Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.

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Acclaim Entertainment was a New York-based company who began publishing games on the NES and went out of business in 2004.

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 the company went on to develop many of its own games on its way to bankruptcy court, the company is perhaps most famous for its long-standing relationship with Midway, which resulted in home versions of several Midway arcade games, including Mortal Kombat and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

Some say that Midway's exit from the arcade business and entry into the home market was one of the major factors in Acclaim's downfall. Others say it was because the New York-based company was also run by organized crime.

When the company went bankrupt, its assets were auctioned and sold off, including the Acclaim name, which has been resurrected by the purchaser as Acclaim Games.

Acclaim is locally famous for being the first game company to hire Carrie Gouskos, a move that almost surely hastened the company's demise.

Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. Recently Published Games

		Name	Platforms	Developer
		Showdown: Legends of Wrestling released on June 22, 2004	PS2, XBOX	Acclaim Studios Austin
		Alias released on June 14, 2004	MAC, PS2, XBOX, PC	Acclaim Studios Cheltenham
		AFL Live Premiership Edition released on April 29, 2004	PS2, XBOX, PC	Transmission Games
		All-Star Baseball 2005	PS2, XBOX	Acclaim Studios Austin
		Speed Kings	PS2, GC, XBOX	Climax Group, The
		Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance	PS2, XBOX, PC	Acclaim Studios Manchester
		Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo	PS2, GC, XBOX, PC	Frontier Developments Ltd.
		XGRA: Extreme G Racing Association	PS2, GC, XBOX	Acclaim Studios Cheltenham
		Summer Heat Beach Volleyball	PS2	Acclaim Studios Cheltenham
		SX Superstar	PS2, GC, XBOX	Climax Solent

Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. Recently Developed Games

		Name	Platforms	Publisher
		NBA Jam 2000 released on Dec. 2, 1999	N64	Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
		Turok: Dinosaur Hunter released on Feb. 28, 1997	N64, PC	Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
		Space Jam released on Nov. 30, 1995	PS1, SAT, PC	Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
		Demolition Man	GEN, SNES, 3DO, SCD	Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
		Foreman for Real	GG, GEN, SNES	Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
		NBA Jam released on March 30, 1994	GB, GG, GEN, SNES, PS2, GC, SCD, XBOX, ARC	Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., Midway Games
		WWF Royal Rumble	GEN, SNES	THQ Inc., LJN, Ltd.
		WWF Super Wrestlemania	GEN, SNES	LJN, Ltd., Flying Edge, Inc.

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Company Name	Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
Street Address	One Acclaim Plaza
City	Glen Cove
State	New York, 11542
Country	United States
Website	http://www.acclaim.com
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Date Founded	1987-01-01 00:00:00
Count of Games Published	191
Count of Games Developed	10
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