Budcat Creations

Logo descriptions by CuriousGeorge60 and EnormousRat Logo captures by EnormousRat Editions by CuriousGeorge60 Video capture courtesy of EnormousRat and gingajeff07

Background: Budcat Creations was founded in September, 2000, by Jason Andersen, Isaac Burns, and Jonah Stich. The team has produced original titles and system conversions of previously- or concurrently-produced games for companies such as Electronic Arts and Majesco. On November 10, 2008, it was acquired by Activision and was doing the PS2 ports of Guitar Hero series since Neversoft took over in 2007. On November 16, 2010, the studio was closed by Activision.

1st Logo (2001-2004)

Nickname: "The Budcat Scratch"

Logo: On a white background we see a gray shiny sphere, with three big scratches from a cat's paw on it. On it is "BUDCAT", also featuring scratches through it. Below that is "CREATIONS", spaced to fit the width of above text.Budcat Creations (2001)

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None or the music of the game.

Availability: Appears on games for Game Boy Advance like Madden NFL 2002, 2003 and 2004 and Desert Strike Advance (The GBA port of Desert Strike).

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (2005-2009)

Nicknames: "The Budcat Controller", "The Budcat Cat", "Scary Cat"

Logo: We fade into a red and white cat, who vomits a video game controller (wire and all) out of his mouth and on the floor, where the words "BUDCAT" are imprinted on small red buttons. "Creations, LLC" is positioned directly below "BUDCAT." The controller is similar in design of the face of the cat. As the controller falls onto the ground, the controller's wire disappears.

Variants: On Our House: Party! for Wii, the logo is constructed out of everyday household supplies. On The New York Times Crosswords for the Nintendo DS, the logo is superimposed with the cat on top and the logo on the bottom.

FX/SFX: All CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: Five-note rock entry followed by the cat yawning and vomiting the controller out of it's mouth. Then we hear the controller fall to the ground and a zapping sound accompany the disappearing wire as a final rock chord plays. At the end, we hear the cat belch.

Music/Sounds Variant: On The New York Times Crosswords, the belch sound is removed.

Availability: The animated version appears on Nacho Libre and The New York Times Crosswords for DS and Psychonauts for PS2. The still version was seen on Wii games.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (2007-2010)

Nicknames: "The Budcat Controller II", "The Budcat Cat II", "Rockstar Budcat"

Logo: We see the cat from the previous logo, with a more human-like design this time. He is holding a guitar in a room full with speakers. It raises its arm and strikes a loud chord on the guitar, which is played through the speakers. The resulting sound is so loud, it throws throw the cat towards the screen. The impact of the cat's face with the screen imprints the previous controller logo on the screen, while the cat falls down off-screen shortly afterwards. Then the words "BUDCAT", in it's same style as before, appear one-by-one each music note plays. After that, "Creations, LLC" appears below. The background fades out as the words appear.

FX/SFX: All CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: A blinking sound, the cat going "HEOW!" and a short electric guitar tune. At the end, if you listen real closely there is a faint voice saying "Budcat."

Availability: Common. Appears on the PlayStation 2 versions of Guitar Hero: Legends of Rock, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Guitar Hero: Metallica. It also appears on Wii versions of said titles as well (although the first three said titles don't have the logo on the back cover of the Wii version).

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo (2011)

Nicknames: "Buckcat"

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: The camera panning down to the logo.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Seen on Top Shot Arcade for Wii, which was released posthumously after Budcat Creations was shut down.

Editor's Note: TBA