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 ===Background===
-In 1994, Time Warner purchased Atari Games ([[Atari Corporation]]'s former arcade gaming unit, which spun off from the parent company in 1984), renaming it to "'''Time Warner Interactive'''". In 1996, Time Warner sold its gaming division to [[Midway Games]].
+In 1994, Time Warner purchased Atari Games ([[Atari Corporation]]'s former arcade gaming unit, which spun off from the parent company in 1984), renaming it to "'''Time Warner Interactive'''". Its [[Tengen]] subsidiary was also folded into the unit, as well as the assets of an earlier company with the same name, '''Time Warner Interactive Group'''. In 1996, Time Warner sold its gaming division to [[Midway Games]]. As a result, the arcade unit went back to the '''Atari Games''' name.
-===1st Logo (1994-1996)===
+===1st Logo (August 1994-1995)===
 <gallery mode=packed heights=200>
-Time Warner Interactive (Primal Rage).jpg
-Time Warner Interactive (The Lawnmover Man).jpg
 Time Warner Interactive (gold, 1.).jpg
 Time Warner Interactive (gold, 2.).jpg
 Time Warner Interactive (gold, 3.).jpg
-Time Warner Interactive (saturated).jpg
+Time Warner Interactive (saturated
-Time Warner Interactive (white, 1.).jpg
+).jpg
-Time Warner Interactive (white, 2.).jpg
-Time Warner Interactive (Power Rally).jpg
 Time Warner Interactive (Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers).jpg
-Time Warner Interactive (basketball).jpg
 </gallery>
-{{YouTube|id=WluWWfHWfhQ|id2=QUgSKls7mbs}}
+{{YouTube|id=QUgSKls7mbs}}
-'''Logo:''' We see a slowly spinning scarlet sphere, while the camera zooms out and reveals the distorted picture of the complete logo. Two curve lines form the Warner eye's outline, and the logo takes its right position. A rectangle with clouds and the sky occupies the upper left corner of the eye. The words "{{font|serif|TIME WARNER}}" with "INTERACTIVE" in the box below are seen.
+'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see a cloudy box with a transparent curve, and on the right is a {{color|blue}} half of an eye, making it resembling the Warner eye's outline. A {{color|red}} sphere is inside the logo. Below it was the text "{{color|#87ceeb|{{font|serif|TIME WARNER}}}}" and underneath is the text "{{color|gold|'''INTERACTIVE'''}}" in a Serif Gothic font, with a {{color|red}} line separating the words, and enclosed into a {{color|gold}} rectangle. Underneath that is the text "{{color|#87ceeb|· PRESENTS ·}}".
 '''Trivia:''' The "Time Warner Eye" logo is based on the logo from Time Warner Cable.
+'''Variants:'''
+* On ''Red Zone'', the clouds is realistic and lacks the box.
+* On the Game Boy game of ''Primal Rage'', the logo is in black and white.
+* On ''Generations Lost'' for the Genesis, the text and box is white and the line is {{color|blue}}, making it resembling the following logo.
+* On the Genesis game of ''Mega SWIV'', "· PRESENTS ·" was in gold.
+* On ''Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers'', there is no eye as half of the screen is occupied by the [[Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment|Warner Bros. Consumer Products]] logo. Sylvester and Tweety then jumps onto the logo.
+'''Technique:''' None.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' None or the opening theme of the game.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on many Genesis and SNES games from the period, like the Genesis game of ''Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers'', ''Generations Lost'', ''Red Zone'', ''Kawasaki Superbike Challenge'' and ''Mega SWIV'', as well as the Genesis, 32X, Game Gear and Game Boy versions of ''Primal Rage'' and the SNES games of ''Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars'' and ''Super R.B.I. Baseball''. The logo is not on ''Dick Vitale's "Awesome Baby" College Hoops'', as it uses an in-credit text instead.
+===2nd Logo (October 1994-1996)===
+<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
+Time Warner Interactive (The Lawnmover Man).jpg
+Time Warner Interactive (white, 2.).jpg
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=Op8UoA7WQ2o}}
+'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the Atari Games logo in {{color|gold}}. Then the logo zooms in as the gold color turns to a cloudy sky. A {{color|blue}} curve moves and then draws to reveal an eye, and a scarlet sphere flies in, and then a white curve line draws in, and form the Warner eye's outline, and the logo takes its right position The words "{{font|serif|TIME WARNER}}" with "INTERACTIVE" in the box below are seen zooming out, with two copies, and a {{color|blue}} line separates the words, and then the logo flashes. The end result looks like the print logo.
 '''Variants:'''
 *A still version exists.
+*The logo sometimes appears on a white background.
 *Sometimes, the word "PRESENTS" appears below.
-*On some games, the background is white and there is no box. The sphere is darker, closer to the color crimson glory.
+'''Technique:''' 2D animation.
