Press release: 1996-08-27: Acclaim 'NFL QUARTERBACK CLUB '97' puts you on the line of scrimmage

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Language: English third-party
Original source: Acclaim Nation (archived)


The NFL, The Whole NFL, And Nothing But the NFL!

GLEN COVE, NY, August 27, 1996 -- Real-life player moves that fake you out of your easy chair. Hard-hitting action that puts you at the 50-yard line. Playing conditions that make you reach for the parka or rain slicker. More plays than Broadway. And even the Baltimore Ravens.

Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.'s, NFL Quarterback Club '97, available on Sony PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and DOS CD-ROM, has it all.

Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., once again has captured the full excitement of NFL football with NFL Quarterback Club '97. This revolutionary video game pulls the action packed realism from the NFL playing field and puts it into the living room. Featuring all 30 NFL teams and their current rosters, NFL Quarterback Club '97 enables each gamer to possess the arm of Dan Marino, the scrambling ability of Steve Young, the poise of Troy Aikman and the desire of John Elway.

Using its award-winning motion-capture technology, Acclaim has elevated video games to a new height of realism by recording the movements of actual NFL players and utilizing the action in video gameplay. In its state-of-the-art studios, Acclaim recorded the running, diving, catching, throwing and tackling of New York Jets stars Adrian Murrell and Lonnie Young and transferred their real-life motions to the computer screen. What you see on the field is what you see in the game.

Whether you're battling severe weather conditions or the taunts of the opposing fans, NFL Quarterback Club '97 is the game for the tough-minded quarterback. With more than 500 new plays, NFL Quarterback Club '97 captures every nuance of pro football including instant replay, player trading, incredible detail -- down to the numbers on the jerseys and the logos on the helmets --and the supertrack cam that closely follows every play for the ultimate "in-your-face" experience.

From the NFL's newly established Baltimore Ravens to the latest roster changes NFL Quarterback Club '97 continues to keep pace with the high-speed action of the NFL by featuring 1996 rookies. Look for Dan Marino on the package when NFL Quarterback Club '97 hits the shelves on August 29th to kick off a brand new season of NFL action.

NFL Quarterback Club is a trademark of the National Football league NFL Quarterback Club '97 is an officially licensed product of the National Football League and the National Football League Players Association.

Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. is a leading worldwide publisher of software for Nintendo, Sega, Sony, personal computer and CD-ROM hardware systems; and comic books under the Valiant and Armada imprints. Acclaim also develops coin-operated arcade and ticket redemption games, and operates blue screen and motion capture studios, as well as A.D.I., a global sales and distribution company for products from a variety of entertainment software publishers, including Digital Pictures, Domark, Interplay, Marvel, Pulse Entertainment, Sound Source Interactive, Sunsoft and Take 2. Acclaim, which also entered into a joint venture with Tele-Communications, Inc. for electronically distributed interactive entertainment, is publicly traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol AKLM.