Family Game Entertainment

Background
Family Home Entertainment Kids discontinued in 2005, then came back 4 years later to produce mobile games instead of video tapes. Since 2020, it is known as Family Game Entertainment (F.G.E.)

1st Logo (2009-2015, 2018)


Nicknames: “The Doghouse”, “FHE Kids”

Logo: It’s just the Family Home Entertainment Kids logo without any video indicator whatsoever.

FX/SFX: Same as the FHE Kids logo.

Music/Sounds: Same as the FHE Kids logo.

Music/Sounds Variant: On some games, it is silent.

Availability: Seen on most FHE Kids Mobile games from the period, such as Little People: The Planets and Free Draw. This also made a surprise appearance on the 2018 app called Share, Care, and Bear.

Legacy: Even thought the company discontinued in 2005, it was a wonderful meaning to come back in 2009 to produce mobile games.

2nd Logo (2011-2020)


Nicknames: “The Doghouse II”, “FHE Kids II”, “Still FHE Kids”

Logo: On a black background, there is the FHE Kids logo. Sometimes it has a copyright notice below.

FX/SFX: None. It’s a still logo.

Music/Sounds: None. The opening theme of the game could follow this.

Availability: Uncommon. This logo’s first appearance was on Terry the Bird’s Adventure. Some other appearances this logo made were Little People: Word Hunt, The Crystal Family, TMNT: Turtle Adventures!, and Ken the Lion’s Gold Hunt.

Legacy: None.

3rd Logo (2016-2020)


Nicknames: “FHE Kids III”, “The Doghouse III”, “New Doghouse”, “The Dalmatian”, “FHE Kids Mobile”

Logo: On a white background, there is a new dog (which is a Dalmatian) that sniffs the ground while walking in the doghouse. The text “f.h.e” is now in Comic Sans, swooping in from the left; while the “FAMILY HOME ENTERTAINMENT KIDS” text (also in Comic Sans) swoops in from the right. The dog then appears out of the doghouse, with two bones in his mouth. He barks, and the bones turn red, forming the roof on the “h”. As this happens, the speech bubble now says “mobile”.

Variant: An early variant exists, with everything on a black background, no animation, a spot removed from the dog, and no red bones. This also has the text in black; which you can barely see.

FX/SFX: The dog walking, the text appearing, and the speech bubble popping out. Nice animation!

Music/Sounds: A remix of the original theme with some pizzicato strings and a flute melody. The “bark” also sounds different.

Availability: No longer current, but still common. This first debuted on the FHE Playhouse app. This also appeared on Ken the Lion’s Constellation Connecter, The Opposite Game, and most of the Little People series. This was last seen on Barbie’s Fashion Apartment.

Legacy: This is such a great redesign of the original FHE Kids logo, now that it came back and produced games for kids.

(2020-present)


Nicknames: “The Doghouse IV”, “New Doghouse II”, “The Dalmatian II”, “F.G.E.”, “The F.G.E. Doghouse”

Logo: Same as the previous logo, but the initials read “f.g.e.” and “FAMILY GAME ENTERTAINMENT” is below. The speech bubble is also absent. Another thing is that the bones form two gaming consoles above the “g”.

FX/SFX: Same as the previous logo.

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo.

Availability: Current. First debuted on Ken the Lion’s Adventures, and seen on newer games from the company.

Legacy: A very great logo all around.