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Mar 15 2009, 12:07 PM EDT logoboy95 15 words added, 1 word deleted

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Compiled by RetroWeezer95

Background: Acclaim Entertainment was a video game company founded in 1987 and went defunct in 2004 due to bankruptcy and ESRB rating licensing.

1st Logo
(1987-1991/1999)(1987-1991/1995-1999)
Acclaim Entertainment (1987) (Game Boy Version)Acclaim Entertainment (1987)Acclaim Entertainment (1988)
Nickname: "Acclaimer"

Logo: Just the Acclaim logo (The words "Acclaim" are on top of an arrow-like line facing the left, the C's made of "less than" signs [<], and "entertainment, Inc." below) sliding in on a black BG.

Variants:
  • Sometimes, the logo just fades in.
  • This logo appeared in the 1999 game Shadowman for the Nintendo 64, PSX, and Sega Dreamcast, as well as the Game Boy version of Turok.

FX: The appearance of the logo.

Music/Sounds: None, or the opening theme of the game.

Availability: Seen on Acclaim games form the time.

Scare Factor: None for the regular variant, and low for the Shadowman variant; you might get caught off-guard because of the music.

2nd Logo
(1991-2000)
Acclaim Entertainment (1991) (Early Version)Acclaim Entertainment (1991)Acclaim (1993)Acclaim Entertainment (1993/1994)
Nickname: "Good Times"

Logo: The Acclaim logo from before slides onto the screen, usually on a black BG.

Variants:
  • In Bust-a-Move 3D, the logo bounces into view.
  • In Warlock on Sega Genesis, the logo falls into view themed on an avalanche. Plus, the logo fades away causing the still Trimark logo to appear.

FX: The appearance of the logo.

Music/Sounds: None, or the opening theme of the game.

Availability: Seen on Acclaim games from the time.

Scare Factor: None to low; some might get caught off guard by the sounds.

3rd Logo
(1995-2000)
Acclaim (1995)Acclaim Entertainment (1995) (CutThroat Island)
TBA

4th Logo
(2000-2004)

Nickname: "Bold and in Charge"

Logo: The words ''Acclaim'' fade in with the usual colored underline; but the words ''ACCLAIM'' are bold.

Variant: In Turok: Evolutions, the logo gets shot out of a guys head.

FX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Once again, seen on Acclaim games from the time.

Scare Factor: None for the regular variant, and low for the Turok variant.