TDK Mediactive Europe

Background

TDK Mediactive Europe was the media division owned by TDK Recording Media Europe, a defunct subsidiary of Japanese electronics company TDK. It was founded in 1999 and distributed and published CDs, DVDs and video games.

The company gained a sister business in the United States when TDK purchased Sound Source Interactive in 2000 and obtained the TDK Mediactive name, however, they exclusively focused on the publication of video games. With this, TDK Mediactive's US operations became TDK Mediactive Europe's major supplier in the video game market.

The operations of the company were largely unaffected when the US division was sold to Take-Two Interactive Software in December 2003, and TDK Mediactive Europe continued to publish their own titles exclusively for the European market. However, as they had lost their major supplier, the company eventually sold their upcoming published games in May 2005 to Playlogic Entertainment and silently ceased operations.

1st Logo (September 29, 2000)

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  Rainbow Islands

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  Elevator Action EX

Visuals: Just the standard TDK logo (which consists of a stylized hexagon with several smaller triangles in it forming a star-like design, next to the text "TDK") in blue on a white background.

Variant: On Elevator Action EX for Game Boy Color is below the logo:

Published by
TDK Recording Media Europe S.A

as well as "LICENSED BY NINTENDO".

Technique: A still sprite graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on Elevator Action EX and Rainbow Islands for GBC.

2nd Logo (December 2000)

Visuals: There is a kid (with golden hair and a yellow T-shirt) performing different moves and dances on a blue/black background. Images of him appear next to the letters T, D and K before it cuts back to him dancing. In the end, a CD-ROM flies into his hand, followed by the yellow text tdkids with COLLECTION below, over an orange outline. This then cuts to the standard print TDK logo in red.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A wacky upbeat sounder, ending with a cheer.

Availability: Appears on the European versions of The Land Before Time: Return to the Great Valley and Casper: Friends Around the World on PlayStation.

3rd Logo (2001-2005)

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  Still version

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  GBA version

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  Blue-toned version

Visuals: Same as the TDK Mediactive logo.

Variants: Same as the TDK Mediactive logo.

Technique: Same as the TDK Mediactive logo.

Audio: Same as the TDK Mediactive logo.

Availability: Same as the TDK Mediactive logo, alongside their own European-only titles such as Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade, Conan and World Racing. It may have appeared on the company's VHS and DVD releases as well.