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Background

High Score Productions was one of Electronic Arts' development companies that used to develop EA Sports titles, such as the Madden NFL series (EA Tiburon is the developer since 1996), College Football USA (formerly known as Bill Walsh College Football, now known as the NCAA Football series since 1997), and other games. It worked with other developers on some titles as well (Visual Concepts, Tiburon Entertainment, Stormfront Studios, etc.) In 1995, it was renamed to High Score Entertainment.

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1st Logo (June 1993-1997)	2nd Logo (May 6, 1994-March 28, 1996)	3rd Logo (Viewpoint custom variant) (November 28, 1995-June 1, 1996)	4th Logo (August 15, 1996-August 6, 1998)

1st Logo (June 1993-1997)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a stone-shaped square on a blue upside-down triangle with a blue sphere with brown liquid on the bottom. Its shadow is displayed behind it. The words "HIGH" and "SCORE" are above and below respectively with "PRODUCTIONS" below it.

Variants:

Sometimes under the logo, on EA's Genesis titles, the name of the person or company is under the logo with "AND" above and "PRESENT" below it respectively. Here are the following variations:
- On Madden NFL '94 and '95, it says "WILLIAM ROBINSON".
- On NHL '94 to '97, it says "MARK LESSER".
- On Bill Walsh College Football and '95, it says "JIM SIMMONS".
- On PGA Tour III, it says "POLYGAMES".
- On NHL Hockey for Game Gear, it says "REALTIME ASSOCIATES".
- On IMG International Tour Tennis, it says "TOM McWILLIAMS". Also, the logo is bigger.
On Normy's Beach Babe-o-Rama, "A" is above the logo and "PRODUCTION" is below the logo respectively, and under the logo, it says "IN ASOCCIATION WITH", which has a spelling mistake on "ASSOCIATION". The Realtime Associates logo follows it.
On Jungle Strike, it's like the Normy's Beach Babe-o-Rama variant, but with "MIKE POSEHN" added below. Also, "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" is spelled correctly.
On Bill Walsh College Football and NHL '94 for Sega CD, "PRESENTS" is under the logo. Plus, the logo shines.
On some EA titles (mostly for SNES and some for Genesis), "AND" is under the logo and one of the developer logos follow it (with "PRESENT" below the developer's logo).
On the SNES versions of Madden NFL '96, '97 and NHL '96, and the Genesis version of Toughman Contest, the logo is on a white background. On Madden NFL '97, "ENTERTAINMENT" replaces "PRODUCTIONS" (shown before the credits when selected from the Pre-Game, Pause, and other menus).
On Eagle Eye Mysteries for DOS, the triangle has a space background inside, and the logo is on a blue gradient background due to a coding error.

Technique: None. Sometimes, the logo shines on the "PRESENTS" variant.

Audio: None. Sometimes, the opening theme of the game is heard.

Availability: Can be seen on most EA Sports titles for Genesis and SNES. Also appears on non-sports titles like Jungle Strike for Genesis, and Eagle Eye Mysteries and Eagle Eye Mysteries in London for DOS. Also appears on NHL Hockey and MLBPA Baseball for Game Gear as well.

2nd Logo (May 6, 1994-March 28, 1996)

Visuals: On a cloudy sky background, there is the same stone square on a blue upside-down triangle with a blue sphere with gray liquid on the bottom. Above it is "HIGH SCORE" and below is "PRODUCTIONS" respectively.

Variant: On Extreme Pinball, it is shown on the bottom along with the Electronic Arts logo on the top.

Technique: A still computer graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Can be seen on John Madden Football for 3DO. Also appears on Extreme Pinball for PS1 and PC.

3rd Logo (Viewpoint custom variant) (November 28, 1995-June 1, 1996)

Visuals: Continuing on where the Electronic Arts logo left off (see here), the camera moves through the space as the cube leaves the screen, while the sphere moves onto the pyramid from the EA logo. The text zooms out, and through a burning effect, "HIGH SCORE ENTERTAINMENT" appears while the sphere turns and glows gold. Then the sphere explodes as the text dissolves, causing a hole in the triangle to appear, which proceeds into the Visual Concepts logo variant (see here) as well.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The opening theme of the game.

Availability: Appears on the PS1 version of Viewpoint.

4th Logo (August 15, 1996-August 6, 1998)

Visuals: Over a black background, the logo starts with some liquid balls raining down and we see a violet-textured upside-down triangle coming from the left rotating, and a stone-shaped square coming from the right rotating, respectively. "HIGH" comes from the top-left, "SCORE" comes from the bottom-right and "ENTERTAINMENT" comes from the bottom, respectively in a "Futured" font, rotating and forming the logo. Then some more liquid balls rain down onto the stone-shaped square to form a red-orange sphere with gray liquid on the bottom with its shadow appearing behind it, forming the logo as some more liquid balls exit the screen.

