Buy an Acclaim Game (License)

by Chris Remo, Oct 03, 2005 11:45am PDT

Remember how when Acclaim went belly up, it was reported that publishing rights to their game licenses would be put up for auction? Well, now it's happening, courtesy of David R. Maltz & Co. Auctions. Acclaim's development efforts were usually nothing to write home about, but the publisher also had a habit of acquiring a ridiculous number of game rights and then failing to actually do anything good with them. The practice has resulted in some really classic games being put up for bidding. Populous, Myst and Riven, Smash TV, the Bust-a-Move games, Burnout and Burnout 2, Double Dragon, as well as the still-unfinished 100 Bullets adaptation, are just a few of the titles up for grabs. Interested parties can see the full list and make offers at the auctioneer's website.

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By: node x Show Full Post

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What? How can they sell Burnout 1 and 2?

Oct 03, 2005 12:10pm PDT

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What? How can they sell Burnout 1 and 2? : node
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I'm going for Myst. Even though the game sucks, some assclown is always wanting to make a new one.

Oct 03, 2005 12:15pm PDT

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I'm going for Myst. Even though the game sucks, some assclown is always wanting to make a new one. : jonin
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  Cyan Worlds and Ubisoft have development rights though, you'd just get Myst 1 and 2, not the rest of the ... : Chris Remo
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    how does that work in a "piece of the pie" sort of way then? If I own the rights to 1 and 2, then someone... : kevp
    - You'd have to work it out with them on a case-by-case basis. They wouldn't be able to publish such a col... : Chris Remo
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    I don't see the use in getting these rights then. So if someone wants to make Myst 6, then I basically w... : jonin
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      It means you could put Myst 1 + 2 on store shelves again...basically as budgetware. That is about all you... : gnoleb
      
      According to Ubisoft, some of their best-selling titles on their online store are older Myst games. : radjago

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Someone please buy the Double Dragon license and do something really good with it :(

Oct 04, 2005 1:08am PDT

Someone please buy the Double Dragon license and do something really good with it :( : moshman

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Lots of classics in here...Arch Rivals, Narc, Smash TV

/me sheds a tear

Oct 04, 2005 12:08am PDT

Lots of classics in here...Arch Rivals, Narc, Smash TV /me sheds a tear : ctlaltl33t

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Anyone figure out how to bid on these things?

Oct 03, 2005 10:11pm PDT

Anyone figure out how to bid on these things? : qunix

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If there's one great thing about this, it's going to give the possibility that someone will finish 100 bullets. Don't waste an Azzarello story. The man does no wrong.

Oct 03, 2005 8:04pm PDT

If there's one great thing about this, it's going to give the possibility that someone will finish 100 bu... : grifter

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smashTV could make a comeback?!? that would rule.

Oct 03, 2005 11:46am PDT

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smashTV could make a comeback?!? that would rule. : hirez
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  man that would be awesome. BIG MONEY, BIG PRIZES! : kikilupo
  - ... No Whammy? : TotalFusionOne
- I'd buy that for a dollar! Literally I'd buy that for a doller... : melkore
- I wonder how much the rights to Smash TV will go for. Seems to me, that would be THE liscense to pick up.... : Frosty3D
- SmashTV + Serious Sam engine = a sack full of fun. : Ride-My-Rocket

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Strange that Red Star isn't on that list even though a demo came out for the PS2 and Xbox. I was hoping someone would be able to publish it :|

Oct 03, 2005 5:48pm PDT

Strange that Red Star isn't on that list even though a demo came out for the PS2 and Xbox. I was hoping ... : r_picmip 5

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Oh god. So many impossible and shitty Simpsons games. Fuck you, Acclaim.

Oct 03, 2005 12:39pm PDT

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Oh god. So many impossible and shitty Simpsons games. Fuck you, Acclaim. : Popedispencer
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- Holy crap. Could those games have been any more insanely difficult? : Killrig

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Oh man...I loved the populous games.

I would love to make a game like that someday. Sort of like a fast, RTS version of Civilization.

Oct 03, 2005 2:32pm PDT

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Oh man...I loved the populous games. I would love to make a game like that someday. Sort of like a fa... : gnoleb
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  Isn't that what the miraculous Spore was? : hawke
  - Was? Has spore been released yet? : gnoleb

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I would really be interested in the Shadowman liscense.

