Games that use Handel Gothic

Video games that use the font Handel Gothic, beloved sci-fi font of the late 90s and early 2000s, famously used in Star Trek Deep Space Nine and Halo. Games in this list will typically use the typeface as either part of the UI or as the games logo, exceptions and standout cases will be mentioned in the notes.

Please note that several games, like Dead or Alive 2 or Sega Rally 2 make use of the similar yet distinct Terminator typeface. It is easy to mistake one for the other considering their shared focus on rounded forms and a distinctly curved capital E, but the Terminator typeface is entirely unrelated, being derived from the Earth typeface and designed for the James Cameron film of the same name.

Sega Bass Fishing
Sega Bass Fishing
Street Fighter III 2nd Impact: Giant Attack
Street Fighter III 2nd Impact: Giant Attack
Lights Out
Lights Out
This entry is a stand in for the game.com as a whole, which used Handel Gothic for the handheld's logo
Treasures of the Deep
Treasures of the Deep
Mega Man X4
Mega Man X4
Used on the Maverick Introduction screens. "He betrayed the irregular hunters and hid himself inside a volcano."
3D Kaleidoscope: Baby Universe
3D Kaleidoscope: Baby Universe
SCUD Race
SCUD Race
Virtua Fighter 2
Virtua Fighter 2
Gaball Screen
Gaball Screen
A5: A-Ressha de Ikou 5
A5: A-Ressha de Ikou 5
Thank you to the anonymous user on Cohost for pointing this one out.
https://staging.cohostcdn.org/attachment/75da72ce-8031-4717-be34-087a6397893a/chrome_2024-05-02_17-45-46.png
Spectral Tower
Spectral Tower
This entry is standing in for the studio of Idea Factory as a whole, who has been using Handel Gothic for their logo since this, their very first game.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Crossroads of Time
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Crossroads of Time
God Bless the artists who made a bitmap font of Handel Gothic for this games text and menus
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Harbinger
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Harbinger
Used in the classic DS9 Opening Credit Roll
Virtua Fighter 2
Virtua Fighter 2
Used for the text that pops up in matches, "SET 1", "READY", "WINNER" etc.
Flashback: The Quest for Identity
Flashback: The Quest for Identity
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Here on a technicality. The logo and title screen for the japanese release, Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce includes the Super Famicom logo, which was rendered in Handel Gothic. https://i.imgur.com/BTFJBTm.png

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9 months ago

How did I only just see the Handel Gothic on the mass effect title. I use this font every day.


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