ACCLAIM'S FIRST PLAYSTATION TITLES SOLD OUT AT RETAIL; 'NBA Jam: Tournament Edition,' 'Street Fighter: The Movie' Top Independent Publisher Entries.GLEN COVE Glen Cove, city (1990 pop. 24,149), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on the north shore of Long Island, at the entrance to Hempstead Harbor; settled 1668, inc. as a city 1918. , N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 14, 1995--Indicative of the sales power behind the software of Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : AKLM AKLM Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (stock symbol) ) and Sony's new PlayStation system, Acclaim reported today that its first titles for the system, NBA Jam NBA Jam is a basketball arcade game created by Midway in 1993. It is the first entry in the NBA Jam series, and was written entirely in assembly language. The main designer and programmer for this game was Mark Turmell. : Tournament Edition and Street Fighter: The Movie for PlayStation have sold out at retail stores nationwide. Acclaim executives report the titles will be back in stock in the beginning of October, and the company plans to introduce four additional PlayStation titles to market this year. "We are extremely pleased with the performance of our first PlayStation titles," said Robert Holmes, president of Acclaim. "Likewise, we see the performance of our titles and the PlayStation itself as a portent of the market's potential as we head into the holiday selling season. We believe it will be an extremely strong season for the entire industry." Among the PlayStation titles Acclaim plans to introduce this year are WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game, based on the successful coin-op; NFL Quarterback Club NFL Quarterback Club is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System game to feature quarterbacks from the NFL. Troy Aikman and Warren Moon are two examples of what players can use during the game. '96, which incorporates Acclaim's motion capture technology for highly realistic football play; Revolution X, based on the popular arcade game, and an additional title soon to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. . Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. is a leading worldwide publisher of software for Nintendo, Sega, Sony, personal computer and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). hardware systems; and comic books under the Valiant, Armada and Windjammer imprints. Acclaim also develops coin-operated arcade and ticket redemption games; and operates blue screen and motion capture studios, as well as A.D.I., a global sales and distribution company for products from a variety of entertainment software publishers, including Acclaim, Digital Pictures, Domark, Interplay and Marvel. Acclaim, which recently formed a new company with Tele-Communications, Inc. for electronically distributed interactive entertainment, is publicly traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol AKLM. CONTACT: (Media) Allyne Mills (Financial) Dawn Berrie 516/656-5000 |
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