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September 1, 2025 No Responses

Trog!

Developer: Visual Concepts Publisher: Acclaim Release: 10/91 Genre: Action Trog is one of many NES and arcade games that is long forgotten. Even Midway, its publisher did little to keep it alive despite releasing many retro collections. But...

July 30, 2025 No Responses

The Red Star

Developer: Acclaim Studios Austin Publisher: XS Games Release: 04/23/07 Genre: Action Acclaim’s death in 2004 was bittersweet. To a certain extent we did see it coming. For years they floundered after their huge success during the 16-bit...

May 23, 2025 No Responses

Mortal Kombat (SNES)

Developer: Sculptured Software Publisher: Acclaim Release: 09/13/93 Genre: Fighting When Mortal Kombat hit the arcade it was one of the few games able to steal attention away from Street Fighter. Digitized graphics were nothing new; Pit Fighte...

December 2, 2024 No Responses

Knight Rider

Developer: Pack-in-Video Publisher: Acclaim Release: 12/88 Genre: Action My memories of Knight Rider are few. I am sure I watched a few episodes of the TV show growing up. But outside of the cool talking car I...

September 2, 2024 No Responses

Alien 3

Developer: Probe Publisher: LJN Release: 03/93 Genre: Action-Adventure Alien 3 was an incredibly disappointing movie that failed to uphold the sterling reputation of its predecessors. The numerous production issues certainly contributed to its lac...

April 29, 2024 No Responses

WWF Wrestlemania Challenge

Developer: Rare Publisher: Acclaim Release: 11/90 Genre: Wrestling Wrestling games on the NES had an awesome start with Pro Wrestling but went downhill from there for years. WWF Wrestlemania should have been a bright spot as the first official...

March 11, 2024 No Responses

Smash T.V.

Developer: Beam Software Publisher: Acclaim Release: 09/91 Genre: Action Smash T.V. is up there as one of the arcade games I spent the most money on. As a dumb 10-year old I was too stupid to realize it...

March 4, 2024 No Responses

Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister SIx

Developer: Bits Studios Publisher: Acclaim Release: 10/92 Genre: Action This one hurts folks. As the Spider-Man games began to roll out on the 16-bit platforms I was jealous. I was still the sole owner of a NES at...

January 8, 2024 No Responses

Cybernoid

Developer: Studio 12 Publisher: Acclaim Release: 1989 Genre: Action Back in the day games were made more difficult when brought overseas. Sometimes this was a good thing as a little extra challenge would make an already solid...

December 20, 2023 No Responses

Mortal Kombat

Developer: Probe Publisher: Acclaim Release: 09/13/93 Genre: Fighting Street Fighter 2 is one of the most influential games of all time, not to mention the impact it had on the fighting game genre. Like Super Mario Bros. and Double...

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