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#REDIRECT [[List of Acclaim Entertainment subsidiaries#Acclaim Studios London]]
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{{Infobox company
| name = Probe Entertainment<br>Acclaim Studios London
| former_name = {{Unbulleted list|Probe Software Limited {{small|(1984-1995)}}|Probe Entertainment Limited {{small|(1995-1999)}}|Iguana London Limited {{small|(1999)}}|Acclaim Studios London Limited {{small|(1999-2000)}}}}
| logo =
| type = Subsidiary of [[Acclaim Entertainment]]
| industry = [[Video game industry|Computer and video games]]<br />[[Interactive entertainment]]
| foundation = 1984
| founder = Fergus McGovern<br>Vakis Paraskeva
| defunct = 2000
| location_city = [[Croydon, England]]
| location_country = [[United Kingdom]]
| area_served =
| key_people =
| products =
| revenue =
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| owner =
| num_employees =
| parent = [[Acclaim Entertainment]] (1995-2000)
| homepage =
}}


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'''Probe Entertainment''' was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[video game developer]] in [[Croydon, England]], [[United Kingdom]]. It was founded in 1984 as '''Probe Software''' by Fergus McGovern (1966-2016) and Vakis Paraskeva, later renamed '''Probe Entertainment'''. They were acquired by [[Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.]] in October 1995.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Sherman |first=Christopher |title=Acclaim Acquires Probe and Sculptured, Bolsters Talent Pool|journal=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=13|publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=January 1996|page=25}}</ref> In 1999, Probe Entertainment became '''Acclaim Studios London''' and was later closed in 2000 with many of the staff moving to the newly formed [[Acclaim Studios Cheltenham]].
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It was responsible for developing ''[[Mortal Kombat (1992 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]'' and ''[[Mortal Kombat II]]'' for the [[Sega Genesis]], ''[[Extreme-G]]'' and ''[[Extreme-G 2]]'' for the [[Nintendo 64]], and [[Primal Rage]] for the [[Sega Genesis]] and [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]. It was also well known for successful licensed games such as ''[[Die Hard Trilogy]]'' and ''[[Alien Trilogy]]''.

== Games developed as Probe Software/Entertainment ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
'''Sinclair ZX Spectrum'''
* ''[[Savage (video game)|Savage]]''
* ''Sidearms''
* ''[[Mantronix (video game)|Mantronix]]''
* ''[[SimCity (1989 video game)|SimCity]] ''

'''Commodore 64/128'''
* ''[[Back to the Future III]]''
* ''[[Out Run Europa]]''
* ''[[Savage (video game)|Savage]]''
* ''[[Smash TV]]''
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (arcade game)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''
* ''[[Terminator 2: The Arcade Game|T2 : The Arcade Game]]''
* ''[[Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper]]''
* ''[[Turbo Outrun]]''

'''Amstrad CPC'''
* ''[[Savage (video game)|Savage]]''

'''Atari ST'''
* ''[[Savage (video game)|Savage]]''

'''Amiga'''
* ''[[Alien 3 (video game)|Alien 3]]''
* ''[[Back to the Future Part III (video game)|Back to the Future III]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat (1992 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat II]]''
* ''[[Out Run]]''
* ''[[Primal Rage]]''
* ''[[Savage (video game)|Savage]]''
* ''[[Smash TV]]''
* ''[[Supremacy: Your Will Be Done]]''
* ''[[Super Monaco GP]]''
* ''[[T2: The Arcade Game]]''
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (arcade game)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''
* ''[[Viz (video game)|Viz]]''

'''Sega Master System'''
* ''[[Alien 3 (video game)|Alien 3]]''
* ''[[Back to the Future Part III (video game)|Back to the Future III]]''
* ''Daffy Duck in Hollywood''
* ''[[Lemmings (video game)|Lemmings]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat (1992 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat II]]''
* ''[[Out Run Europa]]''
* ''[[Desert Speedtrap|Road Runner: Desert Speedtrap]]''
* ''The Flash''
* ''[[List of Terminator video games#The Terminator (Sega)|The Terminator]]''
* ''[[T2: The Arcade Game]]''

'''Game Boy'''
* ''[[Bram Stoker's Dracula (video game)|Bram Stoker's Dracula]]''
* ''[[FIFA Soccer 96]]
* ''[[Jelly Boy]]''
* ''[[Judge Dredd (1995 video game)|Judge Dredd]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat (1992 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat II]]''
* ''[[The Pagemaster (video game)|The Pagemaster]]''

