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Background

Acclaim Studios Cheltenham was a sub-studio of Acclaim Entertainment based in Cheltenham, England. It was founded in 2000 by former employees of Psygnosis' South West studio and Acclaim London. It closed down in 2004, along with other Acclaim studios and the whole parent company itself.

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1st Logo (August 17, 2000-January 10, 2001)	2nd Logo (Crazy Taxi variant) (May 17, 2001-May 3, 2002)	3rd Logo (XGIII variant) (August 21, 2001-May 3, 2002)	4th Logo (18 Wheeler variant) (November 13, 2001-December 5, 2002)	5th Logo (March 13-July 4, 2003)	6th Logo (Alias variant) (April 7-June 17, 2004)

1st Logo (August 17, 2000-January 10, 2001)

Nicknames: "Acclaim Studios Iguana", "Killer the Iguana"

Logo: It's the same Acclaim Studios logo from 1999, but it has "CHELTENHAM" below instead of being at the right of "Acclaim", spaced to fit the logo width.

Variant: On a trailer for Re-Volt 2 (early name for RC Revenge) the logo forms up through a fuzzy line-like effect.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None. On the Re-Volt 2 trailer, it's the main theme of the game.

Availability: Seen on RC Revenge and RC Revenge Pro.

2nd Logo (Crazy Taxi variant) (May 17, 2001-May 3, 2002)

Nickname: "Acclaim Taxi"

Logo: The Acclaim logo with a taxi texture on "Acclaim" drives in from the right to the left, then drives back to the right faster and making crashing sounds, then drives in and makes a stop to the center. As it finishes, "CHELTENHAM" appears zooming out letter-by-letter with each letter inside a blue grunge rectangle and under the logo. The squares blur away a second later and then the logo turns into normal and "CHELTENHAM" fades out.

FX/SFX: The logo driving through, the "CHELTENHAM" word zooming out.

Music/Sounds: Sounds of car crashing and honking and a woman screaming.

Availability: Seen on Crazy Taxi for GameCube and PS2.

3rd Logo (XGIII variant) (August 21, 2001-May 3, 2002)

Nickname: "Icy Arrow"

Logo: A black Acclaim logo stands on an icy surface. Then several pod racers rush into the action and pass the border, coloring it with rainbow. "Cheltenham" appears under the logo and the background changes to white.

FX/SFX: The pod racers.

Music/Sounds: Engine sounds.

Availability: Seen on XGIII: Extreme G Racing.

4th Logo (18 Wheeler variant) (November 13, 2001-December 5, 2002)

Nickname: "The Acclaim Wheel"

Logo: We see a huge close-up of a wheel which later speeds in reverse. Then we see different shots of it and goes faster. Then it slows down and finally makes a stop, revealing the Acclaim logo in plain white with the words "MADE IN CHELTENHAM" with a rectangular outline around "CHELTENHAM". Then everything fades out except for the Acclaim logo, which then turns into normal and the arrow-line's color fades in.

FX/SFX: The wheel spinning which later stops.

Music/Sounds: The sounds of the truck driving and the tire squealing when the wheel stops.

Availability: Seen on 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker for GameCube and PS2.

5th Logo (March 13-July 4, 2003)

Logo: We see the Acclaim logo on a black background, but the arrow-line is plain white, the bottom part of it is larger and has the word "Studios" in spaced-out letters inside it. Under it is the word "Cheltenham" in spaced-out letters.

Variant: On Dakar 2: The World's Ultimate Rally, against the sand background, the wind blows the sand off to reveal the logo. Then the logo turns into the regular Acclaim logo and the background fades out.

FX/SFX: None. The sand blowing off on the Dakar 2 variant.

Music/Sounds: None. The sounds of the sand blowing on the Dakar 2 variant.

Availability: Seen on Summer Heat Beach Volleyball and Dakar 2: The World's Ultimate Rally.

6th Logo (Alias variant) (April 7-June 17, 2004)

Logo: The Acclaim logo in a golden tint appears clipped to the document background from the game. Under it are the words "Acclaim Studios Cheltenham" with "Presents" underneath. Below that is a copyright date.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on Alias.

