Bomb Software

Background: Bomb Software was a game company founded in 1990. The company is known for making the Starry Girls series. In 1992, the company was bought by Nightvision Interactive.

1st Logo

(1990)

Nicknames: "The Bomb I", "The Early Bomb"

Logo: We see two hands of a zombie holding a bomb with the company's name on it.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Only appeared on Zombies Attack! (the first game made by the company) for the NES.

Scare Factor: Minimal.

2nd Logo

(1990-1993)

Nicknames: "The Bomb II", "The Zooming Bomb"

Logo: On a black background, we see the bomb from before zooming in.

Variants:

NES and Game Boy games have the logo still.

Many games have the background purple.

On Zombies Attack! II, the word "PRESENTS" is seen below the company's name.

FX/SFX: Very simple animation.

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

Availability: Rare. Appeared on NES, Game Boy, SNES and Sega Genesis games by Bomb Software just like Starry Girls,

Monkey Island, and Zombies Attack! II.

Scare Factor: Low. None for the still variant.

3rd Logo

(1993-1996)

Logo: We see a purple star field. Then a bomb comes in from the bottom side of the screen and stops on the center. Many copies of "BOMB" and "SOFTWARE" then spin around the bomb. The company's logo, in gold, then appears in the words line and stops. The words then fade out. Then the bomb explodes, creating a black background.

Variant: Sometimes, after the bomb explodes, "Presents" appears.

FX/SFX: Everything.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Rare. Appeared on SNES, Sega Genesis, Neo-Geo, and Playstation games starting with Starry Girls II.

Scare Factor: Low bordering to medium, because of the bomb exploding at the end.

4th Logo

(1996-1997)

Logo: We see an aerial view of silver city with many buildings and cars. Many bombs then fall on the city. The camera then zooms out to reveal that the city is the first "B" of the word "BOMB". Then "SOFTWARE" slides in and stops below the word.

FX/SFX: Everything.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Uncommon.

Scare Factor: Minimal.

5th Logo

(1997-2003)

Logo: We see the word "BOMB" writing itself. Below the writing text, various copies of a red rectangle with the word "SOFTWARE" zoom out and then merge into one. After "BOMB" is finished drawing, a bomb then zooms in behind the text. Then "A Division Of Nightvision Interactive" fades below the rectangle.

Variants:

In games from 1997 to early 1998, the logo was bylineless.

There's a variant were "SOFTWARE" is missing.

FX/SFX: Everything.

Cheesy Factor: The bomb looks cheap.

Music/Sounds: Writing sounds followed by short "whoosh" sounds, then a long whoosh when the bomb zooms in.

Availability: Uncommon. Seen on games made by Bomb Software by the time. The variant without "SOFTWARE" was seen only on Restaurant Tycoon, released for the Playstation in 2000.

Scare Factor: Low. The whooshing sounds may startle some.

6th Logo

(2003-)

TBA