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| − | <div class="WPC-editableContent"><div><div></div></div><div align="center"></div><font face="Arial"><font><font color="#333333"><u>Background</u>:Presto Studios was a<font>computer game</font>development company of the 1990s, especially famous for its award-winning<i>The Journeyman Project</i> series and the 2001 sequel to<font>Cyan</font>'s hit<font>Myst</font>series,<i>Myst III: Exile</i>.</font>In August 2002, <font color="#333333"><i>Whacked!</i></font></font><font color="#333333"> for Xbox was Presto Studios' final title before closing its doors shortly afterward. Though still in decent financial shape, Presto was facing an uphill challenge in the transition from the PC to console game market. The directors of the company anticipated a rapidly shrinking PC game market and decided to close the company while it was ahead. A significant number of the creative staff moved on to high-profile roles in motion picture and animation production.</font></font><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333">1st Logo</font><br/><font color="#333333">(1992-1998)</font><br/><br/><div align="center"> | + | <div class="WPC-editableContent"><div><div></div></div><div align="center"></div><font face="Arial"><font><font color="#333333"><u>Background</u>:Presto Studios was a<font>computer game</font>development company of the 1990s, especially famous for its award-winning<i>The Journeyman Project</i> series and the 2001 sequel to<font>Cyan</font>'s hit<font>Myst</font>series,<i>Myst III: Exile</i>.</font>In August 2002, <font color="#333333"><i>Whacked!</i></font></font><font color="#333333"> for Xbox was Presto Studios' final title before closing its doors shortly afterward. Though still in decent financial shape, Presto was facing an uphill challenge in the transition from the PC to console game market. The directors of the company anticipated a rapidly shrinking PC game market and decided to close the company while it was ahead. A significant number of the creative staff moved on to high-profile roles in motion picture and animation production.</font></font><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333">1st Logo</font><br/><font color="#333333">(1992-1998)</font><br/><br/><div align="center">[[File:0b41a29d42f94a9490bcc4e83104782f.png|315px|Presto Studios (1992)]][[File:3bb96d9cdefda86c90696f7428339e6f.png|305px|Presto Studios (1995/Still Variant)]]<iframe frameborder="0" height="260" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/c854ad19995bc2948a4fec3c9f5e57e9d44ba59b" width="460"></iframe></div><br/><u>Nicknames</u><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: "The Magic Hat", "Prest-O Change-O", "Animation, Interactivity, Music and Video", "The Four Elements"</font><br/><br/><u>Logo</u><font color="#333333">: TBA</font><br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u><font color="#333333">: Live action/traditional CGI.</font></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><u>Variant</u>: A still version exists. It also appears to be brightened and in poor quality.</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><font color="#333333"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A thunderstorm, a gust of wind, a water fountain, and a fire sound ending with a 3-note synth-violin finishing with a descending synth-violin tune. The still variant has a dramatic synth tune. The first theme is known to be composed by Geno Andrews, while the variant theme is composed by Bob Stewart.<br/></font><br/><u>Availability</u><font color="#333333">: Seen on the first two Journeyman Project games.</font><br/></font></div><br/></div> |
Latest revision as of 23:49, 5 November 2020
Background:Presto Studios was acomputer gamedevelopment company of the 1990s, especially famous for its award-winningThe Journeyman Project series and the 2001 sequel toCyan's hitMystseries,Myst III: Exile.In August 2002, Whacked! for Xbox was Presto Studios' final title before closing its doors shortly afterward. Though still in decent financial shape, Presto was facing an uphill challenge in the transition from the PC to console game market. The directors of the company anticipated a rapidly shrinking PC game market and decided to close the company while it was ahead. A significant number of the creative staff moved on to high-profile roles in motion picture and animation production.
1st Logo
(1992-1998)
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Nicknames: "The Magic Hat", "Prest-O Change-O", "Animation, Interactivity, Music and Video", "The Four Elements"
Logo: TBA
FX/SFX: Live action/traditional CGI.
(1992-1998)
<iframe frameborder="0" height="260" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/c854ad19995bc2948a4fec3c9f5e57e9d44ba59b" width="460"></iframe>Nicknames: "The Magic Hat", "Prest-O Change-O", "Animation, Interactivity, Music and Video", "The Four Elements"
Logo: TBA
FX/SFX: Live action/traditional CGI.
Variant: A still version exists. It also appears to be brightened and in poor quality.
Music/Sounds: A thunderstorm, a gust of wind, a water fountain, and a fire sound ending with a 3-note synth-violin finishing with a descending synth-violin tune. The still variant has a dramatic synth tune. The first theme is known to be composed by Geno Andrews, while the variant theme is composed by Bob Stewart.
Availability: Seen on the first two Journeyman Project games.
Availability: Seen on the first two Journeyman Project games.