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A less significant aspect of Acclaim's business was the development and publication of strategy guideStrategy guides are books or articles published by 1st- (official) or 3rd-party (unofficial) companies or individuals in order to lend advice to someone playing a game. These guides may contain full maps of levels or placement of obscure hidden items.s relating to their software products and the issuance of "special edition" comicA comic book (sometimes called funnies or funny paper is a book or magazine and more recently a graphic novel in the artistic medium known as comics. American comic books have become closely associated with the superhero genre, but the subject matter of c magazineThis article is about the magazine as a published medium. For other meanings, see magazine (disambiguation A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles on various subjects. some magazines Magazines are typically published weeklys, via Acclaim Comics, to support the more lucrative brand names.
While Acclaim did well with numerous ports of arcade games in the early to mid- 1990s, the waning of the arcade game industry has hit them hard and they've found it difficult to release any hits. One result of this was their late refactoring of a dirt bike racing game. Late into development, nude and semi-nude content (e.g. full motion video of strippers and nude female riders) was added in hopes of boosting sales. However, like most of their other contemporary titles, BMX XXX sold poorly and was derided for its trashy content and poor gameplay.
Acclaim suffered sever financial problems in 2004, the result of most of their video and computer game titles selling very poorly. This resulted in the closure of offices in Manchester, England and other places and their filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
As of 1 September, 2004, Acclaim filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of New York, which will virtually annihilate their company in liquidating all possible assets to pay off their enormous debt which reportedly tops $100 million.