The end of Acclaim?

aso · Post by **aso** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:07 pm

Bankruptcy almost certain as several studios close and employees told to go home.

Good riddance, I say.

Segata · Post by **Segata** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:22 pm

About freaking time.

Ash Holt · Post by **Ash Holt** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:24 pm

I do remember having some fun in the past with Acclaim games, but those times are long over :(.

Too bad they couldn't put out decent fucking games often enough.

WhoopA · Post by **WhoopA** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:34 pm

Penny Arcade's "nice dream" has been fulfilled.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:44 pm

No company in the industry has ever deserved it as much as they did. They consistantly put out shitty games longer than should be possible.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 11:08 pm

Did Acclaim ever make a good game?

Ash Holt · Post by **Ash Holt** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 11:10 pm

Some, I guess.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 12:51 am

Oh, really? Let's go through a little trip down memory lane - a lane of suckiness.

Batman Forever, Judge Dred, Shadowman, South Park Rally, Vexx, Knight Rider, Forsaken 64, DragonHeart, SpaceJam, a crapload of generic sports games, and who could forget the Turok series?

I know I can't. No matter how hard I try.

Iggy's Reckin' Balls was the best game they ever made.

And it was about cartoon headless balls who climbed towers by shooting organic grappling hooks from no particular place on their spherical bodies.

Post by **G.Silver** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 1:02 am

Did they knock down the towers afterwards? That sounds sort of cool..

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 1:12 am

Segaholic2 wrote:Did Acclaim ever make a good game?

Supposedly, The Red Star was looking up to be decent.

But oh well, it's just bad karma for the company after years of bad games a terrible advertisement campaigns.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 1:40 am

Acclaim was the first company it ever occured to me was no damn good. It was in the Genny era, sometime in the early 90's. I was rapidly developing my gamer's mindset and I'd rented something one day, I don't remember what, but it was from Acclaim and it was the first time I remember consciously thinking: "Huh, these guys never make anything good."

It's been a long war, but that makes victory all the more sweet. So who should be the next to go? I vote Bandai.

Brazillian Cara · Post by **Brazillian Cara** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:12 am

Personally, the best Acclaim game I've played was Mortal Kombat II for the SNES. Actually, what was their involviment with Sega's Crazy Taxi?
(suddenly remembers that music from Offspring/Bad Religion:
YEAHYEAHYEAHYEAHYEAH!)

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:13 am

Segaholic2 wrote:Did Acclaim ever make a good game?

Crazy Taxi F'ing "pwns." That's actually all I've been playing lately.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:16 am

Acclaim is a big reason why there are rarely any good movie or TV show related video games.

How did they keep getting so many licenses?

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:23 am

Oral sex, problably.

Did they knock down the towers afterwards? That sounds sort of cool..

Indeed - the towers were wrecked. And you could also use your ball's grappling hook to grab your friend's balls and swing them around. It was the high point of their career.

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 11:10 am

Brazillian Cara wrote:Personally, the best Acclaim game I've played was Mortal Kombat II for the SNES. Actually, what was their involviment with Sega's Crazy Taxi?

I thought Midway developed MKII while Acclaim just published it.

Same thing with Sega's Crazy Taxi.

Acclaim just went the wrong route. Maybe they should have stopped making games and just went the Working Designs, Mastiff, Conspirasy Games route of publishing unique Japanese franchises that the usual big companies refuse to bring over here.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 11:14 am

Maybe, but then they would've been in charge of translation.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 12:58 pm

Yeah, stupids. Acclaim only published Crazy Taxi for GameCube, they didn't develop it. Gosh.

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 1:09 pm

Okay, screw Acclaim then. Crazy Taxi is still awesome though.

BlazeHedgehog · Post by **BlazeHedgehog** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 2:14 pm

Acclaim was only publishing The Red Star, too.

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 3:31 pm

And it's being developed by Acclaim Studios Austin.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 4:40 pm

That's a <b>different</b> Acclaim.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 6:51 pm

I thought Acclaim had a studio here in Austin. It got shut down along with their other offices in other cities.

Tsuyoshi-kun · Post by **Tsuyoshi-kun** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 10:35 am

Green Gibbon! wrote:It's been a long war, but that makes victory all the more sweet. So who should be the next to go? I vote Bandai.

Bandai's too big (not to mention too stupid) to get out of the video game industry. They might do much in America, but in Japan they have their toy company, have a huge animation unit (Bandai Visual), release their own DVDs, and have Gundam. Gundam alone could keep those talentless bastards around for the next several decades. And I haven't spent so much a penny on their damn .hack projects, and I'm damn proud of it.

At least Accliam (sometimes) made their own games. Bandai's are all licenses based on anime that don't deserve the shitty treatment they give them...except, of course, for their .hack crap ($50 each for four games that look, play, and feel the same. It'd be like taking Sonic Heroes and adding two new levels, improved graphics, and called it the seoncd installment in the series).

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 11:33 am

Bandai are also the creators of Tamagotchi. That one year of crazy toy sales might be enough to keep them going till the end of time.