EA Tiburon

Logo descriptions, captures, and editions by CuriousGeorge60

Background: EA Tiburon was founded in 1994 as "Tiburon Entertainment". In 1998, it was acquired by Electronic Arts and it was renamed to "EA Tiburon" since then. It is located in Orlando, Florida. It is best known for Madden NFL series (Since 1995 starting with the SNES version of Madden NFL '96) and NCAA Football (Originally known as College Football USA) series (since 1996).

1st Logo

(1995-1997)

Nicknames: "Tiburon Shark", "The Tiburon Hammerhead Shark"

Logo: On a white background, we see a gray-gradient rectangle with "TIBURON", in a Friz Quadrata Bold font, on it with a gradient colored line in it. Above it is a Hammerhead Shark with different textures on it, depending on each game. Below the logo is "ENTERTAINMENT" in Kabel Bold font, spaced to fit the width of the logo. There is a shadow behind the logo.

Variants: There are different variations of the logo, mainly the texture on the Hammerhead Shark.


 * Madden NFL '96 and  '97 (SNES): The Hammerhead Shark has the football texture on it. Plus, the gradient color in "TIBURON" is green.
 * NHL '96 (SNES): The Hammerhead Shark has the icy ground-like texture on it. Plus, the gradient color in "TIBURON" is sky blue.
 * College Football USA '97 (Genesis): It's the same as the Madden variants, except there are white lines on the left and right of the shark. Plus, the gradient color in "TIBURON" is burnt orange.
 * Mechwarrior 3050 (SNES): The Hammerhead Shark has the green-computerized texture on it and it's eye is red. Plus, the gradient color in "TIBURON" is the same as the Madden variants and the background is black.
 * Nuclear Strike (PC), and Soviet Strike (Saturn): The Hammerhead Shark has some green army styled texture on it. Plus, the rectangle is brown and it has the stone like texture on it, the gradient color in "TIBURON" is the same as the NHL '96 variant and "ENTERTAINMENT" is sky blue. The background is a red-black gradient lava-like background.

FX/SFX: None.

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

Availability: Appears on Tiburon games through the era. As for Madden NFL '97, it, along with the High Score logo, appears when you select credits from the pre-game, halftime and some other menus. As for College Football USA '97, it, along with the High Score logo, appears when you select Credits from the main menu. As for Soviet Strike, it appears after you wait long enough on the title screen.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo

(1996-1998)

Nicknames: "Tiburon Shark II", "The Tiburon Hammerhead Shark II", "The Shark Attack", "The Jaws Reference"

Logo: Against the underwater background, we see 6 Hammerhead Sharks swimming under water. 2 of them in the front while 4 of them are in the back. As they swim closer, we see some fishes swimming through in front of the sharks. As some more fishes swim through, the front left hammerhead shark notices them and chases after them to scare them. Then the screen fades into the Tiburon logo from before, waving for a few seconds and it becomes normal. But there's a few differences from the previous one. The hammerhead shark has the football texture like before on the Madden variants, the rectangular shape is blue and it has the water-like texture on it, "TIBURON" has some more gradient colors inside it and it's light-blue green and "ENTERTAINMENT" is in blue-purple gradient color.

Variant: One variant of the logo is where the logo is moved up a bit to have the website URL: http://www.tibent.com fading in below the logo.

FX/SFX: The animation of the sharks, the waves in the logo.

Music/Sounds: Some kind of Jaws-styled music with the sound of water waves when the logo appears.

Availability: Appears on Madden NFL '97 for PlayStation and Saturn. (Before the game starts when the Tiburon team is selected as a Home Team) Also appears on Madden NFL '98 for PlayStation and Saturn, NCAA Football '98 and NCAA Football '99 for PlayStation.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo

(1998- )

Nicknames: "Tiburon Shark III", "The Tiburon Hammerhead Shark III"

Logo: TBA.

FX/SFX: TBA.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: TBA.

Editor's Note: TBA.