Throwback Entertainment
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Throwback Entertainment is a Canadian games publisher based in Toronto
, Canada
.
Founded in 2004, the founders of Throwback Entertainment considered purchasing Acclaim Entertainment
, but after researching the company decided against doing so. However, two years later (after Acclaim shut down), Throwback Entertainment announced the purchase of the Acclaim library, consisting of over 150 games and including titles as Re-Volt
, Extreme-G
, Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance
and Vexx
(among others).
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
Founded in 2004, the founders of Throwback Entertainment considered purchasing Acclaim Entertainment
Acclaim Entertainment
Acclaim Entertainment was an American video game developer and publisher. It developed, published, marketed and distributed interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms, including Sega's Mega Drive/Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, and Game Gear, Nintendo's NES, SNES, Nintendo...
, but after researching the company decided against doing so. However, two years later (after Acclaim shut down), Throwback Entertainment announced the purchase of the Acclaim library, consisting of over 150 games and including titles as Re-Volt
Re-Volt
Re-Volt is a radio control car racing themed video game released by Acclaim Entertainment in 1999. It made appearances on the PlayStation, PC, Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast, with a spinoff: RC Revenge for PlayStation and a enhanced port called RC Revenge Pro for PlayStation 2...
, Extreme-G
Extreme-G
Extreme-G is a motorcycle racing game for the Nintendo 64. It was the first game of the Extreme-G series. It was developed by Probe Entertainment and published by Acclaim Entertainment.-Plot:...
, Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance
Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance
Gladiator: Sword Of Vengeance was a hack and slash game from Acclaim Entertainment. At the time many big third person action games like BloodRayne and Prince of Persia were enjoying major success. So Acclaim decided to join the genre with their own third person hack and slash action game Gladiator:...
and Vexx
Vexx
Vexx is a video game developed by Acclaim for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube consoles released in 2003 while the Gameboy Advance version was cancelled. The game is a 3D platformer game, starring a character of the same name. The objective consists of collecting magical hearts and unlocking...
(among others).