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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).
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]]'' 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 With 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 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 with 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.
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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* ''[[Double Dragon (Video Game)|Double Dragon]] II: The Revenge'' (the NES version)
* ''[[Double Dragon]] II: The Revenge'' (the NES version)
** ''Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones''
** ''Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones''
* ''[[Extreme-G (Video Game)|Extreme-G]]''
* ''[[Extreme-G]]''
* ''[[Video Game/Forsaken|Forsaken]]''
* ''[[Video Game/Forsaken|Forsaken]]''
* ''[[Legends of Wrestling]]''
* ''[[Legends of Wrestling]]''
* ''[[Machines]]''
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* ''[[Mortal Kombat (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat]]'' (home versions)
* ''[[Mortal Kombat (video game)|Mortal Kombat]]'' (home versions)
** ''[[Mortal Kombat 2 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 2]]'' (home versions)
** ''[[Mortal Kombat 2]]'' (home versions)
* ''[[NBA Jam (Video Game)|NBA Jam]]'' (home versions)
* ''[[NBA Jam]]'' (home versions)
* [[Re-Volt]]
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* the ''[[Turok (Video Game)|Turok]]'' series
* the ''[[Turok (series)|Turok]]'' series
* the ''[[Wizards and Warriors (Video Game)|Wizards and Warriors]]'' series (Developed by Rare)
* the ''[[Wizards and Warriors (video game)|Wizards and Warriors]]'' series (Developed by Rare)
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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 games or ports of many of Midway's arcade games (including the Mortal Kombat and 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 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 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[1] and released in 2007.

In 2006, another company acquired Acclaim's name and logo and called itself "Acclaim Games", acting as a publisher of MMORPGs such as BOTS, 9Dragons and The Chronicles of Spellborn. The new company operated for four years before ceasing operations a second time on August 26, 2010.

Games published/developed by Acclaim prior to its (first) collapse:

  1. ↑ a division of Zenimax Media, parent company of Bethesda Softworks
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