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[entremet]

As MK9's release nears, one thing it got me thinking is how iconic its logo is. I enjoyed the first three games in the arcades, and I'm stoked for the new game, which seems to be going back to its roots. That Dragon logo is just so iconic and perfect for the reboot of the series

Going a bit retro, the Rock Man logo always seemed simple and understated. Most North American gamers got a more Star Wars type logo when the game was released here as Mega Man.

 

[OnPoint]

 

[Gravijah]

 

[adelante]

That Dragon logo is just so iconic and perfect for the reboot of the series

Yeah I really love what they've done with the MK logo; the old one for comparison:

 

[wondermega]

I miss that old konami logo, sniff..

 

[cj_iwakura]

The Key of Solomon from Shin Megami Tensei.

Closest I can find:

The US version is cool too.

 

[Slamtastic]

Simple, to the point.

But everyone remembers them.

 

[SolidSnakex]

 

[AgentChris]

 

[qazqaNii]

Edit:

 

[vulva]

probably the atari logo

 

[gdt]

About as iconic as it gets.

 

[Cdammen]

Hudson Soft

 

[mrseaves]

 

[yencid]

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

The Key of Solomon from Shin Megami Tensei.

Closest I can find:

The US version is cool too.

This is not iconic like everything else in this thread is iconic, in the sense that I've never seen it before it my life.

 

[JackEtc]

 

[Huff]

The Key of Solomon from Shin Megami Tensei.

Closest I can find:

The US version is cool too.

joke?

 

[cj_iwakura]

This is not iconic like everything else in this thread is iconic, in the sense that I've never seen it before it my life.

It goes back almost twenty years now.

There we go.

 

[D-Pad]

Not exactly a logo but very iconic either way:

 

[revolverjgw]

ROGER DEAN MUTHAFUCKAAA

 

[i3allistic]

 

[Gravijah]

joke?

Don't be hating. The SMT logo is amazing.

 

[Zebra]

Konami

Mmmmm, I love bacon.

 

[yencid]

 

[SmithnCo]

I always liked this one, heck a lot of Nintendo systems had great logos:

 

[ULTROS!]

Simple and easily noticeable

 

[bernardobri]

 

[JaseMath]

Every time I see this logo, I think of the (awesome) original PSone start up sound. I'm glad they're still using it.

 

[Gravijah]

Mmmmm, I love bacon.

It's two flying carpets!

Every time I see this logo, I think of the (awesome) original PSone start up sound. I'm glad they're still using it.

Yeah, but only part of it. It's missing the amazing white part.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goPduGKpcIE&feature=related

I was seriously disappointed with the PS3 one. It's almost like a parody of modern gamings move to orchestrated everything. :/

 

[cj_iwakura]

 

[Salsa]

.. well this took too long:

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

Don't be hating. The SMT logo is amazing.

Iconic means more than "cool looking image." Widespread cultural significance and recognition are also typically part of the definition.

 

[UFRA]

.. well this took too long:

Post #10

 

[cj_iwakura]

Iconic means more than "cool looking image." Widespread cultural significance and recognition are also typically part of the definition.

It's extremely recognizable among the SMT community. Hence it's iconic.

 

[yencid]

yet some more

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

It's extremely recognizable among the SMT community. Hence it's iconic.

Anything is extremely recognizable among the community that is devoted to it. Hence such a definition of "iconic" would be silly.

 

[Gravijah]

Anything is extremely recognizable among the community that is devoted to it. Hence such a definition of "iconic" would be silly.

So then are we talking iconic among gamers or iconic among culture in general?

 

[arnoldocastillo2003]

 

[Huff]

So then are we talking iconic among gamers or iconic among culture in general?

I'm not sure that the SMT logo would be iconic to either

 

[makingmusic476]

Can't get more iconic than that.

 

[vantastic]

.. well this took too long:

it was post #10

 

[yencid]

So then are we talking iconic among gamers or iconic among culture in general?

so far most seem to go for the iconic among culture in general. Widely known.

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

So then are we talking iconic among gamers or iconic among culture in general?

I don't know. But I think that even among gamers that logo is far less iconic than pretty much everything else in here. This could be because it really isn't as widespread and well-known as these other logos, or it could be because, by chance, I haven't encountered it before and maybe everyone else has, in which case I'm wrong and I can accept that.

 

[Salsa]

Post #10

derp

 

[meadowrag]

I see this every time I play a DS game, to the point where I fully associate it with the DS in general.

 

[UFRA]

I couldn't really find a good old-school EA logo, but I remember as a kid playing SEGA Genesis and I always thought the EA logo was really cool and definitely something anyone who played games would recognize.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

 

[Seven Force]

 

[Shed_a_Ninja]