This is a list of games published by Accolade (renamed as Infogrames North America, Inc. in 1999), an American video game developer and publisher based in San Jose, California. [1] The company was founded as Accolade in 1984 by Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead, who had previously co-founded Activision in 1979. The company became known for numerous sports franchises, including HardBall!, Jack Nicklaus , and Test Drive . [2]
Game | Platform(s) | Release | Developer | Publisher | Ref(s) |
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SunDog: Frozen Legacy | Apple II | 1984 | FTL Games | Accolade | [3] |
HardBall! | Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 | 1985 | Accolade | [4] | |
Amstrad CPC, MacOS, ZX Spectrum | 1986 | ||||
Amiga, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, DOS, MSX | 1987 | ||||
Sega Genesis | 1991 | ||||
Fight Night | Apple II | 1985 | Sydney Development Corporation | Accolade | [5] |
Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 | 1986 | ||||
Atari XEGS | 1987 | ||||
Atari 7800 | 1988 | ||||
Law of the West | Apple II, Commodore 64 | 1985 | Accolade | [6] | |
Nintendo Entertainment System, PC-88, PC-98 | 1987 | ||||
The Dam Busters | Apple II, DOS | 1985 | Sydney Development Corporation | Accolade | [7] |
Psi-5 Trading Company | Commodore 64 | 1986 | Accolade | [8] | |
Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, ZX Spectrum | 1987 | ||||
Mean 18 | Amiga, Atari ST, DOS | 1986 | Microsmiths | Accolade | [9] [10] |
Apple IIGS | 1987 | ||||
Atari 7800 | 1989 | ||||
Killed Until Dead | Commodore 64 | 1986 | Artech Studios | [11] | |
Apple II | 1987 | ||||
Ace of Aces | Commodore 64 | 1986 | Artech Studios | [12] [13] | |
DOS | 1987 | ||||
Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit | 1988 | ||||
Accolade Comics | Apple II, Commodore 64 | 1987 | Distinctive Software | [14] | |
The Train: Escape to Normandy | Apple II, Commodore 64 | 1987 | Artech Digital Entertainment | [15] | |
Amstrad CPC, DOS, ZX Spectrum | 1988 | ||||
4th & Inches | Commodore 64, Apple II | 1987 | Accolade | [16] [17] | |
Amiga, Apple IIGS, DOS, MacOS | 1988 | ||||
Pinball Wizard | DOS | 1987 | ERE Informatique | Accolade | [18] [19] |
Atari ST | 1988 | ||||
Mini-Putt | Commodore 64, DOS | 1987 | Artech Studios | [20] | |
Apple IIGS | 1988 | ||||
Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon | Commodore 64 | 1987 | [21] [22] | ||
DOS | 1988 | ||||
Power at Sea | Commodore 64 | 1988 | Distinctive Software | [15] | |
Test Drive | Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS | 1987 | [4] | ||
Apple II | 1988 | ||||
Rack 'Em | DOS | 1988 | Artech Studios | [23] | |
Serve & Volley | Apple II, Apple IIGS, Commodore 64, DOS | 1988 | [24] | ||
Fast Break | Commodore 64, DOS | 1988 | Accolade | [25] | |
Amiga, Apple IIGS, MacOS | 1989 | ||||
Grand Prix Circuit | Commodore 64, DOS | 1988 | Distinctive Software | Accolade | [26] |
Amiga, Apple IIGS, MacOS | 1989 | ||||
Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum | 1990 | ||||
Card Sharks | Commodore 64 | 1988 | Accolade | [27] | |
TKO | Commodore 64 | 1988 | Accolade | Electronic Arts | [28] |
DOS | 1989 | ||||
Bubble Ghost | Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Commodore 64, DOS | 1988 | ERE Informatique | Accolade | [29] |
Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf | Commodore 64, DOS | 1988 | Sculptured Software | [30] [31] [32] | |
Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS, Atari ST | 1989 | ||||
MacOS, TG-16 | 1990 | ||||
Steel Thunder | Commodore 64, DOS | 1988 | Accolade | [33] | |
Hardball II | DOS | 1989 | Distinctive Software | Accolade | [34] |
Amiga, MacOS | 1990 | ||||
Test Drive II: The Duel | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS, Commodore 64, DOS, MacOS, ZX Spectrum | 1989 | Distinctive Software | [35] [36] | |
Atari ST | 1990 | ||||
Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo | 1992 | ||||
Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation | Amiga, Atari ST, DOS | 1989 | Artech Studios | [37] | |
Commodore 64 | 1990 | ||||
Day of the Viper | Amiga, Atari ST | 1989 | Accolade | [38] | |
DOS | 1990 | ||||
Don't Go Alone | DOS | 1989 | Sterling Silver Software | Accolade | [39] |