Variant: On Overblood for PS1 and Fire Fight for PC, the logo is still, and the Electronic Arts logo is shown above.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A piano fanfare with some drones and a fast synth arpeggio in the background.

Availability: Appears on Madden NFL '97 for PS1, Sega Saturn, and PC (before the game starts when the EA Sports team is selected as a Home Team). Also appears on Andretti Racing, Madden NFL '98, NCAA Football '98-'99 and NASCAR '98 for PS1, Saturn and PC as well.

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+===Background===
-Background: High Score Entertainment originally started in 1993 as "High Score Productions" and was one of the EA's development companies that used to develop EA Sports titles such as the Madden NFL series (now "EA Tiburon" is the developer since 1996), College Football USA (formerly known as Bill Walsh College Football and now known as the NCAA Football series since 1997), and other games. Sometimes, it worked with another developer on some titles as well. (Visual Concepts, Tiburon Entertainment (now "EA Tiburon"), Stormfront Studios (formerly known as "Beyond Software" until 1993), etc. In 1995, it was later known as "High Score Entertainment".
+'''High Score Productions''' was one of [[Electronic Arts]]' development companies that used to develop [[EA Sports]] titles, such as the ''Madden NFL'' series ([[EA Tiburon]] is the developer since 1996), ''College Football USA'' (formerly known as ''Bill Walsh College Football'', now known as the ''NCAA Football'' series since 1997), and other games. It worked with other developers on some titles as well ([[Visual Concepts]], Tiburon Entertainment, [[Stormfront Studios]], etc.) In 1995, it was renamed to '''High Score Entertainment'''.
+{{ImageTOC
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+|High Score Entertainment (1994) (From - Old CLG Wiki).png|2nd Logo (May 6, 1994-March 28, 1996)
+|High Score Entertainment (1995) (Taken from Viewpoint, PlayStation).png|3rd Logo (Viewpoint custom variant) (November 28, 1995-June 1, 1996)
+|High Score Entertainment (1996) (From - Old CLG Wiki).png|4th Logo (August 15, 1996-August 6, 1998)
+}}
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+===1st Logo (June 1993-1997)===
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+High Score Entertainment (1993, 12) (From - Old CLG Wiki).png
+High Score Productions (1990s) (Taken from Eagle Eye Mysteries, DOS).png
+High Score Productions (1990s) (Taken from Eagle Eye Mysteries CD, DOS).png
+High Score Productions (1993) (Taken from Madden NFL '94, SNES).png
+High Score Productions (1994) (Taken from Madden NFL 95, SNES).png
+High Score Productions (1994) (Taken from MLBPA Baseball, SNES).png
+High Score Productions (1995) (Taken from Madden NFL 96, SNES).png
+High Score Productions (1995) (Taken from MLBPA Baseball, GG).png
+High Score Productions (1995) (Taken from Toughman Contest, Genesis).png
+</gallery>
-Logo: On a black background, we see the stoned-shaped square on the blue upside down triangle with the blue-sphere with the brown liquid on the bottom and it's shadow is displayed behind it. The words, "HIGH", and "SCORE" are above and below respectively with "PRODUCTIONS" below it.
+'''Visuals:''' On a black background, there is a stone-shaped square on a {{color|blue}} upside-down triangle with a {{color|blue}} sphere with {{color|saddlebrown|brown}} liquid on the bottom. Its shadow is displayed behind it. The words "HIGH" and "SCORE" are above and below respectively with "PRODUCTIONS" below it.
+'''Variants:'''
-Variants: Sometimes under the logo, on EA Genesis titles, the name of the person or company is under the logo with "AND" above and "PRESENT" below it respectively. Here's the following:
+* Sometimes under the logo, on EA's Genesis titles, the name of the person or company is under the logo with "AND" above and "PRESENT" below it respectively. Here are the following variations:
-On Madden NFL '94 and '95, it says "WILLIAM ROBINSON".
-On NHL '94, '95, '96, and '97, it says "MARK LESSER".
+** On ''Madden NFL '94'' and '''95'', it says "WILLIAM ROBINSON".
-On Bill Walsh College Football and '95, it says "JIM SIMMONS".
+** On ''NHL '94'' to '''97'', it says "MARK LESSER".
-On PGA Tour III, it says "POLYGAMES".
+** On ''Bill Walsh College Football'' and '''95'', it says "JIM SIMMONS".
-On NHL Hockey for Game Gear, it says "REALTIME ASSOCIATES".
+** On ''PGA Tour III'', it says "POLYGAMES".
-On IMG International Tour Tennis, it says "TOM McWILLIAMS". Also, the logo is bigger.
+** On ''NHL Hockey'' for Game Gear, it says "REALTIME ASSOCIATES".
+** On ''IMG International Tour Tennis'', it says "TOM McWILLIAMS". Also, the logo is bigger.
