Acclaim Studios Teesside

Acclaim Studios Teesside

Former type	Subsidiary of Acclaim Entertainment
Industry	Computer and video games Interactive entertainment
Founded	1988
Defunct	2002
Headquarters	Teesside, England, United Kingdom
Key people	Darren Falcus Jason Falcus
Products	Shadow Man (1999–2002)
Parent	Acclaim Entertainment

Acclaim Studios Teesside was a British video game developer based in Teesside, England, United Kingdom. The company was founded in 1988 by brothers Darren and Jason Falcus as Optimus Software. In 1993, it was acquired by Iguana Entertainment and became Iguana Entertainment UK. Both were acquired by Acclaim Entertainment in 1995. Iguana UK was renamed Acclaim Studios Teesside in 1999.

Darren and Jason Falcus remained with the company until 2000, when they left to form Atomic Planet Entertainment. The studio was finally closed in 2002, with many staff being relocated to Acclaim Cheltenham.

Games developed

as Optimus Software

Year	Game	Platform(s)
1989	SAS Combat Simulator	Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum
	Pro Powerboat Simulator	Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum
1991	Mean Machine	Amiga
	Pegasus	Amiga, Atari ST
1992	Kwik Snax
	Seymour Goes to Hollywood	Amiga
	Super Seymour Saves the Planet

as Iguana Entertainment UK

Year	Game	Platform(s)
1996	College Slam	Super NES, Genesis, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Windows
1996	Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball	Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Windows
1996	Batman Forever: The Arcade Game	Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Windows
1998	Forsaken	Nintendo 64

as Acclaim Studios Teesside

Year	Game	Platform(s)
1999	Shadow Man	Dreamcast, Windows, Nintendo 64, PlayStation
2002	Shadow Man: 2econd Coming	PlayStation 2