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ACCLAIM TO PUBLISH 'STREET FIGHTER' FOR CD-ROM SYSTEMS; 'Street Fighter: The Movie' to Debut for Playstation, Saturn and PC CD-ROM.


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. , NY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 1995--Continuing to expand its library of high profile interactive offerings, 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 it has entered into a publishing agreement with Capcom Co., Ltd. under which Acclaim will publish Sony Playstation Sony Playstation - Playstation , Sega Saturn The Sega Saturn (セガサターン Sega Sataan  and PC 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).
 versions of the coin-operated arcade title, Street Fighter: The Movie, featuring Jean Claude Van Damme, in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.  and Europe. An additional title to be published under the agreement will be announced later this year.

"The 'Street Fighter' martial arts This is a list of martial arts, broken down by region and style. African martial arts
Eritrea
  • Testa
Nigeria
  • Dambe (Hausa Boxing)
South Africa
  • Nguni stick fighting
  • Rough and Tumble
Senegal
 series has become a classic in interactive entertainment," said Robert Holmes Robert Holmes may refer to:

Politicians:
  • Robert D. Holmes (1909–1976), governor of Oregon
  • Robert A. "Bob" Holmes, Georgia state legislator
  • Robert E.
, president of Acclaim. "We are pleased to be able to bring the new live action chapter of this phenomenally successful title to advanced gaming and look forward to working closely with Capcom on this and other projects."

Street Fighter: The Movie is an interactive version of the live action Jean Claude Van Damme martial arts film, "Street Fighter," released earlier this year which, following a successful theatrical release, has become a top 10 home video rental since its June 30 release. The coin-op arcade version is currently ranked among the top five arcade games in the U.S.

"We are pleased to be working with Acclaim in the marketing of our premier title," said Kenzo Tsujimoto, chairman of Capcom Co., Ltd. "Combining Capcom's and Acclaim's product development, marketing and distribution strengths promises to make for a successful partnership."

Digitized images of Van Damme and other film actors will be featured in Acclaim's Street Fighter: The Movie video games, which combine the sophisticated fighting moves of the Street Fighter genre with digitized graphics, full motion video, four game play modes, and all-new special combination moves.

Capcom Co., Ltd. is a leading force in the multibillion dollar interactive entertainment industry. The company develops, markets and distributes computer entertainment software for personal computers and home video games for Super Nintendo, PlayStation, Saturn and 3DO.

Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., with offices in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Spain and the United Kingdom, is a leading worldwide publisher of: software and peripherals for Nintendo, Sega, Sony, personal computer and CD-ROM hardware systems; and comic books under the Valiant, Armada and Windjammer imprints. Acclaim also develops coin-operated 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 and Marvel. Acclaim recently formed a new company with Tele-Communications, Inc. for electronically distributed interactive entertainment and entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of coin-op ticket redemption company, Lazer-Tron Corporation. Acclaim is publicly traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol AKLM.

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