the middle of the screen and leaving the Sega logo in his wake.

* ''VideoGame/GhostRecon: Future Soldier'' has the Ubisoft and "Creator/TomClancy's" logos fading in from the trippy background that's supposed to represent the game's DiegeticInterface. Following that is a shot of three shell casings falling to the ground, with the names of the Ubisoft divisions that developed the game printed on them.

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* The SNES version of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat2'' has a hidden alternative intro: Shao Kahn walks next to the Creator/{{Acclaim}} logo and taunts it while Kintaro walks in from the right, roars and uses his teleport stomp attack to bend it downwards. Shao Kahn then taunts it again.

** ''Dōbutsu no Mori'', the predecessor to ''VideoGame/{{Animal Crossing|2001}}'', had the N64 logo pop up like a piece of furniture being dropped. The later [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] ports replaced this with the standard Creator/{{Nintendo}} logo.

* Holding the Z-button down on the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube controller while turning on the system would play different music. Gives different results if you hold the button down on one controller or all four.

This page lists logo jokes that do belong to video game companies and their games.

This page lists logo jokes that do belong to video game companies and their games.