Terminal Reality

Background: Terminal Reality is a Texas-based company founded in 1994.

1st Logo (May 31, 1995) Terminal Reality (1995) Logo: There are three silvery letters reading "TRI" in a custom font, with the blue name "TERMINAL REALITY INC." in the same font over the logo.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on Terminal Velocity.

2nd Logo (August 31, 1996-April 30, 1998)

Terminal Reality (1996)

Logo: In the darkness, we move along the water with the starry sky above. We get close to the shady constructions standing on the water, and pan over them while the light spot appears and reveals the three copper letters "TRI" standing on a cogwheels and rolling to face the single side. The name "Terminal Reality Inc." is in copper. Some brass-colored ripple still can be seen below, but then vanishes.

FX/SFX: Water rippling, letters rotating. Choppy animation and poor sound quality. For a video game logo this age, however, this is expected.

Music/Sounds: A ghastly screeching sound and the rotating cogs. All ends with the 4-note fanfare.

Availability: Appeared on Hellbender and Monster Truck Madness, and its sequel.

3rd Logo (October 29, 2000-November 15, 2005)

Terminal Reality (2005)Terminal Reality (2001)

Nicknames: "Volition's Cousin", "Face of Wraith"

Logo: The logo shows a white, skull-form face over a red rectangular box. The name appears below in white font, reading "TERMINAL REALITY" in two lines.

Variants: 4x4 Evo 2: We see sandy surface with several stones, while the car passes by humming and the sand moves away to reveal the stony logo. Games published by Majesco have a special version of the logo, described on that company's page.

FX/SFX: Animation depends on the variant.

Music/Sounds: None, except for the variants.

Availability: The normal still logo appeared on 4x4 Evolution, while the sandy variant appeared on its sequel, 4x4 Evo 2. The Majesco-published games with the custom variant are BloodRayne series, Aeon Flux and BlowOut.

4th Logo (September 5, 2006-December 12, 2013)

Terminal Reality (2009)Terminal Reality (2012)

Nicknames: "Volition's Cousin II", "Face of Wraith II" "Captured By the Ghost Trap" (Ghostbusters variant), "Holographic Face" (Kinect Star Wars variant)

Logo: On a black background, we see a modified version of the last skull in a glowing bluish color. The name, "TERMINAL REALITY" appears below in one line.

Variants: On Ghostbusters, the name disappears and the ghost trap is thrown under the logo and the face is reluctantly sucked inside. On Kinect Star Wars, the holographic blue logo appears in perspective view and pans back to the normal position, flickering and shining in process, then becomes full white.

FX/SFX: Originally still, but there are animated variants.

Music/Sounds: For Ghostbusters, we hear sounds of the ghost trap and a roar when the face is sucked inside. On Kinect Star Wars, we hear crackling and booms.

Availability: First appeared on SpyHunter: Nowhere to Run, then was seen on Ghostbusters: The Video Game and the infamous Kinect Star Wars.