List of Acclaim Entertainment games
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These are the games released by the video game publisher Acclaim Entertainment.
1987–1990[edit]
| Game | Developer | Platform | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger-Heli | Micronics | NES | |
| Star Voyager | ASCII Entertainment | NES | |
| Winter Games | Atelier Double | NES | |
| 3-D WorldRunner | Square | NES | |
| Wizards & Warriors | Rare | NES | |
| Rambo | Pack-In-Video | NES | |
| Airwolf | Beam Software | NES | |
| Othello | HAL Laboratory | NES | |
| WWF WrestleMania | Rare | NES | |
| Knight Rider | Pack-In-Video | NES | |
| IronSword: Wizards & Warriors II | Rare | NES | |
| Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine | Gremlin Graphics | NES | |
| Wizards & Warriors X: The Fortress of Fear | Rare | Game Boy | |
| Double Dragon II: The Revenge | Technos | NES | |
| Destination Earthstar | Imagineering | NES | |
| Kwirk | Atlus | Game Boy | |
| Bigfoot | Beam Software | NES | |
| Narc | Rare | NES | |
| Total Recall | Interplay Productions | NES | |
| Swords and Serpents | Interplay Productions | NES | |
| Arch Rivals: A Basket Brawl! | Rare | NES | |
| Back to the Future II & III | Beam Software | NES | Released under the LJN label, first LJN title to be distributed by Acclaim. |
| WWF WrestleMania Challenge | Rare | NES | Released under the LJN label |
1991[edit]
1992[edit]
1993[edit]
| Game | Developer | Platform | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alien 3 | Bits Studios | Game Boy | LJN | Different to the Sega counterpart. |
| Alien 3 | Probe Software | NES | LJN | Different to the Sega and Game Boy counterparts. |
| Alien 3 | Probe Software | SNES | LJN | Different to the Sega, Game Boy and NES counterparts. |
| WWF Royal Rumble | Sculptured Software | SNES, Sega Genesis | LJN (SNES) Flying Edge (Genesis) |
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| Spider-Man 3: Invasion of the Spider Slayers | Bits Studios | Game Boy | LJN | |
| WWF King of the Ring | Eastridge Technology | NES, Game Boy | LJN | |
| Mortal Kombat | Sculptured Software (SNES) Probe Software (GB, Genesis, Game Gear, Master System, Sega CD) |
SNES, Game Boy, Game Gear, Master System, Sega Genesis, Sega CD | Acclaim (SNES, Game Boy) Arena Entertainment (Genesis, Master System, Game Gear, Sega CD) |
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| The Incredible Crash Dummies | Software Creations | NES | LJN | Different to the Game Boy counterpart. |
| RoboCop 3 | Eden Entertainment Software | Sega Genesis, Master System, Game Gear | Flying Edge | |
| The Addams Family | Ocean Software | Sega Genesis | Flying Edge | |
| The Addams Family | Arc Developments | Game Gear, Master System | Flying Edge | Different to the Sega Genesis counterpart. |
| The Incredible Crash Dummies | Gray Matter | SNES, Sega Genesis | LJN (SNES) Flying Edge (Genesis) |
Different to the other versions. |
| Terminator 2: Judgement Day | Bits Studios | SNES, Sega Genesis | LJN (SNES) Flying Edge (Genesis) |
Different to the other versions. |
| NFL Quarterback Club | Beam Software | Game Boy | LJN | |
| WWF Rage in the Cage | Sculptured Software | Sega CD | Arena Entertainment |
1994[edit]
1995[edit]
1996[edit]
1997[edit]
1998[edit]
1999[edit]
2000[edit]
2001[edit]
2002[edit]
2003[edit]
2004[edit]
Cancelled games[edit]
| Game | Developer | Platform | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| NBA Jam | Iguana Entertainment | Master System | |
| Monster Truck Wars | Unknown | SNES | Cancelled for unknown reasons. |
| The Itchy & Scratchy Game | Bits Corporation | Sega Genesis | |
| Revolution X | Rage Software | 32X | |
| Duel | unknown | 32X | Was only a 32X tech demo. |
| Immortal | Acclaim Arcade Studio | Arcade | Cancelled for unknown reasons, only a few character renders remain. |
| Killing Time | Torus Games | PlayStation, Saturn | |
