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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|licensed games]] or ports of many of [[Midway Games|Midway]]'s arcade games (including the ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' and ''[[NBA Jam (Video Game)|NBA Jam]]'' series).
 
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 [[The Problem Withwith Licensed Games|mediocre to poor]]), most of which it published under its [[LJN Toys]], Ltd. label (in the same way [[Konami]] did with "Ultra Games", due to 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 [[Rare]], Beam Software, Pack-in Studios, and even [[Atlus]] (yes, the same people that did ''[[Megami Tensei]]'', also developed the ''[[Karate Kid]]'' 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 the infamous decision to [[Hotter and Sexier|include nudity]] in what became ''BMX XXX''; this angered Dave Mirra enough that he sued Acclaim for damages, fearing that the negative reception to the game would taint his previous association with the series). 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 ''[[The Red Star]]'', which was eventually picked up for publication by XS Games<ref>a division of Zenimax Media, parent company of [[Bethesda Softworks]]</ref> and released in 2007.
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* ''[[Constructor]]''
* ''[[Video Game/Dave Mirras BMX|Dave Mirra's BMX]]''
* ''[[Double Dragon (Video Game)|Double Dragon]] II: The Revenge'' (the NES version)
** ''Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones''
* ''[[Extreme-G (Video Game)|Extreme-G]]''
* ''[[Video Game/Forsaken|Forsaken]]''
* ''[[Legends of Wrestling]]''
* ''[[Machines]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mortal Kombat]]'' (home versions)
** ''[[Mortal Kombat 2 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 2]]'' (home versions)
* ''[[NBA Jam (Video Game)|NBA Jam]]'' (home versions)
* [[Re-Volt]]
* the ''[[Turok (Video Gameseries)|Turok]]'' series
* the ''[[Wizards and Warriors (Videovideo Gamegame)|Wizards and Warriors]]'' series (Developed by Rare)
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