Titus Software

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Background: Titus Software (later known as Titus Interactive SA) was a French video game company founded in 1985 by brothers Eric and Hervé Caen. The company had a reputation of producing bad games, with the most infamous one, Superman 64 for the Nintendo 64. In August 2001, it gained a majority in interest of video game publisher Interplay. By the turn of the century, the company went through financial and legal problems, and shut down in 2005. In the early days, the company logo was sometimes used as part of the title screen of the game. A real on-screen logo was used starting in the early 90s.

(1991-2004) Titus (1996) Realm, SNESTitus (1996) Prehistorik ManTitus 1993Titus Software (1993) The Blues Brothers, SNESTitus 2000 (Titus the Fox, GBC 1)Titus 2000 (Titus the Fox, GBC 2)Titus the Fox 2004 (Top Gun: Combat Zones, GBA)

Nicknames: "The Red Fox", "The Fox of Ineptitude" (normal version), "Titus the Fox", "Cartoon Fox", "The logo that appears on Superman 64" (Titus the Fox),

Logo: On a black background is a red border rectangle. Inside is a red border diamond with a red cartoony-looking fox sticking his tongue out towards the screen. Under that is "TITUS" in red.

Variations: A variant has "PRESENTS" under the company name in white. Another variant has the logo without the bordering. Another has the logo moved up to the top of the screen. On the Game Boy Color release of Titus the Fox, it has the fox in a diamond on a white background, then it has a screen saying "TITUS" in its company font and below that, "PRESENTS" in black. Another version has the head of Titus' mascot, Titus the Fox. This version does not appear in a diamond. The prototype version of Superman 64 has a animated variant with the word "Presents" on the bottom-right corner and a horrifying looking 3D version that appears, zooms in, and moves to the right side of the screen, moving its ears and mouth on the way. After it leaves, the name and "Presents" then zoom out and goes to the game.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None, or the opening theme of the game.

Availability: Seen on games from the company, such as Robocop. The version with "PRESENTS" can be seen on The Blues Brothers for the SNES. The one with Titus the Fox's head appears on Top Gun: Combat Zones and the infamous Superman 64.

Editor's Note: None.