Hasbro Interactive

Background
Hasbro Interactive was the video game division of toy company Hasbro It was founded in 1995, was purchased by Infogrames in January 2001 and later became a part of Atari. Their president was Thomas Dusenberry (although he was always credited in their games as "Tom").

1st Logo (1995-1996)
Logo: On a black background, we see a white rectangle with the word "HASBRO" on the top. The word "serif" with a Saturn-like planet with a  atom revolving around in place of the "serif" is seen below. The word "ENTERTAINMENT" is seen below "serif".

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. This was seen on very early titles from the company, two examples include very first release of the CD-ROM version of Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit. This logo is plastered on the later versions of both games.

2nd Logo (1996)
Nicknames: "The Hasbro Triangle", "Spinning in Space"

Logo: We start on a black background, which ripples to live-action footage of a sky and some clouds. After a few seconds, a transparent triangular prism appears along with 5 spheres spinning around. The prism starts shining and flashes into a space background. The spheres turn around the back of the prism and turn, , , and  which face to a moon. A giant triangle faces down to the screen where the prism is. Below the triangle is "HASBRO" and "InteractiveTM". The footage inside the triangle stops.

Variant: On Ultimate Yahtzee, three dices crash the logo seguing into the opening theme of the game.

FX/SFX: Great animation.

Music/Sounds: Some nice sounding space-like music!

Music/Sounds Variant: On Scrabble, the opening theme to the game is used.

Availability: Extremely rare. It appears on very early Hasbro PC titles.
 * So far, this is known to appear on these titles: Scrabble, Ultimate Yahtzee and version 1.1 of Monopoly for PC (the later revision of the latter game has the Parker Brothers logo instead).

3rd Logo (1997-2001)
Nicknames: "The Planets", "The Hasbro Triangle II"

Logo: The screen flashes white, before dying down to reveal a 3D planet on a  background. All of a sudden, several information-esque objects swirl down the center of the screen, as we flash different colors to several corresponding spheres sucking down the swirl as well (going from, , to ) until the Hasbro Interactive logo is formed (with no dot on the second "i"). This logo is more elaborate, with reflections and 3D effects. After the logo is complete, the balls themselves continue animating as the logo disappears in a white flash (a la the 1985-2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo).

Variants:
 * On RollerCoaster Tycoon, the logo is still and pans from the top to the bottom. The MicroProse and Chris Sawyer Productions logo soon follow.
 * On Monopoly (1999) for N64, the logo is still and small with a copyright notice on the bottom.
 * On some MicroProse games, the logo billboards over to the MicroProse logo before the white flash appears and the logo itself is much faster to match the audio of the 6th logo.
 * On some games, the white flash at the end may gaplessly transition (or crossfade) to whatever the next logo may be (i.e. in Monopoly Junior, where it crossfades to the Mind's Eye Productions logo).
 * The speed of the logo may vary.

FX/SFX: Very nice CGI animation!

Music/Sounds: Starts with a cymbal crash and a brass hum, followed by several electronic sound effects that ascend and grow rapid until the end, where it culminates in a twinkle, three drumbeats and an echoing whoosh.

Music/Sounds variants:
 * On a handful of games with this logo, the audio is a bit lower in quality. Additionally, the whoosh at the end may leave much more of an echo (if one listens closely to it, that is).
 * On Monopoly (1997) for PS1, the audio is low-pitched and slightly slower as a result.
 * The audio is slower on Stratego and several Spot titles as well.
 * On the MicroProse variant, the 6th logo's theme is heard, and when the logo ends the MicroProse logo's music kicks in as the last half of the former's theme trails off.
 * On Operation!, after the animated logo finishes, a still version then appears.

Availability: Common, this is the most frequent logo to find from the company and appears on a majority of the company's titles.
 * The standard version was first used on Battleship! and Boggle for PC, and went onto top appear on Frogger, Beast Wars: Transformers, the PC and PlayStation versions of Centipede (the Dreamcast version has the 2nd Atari logo), Scrabble, Atari Arcade Hits Volume 1 & 2, Monopoly (1997) for PlayStation, Risk (both PC and PlayStation versions), Chutes and Ladders, Barney's Magical Music, Operation!, Candy Land. Tonka Construction 2, Tonka Dig 'n Rigs, Tonka Power Tools, and so on.
 * The slower, lesser-quality music version appears on the PC version of Nicktoons Racing (the PS1 version & later copies of the PC version plaster it with the 4th Infogrames logo), Thomas & Friends: The Great Festival Adventure, The Next Tetris (not the Dreamcast version, which was published by Crave Games), Monopoly Junior, Milton Bradley Classic Board Games, Risk II, and Pac-Man: Adventures in Time.
 * The MicroProse variant can be seen on Civilization II: Test of Time and the 2000 remake of Gunship!.