The Cycles: International Grand Prix Racing | Amiga, Commodore 64, DOS | 1989 | Distinctive Software | [40] | |
Amstrad CPC, Mac OS, ZX Spectrum | 1990 | ||||
The Third Courier | DOS | 1989 | Manley & Associates | [41] [42] | |
Amiga, Apple IIGS, Atari ST | 1990 | ||||
Bar Games | DOS | 1989 | Accolade | [43] | |
Amiga | 1990 | ||||
Strike Aces | Amiga, DOS | 1990 | Vektor Grafix | Accolade | [44] |
Test Drive III: The Passion | DOS | 1990 | Accolade | [45] | |
Gunboat | Amstrad CPC, DOS, ZX Spectrum | 1990 | [46] [47] | ||
Amiga | 1991 | ||||
Turbo-Grafx 16 | 1992 | ||||
Heat Wave | Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS | 1990 | Artech Studios | Accolade | [48] |
Ishido: The Way of Stones | Amiga, DOS, Sega Genesis, MacOS | 1990 | Publishing International | [49] | |
The Game of Harmony | Amiga, Commodore 64, DOS | 1990 | The Assembly Line | [50] | |
GameBoy | 1991 | ||||
Altered Destiny | DOS | 1990 | Accolade | [51] [52] | |
Amiga | 1991 | ||||
Stratego | DOS, MacOS | 1990 | [53] | ||
Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64 | 1991 | ||||
Jack Nicklaus' Unlimited Golf & Course Design | Amiga, DOS | 1990 | Sculptured Software | Accolade | [54] |
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark | Amiga, DOS | 1990 | Horror Soft | [55] [56] | |
Atari ST, Commodore 64 | 1991 | ||||
Les Manley in: Search for the King | DOS | 1990 | Accolade | [57] [58] | |
Amiga | 1991 | ||||
Star Control | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, DOS | 1990 | Toys for Bob | Accolade | [59] |
Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | 1991 | ||||
The Games: Winter Challenge | DOS | 1991 | MindSpan | [60] | |
Les Manley in: Lost in L.A. | DOS | 1991 | Accolade | [61] | |
The Cardinal of the Kremlin | Amiga | 1991 | Capstone Software | Accolade | [62] |
Turrican | GameBoy, Sega Genesis, TurboGrafx-16 | 1991 | Rainbow Arts | [63] | |
Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus | DOS | 1991 | Horror Soft | [64] [65] | |
Amiga, Atari ST | 1992 | ||||
Hoverforce | DOS | 1991 | Astral Software | [66] | |
Mike Ditka Power Football | DOS, Genesis | 1991 | Accolade | [67] | |
The Games: Summer Challenge | DOS | 1992 | MindSpan | Accolade | [67] |
Sega Genesis | 1993 | ||||
Jack Nicklaus Golf & Course Design: Signature Edition | DOS | 1992 | Sculptured Software | [68] | |
Waxworks | Amiga, DOS | 1992 | Horror Soft | [69] | |
Snoopy's Game Club | DOS | 1992 | Accolade | [70] | |
Universal Soldier | GameBoy, Sega Genesis | 1992 | The Code Monkeys | Accolade | [71] |
Grand Prix Unlimited | DOS | 1992 | Accolade | [72] | |
Zyconix | Amiga, DOS | 1992 | Miracle Games | Accolade | [73] |
HardBall III | DOS | 1992 | MindSpan | [74] [75] [76] | |
Sega Genesis | 1993 | ||||
Super Nintendo | 1994 | ||||
Star Control II | DOS | 1992 | Toys for Bob | [77] | |
3DO | 1994 | ||||
WarpSpeed | Super Nintendo | 1992 | Accolade | [78] [79] | |
Sega Genesis | 1993 | ||||
Speed Racer in The Challenge of Racer X | DOS | 1993 | [80] | ||
Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind | Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo | 1993 | [81] | ||
Pelé! | Sega Genesis | 1993 | Radical Entertainment | Accolade | [82] |
Unnecessary Roughness | DOS | 1993 | Accolade | [37] | |
Brett Hull Hockey | Super Nintendo | 1994 | Radical Entertainment | Accolade | [83] |
Unnecessary Roughness '95 | DOS, Sega Genesis | 1994 | Accolade | [84] | |
Rally | DOS | 1994 | Pixelkraft | Accolade | [85] |
Ballz | Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, 3DO | 1994 | PF.Magic | [86] | |
Battle Isle 2200 | DOS | 1994 | Blue Byte | [87] | |
Bubsy II | Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo | 1994 | Accolade | [88] | |
GameBoy | Images Software | Accolade | |||
Cyclemania | DOS | 1994 | Compro Games | [89] | |
Barkley Shut Up and Jam! | Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo | 1994 | Accolade | [90] | |
HardBall IV | DOS, Sega Genesis | 1994 | MindSpan | Accolade | [91] |
Pelé II: World Tournament Soccer | Sega Genesis | 1994 | Radical Entertainment | [67] | |
Zero Tolerance | Sega Genesis | 1994 | Technopop | [92] | |
Combat Cars | Sega Genesis | 1994 | Accolade | [67] | |