Oct 03, 2005 3:19pm PDT

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I would really be interested in the Shadowman liscense. : Frosty3D
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  yea the shadowman games were spooky yet fun : packav
  - I really loved the first one. Never played the second. I heard bad things. ;) The first one had an awesom... : Frosty3D

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Yeesh, what a shitty line-up... no wonder they went out of business.

Oct 03, 2005 3:23pm PDT

Yeesh, what a shitty line-up... no wonder they went out of business. : Nullzero

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Let's pool loot to buy Smash TV or a Worms game and turn it into a ShugaShack TV or Shackers3D.

Oct 03, 2005 12:13pm PDT

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Let's pool loot to buy Smash TV or a Worms game and turn it into a ShugaShack TV or Shackers3D. : jrock
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- That would be AWESOME! Especially if Shacker's and Shackisms were incorporated. I'll pitch in for sure! : Stoned Gargoyle
- POOP TV! : jonin
- you realize we could still do that as long as we don't use any smash tv or worms references : cryptical
- oh man that would be awesome : CoRDS
- I'm down with this. : Frosty3D

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we should pool the shack resources and buy a game

Oct 03, 2005 3:03pm PDT

we should pool the shack resources and buy a game : Morgin

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If no one else is picking that up, I am.

Oct 03, 2005 12:04pm PDT

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If no one else is picking that up, I am. : Killrig
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- Smash TV, that is. : Killrig
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  I want Adventures of Mary Kate and Ashley. It's mine, bitches! : ezanga
  - Glad I'm not the only one that laughed at those titles. : intothefray
  - buy the rights and then never do anything with it. : kevp

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With MK: Shoalin Monks coming out, I think someone will probably snatch up that Double Dragon license and throw out a clone.

When I saw the first mpg of Monks, DD is exactly what went through my head.

Oct 03, 2005 1:03pm PDT

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With MK: Shoalin Monks coming out, I think someone will probably snatch up that Double Dragon license and... : hawke
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- its just publishing rights though, you don't actually own the rights to that IP once you buy it. You m... : Turd Ferguson

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Wait is this the rights to the IPs so that you could make new games, or the right to publish the games listed (and only the games listed). It seems from the website that its the later: look at all the NFL games, you obviously couldnt make a new game with that license because EA has exclusive rights right now.

Oct 03, 2005 12:24pm PDT

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Wait is this the rights to the IPs so that you could make new games, or the right to publish the games li... : scatti
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- Yes, just the publishing rights to the specific games listed, not other related games. I'm not sure how ... : Chris Remo

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Revolution X sequel FTW!

Oct 03, 2005 12:44pm PDT

Revolution X sequel FTW! : notd665

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Populous was soooo coool. This game needs reinvention on a new engine.

Oct 03, 2005 11:50am PDT

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Populous was soooo coool. This game needs reinvention on a new engine. : coyoterys
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- bullfrog made an updates fully 3d version a few years back i think. I remember it sucking compared to the... : disembodied potato

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get off me, i'm going for mortal kombat lolz

Oct 03, 2005 12:12pm PDT

get off me, i'm going for mortal kombat lolz : voique

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And no The Red Star. Did anyone else buy the the rights to this?

Oct 03, 2005 11:55am PDT

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And no The Red Star. Did anyone else buy the the rights to this? : SiW73
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  Yeah, that's been sold, as has Interview With a Made Man. : Chris Remo
  - Oh sweet! Any idea who picked it up? Loved the comics and the games were apparently almost done. : node

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It's weird reading through that list, bunch of games Beam developed for Acclaim in the early 90s that I did some QA on.

Oct 03, 2005 12:05pm PDT

It's weird reading through that list, bunch of games Beam developed for Acclaim in the early 90s that I d... : Carnivac

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so if i buy their mortal kombat license then nobody else can make mortal kombat games? that doesn't make sense, i saw a commercial for some new MK game coming out... so what exactly does this do for me, give me the right to reproduce and resell mortal kombat 1 and 2?

Oct 03, 2005 11:48am PDT

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so if i buy their mortal kombat license then nobody else can make mortal kombat games? that doesn't make... : esky
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