GT Interactive Software: Difference between revisions

'''GT Interactive Software''' was the interactive division of [[GoodTimes Entertainment]]. It was established in February 1993 by the Cayre brothers (the owners of GoodTimes) with the help of Ron Chaimowitz. The company was notable for both their budget titles, as well as being the first game publisher to allow developers to retain their IP. GT would later acquire WizardWorks, FormGen, [[Humongous Entertainment]], and the European division of [[Time Warner Interactive]]. In December 1999, following the departure of Ron Chaimowitz and 35% of employees from the company, GT Interactive was purchased by [[Infogrames]] (which became [[Atari SA|Atari]] in 2003) and integrated in May 2000.

'''Visuals:''' On a black background, there is the underlined text "''{{color|orangered|<u>GT Interactive Software</u>}}''" fading in near the right. Next to it, the conjoined letters "GT" are drawn in by a spark, revolving through rainbow colors before settling down. Another spark finishes the horizontal line serving both letters.

* On ''Mortal Kombat 3'' for DOS, the logo is still on a white background, the name is in small black letters and "Presents" is added below.  

* On ''Mortal Kombat Trilogy'', the name is in two lines.  

* On ''Ice & Fire'', the name is underlined and has "DISTRIBUTED BY" above.

* On ''Duke Nukem'' for Game Boy Color (a port of ''Duke Nukem II''), the name is not in italics.

* On ''Bedlam'', the logo has expressive colors and the name is {{color|red}} and underlined.

* On ''Bedlam 2'', the same version gains a copyright info below.

* On ''Imperium Galactica'', the color gamma is changed to mellower tones, the name is in a straight font and has "Presents" below.

* On ''T-Mek'', the background is white with a shadow.

* On ''Driver'', the plain black logo is on a map background.

* On GoodTimes' VHS release of the ''Windows 95 Video Guide'', the logo is still on a white background, with the company name written in smaller letters and italicized at the bottom of the "GT" design.

* A still variant exists where the logo appears in a 3D view with {{color|silver}} borders, slightly turned in perspective. The company name is written in bold and stylized like the previous logo.

* There is a variant without the (R) symbol. This can be spotted on ''Duke Nukem: Time To Kill''.

* One static variant has an interlaced {{color|blue}}/black background. The logo hangs over it, surrounded with light aura, and the name is in {{color|red}}. Seen on ''Courier Crisis'', ''Hexen: Beyond Heretic'' for PlayStation and ''Death Rally''.

* On ''Streak Hoverboard Racing'', "DISTRIBUTED BY" is added to the usual logo.

* On ''Ka-52 Team Alligator'', the logo is glowing {{color|cyan}}, superimposed over the intro movie.

* On ''Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds'', the glowing logo appears over Mars.

* On ''Beavis & Butt-Head Do U'', the white word "presents" fades across the logo and makes it disappear.

* On the Nintendo 64 version of ''Hexen'', the logo is seen on the bottom right with the game's title logo on the top left.

* Sometimes, the background is white. This appeared on ''Anno 1602'' and ''Everest''. The latter was one of the last games by GT and had this logo in HD.

'''Availability:''' It's easy to find on PlayStation games. The animated flash logo appeared on ''Critical Depth'', ''Bug Riders'', ''Rogue Trip'', ''TigerShark'' and ''Duke Nukem: Time to Kill''. The static picture of this variant appeared on ''Lode Runner 2''. The still logo with black background was spotted on ''Powerslide'', and with white background on ''Everest'' and ''Anno 1602''. Other games are listed above.

'''Visuals:''' On a space background, there is a CD flying and entering in a spaceship-like area where two lasers that come from low and top corner, hit the CD and create the "GT" symbol from before. Meanwhile, the text "GT Interactive Software" flies and gets below the symbol. Finally, the spaceship area disappears leaving only the space.

'''Technique:''' None.