'''Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.''' was founded in 1987 as a Delaware corporation. Over the next 17 years, the company became a leading worldwide developer, publisher, and mass marketer. The company's headquarters were located in Glen Cove, New York, and their common stock publicly traded on the US Stock Exchange (NASDAQ symbol AKLM). In later years, Acclaim had a reputation for bad-quality games, save for some exceptions such as the ''NBA Jam'' series (which was originally an arcade game developed by [[Midway Games|Midway]] before Acclaim bought the series), the ''NFL Quarterback Club'' series, and the ''Turok'' series. In September 2004, Acclaim has filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings, which caused it to be closed. All of its divisions and studios were closed and its assets were liquidated by the end of 2004. These assets were then auctioned off to several companies in the coming years; most of the game library was acquired by Canadian developer Throwback Entertainment in 2006, while the Acclaim brand itself was purchased by independent publisher Collectorvision in May 2016.
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===1st Logo (March 12, 1987-1997)===
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|QhmUB7u0hRjjFNnf1_IvaA72938.png|4th Logo (February 29, 1996-November 9, 2000)
|Acclaim Entertainment (2000).png|5th Logo (December 1, 2000-October 4, 2001)
|RbjSbq4PtxQZutL8ZZQcdw8241.jpeg|6th Logo (May 5, 2002-March 11, 2004)
|Acclaim NBA Jam.png|7th Logo (September 23-November 7, 2003)
|IZ9et9MZGuZBc-T5Lma4DQ29297.png|8th Logo (April 29-August 2004)
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===1st Logo (September 1987-July 1997)===
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'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the word "'''''A''cclaim'''" in a {{color|gray}}-gradient color, on top of a rainbow gradient arrow-like line facing the left with the C's made of "less than" signs or left arrows [<]. Under the logo is "entertainment, Inc.", which is sometimes spaced to fit the width of the logo.
*On some games like the Game Boy version of ''Cutthroat Island'', "entertainment, inc." is absent.
'''FX/SFX:''' DependingDepends on the variant.
'''Music/Sounds:''' None, or the opening theme of the game.
*It even appeared on UK releases of ''Mortal Kombat 3'' for Game Boy and Game Gear and ''Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3'' for SNES and Genesis, since Acclaim distributed the titles outside the USA.
===2nd Logo (1995November 1994-1998December 5, 2003)===
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'''Logo:''' We see the Acclaim logo from before, but the word "'''''A''cclaim'''" is bolder, is in plain white, and the "C" arrows are straighter. Also, "entertainment, inc.", or "entertainment" is under the logo like before.
'''Variants:'''
*On some titles since 1998, "entertainment, inc." is absent. Sometimes, the website URL "www.acclaim.com" in 1999, is under the logo.
*Sometimes, the word "'''''A''cclaim'''" is black and the background is white.
*On [[Realtime Associates, Inc.|Realtime Associates]]-developed games like ''WWF Raw'' for Game Gear, the background and letters are white. The background is black on ''Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball'', while ''Iron Man/X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal'' has the text in {{color|gray}}.
*On some games like ''Machines'', ''Trickstyle'', ''Burnout 2: Point of Impact'' and ''Shadow Man'', the logo is in high-quality 3D, and the word "'''''A''cclaim'''" is a bit {{color|green}} and has a metallic shine, but on ''Shadow Man'', it's on a background.
*On ''Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance'', the "entertainment inc." text is bold, and in italics.
'''FX/SFX:''' Depends on the variant.
'''Music/Sounds:''' None or the opening theme of the game.
'''Availability:''' Seen on various Acclaim games at the time. It was also used in tandem with the previous logo until 1997.
===3rd Logo (September 4, 1995-August 7, 1998)===
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'''Logo:''' We see the Acclaim logo, but the "'''''A''cclaim'''" typeface is in a 3D style and "entertainment, inc", is in {{color|darkblue|dark blue}}. A light blink appears behind, shining on the logo.
'''Variants:'''
'''Logo:''' We see the same Acclaim logo, but the "'''''A''cclaim'''" typeface is in a 3D style and "entertainment, inc", is in {{color|darkblue|dark blue}}. A light blink appears behind, shining on the logo.
'''Variants:'''
*On Genesis games, there is no light blink and the logo is more {{color|blue}}.
*On ''Batman and Robin'', the logo is set behind the game's opening.
*Games that have this variant include ''NBA Jam: Tournament Edition'' (Sega 32X, PlayStation, Saturn, PC and Atari Jaguar versions), ''NFL Quarterback Club'' (Sega 32X Version), ''Rise 2: Resurrection'', ''D'', ''Revolution X'' (PlayStation, Saturn and PC versions), ''Batman Forever: The Arcade Game'', the SNES and Sega Genesis versions of ''Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball'', ''NFL Quarterback Club 96'' and ''College Slam'', ''X-Men: Children of the ATOM'' (PlayStation and Saturn versions), and ''Batman and Robin'' for PlayStation.
