ACCLAIM OBTAINS RIGHTS TO VIRGIN'S 'SPOT GOES TO HOLLYWOOD'; Title to Debut for Holidays.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)--December 8, 1995--Continuing the strategic expansion of its product catalog, 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) ) announced today that it has acquired the rights from Virgin Games to publish Spot Goes to Hollywood Spot Goes to Hollywood is an action video game released by Virgin Interactive for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis as the sequel to Cool Spot. A Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation version was later released, featuring different levels but similar gameplay to the original , a new video game for the Sega Genesis based on the popular soft drink character. The game is scheduled to ship in time for the holidays. "Our agreement with Virgin complements our successful strategy of broadening one of the deepest product catalogs in the industry," says Rob Holmes, president of Acclaim. "As an internationally recognized icon that has already enjoyed success in the interactive arena, Spot Goes to Hollywood will benefit from Acclaim's marketing and distribution strength." The icon of the "un-generation" is back in an all-new adventure in Acclaim's Spot Goes to Hollywood for Sega Genesis. As Spot, gamers run, drive, fly and swim through three-dimensional spoofs of classic pirate, adventure, horror, and sci-fi movies in an attempt to covet cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. Hollywood's "Best Spot" award. Acclaim's Spot Goes to Hollywood is being supported by a print campaign in all video game enthusiast publications, as well as with targeted TV promo ID's. 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 This is a listing of comic books. See also List of comic creators. Argentina (historieta)
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