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Company Profile - Acclaim Entertainment

One Acclaim Plaza
Glen Cove, NY 11542

Phone: 516-656-5000
Fax: 516-656-2525
Website: www.acclaim.com
Ticker Symbol: AKLM

Key Facts

Was the first outside company to create software for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Acclaim Online, the company’s online multi-player platform and community, is an important part of the company’s moving-forward strategy.
Key Financial Facts
2002 revenue: $269 million
1-yr. growth rate: -36 percent

Personnel Highlights
Number of employees: 708 1-yr. growth rate: 16 percent

Company Overview
Acclaim is a developer and distributor of entertainment software. Known for such titles as NFL Quarterback Club, All-Star Baseball, Turok, ShadowMan, Jeremy McGrath Supercross, and Extreme Championship Wrestling, Acclaim produces video-game titles for the Sony, Sega, Nintendo, Microsoft XBox, and PC gaming platforms. The company also publishes comic books and strategy guides, operates motion-capture studios, and distributes entertainment software from other publishers.

Gregory Fischbach and James Scoroposki founded Acclaim in 1986 in order to create and market video games. The company now has offices in seven countries, and distributes products to 50,000 stores in 50 countries.

Major Line of Business : Computer Software

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