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Title: Favorite Konami Laser Logo?
Post by: lukester on December 20, 2013, 10:51:05 AM
Kind of a silly topic, but few people know about this.
Konami Laser Logos - Mixed together (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xw7shs)
Pretty neat actually. Each system has it's own Konami Laser logo color and sound!
Which do you like best? I love the mysteriousness of the Genesis's sound, but I like the PC Engine's Blue best.
Title: Re: Favorite Konami Laser Logo?
Post by: SuperDeadite on December 20, 2013, 10:56:10 AM
Personally my favorite is the old school logo from the early 80's. It's just the word Konami with a special curve on the K. I think Salamander arcade was the last game that used it.
Title: Re: Favorite Konami Laser Logo?
Post by: Necromancer on December 20, 2013, 11:20:18 AM
I like the sound of the PCE one (probably because it's what I'm most used to), and I prefer the blue laser since the logo itself starts out as blue.
Title: Re: Favorite Konami Laser Logo?
Post by: lukester on December 20, 2013, 11:24:45 AM
Personally my favorite is the old school logo from the early 80's. It's just the word Konami with a special curve on the K. I think Salamander arcade was the last game that used it.
Yes, the classic Konami MSX game boot up screen. :)
Title: Re: Favorite Konami Laser Logo?
Post by: Opethian on December 20, 2013, 12:32:32 PM
the konami sound is almost as iconic as morning music
Title: Re: Favorite Konami Laser Logo?
Post by: Punch on December 20, 2013, 01:07:35 PM
I find that bent K Konami logo a little bit weird to be honest... I like that diamond logo the best. Why did Konami change it to that boring, uninspired logo, and worse without the chime??? WHY
Title: Re: Favorite Konami Laser Logo?
Post by: esteban on December 20, 2013, 05:19:10 PM
I love all of the jingles (SNES, GEN, PCE). I couldn't choose one.
Title: Re: Favorite Konami Laser Logo?
Post by: Tatsujin on December 20, 2013, 05:24:36 PM
I find that bent K Konami logo a little bit weird to be honest... I like that diamond logo the best. Why did Konami change it to that boring, uninspired logo, and worse without the chime??? WHY
konami isn't just a gamemaker anymore these days. they have largest gym chains, life insurance, real estate and so on..all sharing the same logo.
Title: Re: Favorite Konami Laser Logo?
Post by: Black Tiger on December 22, 2013, 03:54:28 AM
I prefer the sound of the PCE version, which came first. The rest are imitating the PCE.
Title: Re: Favorite Konami Laser Logo?
Post by: lukester on December 22, 2013, 04:51:16 AM
I prefer the sound of the PCE version, which came first. The rest are imitating the PCE.
Wrong, Gradius III and Goemon both came out in Japan before Gradius on PCE did.
The story everyone always tells is that Konami got fed up waiting for Nintendo to release a 16-bit console and that's why they dared to support a non-Nintendo one. I guess like too many of these kinds of stories it was just puled out of someone's ass.
Still doesn't explain why the SNES intro samples PCE sound, unless Konami held back its first PCE projects until after the SFC launch, as a favor to Nintendo.
Title: Re: Favorite Konami Laser Logo?
Post by: lukester on December 22, 2013, 07:43:21 AM
I prefer the sound of the PCE version, which came first. The rest are imitating the PCE.
Wrong, Gradius III and Goemon both came out in Japan before Gradius on PCE did.
The story everyone always tells is that Konami got fed up waiting for Nintendo to release a 16-bit console and that's why they dared to support a non-Nintendo one. I guess like too many of these kinds of stories it was just puled out of someone's ass.
Still doesn't explain why the SNES intro samples PCE sound, unless Konami held back its first PCE projects until after the SFC launch, as a favor to Nintendo.
Very interesting story. But some questions.
The SNES sample sounds a little better than the PCE one, so is it flip flopped?
Why did Konami make so few PCE games then?
Title: Re: Favorite Konami Laser Logo?
Post by: SuperDeadite on December 26, 2013, 10:42:12 AM
I think Konami only liked to self-publish when they were certain of good profits. Just look the X68000. Gradius was the pack-in game for the system, and Salamander plus other Konami ports came out very quickly. But they were licensed ports done by Sharp/SPS directly. However in 1993 they did a 180 and developed and self-published 5 games directly. Why just 5, and why wait until 93? Only reason I can think of is how the market was going.
Title: Re: Favorite Konami Laser Logo?
Post by: Xak on December 26, 2013, 12:05:35 PM
SNES version all the way. Most familiar. Sounds better than the Genny. PCE one is cool but reminds me of Snatcher... what no MSX version?
Title: Re: Favorite Konami Laser Logo?
Post by: lukester on December 26, 2013, 12:35:45 PM