Line #22 Creator/Acclaim


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2	Acclaim Entertainment was a U.S.-based video game publisher that released games over multiple gaming consoles and handhelds in the late 1980s, 1990s and the early part of the 21st century. A great deal of its output was either {{licensed game}}s or ports of many of Creator/{{Midway\|Games}}'s arcade games (including the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' and ''VideoGame/NBAJam'' series).
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4	Founded by three former Creator/{{Activision}} workers, Greg Fischbach, Jim Scoroposki, and Robert Holmes, in New York in 1987, the name of the company was chosen to place them alphabetically ahead of Activision on release listing -- something Activision themselves had previously done to get ahead of Creator/{{Atari}}.
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6	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/ShinMegamiTensei'', also developed ''Film/TheKarateKid'' game).
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8	In 1994, Acclaim acquired Creator/ValiantComics, later giving the company a ContinuityReboot and 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 comics were shut down in 1999, with Valiant being rebooted under new ownership in 2012.
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10	Acclaim eventually filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in September 2004, effectively shutting it down for good. Some of its unreleased games were acquired by other publishers (such as ''VideoGame/TheRedStar'', which was released by XS Games), while Valiant/Acclaim Comics was acquired by a group of investors and eventually relaunched under its original name.
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12	In 2006, former Activision CEO Howard Marks acquired Acclaim's name and logo and used them to start a new company, called "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.
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14	A good majority of Acclaim's [=IPs=] are now held by Canadian-based publisher Throwback Entertainment. However, only time will tell if any new installments for these games will be released.
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16	!!Games published/developed by Acclaim in its first incarnation:
17	[[index]]
18	* ''VideoGame/ArmorinesProjectSWARM''
19	* ''VideoGame/AggressiveInline''
20	* ''VideoGame/ArchRivals''
21	* ''Batman Forever''
22	* ''Batman Forever: The Arcade Game''
23	* ''Batman & Robin'' ([=PlayStation=] version)
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25	* ''VideoGame/{{Burnout}}'' (first two games only)
26	* ''VideoGame/{{Constructor}}''
27	* the ''Dave Mirra's Freestyle BMX'' series
28	** ''Dave Mirra's Freestyle BMX''
29	** ''Dave Mirra's Freestyle BMX 2''
30	** ''Dave Mirra's Freestyle BMX 3''
31	*** ''BMX XXX'' (Started off as the home console release of ''Dave Mirra's Freestyle BMX 3'', but was released without the Mirra branding due to Mirra's objections over its raunchy content)
32	* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon II: The Revenge'' (the NES version)
33	** ''Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones''
34	* ''VideoGame/EccoTheDolphin: Defender of the Future'' (published the U.S. [=PS2=] port)
35	* ''VideoGame/EighteenWheelerAmericanProTrucker'' (published the [=PS2=] and [=GameCube=] ports)
36	* ''VideoGame/ExtremeG''
37	* ''VideoGame/FantasticFour''
38	* ''VideoGame/{{Forsaken}}''
39	* ''VideoGame/FurFighters''
40	* ''[[VideoGame/RaySeries Galactic Attack]]'' (the U.S. Saturn home port of ''[=RayForce=]'')
41	* ''VideoGame/GladiatorSwordOfVengeance''
42	* ''VideoGame/IggysReckinBalls''
43	* ''VideoGame/JudgeDredd'', a tie-in game for [[Film/JudgeDredd the Stallone film]]
44	* ''VideoGame/JusticeLeagueTaskForce'' (developed by Creator/{{Sunsoft}})
45	* ''VideoGame/{{Kreed}}''
46	* ''VideoGame/LegendsOfWrestling''
47	* ''VideoGame/LooneyTunesBBall'' (acquired from Sunsoft USA when they went under; developed by Sculptured Software, who eventually became "Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City")
48	* ''VideoGame/{{Machines}}''
49	* ''VideoGame/{{Mortal Kombat\|1992}}'' (home versions)
50	** ''VideoGame/MortalKombatII'' (home versions)
51	* ''VideoGame/NBAJam'' (home versions)
52	* ''VideoGame/NoOneCanStopMrDomino''
53	* ''VideoGame/PsychicForce'' (the U.S. [=PlayStation=] port)
54	** ''Psychic Force 2012'' (the U.S. Dreamcast port only)
55	* ''VideoGame/{{Rambo}}'' (developed by Pack-In-Video)
56	* ''VideoGame/ReVolt''
57	* ''VideoGame/{{Robotica}}''
58	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' video games (1991-1995)
59	** ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsBartAndTheBeanstalk''
60	** ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsBartVsTheSpaceMutants''
61	** ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsBartVsTheWorld''
62	** ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsBartSimpsonsEscapeFromCampDeadly''
63	** ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsBartVsTheJuggernauts''
64	** ''VideoGame/KrustysFunHouse''
65	** ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsBartmanMeetsRadioactiveMan''
66	** ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsBartsNightmare''
67	** ''[[ShowWithinAShow The Itchy & Scratchy Game]]''
68	** ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsVirtualBart''
69	** ''The Simpsons: Bart & the Beanstalk''
70	** ''Itchy & Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness''
71	* ''VideoGame/ShadowMan''
72	* ''VideoGame/SouthPark''
73	** ''South Park: Chef's Luv Shack''
74	** ''VideoGame/SouthParkRally''
75	* ''Space Jam''
76	* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterTheMovie'' (U.S. and European versions)
77	* ''VideoGame/TownAndCountrySurfDesigns''
78	* the ''VideoGame/{{Turok}}'' series
79	* ''VideoGame/{{Vexx}}''
80	* the ''VideoGame/WizardsAndWarriors'' series (Developed by Rare)
81	* Various [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]] video games, including:
82	** ''VideoGame/WWFWrestleManiaTheArcadeGame'' (home versions)
83	** ''WWF In Your House''
84	** ''WWF War Zone''
85	** ''WWF Attitude''
86	* ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'' (U.S. and European home versions)
87	%% Don't pothole the above, it screws the index.
88	[[/index]]

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