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Buy a Piece of Acclaim

Posted by samzenpus on from the games-from-the-past dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Kotaku points to the official auction site for Acclaim, the game publisher that was. The Auction includes the building and everything that was in it, including arcade games, boardroom tables, an odd collection of football helmets and 43,000 copies of video games." Our previous story of their bankruptcy.

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  1. Memories. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    "The auction includes some pretty sweet boardroom tables, tear-stained cubicles and one nifty clock."

    I'll take one of those cubicles. Helps bring back memories.

  2. Accalim? by ian+rogers · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought it was Acclaim. Someone needs to proof read a bit better.

    1. Re:Accalim? by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hmmm, I believe the standard response to such a comment is "You're new around here, aren't you?"

      Seriously, spelling errors in story summaries are so damn common that they're practically part of the Slasdot experience, together with dupes, occasional fakes, "news" stories that are days, weeks or even months old, and editorial comments appended to summaries that are entirely inappropriate for what claims to be a news site (but is closer to a news-related meta-blog).

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    2. Re:Accalim? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Apparently, "accalim" is not a common misspelling of "acclaim" on the internet. Assuming all instance of "accalim" were misspellings, it seems to occur at a rate of 4.4% (836/1,880,000).

      According to Google, there were 836 "accalim" webpages out of 1,880,000 ("acclaim" OR "accalim") webpages. Results were restricted to webpages in English.

      http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&cl ie nt=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&as _qdr=all&q=accalim&btnG=Search&lr=lang _en
      http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en &clie nt=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&as _qdr=all&q=acclaim+OR+accalim&btnG=Search&lr=lang_ en

    3. Re:Accalim? by Sebadude · · Score: 1, Funny

      Slasdot?

      Oooh, and you were doing so well with your commentary on (im)proper SPELLING.

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    4. Re:Accalim? by Dimensio · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually, I always called it "Ack! Lame!"

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  3. How much for the CEO? by Wolfier · · Score: 2, Funny

    Could make a valuable textbook example of how not to manage a company...

  4. Perfect! by morganjharvey · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can buy it all and start a gaming company called "Recclaim!"

  5. hmm... by ImTheDarkcyde · · Score: 2, Funny

    ..So i guess this means we won't see another crappy Turok game?

  6. How to get rich quick. by rice_burners_suck · · Score: 3, Funny

    So I can bid $1.00 on eBay for this company, win the auction at that price because nobody else cares, then pay the $3.75 S&H for the deed to be mailed over, and then I can sell the odd collection of football helmets, the 40,000 some odd copies of video cames, the desks, the unused post-it notes and pens inside the desks, the light fixtures, the ping-pong table, and the golf practice thing from the owner's office, all on eBay, and turn an enormous profit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111 I'm a genius to have thought of this.

  7. Ah Acclaim... by Gogl · · Score: 4, Funny

    Though I fear of PA overload here at Slashdot, I feel that this particular cartoon is really worth a nod. Very much explains where BMX XXX (one of Acclaim's more ludicrous products, which they are likely auctioning off many copies of) may have come from...

  8. Re:Done in by the people who would buy this stuff by Nykon · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think my least favorite methods for older games was that darn wheel. When you'd have to line up multiple wheels and enter the symbol. That and "go to page 7, line 3 word 4" ..lol :)

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  9. I want the ALTER by durtbag · · Score: 1, Funny

    I want their "Alter of Sacrifice". You know, the one they used to sacrifice virgins on in their ever-present quest to make a game even shittier than their last.

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  10. I saw a dupe post today. by Nomihn0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I saw a dupe post today.

    1. Re:I saw a dupe post today. by cicatrix1 · · Score: 3, Funny

      (Score: -2, Catastrophic Failure Right Up There With Carrot Top)

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  11. I saw a dupe post today. by Nomihn0 · · Score: 1, Funny

    I saw a dupe post today. *Yes, this is a joke. SLASH won't let me post the same exact thing twice, but I trust you can imagine it being so.*

  12. To quote one of their published games, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    FATALITY!

  13. Having worked there... fairly recently... by The+Panther! · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd have to say the auction would be much better if I could sign on over the internet, purchase Greg Fischbach's desk. I'd like to have it shipped to my home, where myself and my fellow ex-Acclaim buddies could bash it, cut it into small pieces, then when we tire of performing our selfless duty, set fire to it in effigy. On video. And mail him the tape.

    That is, right after we karma whore by linking to it on Slashdot. :-)

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    1. Re:Having worked there... fairly recently... by swordgeek · · Score: 4, Funny

      Was it a nice desk?

      It's not the desk's fault. Buy Greg's ass instead.

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  14. Re:Done in by the people who would buy this stuff by mushroom+blue · · Score: 2, Funny

    yeah. because Acclaim was making such great games, had top-notch marketing, and always kept fans wanting more.

    there's no reason they wouldn't have survived if it wasn't for those dirty pirates.

  15. As a former stockholder... by Washizu · · Score: 2, Funny

    As a former stockholder in Acclaim I say, "good riddance." Also, can I get my $600 back?

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  16. My Desk! by suedehed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Man, looking through the pictures I saw my old desk there! I may just go up there and buy all my old machines and furniture, set it up at home and pretend Im working there again. That was the worst 3 years of my life.

  17. Having worked there... [shoddy goods] by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "It's not the desk's fault. Buy Greg's ass instead."

    Talk about being ripped off. It has a crack in it.