Wanadoo Edition
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FX/SFX: The logo zooms in with blur effect. The static version is much more common.
Variants:
Music/Sounds: Some whooshes and mechanical whirs followed by a distorted female voice saying "wanadoo" with the techno music in the background. None for the still version.
Availability: Seen in a variety of games like The Messenger, Necronomicon, Aztec for PSX and other titles.
Editor's Note: None.
FX/SFX: The letters creating effects. Sometimes no animation and the background is black.
Music/Sounds: 2 notes sounding similar to music found on Wii Sports, and a series of computerized sounds.
Availability: Uncommon. Seen on Pink Panther and Hellboy: Asylum Seeker for PSX and also appeared on Iron Storm.
Editor's Note: None.
Logo descriptions and captures by EnormousRat
Background: Wanadoo Edition was formed in 2000 by the merger of France Telecom Multimedia (Wanadoo) and index+. The new company developed and published games until 2003, when Microids, suffering from financial troubles, purchased Wanadoo Edition, so Wanadoo became a 12% shareholder of Microids.
Background: Wanadoo Edition was formed in 2000 by the merger of France Telecom Multimedia (Wanadoo) and index+. The new company developed and published games until 2003, when Microids, suffering from financial troubles, purchased Wanadoo Edition, so Wanadoo became a 12% shareholder of Microids.
1st Logo
(2000-2002)
Nickname: "France Telecom"
Logo: The logo is a common France Telecom sign, a red and orange ampersand. Right to the symbol, there's wanadoo, which can be white or blue. Sometimes the background is white, and the letters are blue.
(2000-2002)
Nickname: "France Telecom"
Logo: The logo is a common France Telecom sign, a red and orange ampersand. Right to the symbol, there's wanadoo, which can be white or blue. Sometimes the background is white, and the letters are blue.
FX/SFX: The logo zooms in with blur effect. The static version is much more common.
Variants:
- The logo comes with several bylines, the earliest one says France Telecom Group or Groupe France Telecom. Other version says edition. Later, there was no byline.
- Some games for GBA had the red background.
Music/Sounds: Some whooshes and mechanical whirs followed by a distorted female voice saying "wanadoo" with the techno music in the background. None for the still version.
Availability: Seen in a variety of games like The Messenger, Necronomicon, Aztec for PSX and other titles.
Editor's Note: None.
2nd Logo
(2002-2003)
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Nickname: "Computer Synthesis"
Logo: A rounded black rectangle (with one corner untamed) zooms to the screen with purple w inside. The letter begins to change, then the rectangle moves left, and wanadoo is created with some effects. The w letter moves right, making w and n, then a falls down, creating another a, and last three letters appear. Then the w flashes back to the rectangle.
(2002-2003)
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Logo: A rounded black rectangle (with one corner untamed) zooms to the screen with purple w inside. The letter begins to change, then the rectangle moves left, and wanadoo is created with some effects. The w letter moves right, making w and n, then a falls down, creating another a, and last three letters appear. Then the w flashes back to the rectangle.
FX/SFX: The letters creating effects. Sometimes no animation and the background is black.
Music/Sounds: 2 notes sounding similar to music found on Wii Sports, and a series of computerized sounds.
Availability: Uncommon. Seen on Pink Panther and Hellboy: Asylum Seeker for PSX and also appeared on Iron Storm.
Editor's Note: None.