Acclaim Cheltenham

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Acclaim Cheltenham
Subsidiary of Acclaim Entertainment
Industry Computer and video games
Interactive entertainment
Founded 1984
Defunct September 1, 2004
Headquarters Croydon, England, United Kingdom
Parent Acclaim Entertainment

Acclaim Cheltenham was a British video game studio in Croydon, England, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1984 as Probe Software by Fergus McGovern and Vakis Paraskeva, later renamed Probe Entertainment. They were acquired by Acclaim Entertainment Inc. on October 10, 1995.[1] In 1999, Probe Entertainment became Acclaim Studios London and a year later, changed to Acclaim Studios Cheltenham. Their USA based parent company, Acclaim, declared bankruptcy in 2004.

It was responsible for developing Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat II for the Sega Mega Drive and Extreme-G and Extreme-G 2 for Nintendo 64. They were also well known for successful licensed games such as Die Hard Trilogy and Alien Trilogy.

Games developed as Probe Software/Entertainment

Sinclair ZX Spectrum

  • Sidearms
  • Mantronix

Commodore 64/128

Amiga

Master System

Game Boy

Game Gear

Mega Drive/Genesis

NES

Super NES

Saturn

PlayStation

Nintendo 64

PC

Games Developed As Acclaim Studios London

Dreamcast

PC

Nintendo 64

Playstation

Games Developed As Acclaim (Studios) Cheltenham

Playstation

Playstation 2

Nintendo GameCube

Xbox

PC

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