===3rd4th Logo (February 29, 1996-November 9, 2000)===
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'''Logo:''' On a black background, each letter in the word "'''''A''cclaim'''", flies in and hits the screen, leaving {{color|blue}} fire traces. Every time a letter hits the screen, the arrow-line flashes in {{color|blue}}. When all the other letters come along including "entertainment, inc.", the {{color|blue}} arrow-line becomes rainbow colored as usual, and the logo shines with rainbow colors, becoming 3D and {{color|gray}}. After the logo forms, the logo shines while the light starts to shine from beyond the logo.
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'''Logo:''' On a black background, each letter in the word "'''''A''cclaim'''" flies in and hits the screen, leaving {{color|blue}} fire traces. Every time a letter hits the screen, the arrow-line flashes in {{color|blue}}. When all the other letters come along including "entertainment, inc.", the {{color|blue}} arrow-line becomes rainbow colored as usual, and the logo shines with rainbow colors, becoming 3D and {{color|gray}}. After the logo forms, the logo shines while the light starts to shine from beyond the logo.
'''Variants:'''
'''Availability:''' It was first used on ''Alien Trilogy'', and has appeared on many PlayStation, Saturn and PC games released by the company.
*Such examples include ''V-Tennis'', ''Jeremy McGrath Supercross 98'', ''Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball'', ''NFL Quarterback Club '96'' and '''97'' (the former title was never released for PlayStation), ''College Slam'', ''NBA Jam Extreme'', ''Space Jam'', ''WWF In Your House'' and ''The Crow: City of Angels'' among others.
*By 1998, this logo was rarely used (instead of using the 4th logo), being reduced to be used on trailers, and the last game to feature this was ''RC Dede Go!'' on the PlayStation.
===4th5th Logo (1997December 1, 2000-2003October 4, 2001)===
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'''Logo:''' We see the similar Acclaim logo from the 1st logo, but the word "'''''A''cclaim'''" is bolder, is in plain white, and the "C" arrows are straighter. Also, "entertainment, inc.", or "entertainment" is under the logo like before.
'''Variants:'''
*On some titles since 1998, "entertainment, inc." is absent. Sometimes, the website URL "www.acclaim.com" in 1999, is under the logo.
*Sometimes, the word "'''''A''cclaim'''" is black and the background is white.
*On [[Realtime Associates, Inc.|Realtime Associates]]-developed games like ''WWF Raw'' for Game Gear, the background and letters are white. The background is black on ''Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball'', while ''Iron Man/X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal'' has the text in {{color|gray}}.
*On some games like ''Machines'', ''Trickstyle'', ''Burnout 2: Point of Impact'' and ''Shadow Man'', the logo is in high-quality 3D, and the word "'''''A''cclaim'''" is a bit {{color|green}} and has a metallic shine, but on ''Shadow Man'', it's on a background.
*On ''Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance'', the "entertainment inc." text is bold, and in italics.
'''FX/SFX:''' Depending on the variant.
'''Music/Sounds:''' None or the opening theme of the game.
'''Availability:''' Seen on various Acclaim games at the time.
===5th Logo (2000-2001)===
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'''Logo:''' The Acclaim logo turns and zooms in with the spotlight rays traveling through the word "'''''A''cclaim'''". Then as the lights reach the "'''cc'''" part of the logo, the colors on the arrow-like appear via the glow-light color, forming the logo. Then the logo zooms back, while the lights slowly dim out a few seconds later.
'''Availability:''' It only appears on ''RC Revenge Pro'' and ''Paris Dakar Rally'' for the PlayStation 2.
===6th Logo (May 5, 2002-March 11, 2004)===
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'''Logo:''' The word "'''''A''cclaim'''" is being shot letter-by-letter by lightning sparks. Every letter shines a second after being formed. Two '''c'<nowiki/>'''s are created by the shots from downside, then follow the dot and arrow-line. The word "entertainment" appears, and strike comes down the arrow-line.
'''Music/Sounds:''' Loud shot sounds.
'''Availability:''' Fairly rareRare. It only appears on four games: ''ZooCube'' for GameCube, ''Speed Kings'', ''Freestyle Street Soccer'' and the North American version of ''Worms 3D'' for GameCube, PlayStation 2, and PC (the Xbox and European versions were published by [[Sega]].
===7th Logo (September 23-November 7, 2003)===
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===7th Logo (2003)===
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'''Logo:''' We see {{color|blue}} circles and lines moving to the left with a 3D Acclaim logo. Then cubes appear through it as the logo turns into color and becomes 2D.
'''Availability:''' Only seen on ''NBA Jam'' for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
===8th Logo (2003April 29-August 2004)===
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'''Logo:''' The Acclaim logo from before is being written with {{color|blue}} laser lines. After it's completed, it shines and glows {{color|blue}}.
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