Founded date January 01,1987
Acclaim Entertainment was a New York-based company who began publishing games on the NES and went out of business in 2004. The company's collapse was one of the largest implosions of a game publisher in industry history.
| Company Name | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. |
| Street Address | |
| City | Glen Cove |
| State | New York, 11542 |
| Country | United States |
| Website | http://www.aklm.com/ |
| Contact email | |
| Phone number | 516 656 5000 |
| Date founded | Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 UTC 1987 |
| Aliases | Flying Edge |
Acclaim Entertainment was founded in 1987 and went out of business in 2004. The company also published games under the labels LJN and Arena. While Acclaim did publish numerous games that were developed in-house, the company also had a long-standing relationship with Midway, which resulted in home versions of several Midway arcade games, including Mortal Kombat and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Aside from software development and publishing, Acclaim also published some strategy guides. In 1994, Acclaim bought Valiant Comics (later renamed to Acclaim Comics). The company eventually adapted several of the former Valiant's intellectual properties into video game form, including Turok and Shadowman.
Acclaim's fortunes dimmed in later years due to diminishing sales combined with a string of bad publicity. The company had a licensing agreement with Dave Mirra to create BMX titles, but when they attempted to tie Mirra's name to the horrendously juvenille BMX XXX, Mirra filed suit against Acclaim for misuse of his likeness. The Olsen twins, Mary-Kate and Ashley, also sued Acclaim at one point, claiming that the company wasn't doing enough to support their license by releasing a series of substandard titles. Eventually, Acclaim's financial woes grew too severe to sustain operation and the company was forced to declare bankruptcy. All of Acclaim's assets, including its full library of releases and the name of the company itself were sold at auction to finance the company's liquidation. The Acclaim name was scooped up for a reported $100,000 by former Activision employee Howard Marks, who founded Acclaim Games as a publisher of smaller-scale free-to-play online games.
Acclaim was notorious for promoting some of their games with peculiar publicity stunts. One example was an attempt to pay people to place advertisements for the game Shadowman on the tombstones of deceased relatives. Acclaim also offered compensation for new parents that named their baby Turok in honor of Turok: The Dinosaur Hunter.
The following Studios were part of Acclaim Entertainment Inc.:
Develop by Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
Trog!
Trog! is a light-hearted maze game by Acclaim that has you play a Dinosaur that runs around collecting eggs and killing Trogs.
NBA Jam
Acclaim's attempt to revive the classic arcade game for PS2 and Xbox.
100 Bullets
A third-person shooter based on Vertigo's 100 Bullets comic book. It was canceled when the developer, Acclaim, went bankrupt, and later attempts to revive the project never came to fruition.
StarBorders
Starborders features a 3D polygon graphics engine and a first person perspective.
Jeremy McGrath Supercross World
Jeremy McGrath is the mascot of this motorcross game where the player finds his/herself in a match pitting man and machine against sweet air. This game is a sequel to Motocross 2000.
Publish by Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
Bigfoot
Simple NES racing.
Battlesport
Mortal Kombat & Mortal Kombat II
The first two MK games on one cartridge/disc.
No One Can Stop Mr. Domino
Guide Mr. Domino through his travels as he tries to keep the remaining dominos alive. Use heal tiles and strategy to truly grasp that No One Can Stop Mr. Domino.
Rise 2: Resurrection
A sequel to the infamous sci-fi fighting game Rise of the Robots, revamping the original's gameplay while adding a variety of new robotic combatants to fight with.
Headhunter
Headhunter was released for the Sega Dreamcast November 16th 2001, and the Sony PlayStation 2 May 9th 2002. Headhunter takes place in a near future Los Angeles and tells the story of Jack Wade, a professional bounty hunter.
Turok: Evolution
Turok: Evolution is a re-imagining of the acclaimed first person shooter series for Xbox, PS2 and GCN. Many fans say this entry, however, fails to live up to the standard set by its predecessors.
Shadow Man: 2econd Coming
PlayStation 2 exclusive follow-up to the 1999 game based on the comic books of the same name.
ATV: Quad Power Racing 2
Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft
A 3D fighting game set in the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy universe, more specifically the dark Gothic-horror setting of Ravenloft.
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