Acclaim Studios London

Logo descriptions, captures, and videos by Betamax52 and EnormousRat

Editions by:CuriousGeorge60 and Shadeed A. Kelly

Background: Probe Entertainment (first known as "Probe Software" from 1984 until 1995)  was a British video game developer founded in 1984 by Fergus McGovern (who later founded another video game developer, HotGen Studios). On October 10, 1995, it was acquired by Acclaim Entertainment. In Spring 1999, it was renamed to "Iguana London" for a while before it was renamed to "Acclaim Studios London" a few months later like the other Studios that were part of Acclaim. It was responsible for porting Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat II for game systems except for SNES (Which were done by Sculptured Software) and developing Extreme-G and Extreme-G 2 for Nintendo 64. They were also well known for successful licensed games like Die Hard Trilogy and Alien Trilogy. The company became Acclaim Cheltenham in 2000.

1st Logo (1991-1992)

Nicknames: "Probe Bevel", "The Shiny Rectangular Probe Shield"

Logo: Against a black BG, we see a rectangular 3D-side shield of purple with  "probe" on it. "A" and "PRODUCTION", in white, are shown above and below the logo, respectively.

Variant: On Smash T.V. for Game Gear and Master System, the logo is a bit smaller with "Of" added below "Production". FX/SFX: None. Music/Sounds: None or the opening theme of the game. Availability: Probably the only place to see this logo fullscreen is Smash T.V. for Genesis, Game Gear, and Master System. It was also spotted on OutRun Europa (not the Amiga version), but placed in the corner of title screen. Editor's Note: TBA.

2nd Logo

(1991-1995)

Nicknames: "Acclaim Studios Iguana", "The Iguana II", "Killer the Iguana II" Logo: A usual Acclaim Studios logo, used for all studios during the era. The word "LONDON" is written in vertical font to the right. (See also the Iguana logo for more information.) Variant: On Armorines: Project Swarm, the background is custom blue. FX/SFX: None. Music/Sounds: Silent for the Re-Volt. The games title theme for Armorines. Availability: Seen on Re-Volt and Armorines: Project Swarm. Editor's Note: TBA.