DreamCatcher Interactive

Background: DreamCatcher was founded in 1996 in Toronto, Canada. In the first years it published mostly quest titles. The company was partially owned by Cryo and absorbed the assets of latter when it went bankrupt. This way DreamCatcher gained a network of offices and a development studio in Europe, and also started the brand "The Adventure Company" for quests, leaving the main company for other genres. In 2006 it was purchased by JoWood and shared its fate in 2011. Now DreamCatcher is a brand of Nordic Games, which owns JoWood.

1st Logo (1996?)DreamCatcher Interactive (1996)

Logo: We see white letters moving from the right side, forming the word "DREAMCATCHER". Then "C" flashes and becomes golden as the arc made of gold appears over the logo, and "INTERACTIVE" pops up below. Then the name itself changes to gold.

FX/SFX: Early computer effects, looking choppy and very simple.

Music/Sounds: A piece of MIDI synth.

Availability: Near extinction. Appeared on the re-released edition of Jewels of the Oracle.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1997)

DreamCatcher Interactive (1997)

Logo: On a black background, we see the common blue arc with an orange spark running down it. Then the center of the logo explodes and reveals the name, where "C" is taken into the yellow spot and "INTERACTIVE INC." appears below as well. The arc turns red and golden at the explosion.

FX/SFX: The streak runs down and the explosion, still very poorly done.

Music/Sounds: A loud crystal synth with the booming sound.

Availability: Extremely rare. Was seen on Beyond Time.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (1998-1999)

DreamCatcher Interactive (1999)

Logo: We see space field with a light spot in the centre, sending beams to the sides and thus resembling the light disc. A group of planets swirl around and take their places on the line, as the arc is being drawn by sparking dots. The arc ends and blasts to "C" in the circle, which shines brightly and the logo turns solid with a 3D effect. The name is blue while the arc and "C" spot are red. The logo ripples in the center.

FX/SFX: The light, planets and arc being drawn, more elaborate animation is present now.

Music/Sounds: Starting as the crystal jingle, it ascends and ends as a echoed creaking.

Availability: Seen on Traitors Gate, The Legend of Lotus Spring and The Forgotten.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo (2000-2002)

DreamCatcher Interactive (1999)DreamCatcher Interactive (2000)

Logo: We hear water splashing and then see a view of sea shore with sky above and green grass. There are some rocky figures and a huge red orb that lie in a distance. Suddenly the orb begins to move and we can see "C" letter drawn on its surface. The scene flips to the view from above with the sea wiping away and Dreamcatcher logo appearing (with stone structures as its letters) with a bit of gloss effect. The logo also looks 3D as well as the "C" orb does, and "THE ADVENTURE COMPANY" fades in below.

FX/SFX: TBA.

Variants: On Dracula: The Resurrection and Dracula: The Last Sanctuary, the logo was still and without gloss. On the latter the byline appeared compressed. Music/Sounds: TBA.

Trivia: This was the first logo to mention the "Adventure Company" as just a byline, but later it would become a separate brand and have its own logo.

Availability: Appears on American Prints of several Cryo Interactive titles, likeWoody Woodpecker Escape from Buzz Buzzard Park, Riddle of the Sphinx, In Cold Blood, Syberia and The Secrets of Alamut. Still version appeared on Dracula titles for PC.

Editor's Note: None.

5th Logo (2002-2003)

Logo: There are several red motion grids appear, slowly moving, in various places of the screen, and a herd of four red balls move along them. Finally the motion line appears in the form of Dreamcatcher arc, all balls merge into one spark, which moves and creates very bright splash in the center, revealing the usual logo with light 3D effects.

FX/SFX: Animation of the motion grids and balls, and the shine.

Music/Sounds: Various tone hummings and blasting and the light shine is accompanied with single ding.

Availability: Seen on The Pink Panther: Pinkadelic Pursuit, Hellboy: Asylum Seeker and Iron Storm.

Editor's Note: None.

6th Logo (2004 - October 2004)

Logo: We see red rippling waving around the solid red blip, which zooms and reveals the name letters, as they slide from beyond the blip. An arc appears folded to the right and travels quick way to its usual position.

FX/SFX: The ripple, letters sliding and arc folding. Rather simple, but not bad.

Variant: The logo on Hegemonia was still and emerged white rays swaying from the left to the right. All other logos were made in the same way.

Music/Sounds: First a waterdrop-like sound followed with humming synth and other sounds.

Availability: Appeared on Besieger and Painkiller.

Editor's Note: None.

7th Logo (October 2004 - 2011)

DreamCatcher Interactive (2005) Logo: There is a burning red and orange ball, which rotates and zooms out, surrounded with the ethereal substance of the same color. The substance seems connected to the ball, it rotates too and becomes dense and bright. Finally the ball becomes our familiar "C" spot, sending some rays, the the rest of the logo fades in.

FX/SFX: Everything in the logo: the ball, its surroundings and the shine.

Variants: On Learn Math for NDS, the background was white. On Safecracker, the logo was not only still, but with "INTERACTIVE" added below it.

Music/Sounds: An ethereal background composition.

Availability: Appears on a number of games, including Cold War, Domination and Painkiller: Battle out of Hell. It was almost abandoned after the acquisition by JoWooD Productions, but remained on some titles. It has now been retired in favor of THQ Nordic's logo on games.

Editor's Note: None.