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 ===Background===
-'''Acclaim Studios Cheltenham''' was a sub-studio of [[Acclaim Entertainment]] based in Cheltenham, England. It was founded in 2000 by former employees of [[Psygnosis]]' South West studio and [[Probe Entertainment|Acclaim London]]. It closed down in 2004, along with other Acclaim studios and the whole parent company itself.
+'''Acclaim Studios Cheltenham''' was a sub-studio of [[Acclaim Entertainment]] based in Cheltenham, England. It was founded in 2000 by former employees of [[Psygnosis]]' South West studio and [[Acclaim Studios London|Acclaim London]]. It closed down in 2004, along with other Acclaim studios and the whole parent company itself.
+{{ImageTOC
-===1st Logo (August 16-December 1, 2000)===
+|Acclaim Studios Chestenham (2000) (From - RC Revenge Pro).png|1st Logo (August 17, 2000-January 10, 2001)
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+|Acclaim Studios Cheltenham (2001) (From - Crazy Taxi).png|2nd Logo (''Crazy Taxi'' variant) (May 17, 2001-May 3, 2002)
+|Acclaim Studios Chestenham (2001) (From - XGIII Extreme G Racing).png|3rd Logo (''XGIII'' variant) (August 21, 2001-May 3, 2002)
+|Acclaim Studios Cheltenham (2001) (From - 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker).png|4th Logo (''18 Wheeler'' variant) (November 13, 2001-December 5, 2002)
+|Acclaim Studios Cheltenham (2003) (From - Summer Heat Beach Volleyball).png|5th Logo (March 13-July 4, 2003)
+|Acclaim Studios Cheltenham (2004) (From - Alias).png|6th Logo (''Alias'' variant) (April 7-June 17, 2004)
+}}
+===1st Logo (August 17, 2000-January 10, 2001)===
+<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
 Acclaim Studios Chestenham (2000) (From - RC Revenge Pro).png
 </gallery>
+'''Nicknames:''' "Acclaim Studios Iguana", "Killer the Iguana"
-'''Nicknames:''' "Acclaim Studios Iguana", "The Iguana", "Killer the Iguana"
 '''Logo:''' It's the same [[Acclaim Studios Austin|Acclaim Studios]] logo from 1999, but it has "CHELTENHAM" below instead of being at the right of "'''''A''cclaim'''", spaced to fit the logo width.
-'''FX/SFX:''' None, but on a trailer for ''Re-Volt 2'' (early name for ''RC Revenge'') the logo forms up through a fuzzy line-like effect.
+'''Variant:''' On a trailer for ''Re-Volt 2'' (early name for ''RC Revenge'') the logo forms up through a fuzzy line-like effect.
+'''FX/SFX:''' None.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' None, but on the ''Re-Volt 2'' trailer, it's the main theme to ''RC Revenge''.
-'''Availability:''' Appears on ''RC Revenge'' and ''RC Revenge Pro''.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' None. On the ''Re-Volt 2'' trailer, it's the main theme of the game.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on ''RC Revenge'' and ''RC Revenge Pro''.
-===2nd Logo (''XGIII'' variant) (August 21, 2001)===
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+===2nd Logo (''Crazy Taxi'' variant) (May 17, 2001-May 3, 2002)===
-Acclaim Studios Chestenham (2001) (From - XGIII Extreme G Racing).png
+<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
+Acclaim Studios Cheltenham (2001) (From - Crazy Taxi).png
 </gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=bOzcaSgQ4JI}}
+'''Nickname:''' "Acclaim Taxi"
+'''Logo:''' The Acclaim logo with a taxi texture on "'''''A''cclaim'''" drives in from the right to the left, then drives back to the right faster and making crashing sounds, then drives in and makes a stop to the center. As it finishes, "CHELTENHAM" appears zooming out letter-by-letter with each letter inside a {{color|blue}} grunge rectangle and under the logo. The squares blur away a second later and then the logo turns into normal and "CHELTENHAM" fades out.
-'''Nicknames:''' "The Acclaim Arrow", "The Extreme-G logo"
+'''FX/SFX:''' The logo driving through, the "CHELTENHAM" word zooming out.
-'''Logo:''' A black Acclaim logo stands on an icy surface. Then several pod racers rush into the action and pass the border, coloring it with rainbow. The word "Cheltenham" appears under the logo and the background changes to white.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' Sounds of car crashing and honking and a woman screaming.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The pod racers.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Crazy Taxi'' for GameCube and PS2.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Engine sounds.
+===3rd Logo (''XGIII'' variant) (August 21, 2001-May 3, 2002)===
-'''Availability:''' Appeared on ''XGIII: Extreme G Racing''.
+<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
+Acclaim Studios Chestenham (2001) (From - XGIII Extreme G Racing).png
-===3rd Logo (''Crazy Taxi'' variant) (2001)===
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-Acclaim Studios Cheltenham (2001) (From - Crazy Taxi).png
 </gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=0ScVBTHEUbc}}
