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Old school game publishers going out of business is never fun to write about. With Acclaim though it is kind of bittersweet. Accalim held some of the best licenses of whatever generation of console we are talking about. They would also universally phone in the quality of the underlying game. For many, Acclaim made games […]
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Acclaim Closes Their Doors – September 1st, 2004 – Today in Video Game History
August 31st, 2016 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Comp, Console, News, Nintendo, Portables, Sega, Sony, Xbox 
Tags: acclaim, Bankruptcy, flying edge, ljn 
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Revenge of the License: Five NES Games That Missed the Point
July 24th, 2016 Michael Crisman I love licensed NES games. I love the sound they make as I yank them out of my system and hurl them against the wall. The relentless plundering through the morass in search of something worth playing and finding the occasional surprise is always delightful, and why I keep coming back to this column over […]
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Posted in Comp, Console, News, Nintendo, Sega Tags: 8-bit, activision, AD&D, c64, dos, FCI, ghostbusters, hal, heroes of the lance, ljn, master system, nes, new ghostbusters II, Nightmare on Elm Street, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, pack-in-video, Pool of Radiance, rambo, rambo first blood part II, rare, revenge of the license, sega, SSI, star trek, star trek the next generation No Comments »
WWF Royal Rumble Slams Super Nintendo – June 8th, 1993 – Today in Video Game History
June 7th, 2016 Carl Williams Years ago, before they got their big boy britches on, the WWE was known as the WWF (World Wrestling Federation). See, the WWE decided to take on someone else that held those initials, the World Wildlife Foundation. The animal rights company won the ownership of the initials and the Federation became “Entertainment”. Anyhow, back in […]
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Posted in Genesis, News, Nintendo, Sega, Super Nintendo Tags: ljn, Royal Rumble, wrestling, wwf No Comments »
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice! – May 7th, 1991 – Today in History
May 7th, 2016 Carl Williams Fans of this period of video games knows that there are more than a few licensed titles to pick from. Some are quite good while others make the Nintendo Entertainment System version of Total Recall look like a masterpiece. Beetlejuice is one of those that ran the middle ground quite well as far as licensed […]
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Revenge of the License: Friday the 13th
March 15th, 2015 Michael Crisman Seven months ago, I took at look at Domark’s Friday the 13th for the Commodore 64 as the second installment of this column. Back then, I didn’t realize how much fun I was going to have with this series and I wasn’t sure if it would continue much past two or three installments. Reaction, however, […]
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Revenge of the License – Alien 3
October 19th, 2014 Michael Crisman Continuing with our theme of Halloween Horror, this week’s column focuses on what, for most people, is the worst film in the quadrilogy. We can argue the merits and weaknesses of Fincher’s installment all day long, but if you’ve never seen the Assembly Cut, whatever opinions you have formed are wrong. But let’s save bickering […]
