Traveller's Tales

Traveller's Tales is a British video game developer that was founded in 1989 by Jon Burton and was established a year later. In 2005, it merged with Giant Interactive Entertainment to form publishing studio, TT Games. Traveller's Tales' first game was Leander (known as Legend of Galahad for Sega Genesis) and was known for games such as Puggsy, Mickey Mania, and Rascal.

1st Logo (November 1991)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a brown desk outlined in the shape of a shield that is containing sheet music, an old flute, a candle wax, a bottle of ink and its tip, a scroll, a paint set, and an old journal having the Traveller's Tales symbol (which shows two stylized "T"s facing each other) on it. The words "TRAVELLERS TALES" are above on the shield.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: The opening theme of the game.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Leander	November 1991	Only appearance Amiga release

2nd Logo (23 March 1993-1995)

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Visuals: Over a black background, there are two stylized "T"'s spinning and slowly zooming away from the camera. Suddenly, a meteor appears in the background and flies straight at the screen and blows up, turning the screen orange. The orange screen fades out and the "T"'s are in flames, with "Travellers" at the top and "Tales" at the bottom.

Variants:

• On the American and European releases of Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse, a copyright stamp is at the top of the screen and the words "DEVELOPED BY" are at the bottom. A second later, one of the ghosts from the Mickey Mouse short "Lonesome Ghosts" (who also play roles as enemies) appears and zaps the words "DEVELOPED BY", which turns them into a grayish, stone crested version of the Traveller's Tales "TT" logo, with what would be Puggsy's ship wedged inside. The ghost then rolls up like a blind and disappears. The words "TRAVELLERS TALES" use the same font as the previous logo.
  • On the SNES version, the logo is already there and is shifted to the right with the words "DEVELOPED BY" next to it. Above it is the Skeleton enemy, who drops down at first, then spins its head with its foot causing it to come off and fly away. A second later, its body explodes into pieces.
• There is a still version in which the "TT" is golden and is inside of a border decorated with a purple marble-like texture. Plus, "TRAVELLERS" and the "TT" are underlined and "TALES" is in spaced-out letters. "A" is above the logo, while "PRODUCTION" is below.

Technique: CGI. Sprite-based animations on the Mickey Mania variants.

Audio: A loud "BANG" sound when the meteor explodes, followed by the sound of fire.

Audio Variants:

• The American and European release of Mickey Mania variant has a 16-bit sparkling noise when the ghost appears and a 16-bit warping noise when it disappears.
  • The SNES version has the exploding effect when the Skeleton explodes into pieces; both sound effects were also used in the game.
• The still version has silence or the opening theme of the game.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Puggsy	November 19, 1993	Sega CD release.
Puggsy	November 19, 1993	Still variant. Commodore Amiga/Sega Genesis releases.
Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse	October 28, 1994	Custom variant. SNES release.
Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse	October 28, 1994	Custom variant. Sega Genesis/Sega CD releases.

3rd Logo (Quentin Cerebellum Townsend the Third) (31 March 1995-22 April 2005)

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  A comparison between the original design of Quentin (left) and the 2001 redesign (right)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a CGI raccoon, named Quentin Cerebellum Townsend the Third, with big eyes, long, stripy ears, a jovial look on his face, a lion-like tail, and a farmer's outfit with bracelets on his wrists and ankles. He is resting on the tip of the edge of a cliff, holding a red handkerchief with white polka-dots in one hand. His other hand is on a gravestone with a left arrow and the initials "TT" on it. The raccoon nods his head while the logo rotates. A gold-orange moon appears rising behind him and the cliff. The words "Traveller's Tales", in a Medieval-style font with a gold outline, later fade in.

Trivia:

• The still logo was designed by Rodney Matthews, who also designed the original version of the 1996 Bizarre Creations logo.
• Quentin was supposed to be the protagonist of Haven: The Call of the King, but had to be changed to a human character, due to the raccoon looking similar to Ratchet from Ratchet & Clank (even though the Haven raccoon was developed first, according to a demo of the game from 2001).
• Quentin also appears as the mascot of the YouTube channel GameHut, which is run by Traveller's Tales' founder, Jon Burton. The original artist, Rodney Matthews, was brought back to make a new design for Quentin.
• The logo's origins lie in a painting that Burton commissioned Matthews to do at a Christian rock concert. Here is a GameHut unboxing of the original painting.
• According to Burton, the logo was ultimately retired in favor of the current logo because the details blur together when moved past at high speeds, making it illegible.
• Quentin's 2001 model can be downloaded on 3D digital art website Sketchfab, courtesy of user LombaxLover2K.

