History of Acclaim - "The Fall"

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English - March 01, 2016 02:57 - 1 hour - 48.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 50 ratings
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TCW Podcast Episode
013 - History of Acclaim - "The Fall"

We would like to
dedicate this episode to Fergus McGovern, co-founder of Probe Software, who
died February 27, 2016 at the age of 50.

We go over the
changes that led to the fall of Acclaim. How some other publishers were able to
survive, and why. We also discuss how it is a unique situation that led to the
growth of Acclaim in the late 80s early 90s . We can also see parallels between
Acclaim and more recently THQ.

Castlevania 3 US vs
Japan Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v9339JUK3U

Turok: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74hOR5f4MS0

Mario 64 :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6r5oF73gNI

Crash Bandicoot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaLgYPn_Fqs

Tomb Raider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ6mWoErc0E

Silent Hill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8-3zq8GUcc

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Intro
Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode - Music - "Airplane
Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free
download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode

Outro
Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love