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R.I.P., Acclaim

Posted Apr 25, 2006 at 2:05PM EST by QJ Staff

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Acclaim, a video game company, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. We can now all bow our heads and say, "Thank you." While we feel for those who've lost their jobs, the company has brought us some real stinkers over the past years, including (but not limited to) Turok: Evolution, BMX: XXX (did the company really think nudity in this one would be enough to make the game sell?), and ECW Hardcore Revolution.

Even though the company announced their defeat long ago, they are just now putting their assets up for auction, allowing other companies to purchase the rights to titles like Fur Fighters and Iggy's Reckin' Balls. The rights to the actual name of the now-broke company have already been sold, meaning that we will see some more games under the name of 'Acclaim' in the future.

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# RIP — Guest 2006-04-25 15:28

Well BMX:XXX sold to me cuz of the nudity lol

MK was one of the best.. RIP

# Bad Intentions — Guest 2006-04-25 15:28

Did anyone else like Acclaim's Re-Volt RC racing?

# a bit more info — Guest 2006-04-25 15:29

acclaim died last year! this final nail is just the finalizing of it...

# Yes — Guest 2006-04-25 15:29

they sure did fall apart at the end, but we can't forget about the contributions they have made in the past.

- Emmortal

# This kinda sucks — Guest 2006-04-25 15:33

Ive been around when Acclaim was making all them games and some were real classics, its kinda weird to know a company one grew up with is dead ;_;

# damn — BULL3TPR00F 2006-04-25 15:35

Acclaim had some good classic games, such as those for the SNES, and the older PC, and arcade games.

Goodbye Acclaim :'[

# good bye :( — Guest 2006-04-25 15:36

im not gonna say thank you.. i feel bad for them.. acclaim was responsible for many good games too you know. home versions of NBA Jam on SNES and Genesis as well as a ton of great NES games. id rather not focus on what they failed to do.. but choose to remember the times they made me happy with great products.. to me. acclaim will be sorely missed.

# Man, that sucks =/ — DarkLegacy 2006-04-25 15:36

Man, they were one of the best Developers back in the day. They really started to suck with the current Gen. Dunno what kind of drugs these guys were doing but they did indeed release a pile of crap. I honestly did not play 1 single Acclaim Game Since the original Extreme G for the N64. They will be missed, but I defitnly don't see them getting much for titles they still hold the rights to.

# We Miss you acclaim — Guest 2006-04-25 15:38

NBA Jam Tournament Edition!!!

# Nba jam was good — Guest 2006-04-25 15:42

and MK1 was good otherwise whatever, and the nudity in bmx xxx was only topless, so it was pointless.

# Time Frame — Guest 2006-04-25 15:43

I suppose they did determine this earlier, but they are just now sealing the deal. It will be official.

# Juiced? lol — Guest 2006-04-25 15:45

Acclaim announced this back when they were working on Juiced about a year ago lol. I remember looking forward to that game and then finding out that they were going bankrupt so they had to sell the rights of Juiced to somebody else (THQ I think, not sure).

# WOO RIP — MDCosta911 2006-04-25 15:51

ROBOTICA, SEGA SATURN

haha..it was actually a pretty bad mech game, but still a childhood memory

# hgh — Guest 2006-04-25 16:06

same as what others have said, grew up with this company being around, sad to see em go.

# Aye — Remmy 2006-04-25 16:12

The turok games had some decent features I'd like to see again, but not very many of them (there were...three I think) were geat.

Though Fur Fighters, I recall, was pretty fun --or at least ammusing, back in the day.

RIP.

# R.I.P. — yamabigdog 2006-04-25 16:16

NBA JAM was one of me n my deceased best friend's all-time fav game. Well next to Killer Instinct(Arcade ).

R.I.P. Eric

# um acclaim isn't going anywhere — Guest 2006-04-25 16:16

now that someone else bought them out, this doesn't mean acclaim is dead or out of business. It probably means a better staff of people taking over.

# 1 — tjsynkral 2006-04-25 16:24

Fact check:

Mortal Kombat was developed by Midway. Acclaim only ported it.

# why god!?! dont ask god, ask nixon, why nixon!?! — Guest 2006-04-25 16:29

Oh man....

mortal combat....

turok....

smash tv....

wwf wrestlemania arcade...

D...(started a whole new horror sub-genre)

extreme g....

vexx...oh wait that game sukt scratch that one

....*sniff* *sniff* i bought bmx xxx for the chesticles too, but never saw them

# COMPLAINT, CONTINUED — Guest 2006-04-25 16:35

Henceforth, I posit that the QuickJump staff must change their mannerisms. This is because the deletion of fourteen posts seemed hardly neccessary for the resolution of this "first post" situation. In addition, I fail to observe how my first post was in any way harmful or vulgar.

# sigh — Guest 2006-04-25 16:37

i like NBA JAM soooo much... esp with all the cheats that enable high flying actions :(

# In response to the complaint... — Guest 2006-04-25 16:38

When I deleted the first complaint, you did not give me a chance to respond. I am trying to keep these comments on the main discussion topic. My last article fell into a discussion of off topic smut including references to Hitler.