Variants:

• There is a still artwork version of the logo that exists on a white background or a black background.
• There is a still version with the logo in an isometric view floating on water and swaying on it.
• On the Japanese release of Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse, a copyright stamp is at the top of the screen and the words "DEVELOPED BY" are at the bottom. A second later, one of the ghosts from the Mickey Mouse short "Lonesome Ghosts" (who also play roles as enemies) appears and zaps the words "DEVELOPED BY", which turns them into a wordmark of the logo. The ghost then rolls up like a blind and disappears.
• On a demo for the PS1 version of the A Bug's Life video game, Quentin (with a slightly different appearance and is also motionless) and the cliff rotate from the right while zooming in. The text fades in and the moon rises shortly afterwards.
• On the PS1 and PC versions of the A Bug's Life video game, the camera pans from an exotic valley with some rocks, flowers and a bridge and reaches a cliff, where Quentin is. He gives a friendly look as the moon behind him. The text then appears next to him and the logo ends with a zooming iris effect.
• Starting from the European releases of the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command video game in early 2001, Quentin was drastically redesigned, as he has a different, canine-like face with slightly smaller eyes and a less curvy snout, slightly bigger ears that are flopped down, a lankier body, an uninterested look on his face, and pink pads on his feet. The logo also rotates slightly slower.
• On Muppet RaceMania, the studio's website URL "www.t-tales.com" appears at the bottom of the screen midway through the logo and fades out after the logo forms.
• On Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, the logo (with the 2001 version of Quentin) takes place on the opening space background, with the moon part of the background and the cliff (the initials and the arrow on the gravestone are now facing the opposite direction) floating past it. The URL also appears when Quentin is on screen.
• On Haven: The Call of the King, the logo (with the 2001 version of Quentin, as well as the URL underneath it) takes place in outer space like in the Wrath of Cortex variant, except the moon is replaced with the planet Earth. Shortly after, the camera zooms past Quentin's head and the game's title screen appears.
• On the home console versions of the Finding Nemo video game, the print logo rises up from a body of water and floats on it. The website URL appears below the logo shortly afterwards.
• On Crash: Twinsanity, the 2001 version of Quentin (with his ears now perked up) appears on a white background. The cliff and Quentin move to the right to leave room for the Traveller's Tales text to fade in, but spread out and having "O X F O R D S T U D I O" under it. Above it appears a silhouette of Oxford's skyline.

Technique: 3D animation.

Audio: A cheerful-sounding camp-like theme with a faint choir, composed by Aaron Szpakowski.

Audio Variants:

• The Japanese release of Mickey Mania variant has a 16-bit sparkling noise when the ghost appears and a 16-bit warping noise when it disappears.
• The A Bug's Life demo variant is silent.
• The A Bug's Life variant has birds chirping followed by a whimsical musical composition.
• The Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex variant has Dr. Cortex (voiced by Clancy Brown) saying "Developed by Traveller's Tales".
• The Finding Nemo variant has sounds of the ocean with waves crashing.
• On other games, it's silence or the opening theme of the game.

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Media Title	Date(s) of Release	Additional Note(s)
Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse	March 31, 1995	Custom variant. Japanese Sega Mega Drive release.
Toy Story (video game)	November 22, 1995	Still variant. Sega Genesis/SNES releases.
Mickey's Wild Adventure (Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse)	March 1, 1996	Custom still variant. PlayStation PAL release.
Sonic 3D Blast	November 8, 1996	Still variant. Sega Genesis/Sega Saturn/PC releases.
Sonic R	November 18, 1997	Still water variant. Sega Saturn/PC releases.
Rascal	March 24, 1998	Still water variant. PlayStation release.
A Bug's Life (video game)	October 7, 1998	Custom variant. PlayStation Interactive CD Sampler Disc Volume 9 demo release.
A Bug's Life (video game)	November 24, 1998	Custom variant. PlayStation/PC releases.
A Bug's Life (video game)	June 1999	Still water variant. Nintendo 64 release.
Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue	November 16, 1999	Still water variant. Nintendo 64 release.
Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue	November 16, 1999	PC/Macintosh releases.
Muppet RaceMania	April 21, 2000	PlayStation release.
Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue	July 5, 2000	Dreamcast release.
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (video game)	October 4, 2000	Dreamcast/PlayStation NTSC releases.
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (video game)	November 10, 2000	PC PAL release.
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (video game)	November 17, 2000	Still variant. Game Boy Color release.
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (video game)	February 2, 2001	Dreamcast/PlayStation PAL releases.
Toy Story Racer	March 2, 2001	PlayStation release.
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex	October 30, 2001	Custom variant. PlayStation 2/Xbox/GameCube releases.
Haven: Call of the King	November 18, 2002	Custom variant. PlayStation 2 release.
Finding Nemo (video game)	May 9, 2003	Custom variant. GameCube/PlayStation 2/Xbox releases.
Crash Twinsanity	September 28, 2004	Custom variant. PlayStation 2/Xbox releases.
Lego Star Wars: The Video Game	March 29, 2005	Still variant. PlayStation 2/PC/Xbox releases.

References

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