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Acclaim Cheltenham
IndustryVideo game industry
Interactive entertainment
Founded1984
Defunct2004
HeadquartersCheltenham, England
ParentIndependent (1984-1995)
Acclaim Entertainment (1995-2004)

Acclaim Cheltenham was a British game studio in Cheltenham, England that was founded in 1984 as Probe Software, later renamed Probe Entertainment. They were acquired by Acclaim Entertainment on October 10, 1995.[1] They made Extreme-G 3 and XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association before Acclaim declared bankruptcy in 2004. In 2001, Probe Entertainment became Acclaim Studios London. 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 at Probe/Acclaim Cheltenham

Commodore 64/128

OutRun Europe
Smash TV
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper
Turbo OutRun

Amiga

Alien 3
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat II
OutRun
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Viz

Master System

Alien 3
Back to the Future III
Daffy Duck in Hollywood
Lemmings
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat II
OutRun Europa
Road Runner: Desert Speedtrap
The Flash
The Terminator
T2: The Arcade Game (Terminator 2)

Game Boy

Bram Stoker's Dracula
Fifa 96
Jelly Boy
Judge Dredd
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat II

Game Gear

Alien 3
Batman Forever
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Daffy Duck in Hollywood
Lemmings
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat II
OutRun Europa
Primal Rage
Road Runner: Desert Speedtrap
Rise of the Robots
The Terminator
T2: The Arcade Game (Terminator 2)

Mega Drive/Genesis

Alien 3
Batman Forever
Daffy Duck in Hollywood
Foreman For Real
Jelly Boy (unpublished)
Judge Dredd
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat II
Primal Rage
The Terminator
T2: The Arcade Game (Terminator 2)
The Incredible Hulk

NES

Bram Stoker's Dracula
Alien 3
Robocop 3

Super NES

Alien 3
Batman Forever
Jelly Boy
Judge Dredd
Stargate
The Incredible Hulk The Pagemaster
T2: The Arcade Game (Terminator 2)
Virtual Soccer

Saturn

Alien Trilogy
Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands
Destruction Derby 2 (unreleased)
Die Hard Trilogy
Fifa 96
Hexen
Mortal Kombat 2
Primal Rage

PlayStation

Alien Trilogy
Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands
Die Hard Trilogy
Forsaken
Hexen
Primal Rage
X-Men: Children of the Atom
Constructor

Nintendo 64

Bust-A-Move 2 Arcade Edition
Extreme-G
Extreme-G 2
Forsaken

Dreamcast

Re-Volt

PC

Alien Trilogy
Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands
Die Hard Trilogy
Extreme-G 2
Forsaken
Judge Dredd
Re-Volt
X-Men: Children of the Atom

References