I do not want this to happen again.

# NBA JAM 360 — Guest 2006-04-25 16:44

NO Does this mean NO NBA Jam 360. Maybe microsoft will buy the rights and we will play NBA jam on Xbox Live against others online. Yea that would rule. NBA JAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAM .

# did they ? — Guest 2006-04-25 16:48

did they make Dave mirra freestyle bmx? wow what a shame oh well no more bmx i guess =(

# Why Matt A. Should Be Fired — Guest 2006-04-25 17:00

Last time I checked, the point of blogs was of opinion. And, to my recollection, I'm allowed to voice mine. My view was that QJ should try and put some BASIC research into its news articles... nearly everyone in the gaming scene could've told you about Acclaim's bankruptcy when it happened... a year ago.

Acclaim is back now as an MMO producer. By posting this, it may seem like this new company is gone. It's not. And for shame to Matt A. for this.

But furthermore, he deleted ALL negative feedback to his own report, which is why he should be fired. Take our criticism. And god damnit, do some research.

I expect this message to be deleted. But kudos if it stays up.

# MK — Guest 2006-04-25 17:09

Hope someone takes over MK

# Don't be a *****! — Guest 2006-04-25 17:12

Not everyone knew about acclaim's bankruptcy! And, even if they did, This is a nice tribute to them.

# LMAO — Guest 2006-04-25 17:15

NOW ALL DEY GAMES IS LIKE 1 dollar

# ummm yea — Guest 2006-04-25 17:18

umm... I dont think their dead...

http://www.acclaim.com/

They are comming out with 2 MMORPGs...

Bots and 9 Dragons

I bieleve they are now in the buisness of dragging games from Korea to America.

# Heres an Idea — Guest 2006-04-25 17:18

Hey, heres a thought!

Instead of posting this under 'News', this site should create a section called 'Olds!'. That way Matt A. can prance around and post all the year old information he can find!

Hey, Matt! Did you hear? EA secured the NFL license!

Also, to the other non-informed above:

1) The Dave Mirra license was sold off to 'Crave Entertainment'. A PSP Dave Mirra game is coming soon.

2) MK is not created by Acclaim, don't worry

3) The new Acclaim aims to have some games out this year. It would be a damn shame if consumers thought they went bankrupt. I mean, talk about misinformation.

# The Downhill Slope of qj.net — Guest 2006-04-25 17:30

"19. » Time Frame

I suppose they did determine this earlier, but they are just now sealing the deal. It will be official.

-Matt A."

Wow. What a terrible excuse for hastily posting news. The story on Gama Sutra has reference... it posts "INFORMATION". You, sir, are posting mis-information.

The story notated notes not the bankruptcy of the company, but the fact that it's final assets are being sold off. Matt A, can you read? Or do you just rely on pictures, and make a story out of it? Your "article" has little to do with the linked story.

You mentioned how your last post went into a smut conference. Find it odd how both of these incidents occured because of you?

# RIP — Guest 2006-04-25 17:35

Don't forget southpark FPS PC game that was released long long time ago, good old cow launcher!

at least that game can be considered as abandoned ware now

# Erm.. for all you MK fans... — Guest 2006-04-25 17:39

...Mortal Kombat was Midway.....

# clearing some info up — Guest 2006-04-25 17:52

Mortal Kombat was developed by Midway

NBA Jam was developed by Midway and Iguana

Acclaim ported these to the home consoles for midway along with other midway games like Smash TV

# yay — Guest 2006-04-25 18:19

DING DONG! The witch is dead

# Umm... — dekarguy 2006-04-25 18:52

This is really old. Acclaim went bankrupt and closed its doors 2 years ago.

The auction on the game assets ended in late December.

The new Acclaim has nothing to do with the old one except they bought the name.

Mis-information!

# Acclaim claimed to be DONE FOR — liquidfire0012 2006-04-25 18:53

I think it would be a little more ironic, if the article was written as "Acclaim has ironicaly filed a claim for bancruptcy and if now officially claimed dead on the scene according to gamers who have claimed this information to be accurate as Acclaim sucked anyway"....

LOL PWNT

# Criticism Taken — Guest 2006-04-25 18:55

I apologize for this. I handled the situation incorrectly. I acknowledge your criticism and take it graciously. In the future, if I have one, I will do more research before posting such news.

Thank you.

# EADM — Guest 2006-04-25 19:05

HELL YEAH WE KICK A$$!! EAT THAT QJ!! (insert background music) "were not gonna take it, no we aint gonna take it, were not gonna take it....any more!!!"

# Turok owned me — Guest 2006-04-25 19:16

Ah.. i loved the Turok games!! Except for Turok: Evolution, which was the beginning of the end sort of..

Thanks for making such great games in the past, which I still play up to this moment. I will root for you guys.

-SeikenZ-

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