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Podcast Episode 012 - History of Acclaim - "The Rise"

 

We go

over the rise of Acclaim Entertainment from its inception by two formeremployees of Activision. We cover Acclaim's rise as they started off aspublishers of games from smaller companies, and then branched out intofranchising. We discuss the interactions between Acclaim and Nintendo, and howthey become one of the first American publishers for Nintendo. 

 

Ghostbusters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdZmiyPaKkA

 

Rambo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDTFLNSWm3U

 

Tiger Heli: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7hOp7S_YiU

 

Star Voyager: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmqXawykr5Y

 

3D World Runner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTbH25YNxE4

 

World Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv3RJKS2e_E

 

Atic Atac : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJrS9WYn3X8

 

Donkey Kong Country:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whp2Y_MjTXs

 

Secret of Evermore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdV79VbxWOc

 

Wizards and

Warriors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SlQ2c1bj54

 

Mortal Kombat TV

Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzugunqdlnI

 

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Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode -

 Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode 

Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love 

Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/