-*On ''Primal Rage'' for DOS and PSX, the logo is sped up.
-*On ''Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers'', there is no eye as half of the screen is occupied by the [[Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment|Warner Bros. Consumer Products]] logo.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' None. On ''Tama: Adventures Balll in Giddy Labyrinth'' on Sega Saturn, an ominous, 4-note music is played.
-*On ''Power Rally'' for [[Atari Jaguar]], the eye is right to the company name.
-'''Technique:''' The moving sphere and eye bars. In other cases, none.
+'''Availability:''' Rare. The animated version can only be found on the arcade laserdisc game of ''Cops''. The still version can be found on other games during the era, such as the Genesis version of ''The Lawnmower Man'' and ''Time Warner Interactive's VR Virtua Racing'' on the [[Sega Saturn]], ''RBI Baseball 95'' for the Sega 32X, ''Primal Rage'' and ''Kawasaki Superbike Challenge'' for the SNES, the Genesis version of ''Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars'', the Game Gear version of ''Rise of the Robots'' and the PlayStation and Saturn versions of ''Race Drivin'''.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' None. On ''Tama: Adventures Balll in Giddy Labyrinth'' on Sega Saturn, an ominous, 4-note music is played.
+===3rd Logo (1995-1996)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+Time Warner Interactive (Primal Rage).jpg
+Time Warner Interactive (white, 1.).jpg
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=WluWWfHWfhQ}}
+'''Logo:''' We see a slowly spinning scarlet sphere, while the camera zooms out and reveals the distorted picture of the same logo from the previous logo. Two curve lines form the Warner eye's outline, and the logo takes its right position. A rectangle with clouds and the sky occupies the upper left corner of the eye. The words "{{font|serif|TIME WARNER}}" with "INTERACTIVE" in a different font, with a {{color|blue}} line separating the words.
+'''Variants:'''
+* The logo sometimes appear on a white background, with black text, and black eye.
+* A still version exists.
+* On ''Primal Rage'' for DOS and PSX, the logo is sped up.
+'''Technique:''' CGI animation.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
+'''Availability:''' Rare. The normal animated logo was seen on ''Primal Rage'' for the 3D0, [[PlayStation]] and DOS. The still version appears on the [[Atari Jaguar|Atari Jaguar CD]] version of ''Primal Rage'', as well as the 32X game of ''T-Mek'' and the DOS game of ''Striker '95''.
+===4th Logo (1995)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+Time Warner Interactive (Power Rally).jpg
+</gallery>
+'''Logo:''' On a white background, we see the Time Warner eye logo from the previous logos sliding in, and the name from the previous logo wipes over the logo.
+'''Technique:''' 2D animation.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
-'''Availability:''' Rare. The animated version can be found on ''Primal Rage'' for 3DO, [[PlayStation]] and DOS. The still version can be found on other games during the era, such as the Genesis version of ''The Lawnmower Man'' and ''Time Warner Interactive's VR Virtua Racing'' on the [[Sega Saturn]].
+'''Availability:''' Rare. Only seen on the [[Atari Jaguar]] game of ''Power Drive Rally''.
-===2nd Logo (September 1995-April 12, 1996)===
+===5th Logo (September 1995-April 12, 1996)===
 <gallery mode=packed heights=200>
 Time Warner Interactive (Endorfun).jpg
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 *A videotaped version was found on Time Warner's release trailer for ''Endorfun''.
-'''Technique:''' The comet flying, the words sliding, the drawing of the line.
+'''Technique:''' CGI animation.
 '''Music/Sounds:''' A new-age fanfare with drums and a xylophone.
-'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Seen on the arcade port of ''Area 51'', ''Return Fire'' for PlayStation, and the release trailer for ''Endorfun''.
+'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Seen on the arcade port of ''Area 51'', ''Return Fire'' for PlayStation, the DOS version of ''Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars'' and the release trailer for ''Endorfun''.
-===3rd Logo (January 17, 1997)===
+===6th Logo (January 17, 1997)===
 [[File:Time Warner Interactive (Shinrei Jusatsushi Taromaru).jpg|center|350px]]
 '''Logo:''' It's only the text part of the Time Warner Interactive logo, with "PRESENTS" fading in under it.
-'''Technique:''' The fade-in of "PRESENTS".
+'''Technique:''' The fade-in.
 '''Music/Sounds:''' None.
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 '''Availability:''' This logo appeared posthumously on a Japanese Sega Saturn game named ''Shinrei Jusatsushi Taromaru''.
-{{chronology|[[Tengen]]|}}
+{{chronology|[[Atari Games (1984-1994)|Atari Games]]<br>[[Tengen]]|[[Atari Games (1996-1999)|Atari Games]]<br>[[Williams Entertainment]]}}
 {{Navbox-WarnerBrosDiscovery}}
 [[Category:American video game logos]]

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