'''Game Gear'''
* ''[[Alien 3 (video game)|Alien 3]]''
* ''[[Batman Forever (video game)|Batman Forever]]''
* ''[[Bram Stoker's Dracula (video game)|Bram Stoker's Dracula]]''
* ''[[Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble]]''
* ''Daffy Duck in Hollywood''
* ''[[Lemmings (video game)|Lemmings]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat (1992 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat II]]''
* ''[[Out Run Europa]]''
* ''[[Primal Rage]]''
* ''[[Desert Speedtrap|Road Runner: Desert Speedtrap]]''
* ''[[Rise of the Robots]]''
* ''[[List of Terminator video games#The Terminator (Sega)|The Terminator]]''
* ''[[T2: The Arcade Game]]''

'''Mega Drive/Genesis'''
* ''[[Alien 3 (video game)|Alien 3]]''
* ''[[Batman Forever (video game)|Batman Forever]]''
* ''[[Body Count (video game)|Body Count]]''
* ''[[Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble]]''
* ''Daffy Duck in Hollywood''
* ''[[Foreman For Real]]''
* ''[[Jelly Boy]]'' (cancelled)
* ''[[Judge Dredd (1995 video game)|Judge Dredd]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat (1992 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat II]]''
* ''[[The Pagemaster (video game)|The Pagemaster]]''
* ''[[Primal Rage]]''
* ''[[List of Terminator video games#The Terminator (Sega)|The Terminator]]''
* ''[[T2: The Arcade Game]]''
* ''[[The Incredible Hulk (1994 video game)|The Incredible Hulk]]''

'''NES'''
* ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1994 video game)|Beauty and the Beast]]''
* ''[[Bram Stoker's Dracula (video game)|Bram Stoker's Dracula]]''
* ''[[Alien 3 (video game)|Alien 3]]''
* ''[[List of RoboCop video games#RoboCop 3|RoboCop 3]]''
* ''[[Supremacy: Your Will Be Done|Overlord]]''
* ''[[Technocop]]'' (Unreleased)

'''Super NES'''
* ''[[Acme Animation Factory]]''
* ''[[Batman Forever (video game)|Batman Forever]]''
* ''[[Disney's Beauty and the Beast (SNES video game)|Disney's Beauty and the Beast]]''
* ''[[Jelly Boy]]''
* ''[[Judge Dredd (1995 video game)|Judge Dredd]]''
* ''[[Stargate (1995 video game)|Stargate]]''
* ''[[The Incredible Hulk (1994 video game)|The Incredible Hulk]]''
* ''[[The Pagemaster (video game)|The Pagemaster]]''
* ''[[T2: The Arcade Game]]''
* ''[[Virtual Soccer]]''

'''Saturn'''
* ''[[Alien Trilogy]]''
* ''[[Bubble Bobble|Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands]]''
* ''[[Destruction Derby 2]]'' (cancelled)
* ''[[Die Hard Trilogy]]''
* ''[[FIFA Soccer 96]]''
* ''[[Hexen: Beyond Heretic]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat 2]]''
* ''[[Primal Rage]]''

'''PlayStation'''
* ''[[Alien Trilogy]]''
* ''[[Batman & Robin (video game)|Batman & Robin]]''
* ''[[Bubble Bobble|Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands]]''
* ''[[Die Hard Trilogy]]''
* ''[[Fantastic Four (1997 video game)|Fantastic Four]]''
* ''[[Forsaken (video game)|Forsaken]]''
* ''[[Hexen: Beyond Heretic]]''
* ''[[Jeremy McGrath Supercross '98]]''
* ''[[Mortal Kombat II]]''
* ''[[Primal Rage]]''
* ''[[X-Men: Children of the Atom (arcade game)|X-Men: Children of the Atom]]''
* ''[[Constructor (video game)|Constructor]]''

'''Nintendo 64'''
* ''[[Bust-A-Move 2 Arcade Edition]]''
* ''[[Extreme-G]]''
* ''[[Extreme-G 2]]''

'''PC'''
* ''[[Alien Trilogy]]''
* ''[[Bubble Bobble|Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands]]''
* ''[[Die Hard Trilogy]]''
* ''[[Extreme-G 2]]''
* ''[[Forsaken (video game)|Forsaken]]''
* ''[[Judge Dredd (1995 video game)|Judge Dredd]]''
* ''[[Savage (video game)|Savage]]''
* ''[[X-Men: Children of the Atom (arcade game)|X-Men: Children of the Atom]]''
}}
}}

==Games developed as Acclaim Studios London==
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'''Dreamcast'''
* ''[[Re-Volt]]''

'''PC'''
* ''[[Re-Volt]]''

'''Nintendo 64'''
* ''[[Re-Volt]]''
* ''[[Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M.]]''

'''Playstation'''
* ''[[Re-Volt]]''
* ''[[Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M.]]''
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Companies established in 1984]]
[[Category:Video game companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Video game development companies]]
[[Category:Defunct video game companies]]
[[Category:Video game companies disestablished in 2000]]


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