Acclaim Entertainment
| Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
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| legal form | Incorporated |
| founding | 1987 |
| resolution | 2004 |
| Seat | Glen Cove , New York , USA |
| Branch | Software development |
Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. was a US company headquartered in Glen Cove , New York that developed, published and marketed video games . Games have been developed for a wide variety of game consoles , including Sony's PlayStation 2 , Microsoft's Xbox, as well as Nintendo's GameCube , Game Boy Advance and Nintendo 64 . Acclaim Entertainment also developed for the PC to a lesser extent . The company was founded in 1987 in the state of Delaware and had sales branches in the USA , Great Britain , Germany , France , Spain , Australia and Japan .
history
In addition to software , Acclaim also developed and published solution books . Acclaim also bought Valiant Comics in 1994 . The publisher was later renamed Acclaim Comics and published comics with Valiant heroes until 2000 . The video games for Turok and Shadow Man are based on Valiant characters.
Acclaim had several separate development studios:
- Acclaim Studios Austin (formerly Iguana Entertainment; USA)
- Acclaim Studios Cheltenham (England)
- Acclaim Studios London (formerly Probe Entertainment; England)
- Acclaim Studios Manchester (England)
- Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City (formerly Sculptured Software, Iguana West Software and then Iguana SLC; USA)
- Acclaim Studios Teesside (formerly Optimus Software and Iguana UK; England)
Acclaim's economic situation was not good for a long time in the new millennium, the company had to lay off employees, close development studios and was banned from trading on NASDAQ . Nevertheless, Acclaim still presented games at the largest game fair, the E3 2004. On September 1, 2004, Acclaim applied for bankruptcy protection in the USA after the failure of talks with investors and lenders. This meant the sale of all remaining assets to repay debt and thus the final end; on December 7th the company inventory was auctioned.
The subsidiary Acclaim Germany planned to companies operating as publishers maintain foreign games, even if the marketing of the prestige title Juiced of THQ was acquired. To compensate, Acclaim Germany was able to secure the distribution rights for Neocron 2 in October 2004 . In January 2005, insolvency proceedings were opened against the assets of Acclaim Germany. Acclaim Germany’s managing director Uwe Fürstenberg moved to Midway’s German office in early 2005 .
In early 2006, Howard Marks, a former executive at Activision , founded Acclaim Games after buying the original Acclaim naming rights in mid-2005. Acclaim Games focuses on the distribution of Asian online games in North America and Europe; the trademark rights to many Acclaim titles were acquired by game companies such as Crave Entertainment and Throwback Entertainment. The company was closed on August 27, 2010. Some titles have been taken over by other publishers.
Well-known games that Acclaim published and / or developed
| title | system |
| AFL Live 2004 | PS2 |
| Aggressive inline | GBA , NGC , PS2, Xbox |
| Alias | PC , PS2, Xbox |
| Alien Trilogy | PC, PS , Saturn |
| All Star Baseball 2002 | PS2 |
| All Star Baseball 2003 | PS2 |
| All-Star Baseball 2004 | PS2 |
| ATV Quad Power Racing 2 | NGC, PS2, Xbox |
| Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 2 | PS2, Xbox |
| Maya the Bee - On the poppy meadow | GB |
| Maya the Bee - The Great Adventure | GBA |
| BMX XXX | NGC, PS2, Xbox |
| Britannica 2001 | Pc |
| burnout | NGC, PS2, Xbox |
| Burnout 2: Point of Impact | NGC, PS2, Xbox |
| Bust-a-Move Millennium | GB |
| Carmen Sandiego | NGC, PS2, Xbox |
| Constructor | PC, PS |
| Crazy Taxi | DC , NGC, PS2 |
| Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX | DC, PS |
| Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 | NGC, PS2 |
| Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX Maximum Remix | PS |
| Dead or Alive 2 | DC |
| The little polar bear | Pc |
| Dark Castle | Commodore 64 (1987 Sculptured Software) |
| Ducati | DC, PC, PS |
| ECW Anarchy Rulz | DC, PS |
| ECW Hardcore Revolution | N64 , PS |
| Eighteen Wheeler | DC, PS2 |
| Extreme-G | N64 |
| Extreme-G 2 | N64 |
| XGIII - Extreme G Racing | NGC, PS2 |
| Forsaken | N64, PC, PS |
| Ferrari 355 Challenge | DC |
| For fighters | DC, PC |
| For Fighters Plus | PS2 |
| For fighters: Viggo's Revenge | PS2 |
| Gilbert Goodmate | Pc |
| Gladiator - sword of vengeance | PC, PS2, Xbox |
| HBO boxing | PS |
| Ice Nine | GBA |
| James Bond 007 in The Living Daylights | Commodore 64 (1987 Sculptured Software) |
| Jeremy McGrath Supercross World | PS2 |
| Kick Off 2002 | Pc |
| Kreed | Pc |
| Act | GB |
| Legends of Wrestling | DC, PS2 |
| Legends of Wrestling 2 | NGC, PS2, Xbox |
| Machines: Wired for War | Pc |
| Magic: The Gathering Battlemage | PC, PSX |
| MDK | PC, PSX |
| Mortal Kombat II | Amiga, GB, GG , MD , PC, SNES |
| NBA Jam | GB, MD, PS2, SNES, Xbox |
| NBA Jam 2002 | GBA |
| Newman Haas Indy Car feat. Nigel Mansell | SNES |
| NFL Quarterback Club 2002 | PS2 |
| Powerpuff Girls | NGC |
| Ninja | Commodore 64 (1982 Sculptured Software) |
| Project Stars | Pc |
| Pumuckl's adventure in the ghost castle | GB |
| Pumuckl 2 | PS |
| Punch Kings | GBA |
| Raid over Moscow | ported to Apple II and Atari 8-bit (1985/86 Sculptured Software) |
| Re-Volt | DC, N64, PC, PSX |
| RC Revenge | PSX |
| RC Revenge Pro | PS2 |
| Sega Bass Fishing Duel | PS2 |
| Shadow Man | DC, N64, PC, PS |
| Shadow Man: 2econd Coming | PS2 |
| Showdown - Legends of Wrestling | PS2, Xbox |
| South Park | N64, PC, PS |
| South Park Rally | DC, N64, PC, PS |
| Speed Kings | NGC, PS2, Xbox |
| Super bust-a-move | PS2 |
| Summer Heat Beach Volleyball | PS2 |
| swing | PS |
| SX superstar | NGC, PS2, Xbox |
| Total recall | NES |
| True Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers | PS2, Xbox |
| Turok - Dinosaur Hunter | GB, N64, PC |
| Turok 2 - Seeds of Evil | N64, PC |
| Turok - Legends of the Lost Land | GBC, N64 |
| Turok - Rage Wars | N64 |
| Turok 3 - Shadow of Oblivion | GB, N64 |
| Turok evolution | GBA, NGC, PC, PS2, Xbox |
| Urban Freestyle Soccer | NGC, PC, PS2, Xbox |
| Vanishing Point | DC, PS |
| Vexx | NGC, PS2, Xbox |
| Virtua Tennis 2 | PS2 |
| Wallace and Gromit in Project Zoo | NGC, PC, PS2, Xbox |
| Wizards & Warriors X: The Fortress of Fear | GB |
| WWF attitude | GB, N64, PS |
| WWF War Zone | N64, PS |
| World Championship Rugby | NGC, PS2, Xbox |
| XGRA - Extreme G Racing Association | NGC, PS2, Xbox |
| Zoo Cube | GBA, NGC |
Web links
- Acclaim Entertainment in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Acclaim Entertainment Europe in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Acclaim Entertainment at MobyGames (English)