Pathé Interactive

Background
Pathé Interactive was a multimedia publishing joint-venture between the Chargeurs group and Philips Interactive Media that was formed in January 1993. The company established itself as one of Europe's leading publishers of quality multimedia programs by drawing upon extensive resources of Pathé's existing catalog of movies, and also held a 20% stake in existing French publisher Infogrames.

In August 1995, Phillips Media purchased Chargeurs' stake in the venture, acquiring the Infogrames stake along the way. The latter would eventually acquire Phillips Media outright in Mid-1997.

(1993-1996)


Nicknames: "The Sunrise Rooster", "The Pathé Rooster", "The New Rooster"

Logo: Same as the standard It has a shorter animation part, and the word "interactive" appeared in italics in the rectangle below the company name. A Chargeurs byline then fades below, with the Chargeurs logo above that.

Variant: On the MS-DOS version of International Tennis Open, the logo is still.

Byline:
 * International Tennis Open - "une société de CHARGEURS"
 * Asterix: Ceasar's Challenge - "a CHARGEURS company"

FX/SFX: Same as the standard logo.

Music/Sounds: The dreamy synth/piano tune from the standard logo.

Availability: Only appears on two titles from Infogrames released for the Philips CD-I and MS-DOS - International Tennis Open and Asterix: Caesar's Challenge.

Editor's Note: None.