+'''Nickname:''' "Icy Arrow"
+'''Logo:''' A black Acclaim logo stands on an icy surface. Then several pod racers rush into the action and pass the border, coloring it with rainbow. "Cheltenham" appears under the logo and the background changes to white.
-'''Nicknames:''' "The Acclaim Arrow II", "Driving Acclaim Arrow", "Acclaim Taxi"
+'''FX/SFX:''' The pod racers.
-'''Logo:''' The Acclaim logo with a taxi texture on "'''''A''cclaim'''" drives in from the right to the left, then drives back to the right faster and making crashing sounds, then drives in and makes a stop to the center. As it finishes, the word "CHELTENHAM" appears zooming out letter-by-letter with each letter inside a {{color|blue}} grunge rectangle and under the logo. The squares blur away a second later and then the logo turns into normal and "CHELTENHAM" fades out.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' Engine sounds.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The logo driving through, the "CHELTENHAM" word zooming out.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on ''XGIII: Extreme G Racing''.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Sounds of car crashing and honking and a woman screaming.
+===4th Logo (''18 Wheeler'' variant) (November 13, 2001-December 5, 2002)===
-'''Availability:''' Appears on ''Crazy Taxi'' for GameCube and PS2.
+<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
-===4th Logo (''18 Wheeler'' variant) (2001)===
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
 Acclaim Studios Cheltenham (2001) (From - 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker).png
 </gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=nRDjCvyeJ48}}
-'''Nicknames:''' "The Acclaim Arrow III", "The Acclaim Wheel"
+'''Nickname:''' "The Acclaim Wheel"
 '''Logo:''' We see a huge close-up of a wheel which later speeds in reverse. Then we see different shots of it and goes faster. Then it slows down and finally makes a stop, revealing the Acclaim logo in plain white with the words "MADE IN CHELTENHAM" with a rectangular outline around "CHELTENHAM". Then everything fades out except for the Acclaim logo, which then turns into normal and the arrow-line's color fades in.
@@ Line 60: / Line 70: @@
 '''Music/Sounds:''' The sounds of the truck driving and the tire squealing when the wheel stops.
-'''Availability:''' Appears on ''18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker'' for GameCube and PlayStation 2.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on ''18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker'' for GameCube and PS2.
-===5th Logo (March 7-July 1, 2003)===
+===5th Logo (March 13-July 4, 2003)===
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
 Acclaim Studios Cheltenham (2003) (From - Summer Heat Beach Volleyball).png
 </gallery>
+'''Logo:''' We see the Acclaim logo on a black background, but the arrow-line is plain white, the bottom part of it is larger and has the word "Studios" in spaced-out letters inside it. Under it is the word "Cheltenham" in spaced-out letters.
-'''Nicknames:''' "The Acclaim Arrow IV", "The Acclaim Studios Arrow"
-'''Logo:''' We see an Acclaim logo on a black background, but the arrow-line is plain white, the bottom part of it is larger and has the word, "Studios" in spaced-out letters inside it. Under it is the word "Cheltenham" in spaced-out letters.
 '''Variant:''' On ''Dakar 2: The World's Ultimate Rally'', against the sand background, the wind blows the sand off to reveal the logo. Then the logo turns into the regular Acclaim logo and the background fades out.
@@ Line 77: / Line 85: @@
 '''Music/Sounds:''' None. The sounds of the sand blowing on the ''Dakar 2'' variant.
-'''Availability:''' Appears on ''Summer Heat Beach Volleyball'' and ''Dakar 2: The World's Ultimate Rally''.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Summer Heat Beach Volleyball'' and ''Dakar 2: The World's Ultimate Rally''.
-===6th Logo (February 4, 2004)===
+===6th Logo (''Alias'' variant) (April 7-June 17, 2004)===
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
 Acclaim Studios Cheltenham (2004) (From - Alias).png
 </gallery>
+'''Logo:''' The Acclaim logo in a {{color|gold|golden}} tint appears clipped to the document background from the game. Under it are the words "'''Acclaim Studios Cheltenham'''" with "'''Presents'''" underneath. Below that is a copyright date.
-'''Nickname:''' "The Acclaim Arrow IV"
-'''Logo:''' The Acclaim logo in a {{color|gold|golden}} tint appears clipped to the document background from the game. Under it are the words "'''Acclaim Studios Cheltenham'''" with "'''Presents'''" underneath below that is a copyright date.
 '''FX/SFX:''' None.
@@ Line 92: / Line 98: @@
 '''Music/Sounds:''' None.
-'''Availability:''' Appeared on ''Alias''.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Alias''.
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