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Background

After game publisher 21st Century Entertainment shut down in March 1998, Take-Two Interactive Software acquired its subsidiary Spidersoft three months later, renaming it to Tarantula Studios. The studio continued working on Game Boy ports of Take-Two games, including DMA Design's Grand Theft Auto. In 2002, the development portion of Tarantula Studios was shut down, while the quality assurance portion was integrated into Take-Two's Rockstar Games label as "Rockstar Lincoln".

1st Logo (December 1998-December 18, 2000)

Visuals: On a white background, there is the game's title in a plain font. Below it, there is "Created by", "TARANTULA" in a horror-like font with red and black outlines, and "STUDIOS" in white with a black outline, in spaced-out letters.

Variants:

The logo originally appeared in grayscale with white text and a black "STUDIOS" text. This was seen on the Game Boy versions of Cool Hand, Montezuma's Return and Reservoir Rat, plus various GBC games with GB compatibility, such as Space Station Silicon Valley, Grand Theft Auto, Evel Knievel, Hollywood Pinball, Three Lions and some European black cart cartridges of The Muppets.
On Space Station Silicon Valley, the Tarantula logo rises from the screen, and the text moves away to make way for the opening credits.
On The Muppets, Austin Powers: Oh, Behave!, Austin Powers: Welcome To My Underground Lair! and Grand Theft Auto 2, the game's logo replaces the plain title logo, and "Game Developed by" replaces "Created by".
On Austin Powers: Oh, Behave! and Austin Powers: Welcome To My Underground Lair!, the logo is on a pink background.
On Formula One 2000, the text above the Tarantula logo instead says "LICENSED BY PSYGNOSIS", "PUBLISHED BY TAKE 2" in a tall font, and "DEVELOPED BY" in a plain font.

Technique: A still, pixelated graphic.

Audio: None, or the opening theme of the game.

Availability: Seen on Tarantula Studios games for Game Boy and Game Boy Color, like Rats!, Montezuma's Return, Cool Hand, Space Station Silicon Valley, Grand Theft Auto, Evel Knievel, Hollywood Pinball, Three Lions, The Muppets, Austin Powers: Oh, Behave!, Austin Powers: Welcome To My Underground Lair!, Grand Theft Auto 2, and Formula One 2000.

2nd Logo (April 28, 2000-November 23, 2001)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a black frame with a white glow. It contains silent film-like borders, and a gold glow containing the Tarantula Studios logo from before, except "STUDIOS" is in a different font.

Technique: A still graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on Lemmings Revolution for PC, and KISS Pinball and Hidden & Dangerous for PlayStation.