| South Park | Crawfish Interactive | Game Boy Color | Cancelled as the show's creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, didn't want the title to be released on a video game system targeted outside South Park's target audience of adults. The game's engine was repurposed for Maya the Bee and her Friends, which was released in Europe, and The New Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley, which was released in North America. |
| Ultra Soccer/Acclaim Sports Soccer (Ultimate Football[2]) |
Probe Entertainment | Nintendo 64 | Scheduled for an August 1999 release,[3] the game was cancelled either because of quality standards or the problems with the Engine being used for the game.[citation needed] |
| Re-Volt | Digital Creations | Game Boy Color | Cancelled after the game's development went over time. The source code and engine were reused for Race Time and ATV Racers for the same systems, abit being published by different companies. |
| Ferrari 360 Challenge | Brain in a Jar | PlayStation 2 | Cancelled due to high development costs and undisclosed troubles with the Ferrari license. |
| Turok | unknown | Game Boy Advance | A tech demo made for testing purposes. It was a GBA port of Turok: Dinosaur Hunter. |
| Extreme-G 3 | Similis | Game Boy Advance | Cancelled very early in development, reasons are unknown[by whom?]. |
| Re-Volt Live | unknown | Xbox | Never left beta for unknown reasons. |
| Turok Resurrection | Acclaim Studios Austin | PlayStation 2, Xbox (Possibly GameCube or Windows as well) | Never got off the drawing board as the team who were planning the title had moved on to other projects. |
| Forsaken 2 | Acclaim Studios Teesside | PlayStation 2, Xbox | Cancelled due to the closure of the Teesside studio. Was supposed to be a sequel to Forsaken. Only a small racing demo remains of this title. |
| Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action! | unknown | PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Windows | Cancelled due to Acclaim and Dualstar Entertainment parting ways.[4] |
| Emergency Mayhem | Acclaim Studios Cheltenham | PlayStation 2, Xbox | Cancelled due to the closure of Acclaim Studios Cheltenham. The publishing rights were eventually bought by Codemasters, finished off by Supersonic Software, and was released on the Wii in April 2008. |
| The Last Job | Acclaim Studios Cheltenham | PlayStation 2, Xbox | Cancelled due to the closure of Acclaim Studios Cheltenham. |
| Interview with a Made Man | Acclaim Studios Manchester | PlayStation 2, Xbox | Cancelled due to the closure of Acclaim Studios Manchester. Was eventually finished by former employees of the studio, and the publishing rights would be bought by Mastertronic and Aspyr, and would be released simply as Made Man in late 2006. The Xbox version never saw the light of day. |
| ATV: Quad Power Racing 3 | Acclaim Studios Manchester | PlayStation 2, Xbox | Cancelled due to the closure of Acclaim Studios Manchester. Only a prototype of the Xbox version is all that remains of this title. |
| Juiced | Juice Games | PlayStation 2, Xbox | After Acclaim's closure, the game's publishing rights were bought by THQ and the game was delayed so it could be polished more further. It was eventually released in May 2005. An almost-final Prototype of the Acclaim version exists for the Xbox. |
| The Red Star | Acclaim Studios Austin | PlayStation 2, Xbox | The entire game was completed but was never published following Acclaim's bankruptcy. The game's publishing rights were bought by the Budget publisher XS Games and was released in 2007 as a PS2-exclusive budget title. The canceled but complete Xbox version can be downloaded on a modded console. |
| 100 Bullets | Acclaim Studios Austin | PlayStation 2, Xbox | Cancelled due to the closure of Acclaim Studios Austin. |
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.animationmagazine.net/2004/01/acclaim-signs-on-with-avalon/
- ^ https://archive.org/details/acclaim-europe-the-state-of-play-catalogue-1999/page/n5/mode/2up
- ^ https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/04/29/acclaim-soccer-headed-your-way
- ^ https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/04/26/the-olsen-twins-sue-acclaim