Speed Racer in My Most Dangerous Adventures | Super Nintendo | 1994 | Radical Entertainment | Accolade | [93] |
Brett Hull Hockey '95 | Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, PC | 1995 | Radical Entertainment | [94] | |
HardBall 5 | DOS, Sega Genesis | 1995 | MindSpan | [95] [96] | |
Sony PlayStation | 1996 | ||||
Barkley Shut Up and Jam! 2 | Sega Genesis | 1995 | Accolade | [97] | |
Unnecessary Roughness '96 | DOS | 1995 | [98] | ||
Star Control 3 | DOS | 1996 | Legend Entertainment | Accolade | [99] |
Eradicator | DOS | 1996 | Accolade | [100] | |
Deadlock: Planetary Conquest | Windows | 1996 | [101] | ||
PO'ed | Sony PlayStation | 1996 | Any Channel | Accolade Warner Interactive Europe (EU) | [102] |
Pitball | Sony PlayStation | 1996 | Warner Interactive Europe | Accolade Warner Interactive Europe (EU) | [103] |
Bubsy 3D | Sony PlayStation | 1996 | Eidetic | Accolade | [104] |
Test Drive: Off-Road | DOS, Sony PlayStation | 1996 | Elite Systems (DOS), Motivetime Ltd. | Accolade Eidos Interactive (EU) | [105] [106] |
Jack Nicklaus 4 | Windows | 1997 | Cinematronics, LLC | Accolade | [107] |
Jack Nicklaus 5 | Windows | 1997 | Eclipse Entertainment | [108] | |
Test Drive 4 | Sony PlayStation, Windows | 1997 | Pitbull Syndicate | [109] [110] | |
Deadlock II: Shrine Wars | Windows | 1998 | Cyberlore Studios | [111] | |
Test Drive 5 | Sony PlayStation, Windows | 1998 | Pitbull Syndicate | [112] [113] | |
Test Drive: Off-Road 2 | Sony PlayStation, Windows | 1998 | Accolade Pitbull Syndicate | [114] | |
HardBall 6 | Windows | 1998 | MindSpan | [115] | |
Big Air | Sony PlayStation | 1998 | Pitbull Syndicate | [116] | |
Redline | Windows | 1999 | Beyond Games | [117] |
Game | Platform(s) | Release | Developer | Publisher | Ref(s) |
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Slave Zero | Sega Dreamcast, Windows | 1999 | Infogrames North America | Infogrames North America | [119] |
Test Drive 6 | Sega Dreamcast, Sony PlayStation, Windows | 1999 | Pitbull Syndicate | [120] | |
Test Drive 6 | Game Boy Color | 1999 | Xantera | [118] | |
Test Drive: Off-Road 3 | Sony PlayStation, Windows | 1999 | Infogrames North America | [121] | |
Test Drive: Off-Road 3 | Game Boy Color | 1999 | Xantera | [122] [123] | |
Demolition Racer | Sony PlayStation, Windows | 1999 | Pitbull Syndicate Limited | [124] | |
Sega Dreamcast | 2000 | ||||
Test Drive Cycles | PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast, Windows | Cancelled | Infogrames North America | [125] | |
Game Boy Color | 2000 | Xantera | [126] |
Star Control: Famous Battles of the Ur-Quan Conflict, Volume IV is an action-strategy video game developed by Toys for Bob and published by Accolade. It was originally released for MS-DOS and Amiga in 1990, followed by ports for the Sega Genesis and additional platforms in 1991. The story is set during an interstellar war between two space alien factions, with humanity joining the Alliance of Free Stars to defeat the invading Ur-Quan Hierarchy. Players can choose to play as either faction, each with seven different alien starships which are used during the game's combat and strategy sections.
Accolade, Inc. was an American video game developer and publisher based in San Jose, California. The company was founded as Accolade in 1984 by Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead, who had previously co-founded Activision in 1979. The company became known for numerous sports game series, including HardBall!, Jack Nicklaus and Test Drive.
Toys for Bob, Inc. is an American video game developer based in Novato, California. It was founded in 1989 by Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford and is best known for creating Star Control and the Skylanders franchise, as well as for working on the Crash Bandicoot and Spyro franchises.
Bubsy 3D is a platformer game developed by Eidetic and published by Accolade. It is the first 3D game in the Bubsy series, and the fourth game in the series overall. The game was released for the PlayStation on November 25, 1996, in North America, with a later European release in August 1997. Bubsy 3D follows the series' titular character, an orange bobcat named Bubsy, who travels to the planet Rayon to stop the alien Woolies, and return safely to Earth.
