History Creator / Acclaim

* ''[[VideoGame/TownAndCountrySurfDesigns Town & Country Surf Designs 2: Thrilla's Surfari]]''

In addition to the main "Acclaim" name, the company also published games under the labels [[Creator/LJNToys LJN]] (for licensed games), Flying Edge (for releases on Sega consoles), Club Acclaim (for children's games), Acclaim Sports (for sports games), and AKA Acclaim (for extreme sports games). It should be noted that Acclaim developed very few of its games. Most of the games they published were actually commissioned to external developers such as Creator/{{Rare}}, Beam Software, Pack-In-Video, and even Creator/{{Atlus}} (yes, the same people that did ''Franchise/MegamiTensei'', also developed ''Film/TheKarateKid'' game).

* ''BMX XXX''

* ''Batman & Robin'' (PlayStation version)

* ''VideoGame/{{Mortal Kombat|1}}'' (home versions)

** ''Krusty's Fun House''

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' video games (1991-

* ''Batman & Robin''

In 2006, another company acquired Acclaim's name and logo and called itself "Acclaim Games," acting as a publisher of {{MMORPG}}s such as ''BOTS'', ''[=9Dragons=]'' and ''The Chronicles of Spellborn''. In May 2010, Acclaim Games was purchased by Playdom, which later was acquired by Creator/{{Disney}} in July. The new company operated for four years before Disney decided to bury the Acclaim name for good. In August, the company [[http://www.1up.com/news/game-publisher-acclaim-shuts-down-again ceased operations a second time]] on August 26, 2010.

** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat2'' (home versions)

In 1994, Acclaim acquired Creator/ValiantComics, later renaming it to Acclaim Comics. Some of Acclaim's games since then (such as ''VideoGame/{{Turok}}'' and ''VideoGame/ShadowMan'') were based on Valiant characters.

The name "Acclaim" is dubious among gamers, due in part to the perception of the quality of its licensed output (which, in contrast to its arcade ports, generally ranges from [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames mediocre to poor]]), most of which it published under its Creator/LJNToys, Ltd. label (in the same way Creator/{{Konami}} did with "Ultra Games," due to Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s strict licensing policies during the NES era). It should be noted that Acclaim/LJN developed very few of its games. Most of the games they published were actually commissioned to external developers such as Creator/{{Rare}}, Beam Software, Pack-in Studios, and even Creator/{{Atlus}} (yes, the same people that did ''Franchise/MegamiTensei'', also developed ''Film/TheKarateKid'' game). Even then, Acclaim still bears some responsibility just for the sole fact that they published their bad games.

The company made several questionable marketing decisions during its waning years (such as spending [[Creator/ValiantComics $65 million on a comic book company and running it into the ground]], [[DueToTheDead being willing to foot the bill for a funeral as long as advertising is on the headstone]] and the infamous decision to [[HotterAndSexier include nudity]] in what became ''BMX XXX''; this, coupled with continuing to use Dave Mirra's name even after he asked not to be associated with the game, he eventually sued Acclaim for damages). The company eventually filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in September 2004, effectively shutting it down for good. Ironically, when Acclaim went under it had finished making an exceptionally good licensed game based on ''VideoGame/TheRedStar'', which was eventually picked up for publication by XS Games[[labelnote:note]]a division of Zenimax Media, parent company of Creator/BethesdaSoftworks[[/labelnote]] and released in 2007.

* ''VideoGame/LooneyTunesBBall'' (acquired from Sunsoft USA when they went under; developed by Sculpted Entertainment, who eventually became "Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City")

!!Tropes associated with Acclaim:
* IronicName: Considering their practices, the quality level of their games, and their marketing techniques (among other things), it's safe to say that acclaim was something the company ''wasn't'' getting.

''VideoGame/XMenChildrenoftheAtom'' (U.S. and European home versions)