Morning Star Multimedia

Background

Morning Star Multimedia was an American video game company founded in May 1995 by Dan Kitchen. They were acquired by the Telegen Corporation in 1996 as a wholly owned subsidiary. They are known for releasing Frogger for the Sega Genesis when Majesco rereleased the console in 1998 (known as the Genesis 3). Their last game was released in 2000 and it is unknown if they are still in the video game industry today. Employees of the company left to form two gaming studios. Half of them was the Majesco-led Pipe Dream Interactive, the other half was OutLook Entertainment, Inc. which developed three games for Game Boy Advance.

1st Logo (1997-1998)

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Visuals: On a space background, there is a star shining. The star moves, and we reveal the text "MORNING STAR" in a Trajan Pro font with a line below "MULTIMEDIA" in a spaced-out Helvetica font, colored purple. The star moves, and we the sun shining, and mountains and hills appear from the bottom. The green diamond then appears, the sun shines, the background turns into black-purple-white gradient, and the star lands on the green diamond, causing five cote out lines to appear, creating the Morning Star logo.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A chime-oriented synth theme.

Availability: Seen on Casper: The Interactive Adventure, Weight Trackers Plan and Track and Kristi Yamaguchi Fantasy Ice Skating for the PC.

2nd Logo (1998-1999)

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  Normal

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  Game Boy

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  Game Boy Color

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  10-Pin Bowling (GBC)

Visuals: Over a white background, there is the Morning Star Multimedia logo from the previous logo, but this time the text is in black and less detailed.

Variants:

• On Super Breakout, Centipede and Frogger for Game Boy, the logo is in black and white, and more less detailed.
• On Super Breakout, Centipede and Frogger for Game Boy Color, the logo is tinted turquoise due to palette limits.
• On 10-Pin Bowling for Game Boy Color, the text is blue and has a drop shadow in it. Plus it is solid.

Technique: A still graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on Frogger for SNES, Game Boy and Game Boy Color, Super Breakout and Centipede for Game Boy and Game Boy Color and 10-Pin Bowling for Game Boy Color.

3rd Logo (1999-2000)

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Visuals: Over a black background, there is the same Morning Star Multimedia logo from before, but this time it is dark green, the text is white and has a blue shadow.

Variant: On the Game Boy Color version of NFL Blitz 2001, the star shines on the logo.

Technique: A still graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on NASCAR Challenge, Pong: The Next Level, Tonka Raceway, F-18 Thunder Strike, Ultimate Paintball and NFL Blitz 2001 for Game Boy Color.