Jack Nicklaus 4 is a 1997 sports golf video game. It was published by Accolade, and is the fourth in a series of video games named after golfer Jack Nicklaus, following Jack Nicklaus Golf & Course Design: Signature Edition (1992). The original Microsoft Windows version was developed by Cinematronics. Versions were also released for Macintosh and DVD. A PlayStation version titled Jack Nicklaus '98 was also in development. The game was followed by Jack Nicklaus 5, released later in 1997.
Star Control 3 is a 1996 action-adventure game developed by Legend Entertainment and published by Accolade. The third installment in the Star Control trilogy, the game was released for MS-DOS in 1996 and Mac OS in 1998. The story takes place after Star Control II, beginning with a disaster that disrupts superluminal travel through hyperspace. This leads the player to investigate a new quadrant of space, joined by allied aliens from the previous games.
Test Drive is a series of racing video games that were originally published by Accolade until they were bought by Infogrames, the first game was released in 1987 and has since been followed by several sequels and spin-offs, the last of which was released in 2012.
Test Drive 4 is a racing game developed by Pitbull Syndicate and published by Accolade for PlayStation and Microsoft Windows in 1997. It offers 14 supercars and muscle cars, and tasks the player with beating computer opponents in tracks set in real life locales. The game's tracks are long courses with rural roads and urban streets, and commonly feature traffic and short corners. The player has to arrive at each checkpoint before the Checkpoint Timer expires, resulting in additional time, and crossing the finish line is required to complete the race. Test Drive 4's commercial success briefly made Test Drive the best selling racing franchise, but the game received mixed reviews. In 1999 the game was republished under the Greatest Hits label after selling 850,000 copies within one year of its release.
Test Drive 5 is a racing game developed by Pitbull Syndicate and published by Accolade for PlayStation and Microsoft Windows in 1998.
Test Drive 6 is a racing video game developed by Pitbull Syndicate for PlayStation, Microsoft Windows and Dreamcast. In the United States the game was published by Infogrames North America, while in Europe the game was published by Cryo Interactive. The game featured 37 licensed cars, plus four police car variants. As a first for the series, cars from General Motors are not playable in this game, instead they appear as traffic cars. The soundtrack featured industrial rock and techno music from artists such as Fear Factory, Lunatic Calm and Cirrus.
Test Drive 4X4 is a racing video game co-developed by Accolade's internal development team and Pitbull Syndicate, and published by Accolade for PlayStation and Microsoft Windows.
Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf is a golf-simulation video game developed by Sculptured Software, and published by Accolade beginning in 1988. It was released for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, Commodore 64 (C64), MS-DOS, Macintosh, MSX, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), PC-88, Sharp X68000, and Game Boy.
Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind, often shortened to Bubsy, is a platform game first released for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System by Accolade in 1993. It is the first entry in the Bubsy series of video games. The game's title is a play on words in reference to the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, with the game revolving around Bubsy defending the planet's supply of yarn balls from alien invaders.
Bubsy 2 is a platform video game, the sequel to Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind, and the second game in the Bubsy series. It was originally released by Accolade in 1994 for the Sega Genesis, Super NES, and Game Boy, and re-released for Windows through Steam on December 17, 2015.
Bubsy in: Fractured Furry Tales is a platform video game developed by Imagitec Design and published by Atari Corporation for the Atari Jaguar in North America on December 1994, and Europe in January 1995. The third entry in the Bubsy series, the plot follows the titular character, who ventures through a realm of fairy tales to restore order and protect children all over the world from creatures and antagonists of corrupted fairy tales, which appeared after Mother Goose was captured by Hansel and Gretel.
Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back is a platform game developed by Black Forest Games and published by UFO Interactive Games under the Accolade label. It was released for PlayStation 4 and Windows on 31 October 2017. The game is the fifth installment in the Bubsy series, and the first new entry in 21 years since Bubsy 3D.
Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden Bear Challenge is a golf video game developed by Hypnos Entertainment and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows. It is part of a series of golfing games named after golfer Jack Nicklaus, and is the first in the series to feature him as a playable golfer. Producer and designer Mike Franco, who produced previous games in the series, began working on the game in November 1997, when Jack Nicklaus 5 was released.
Jack Nicklaus is a series of golf video games named after golfer Jack Nicklaus. The first game, Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf, was developed by Sculptured Software and published by Accolade. It was released for various platforms beginning in 1988. Accolade would publish subsequent games in the series for the next decade, before selling the rights to Activision in 1998. Activision published a sixth game in the series, Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden Bear Challenge, in 1999, but chose not to publish a sequel due to poor sales. The next game in the series, Jack Nicklaus Perfect Golf, was released by a new company in 2016.
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