-On Normy's Beach Babe-o-Rama, "A" is above the logo and "PRODUCTION" is below the logo, respectively, and under the logo it says "IN ASOCCIATION WITH". The Realtime Associates logo followed it. It was a spelling mistake on "ASSOCIATION" which should be spelled that way.
+* On ''Normy's Beach Babe-o-Rama'', "A" is above the logo and "PRODUCTION" is below the logo respectively, and under the logo, it says "IN ASOCCIATION WITH", which has a spelling mistake on "ASSOCIATION". The [[Realtime Associates, Inc.|Realtime Associates]] logo follows it.
-On Jungle Strike, it's like the Normy's Beach Babe-o-Rama variant, but with "MIKE POSEHN" added below. Also, "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" is spelled correctly.
+* On ''Jungle Strike'', it's like the ''Normy's Beach Babe-o-Rama'' variant, but with "MIKE POSEHN" added below. Also, "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" is spelled correctly.
-On Bill Walsh College Football and NHL '94 for Sega CD, "PRESENTS" is under the logo. Plus, the logo shines.
-On some EA titles (mostly for SNES and some for Genesis), "AND" is under the logo and one of the developer logos follow it (with "PRESENT" below the developer's logo).
+* On ''Bill Walsh College Football'' and ''NHL '94'' for Sega CD, "PRESENTS" is under the logo. Plus, the logo shines.
+* On some EA titles (mostly for SNES and some for Genesis), "AND" is under the logo and one of the developer logos follow it (with "PRESENT" below the developer's logo).
-On SNES versions of Madden NFL '96, '97 and NHL '96, the logo is on a white background. But on '97, "ENTERTAINMENT" replaces "PRODUCTIONS". (Which was shown before the credits when selected from the Pre-Game, Pause, and other menus.)
+* On the SNES versions of ''Madden NFL '96'', '''97'' and ''NHL '96'', and the Genesis version of ''Toughman Contest'', the logo is on a white background. On ''Madden NFL '97'', "ENTERTAINMENT" replaces "PRODUCTIONS" (shown before the credits when selected from the Pre-Game, Pause, and other menus).
+* On ''Eagle Eye Mysteries'' for DOS, the triangle has a space background inside, and the logo is on a {{color|blue}} gradient background due to a coding error.
-FX/SFX: None. Sometimes, the logo shines on the "PRESENTS" variant.
+'''Technique:''' None. Sometimes, the logo shines on the "PRESENTS" variant.
-Music/Sounds: None. Sometimes, the opening theme of the game is heard.
+'''Audio:''' None. Sometimes, the opening theme of the game is heard.
-Availability: Can be seen on most EA Sports titles for Genesis and SNES. Also appears on non-sports titles like Jungle Strike for Genesis as well. Also appears on NHL Hockey and MLBPA Baseball for Game Gear as well.
+'''Availability:''' Can be seen on most EA Sports titles for Genesis and SNES. Also appears on non-sports titles like ''Jungle Strike'' for Genesis, and ''Eagle Eye Mysteries'' and ''Eagle Eye Mysteries in London'' for DOS. Also appears on ''NHL Hockey'' and ''MLBPA Baseball'' for Game Gear as well.
+===2nd Logo (May 6, 1994-March 28, 1996)===
-Editor's Note: None.
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+High Score Entertainment (1994) (From - Old CLG Wiki).png
+ElectronicArts(2).png
+</gallery>
+'''Visuals:''' On a cloudy sky background, there is the same stone square on a {{color|blue}} upside-down triangle with a {{color|blue}} sphere with {{color|gray}} liquid on the bottom. Above it is "{{font|Serif|{{color|gold|HIGH SCORE}}}}" and below is "{{font|Serif|{{color|gold|PRODUCTIONS}}}}" respectively.
+'''Variant:''' On ''Extreme Pinball'', it is shown on the bottom along with the Electronic Arts logo on the top.
+'''Technique:''' A still computer graphic.
-nd Logo
-(1994-1996)
-High Score Productions (1994)Electronic Arts/High Score Productions (1996)
+'''Audio:''' None.
-Logo: On a cloudy sky background, we see the same stone square on a blue upside down triangle with the blue-sphere with the gray liquid on the bottom. Above it is "HIGH SCORE" and below is "PRODUCTIONS" respectively in a serif font.
+'''Availability:''' Can be seen on ''John Madden Football'' for 3DO. Also appears on ''Extreme Pinball'' for PS1 and PC.
-Variant: On Extreme Pinball, it is shown on the bottom along with the Electronic Arts logo on the top.
+===3rd Logo (''Viewpoint'' custom variant) (November 28, 1995-June 1, 1996)===
-FX/SFX: None.
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+High Score Entertainment (1995) (Taken from Viewpoint, PlayStation).png
+</gallery>
