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Iguana Entertainment
Fate Bankrupt
Founded August 14, 1991
Defunct 2004
Location Austin, Texas USA
Industry computer and video game industry
Products video games for Nintendo, Sega, Sony video game consoles
Key people Founders:
Jeff Spangenberg, CEO & President
Beth Spangenberg, CFO
Darrin Stubbington, VP
Matt Stubbington, Art Director
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John Carlsen
Iguana UK:
Darren Falcus, Jason Falcus
Others:
Russell Byrd, Mike Daubert, Craig Galley, Cyrus Lum
Former Parent Acclaim Entertainment
Subsidiary Iguana UK, Acclaim Studios Teesside

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Company history

Iguana Entertainment was first incorporated in Sunnyvale, California on August 14, 1991 by Jeff Spangenberg. Sunnyvale ( or) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Jeff Spangenberg is a video game producer and Entrepreneur who has founded and presided over Video game developers Team Design, Punk Development Other Iguana Entertainment founders include Mary Beth Campbell (later Mrs. Beth Spangenberg), John Carlsen, James Moon (known to most as J. Moon), and brothers Darrin Stubbington and Matt Stubbington.

"Punk" roots

Prior to incorporating Iguana Entertainment, Mr. Spangenberg had run Punk Development. Based in Sunnyvale, Punk Development was the product development arm of RazorSoft, Inc. , an Oklahoma-based video game distributor. All of the Iguana founders named above (with the possible exception of Ms. Campbell) and many early employees of Iguana Entertainment worked for Punk Development.

Punk Development was originally called Team Design until a conflict arose with another local firm having the same name. According to rumor, the other Team Design had complained of young "punks" hijacking its name.

Origins of the "Killer" Iguana brand

President Jeff Spangenberg kept his pet iguanas, Killer (the oldest), Spike and Squirt (the baby) in a large tank in the lobbies of the Punk and Iguana offices. When RazorSoft closed the Punk Development office, the Iguana name was selected, and Matt Stubbington painted on canvas the original company logotype, which included a portrait of the original Killer.

Clients

Iguana Entertainment's major clients included Acclaim Entertainment and SunSoft. Acclaim Entertainment was an American Video game developer and publisher. is a Japanese Video game development company founded on April 16, 1971 as a division of Sun Corporation itself a division of Sun Electronics or

Move to Texas

In September 1993, Iguana Entertainment moved to Austin, Texas, becoming Austin's second-largest developer of computer games, smaller only than Origin Systems, which was already part of Electronic Arts. Origin Systems Inc (sometimes abbreviated as OSI) was a Computer game developer based in Austin Texas that was active from 1983 to Iguana Entertainment became a Texas corporation on December 10, 1993.

The original pet iguanas could not be easily moved between states and were given away. Once in Texas, a new tank and iguanas were added to the lobby. Cyrus Lum created an updated company logotype (featuring a portrait of the new iguana named Killer) and animation that appears in many Iguana games.

Mergers

Also in 1993, the company acquired Optimus Software Ltd of Teesside, England which became Iguana UK. Acclaim Studios Teesside was a British video game developer based in Teesside, England. Teesside is the name given to the Conurbation in the North East of England made up of the towns of Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Acclaim Studios Teesside was a British video game developer based in Teesside, England. Iguana UK proved a valuable resource, both for "porting" arcade games including NBA Jam to home video game consoles and for recruiting and preparing employees for transfer to the US office. NBA Jam is a Basketball Arcade game developed by Midway in 1993.

In 1995, owners Jeff and Beth Spangenberg sold Iguana Entertainment to its largest customer, Acclaim Entertainment for $25MM ($13MM cash, the balance in Acclaim Entertainment stock) and the stipulation that Iguana Entertainment would retain its own independence; in the following years, the two Iguana studios became Acclaim Studios Austin and Acclaim Studios Teesside (AST). Acclaim Entertainment was an American Video game developer and publisher. Iguana Entertainment, renamed Acclaim Studios Austin after 1999, was a Video game developer operating from 1991 to 2004 in Acclaim Studios Teesside was a British video game developer based in Teesside, England.

Financial trouble

During its 1995 spending spree, Acclaim Entertainment also purchased Sculptured Software in Salt Lake City, Utah (until then, the largest independent video game developer in North America) and Lazer-Tron (a maker of coin-operated redemption games), and formed Acclaim Coin-Operated Entertainment despite the well-documented (even at the time) shrinking of the coin-operated game industry. Sculptured Software Inc was a late twentieth century Video game developer in the Salt Lake City Utah metropolitan area By suddenly overextending itself financially in 1995, Acclaim Entertainment's stock value quickly dropped about 90%, which alienated its merger partners and signaling to many the beginning of the end.

Rolling studio heads

Following the Iguana-Acclaim merger, Jeff and Beth Spangenberg left the company, starting a procession of new studio heads at Acclaim Studios Austin.

Spin-off companies

Also following the Iguana-Acclaim merger, several Iguana Entertainment employees founded their own Austin-area companies:

Closure of Iguana UK

In 2000, Jason and Darren Falcus left to form Atomic Planet Entertainment Ltd. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Atomic Planet Entertainment is a video games development studio founded in 2000 by industry veterans Darren and Jason Falcus. , Acclaim Entertainment made a sharp cut in the number of employees at Acclaim Studios Teesside, which was finally closed in 2002, with many staff being relocated to Acclaim Studios Cheltenham. Acclaim Studios Teesside was a British video game developer based in Teesside, England. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Bankruptcy and liquidation

When parent company Acclaim Entertainment went bankrupt in September 2004, most employees of Acclaim Studios Austin found out when they showed up for work but the building's manager had locked them out of their offices. Acclaim Studios Austin was closed and subsequently liquidated.

Systems targeted

Iguana Entertainment developed games for:

In addition, Iguana Entertainment created its own proprietary software and hardware tools for:

Games developed

During its 13-year history, Iguana Entertainment developed many games under both the Iguana Entertainment name (for both US and UK studios) and the Acclaim Studios Austin name. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit Video game console that was The, often abbreviated as N64, is Nintendo 's third home Video game console for the international market The is a 16-bit Video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988 North America in 1989 and the PAL region in 1990 The is a 32-bit Video game console that was first released on November 22 1994 in Japan, May 11 1995 in North America The following is a list of Arcade system boards released by Sega. is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console The Atari Jaguar is a Video game console, released by Atari Corporation in. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit Video game console that was The is a 16-bit Video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988 North America in 1989 and the PAL region in 1990 The is a 32-bit Video game console that was first released on November 22 1994 in Japan, May 11 1995 in North America The following is a list of Arcade system boards released by Sega. is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console

As Iguana Entertainment (US)

As Acclaim Studios Austin

As Iguana UK/Acclaim Studios Teesside

See also

References

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Spin-offs

Preceded by
none		 Iguana Entertainment
1991–1995		 Succeeded by
Acclaim Studios Austin
Iguana Entertainment, renamed Acclaim Studios Austin after 1999, was a Video game developer operating from 1991 to 2004 in
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