Probe Software
Status: dead
Country: U.K.
aka(s): Probe, Probe Entertainment, Acclaim Cheltenham
Probe Software (later Probe Entertainment, and ultimately Acclaim Cheltenham) was a British videogame developer founded in 1984 and acquired by Acclaim Entertainment. In 2001, Probe Entertainment became Acclaim Studios London. It was responsible for developing Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat II for the Sega Mega Drive and 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.
Probe Entertainment Ltd. (from 1995 to 2001).
Probe Software Ltd. (from 1984 to 1995).
It is known for 194x, Bubble Bobble, Chase HQ, Extreme-G, Golden Axe, Lemmings, Mortal Kombat, OutRun, Puzzle Bobble, Road Rash, Rygar, SimCity, Xevious
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Top platforms
Amstrad CPC | 36 | ||
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ZX Spectrum | 36 | ||
C64 | 31 | ||
Atari ST | 23 | ||
Amiga | 22 | ||
GB | 16 | ||
Game Gear | 16 | ||
Mega Drive | 13 | ||
MS-DOS | 13 | ||
Master System | 12 | ||
SNES | 11 | ||
PS | 10 | ||
NES | 4 | ||
Saturn | 4 | ||
C16/Plus4 | 4 |
ST 1991
SAT 1996-08-01
PS1 1996-01-01
OCS 1991
OCS 1989
DOS 1996
OCS 1987
OCS 1990
GG 1993
OCS 1994
C16 1986
SNES 1993-07-09
Probe Software best rated games
Die Hard Trilogy | 1996 | sat | |||
SimCity | 1990 | spc | |||
Mortal Kombat | 1993 | dos | |||
Supremacy: Your Will Be Done | 1990 | c64 | |||
Smash T.V. | 1991 | c64 | |||
Oblido | 1986 | c16 | |||
Dan Dare III: The Escape | 1990 | spc | |||
FIFA Soccer 96 | 1995 | sat | |||
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Coin-Op! | 1991 | cpc | |||
Turbo OutRun | 1989 | c64 |
Probe Software worst games
Pogostick Olympics | 1988 | spc | |||
Dynamic Duo | 1989 | c64 | |||
Lazer Tag | 1988 | c64 | |||
Quartet | 1987 | c64 | |||
OutRun | 1987 | cpc |