Acclaim Sports: Why They're Worse than EA | GameDay
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Published 2022-01-30
0:00 Intro
0:36 The Death of NBA JAM
4:32 WWF License/Wrestling Games
7:56 Other Crap (Allstar Baseball, NFL QB club, Etc.)
13:10 Controversies
15:52: Final Act (the downfall and comparison to other publishers.)
All Comments (21)
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"Three major north American sports" Cries in hockey
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I'll never forget being stuck with WWF In Your House on Saturn while everyone else had WCW vs. The World.
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As a 5 year old, QB club 99 on n64 was my introduction to football. I would use the acclaim 99 overall team and run the same play over and over, 44 power right and dominate the nfl Europe scrubs. Good times, good times.
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7:24 ...did I just see Hulk Hogan leap over the top rope like freaking Rey Mysterio? Nothing more needs to be said.
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This video was nicely received
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Nicely received, Gameday. You know I love my Warzone/Attitude, but I can’t deny that Acclaim was out of their depth. They stole a whole lot of money from a whole lot of people (mainly kids).
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This channel can definitely go places if you have a decent upload schedule and keep up this high quality
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EA has bought and killed countless other game studios, and in doing so has robbed us of great games that never got made as a result. That and their scummy use of loot boxes etc makes them the worst. Acclaim may have made sub par games but there is no way they are worse than EA.
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I remember back in the day people saying "Ack! Lame!" for Acclaim... I miss the expansion mode from All Star Baseball. Closest thing now is Diamond Dynasty on The Show. I want a full expansion mode.. Legends of Wrestling was an interesting concept... I would have loved to see it be done by someone other than Acclaim..
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You can tell you are a more modern gamer with this list. Like WWF games for their times were well received. Warzone and attitude were LOVED by wrestling fans at the time. Yes they certainly don't hold up nowadays like a lot of 3D PS1 games but at the time ppl were frothing at the mouth for them.. They lost the license not because of poor games but the fact other publishers offered better deals for WWE.
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He’s done it again. He’s only gone and done it again. Leave Royal Rumble (SNES) aloooooone pleeeeaaaase 😂😭
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I kinda have a soft spot for BMX XXX honestly. Also fun fact the PS2 version was partially censored while the Gamecube version was not, weird to see a game be more explicit on the more family-friendly console.
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Nba street would probably be the no way home.
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I discovered your channel with the Mdickie video and I've been watching since keep up the work
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One Acclaim game you didn't mention that I did enjoy (though it wasn't the best game in the world) was College Slam. It was fun to play. Similar to NBA Jam though so it was kinda hard to screw up
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About the Steve-O narrating part, it was actually Scott Ferrell from Battle Dome.
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Warzone was revolutionary back in the day, and was the first American console game to go all in on create a character. Even friends who thought I was insane for watching wrestling (Katie Vick made it hard to argue) were obsessed with that feature. It was also the first wrestling game to add crowd psychology into the fight. Among other features that would enhance better games.
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I kinda had a soft spot for WWF games like royal rumble and raw on SNES and WWF In Your House on PS1 and WrestleMania the arcade game and legends of wrestling as some of the early NFL Quarterback Club games. I know they weren't perfect but not all bad
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Acclaim had Turok and Shadowman but doubled down on bad sports games when its already difficult to make a yearly simulator. They were better off publishing developers who took time on their games.
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Love the video, the announcer for the lacrosse game is longtime radio DJ Scott Farrell, he of the similar raspy voice.