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-Background: Tarantula Studios is a video game company owned by Take-Two Interactive, formed by ex-Spidersoft employees in 1998. It became Rockstar Lincoln in 2002.
-st Logo
-(1998-2000)
+===Background===
-Logo: On a white background, we see the game's title in a plain font, and below it is "Created by", and below it is "TARANTULA" in a yellow horror-like font with red and black outlines, and below it is "STUDIOS" in white with a black outline, in spaced-out letters.
+After game publisher 21st Century Entertainment shut down in March 1998, [[Take-Two Interactive Software]] acquired its subsidiary [[Spidersoft]] three months later, renaming it to '''Tarantula Studios'''. The studio continued working on Game Boy ports of Take-Two games, including [[DMA Design]]'s ''Grand Theft Auto''. In 2002, the development portion of Tarantula Studios was shut down, while the quality assurance portion was integrated into Take-Two's [[Rockstar Games]] label as "Rockstar Lincoln".
+===1st Logo (December 1998-December 18, 2000)===
-Variants:
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-The logo originally appeared in greyscale with white text and black "STUDIOS" text on the Game Boy versions of Cool Hand, Montezuma's Return and Reservoir Rat, plus various GBC games appeared in GB compatibility mode, such as Space Station Silicon Valley, Grand Theft Auto, Evel Knievel, Hollywood Pinball, Three Lions and some European black cart cartridges of The Muppets.
+Tarantula Studios (1998).png
-On Space Station Silicon Valley, the Tarantula Studios logo rises from the screen, and the text moves away to make way for the game credits.
+Tarantula Studios (2000, B).png
-On The Muppets, the game's logo replaced the plain title logo, and "Game Developed by" replaced "Created by".
+Tarantula Studios (2000).png
-On Austin Powers: Oh, Behave!, Austin Powers: Welcome to my Underground Lair! and Grand Theft Auto 2, the game's logo replaced the plain title logo and "Game Produced by" replaced "Created by"
+</gallery>
-On Austin Powers: Oh, Behave! and Austin Powers: Welcome to my Underground Lair!, the logo is on a pink background.
-On Formula One 2000, the text above the Tarantula Studios logo instead says "LICENSED BY PSYGNOSIS", "PUBLISHED BY TAKE 2" in a tall font, and "DEVELOPED BY" in a plain font.
-FX/SFX: None.
-Music/Sounds: None, or the opening theme of the game.
-Availability: Seen on Tarantula Studios games for Game Boy and Game Boy Color, like Rats!, Montezuma's Return, Cool Hand, Space Station Silicon Valley, Grand Theft Auto, Evel Knievel, Hollywood Pinball, Three Lions, The Muppets, Austin Powers: Oh, Behave!, Austin Powers: Welcome to My Underground Lair!, Grand Theft Auto 2, and Formula One 2000.
-Editor's Note: None.
-nd Logo
-(2000-2001)
-Logo: On a black background, we see a black frame with a white glow. We see silent film-like borders, and we see the yellow glow containing the Tarantula Studios logo from before, except "STUDIOS" is in a different font.
+'''Visuals:''' On a white background, there is the game's title in a plain font. Below it, there is "Created by", "{{color|gold|TARANTULA}}" in a horror-like font with {{color|red}} and black outlines, and "STUDIOS" in white with a black outline, in spaced-out letters.
+'''Variants:'''
-FX/SFX: None.
+* The logo originally appeared in {{color|gray|grayscale}} with white text and a black "STUDIOS" text. This was seen on the Game Boy versions of ''Cool Hand'', ''Montezuma's Return'' and ''Reservoir Rat'', plus various GBC games with GB compatibility, such as ''Space Station Silicon Valley'', ''Grand Theft Auto'', ''Evel Knievel'', ''Hollywood Pinball'', ''Three Lions'' and some European black cart cartridges of ''The Muppets''.
+* On ''Space Station Silicon Valley'', the Tarantula logo rises from the screen, and the text moves away to make way for the opening credits.
+* On ''The Muppets'', ''Austin Powers: Oh, Behave!'', ''Austin Powers: Welcome To My Underground Lair!'' and ''Grand Theft Auto 2'', the game's logo replaces the plain title logo, and "Game Developed by" replaces "Created by".
+* On ''Austin Powers: Oh, Behave!'' and ''Austin Powers: Welcome To My Underground Lair!'', the logo is on a {{color|hotpink|pink}} background.
+* On ''Formula One 2000'', the text above the Tarantula logo instead says "LICENSED BY PSYGNOSIS", "PUBLISHED BY TAKE 2" in a tall font, and "DEVELOPED BY" in a plain font.
+'''Technique:''' A still, pixelated graphic.
-Music/Sounds: None.
+'''Audio:''' None, or the opening theme of the game.
-Availability: Seen on Lemmings Revolution for PC, KISS Pinball and Hidden & Dangerous for PlayStation.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on Tarantula Studios games for Game Boy and Game Boy Color, like ''Rats!'', ''Montezuma's Return'', ''Cool Hand'', ''Space Station Silicon Valley'', ''Grand Theft Auto'', ''Evel Knievel'', ''Hollywood Pinball'', ''Three Lions'', ''The Muppets'', ''Austin Powers: Oh, Behave!'', ''Austin Powers: Welcome To My Underground Lair!'', ''Grand Theft Auto 2'', and ''Formula One 2000''.
-Editor's Note: None.
+===2nd Logo (April 28, 2000-November 23, 2001)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+Tarantula Studios (2000, C).png
+</gallery>
+'''Visuals:''' On a black background, there is a black frame with a white glow. It contains silent film-like borders, and a {{color|gold}} glow containing the Tarantula Studios logo from before, except "STUDIOS" is in a different font.
+'''Technique:''' A still graphic.
+'''Audio:''' None.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Lemmings Revolution'' for PC, and ''KISS Pinball'' and ''Hidden & Dangerous'' for PlayStation.
+{{Chronology|[[Spidersoft]]|}}
+[[Category:British video game logos]]
+[[Category:United Kingdom]]
+[[Category:Video game logos]]
+[[Category:Rockstar Games]]
+[[Category:Take-Two Interactive Software]]