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Background

Aspyr Media is a game company based in Austin, Texas, which specializes in porting video games. At first, they worked with Macintosh only, but later also started porting and publishing games to Windows and Game Boy Advance. The company was acquired by Embracer Group under its subsidiary Saber Interactive in February 2021.

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1st Logo (November 1997-2004)	2nd Logo (2005-2008)	3rd Logo (2008-2019)	4th Logo (2019-)

1st Logo (November 1997-2004)

Early version
GBA version

Logo: On a black background, we see glowing blue dust collected from the lower part of the screen and forming a crudely designed picture of a 6-point star with the word "ASPYR" below it. The logo glows and explodes into dust, which flies in all directions.

Variants: There are several custom variants:

There is an early variant where the star and the letters are coming into the screen whirling and then become still in a flash.
On SpyHunter, the logo rides on the road, dodges some missile attacks and then rises into the air. There, the logo divides into flying parts and turns into a helicopter, with the star as a rotor, and flies away.
On Wakeboarding Unleashed, the logo rides on a wakeboard, which disconnects and sinks. Then the still picture of the logo follows.
On Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, the logo rides on an orange trampoline. When it goes too high, it crashes down and the skateboard rolls into the camera, with the logo carved on it.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A sound of zooming stars, an announcer double whispering "Aspyr", then the sound continues fading out. In the variants, the sounds of events are heard.

Availability: Seen on several PC games published by Aspyr at the time, and probably on Mac game ports. The normal version appeared on MTX Mototrax and Kelly Slater Pro Surfer.

2nd Logo (2005-2008)

Logo: We see a formless horizontal line of orange flame. A white glow appears over it and expands into the Aspyr logo, which now looks like a different type of cog-looking star and the name just right to it in a condensed font. When the logo forms, the flame vanishes and the logo then fades out.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: A hollow sound, with an echoed announcer saying "Aspyr".

Availability: Seen on Spellforce 2, The Shield, and other games.

3rd Logo (2008-2019)

Logo: We move along a metallic surface made of square patterns with a hole in each square. Some holes are already taken by glowing purple rods, and some more rods fall from the sky to stick in the other holes. Then we rise up and see the rods forming the star from the Aspyr logo, which makes room for the blue-colored name to zoom in. Each letter of the word "asPyR" looks formed out of multiple rods, just like the star, and shines. Then the complete logo shines and becomes solid.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The sound of falling rods, then a windy sound and a metallic note, this time with no announcer.

Availability: Seen on Guitar Hero III and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for PC, among other games.

4th Logo (2019-)

Normal version
Morkredd version

Logo: We see the word "aspyr" with a 4-point star in the top of the "y".

Technique: Usually none.

Audio: None or the opening theme of the game.

Availability: Seen on Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for the Nintendo Switch and Morkredd, among other recent games.

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 '''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A sound of zooming stars, an announcer double whispering "Aspyr", then the sound continues fading out. In the variants, the sounds of events are heard.
+'''Audio:''' A sound of zooming stars, an announcer double whispering "Aspyr", then the sound continues fading out. In the variants, the sounds of events are heard.
 '''Availability:''' Seen on several PC games published by Aspyr at the time, and probably on Mac game ports. The normal version appeared on ''MTX Mototrax'' and ''Kelly Slater Pro Surfer''.
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 '''Technique:''' 2D computer animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A hollow sound, with an echoed announcer saying "Aspyr".
+'''Audio:''' A hollow sound, with an echoed announcer saying "Aspyr".
 '''Availability:'''  Seen on ''Spellforce 2'', ''The Shield'', and other games.
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 '''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The sound of falling rods, then a windy sound and a metallic note, this time with no announcer.
+'''Audio:''' The sound of falling rods, then a windy sound and a metallic note, this time with no announcer.
 '''Availability:''' Seen on ''Guitar Hero III'' and ''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed'' for PC, among other games.
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 '''Technique:''' Usually none.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' None or the opening theme of the game.
+'''Audio:''' None or the opening theme of the game.
 '''Availability:''' Seen on ''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed'' for the Nintendo Switch and ''Morkredd'', among other recent games.