+'''Visuals:''' Continuing on where the Electronic Arts logo left off (see [[Electronic Arts#1st Logo (May 20, 1983-1999)|here]]), the camera moves through the space as the cube leaves the screen, while the sphere moves onto the pyramid from the EA logo. The text zooms out, and through a burning effect, "'''HIGH SCORE ENTERTAINMENT'''" appears while the sphere turns and glows {{color|gold}}. Then the sphere explodes as the text dissolves, causing a hole in the triangle to appear, which proceeds into the Visual Concepts logo variant (see [[Visual Concepts#8th Logo (Viewpoint custom variant) (November 28, 1995-June 1, 1996)|here]]) as well.
-Music/Sounds: Silent.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-Availability: Can be seen on John Madden Football for 3DO. Also appears on Extreme Pinball for PlayStation and PC.
+'''Audio:''' The opening theme of the game.
-Editor's Note: None.
+'''Availability:''' Appears on the PS1 version of ''Viewpoint''.
+===4th Logo (August 15, 1996-August 6, 1998)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+High Score Entertainment (1996) (From - Old CLG Wiki).png
+Electronic Arts + High Score Entertainment (1990s) (Taken from Overblood, PlayStation).png
+Electronic Arts + High Score Entertainment (1996) (Taken from Fire Fight, PC).png
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=pSCZH64bpMo}}
+'''Visuals:''' Over a black background, the logo starts with some liquid balls raining down and we see a {{color|violet}}-textured upside-down triangle coming from the left rotating, and a stone-shaped square coming from the right rotating, respectively. "HIGH" comes from the top-left, "SCORE" comes from the bottom-right and "ENTERTAINMENT" comes from the bottom, respectively in a "Futured" font, rotating and forming the logo. Then some more liquid balls rain down onto the stone-shaped square to form a {{color|orangered|red-orange}} sphere with {{color|gray}} liquid on the bottom with its shadow appearing behind it, forming the logo as some more liquid balls exit the screen.
-rd Logo
-(1995)
-High Score Entertainment (1995)
-Logo: On a black background, we see the text reading "High Score Entertainment and William Robinson present" in a Franklin Gothic Bold Italic font.
+'''Variant:''' On ''Overblood'' for PS1 and ''Fire Fight'' for PC, the logo is still, and the [[Electronic Arts]] logo is shown above.
-FX/SFX: None.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-Music/Sounds: Opening theme of the game.
+'''Audio:''' A piano fanfare with some drones and a fast synth arpeggio in the background.
-Availability: Can be seen on Madden NFL '96 for Genesis.
+'''Availability:''' Appears on ''Madden NFL '97'' for PS1, Sega Saturn, and PC (before the game starts when the EA Sports team is selected as a Home Team). Also appears on ''Andretti Racing'', ''Madden NFL '98'', ''NCAA Football '98-'99'' and ''NASCAR '98'' for PS1, Saturn and PC as well.
-Editor's Note: None.
+[[Category:American video game logos]]
+[[Category:United States]]
+[[Category:Video game logos]]
-th Logo (Viewpoint Variant)
+[[Category:Electronic Arts]]
-(1995)
-High Score Entertainment (1995)
-Logo: Continuing on where the Electronic Arts logo left off (see here), we move through the space as the 3D Square from the EA logo leaves the screen while the Circle from the EA logo moves onto the Triangle from the EA logo while the text zooms out through the burning effect reading "HIGH SCORE ENTERTAINMENT" appears while the Circle turns and glows yellow. Then the circle explodes as the text dissolves causing a hole in the triangle to appear which proceeds into the Visual Concepts logo variant (see here), as well.
-FX/SFX: CGI Animation.
-Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the game.
-Availability: Appears on PlayStation version of Viewpoint.
-Editor's Note: Low.
-th Logo
-(1996-1998)
-High Score Entertainment (1996)
-Logo: On a black background, we see some liquid balls raining down and we see the violet-textured upside-down triangle coming from the left rotating and the stone-shaped square coming from the right rotating respectively while "HIGH" comes from the top-left, "SCORE" comes from the bottom-right and "ENTERTAINMENT" coming from the bottom respectively in a "Futured" font rotating and forming the logo. Then some more liquid balls rain down and onto the stone-shaped square to form the red-orange sphere with the gray liquid on the bottom with it's shadow appearing behind it, forming the logo as some more liquid balls exit the screen.
-FX/SFX: CGI Animation.
-Music/Sounds: TBA.
-Availability: Appears on Madden NFL '97 for PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and PC (Before the game starts when the EA Sports team is selected as a Home Team). Also appears on Andretti Racing, Madden NFL '98, NCAA Football '98 (and '99) and NASCAR '98 for PlayStation, Saturn and PC as well.
-Editor's Note: Low.