4th Logo (1997-2001)
Nicknames: "The Spark", "The Hasbro Triangle III"

Logo: We start on a black background, where we hear the ascending whistle of a rocket. All of a sudden, a comet appears, quickly moving upwards over a space background (if one pays close attention enough, a la The Learning Company) as we see a big white spark. The comet then crashes into the spark, resulting in an explosion. It dies down, and we see the Hasbro Interactive logo, which is the same as the print logo. The wordmark is the same as the last logo as well, albeit with the dot on the second "i".

Variants:
 * On certain console games such as Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge for the Dreamcast, the logo is in better quality and moves at a smoother frame rate.
 * A still version exists.
 * The logo can have a box around it (just like the print logo), for example on H.E.D.Z., where it share places with the Vis logo, and in Daytona USA 2001 (the last game to feature this logo overall).
 * On Sorry!, the logo zooms in to let the Third-I logo appear.

FX/SFX: The spark moving and the explosion. For the Glover variant, the panning of the camera, Glover moving and him moving the ball.

Music/Sounds: A rocket whistle and explosion noises, ending in an electrical guitar-like sting and some thunderclapping sounds. Glover uses the title theme.

Availability: Uncommon, when compared to the last logo, but still frequent.


 * The animated version can be seen on Thomas & Friends: Trouble on the Tracks, Barney on Location: All Around Town, Wheel of Fortune: 2nd Edition, Jeopardy!: Second Edition, Family Feud, Squad Leader, the Dreamcast version of Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge, and Tonka Space Station.
 * The still version is seen on games like Sorry!, Candy Land Adventure, Mr. Potato Head: Activity Pack, Daytona USA 2001 for the Dreamcast and on many Game Boy Color titles.

5th Logo (1997-1999)
Nicknames: "The Dots", "The Hasbro Triangle IV"

Logo: 5 white dots move clockwise by a spiral towards the center. There, they merge and form a rotating pyramid with a big  sphere carved on its sides. The spheres pass over the pyramid as they become the normal colors of the spheres in the Hasbro Interactive logo. Then the spheres appear again, spin around the pyramid (which becomes 2D) and take their usual places. The words "HASBRO Interactive" move in with a door-closing effect and the logo sparkles, forming its usual design.

Variant: On The Game of Life (1998) for PC, the logo is shortened, with just the Hasbro Interactive wordmark moving into its position. Additionally, the logo is seen as enhanced and a bit bigger.

FX/SFX: The spheres moving, the pyramid rotating, the company name appearing and flashing.

Music/Sounds: A THX-like ascending theme that ends in a 5-note orchestral fanfare. There are various whooshes and ambient sounds heard throughout. The quality varies on each game.

Music/Sounds variant: On The Game of Life (1998) for PC, only the last two notes are heard.

Availability: Not as common as the previous two logos, but still infrequent.
 * It was seen on many Tonka games: Tonka Search and Rescue, Tonka Garage, Tonka Raceway and Tonka Workshop.
 * It also appears on many Artech Studios-developed titles such as My Little Pony: Friendship Gardens, Wheel of Fortune (the first edition), Jeopardy! (the first edition), and Monopoly: Star Wars.
 * Other titles that have this logo include Stuart Little: Big City Adventures, The Game of Life (1998) and Axis & Allies.

6th Logo (1999-2000)
Nicknames: "The Electrons", "Let's Play!", "The Hasbro Triangle V"

Logo: Some colored electrons move around a atom. The camera zooms out to reveal the space full of debris, then the triangle cuts off the space and makes the sphere inside it, surrounded by electrons as in the usual Hasbro logo. The logo is outlined. Suddenly the electron enters, making the way to its place and the logo shines to reveal "LET'S PLAY!" below the picture.

FX/SFX: The color electrons moving.

Music/Sounds: A fuzzy synth tune ending with a brief choir. Several whooshes can be heard as the electrons move.

Availability: Only appears on a small number of games:
 * First used on Super Scattergories, and later appeared on the 1999 version of Monopoly, Guess Who?, Action Man: Jungle Storm, and the PlayStation and PC versions of Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (the Dreamcast version uses the 4th logo),