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{{Short description|American toy and video game publishing company}}
{{About|the defunct toy company and video game publisher}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox company
| name     = LJN Toys Ltd.
| logo     = LJN logo.png
| type     = [[Subsidiary]]
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| fate     = [[Dissolution (law)|Dissolved]]
| founded  = {{Start date and age|1967}}
| founder  = [[Jack Friedman]]
| defunct  = {{End date and age|1994}}
| hq_location_city = [[New York City]]
| hq_location_country = US
| parent   = {{Unbulleted list|[[MCA Inc.]] (1985–1990)|[[Acclaim Entertainment]] (1990–1995)}}
}}

'''LJN Toys Ltd.''' was an American toy company and [[video game publisher]] founded by [[Jack Friedman]] in 1967. [[MCA Inc.]] acquired the company in 1985, and sold to [[Acclaim Entertainment]] in 1990. The toy division of the company was closed by Acclaim and a majority of its employees were fired as the company was shifted towards video game publishing. It was closed in 1994, but its label was used once more in 2000.

==History==
===Early history (1967–1985)===
[[Jack Friedman]] founded LJN in 1967<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 28, 1990 |title=Kirk: LJN |page=E2 |work=[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/155071337/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913083122/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/155071337/ |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> using funds from his employer Norman J. Lewis Associates (from which the company name "LJN" is derived, being a reversal of Lewis' initials)<ref name="norman">{{Cite magazine |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=June 2010 |title=A Recap of Industry Headlines, Jack Friedman: July 9, 1939-May 3, 2010 |url=https://issuu.com/anbmedia/docs/tfejune10/12 |access-date=March 30, 2022 |magazine=Toys and Family Entertainment, Vol.5, No. 7, June 2010 |publisher=aNb Media, Inc.}}</ref> after seeing the sales figures of [[Mattel]] and [[Milton Bradley Company]] increase.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 15, 1982 |title=Business People; Head of LJN Toys Sees Succss Through 'E.T.' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/15/business/business-people-head-of-lnj-toys-sees-success-through-et.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320041219/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/15/business/business-people-head-of-lnj-toys-sees-success-through-et.html |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |access-date=March 20, 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Friedman later founded [[THQ]] and [[Jakks Pacific]] after leaving LJN.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 6, 2010 |title=Jack Friedman Dies at 70; Toy Maker |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-may-06-la-me-jack-friedman-20100506-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929092848/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-may-06-la-me-jack-friedman-20100506-story.html |archive-date=September 29, 2021 |access-date=March 20, 2022 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> LJN shifted money used for television advertising to instead purchase licenses to make toys based on television shows.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 1, 1976 |title=Toy Companies Using TV Shows As Advertising |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97725192/corpus-christi-caller-times/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316070419/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97725192/corpus-christi-caller-times/ |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |work=[[Corpus Christi Caller-Times]] |page=32 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> The first toyline by LJN based on a television show was for ''[[Emergency!]]''<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 19, 1985 |title=Toy Industry Game: Licensing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97921155/the-boston-globe/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319063335/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97921155/the-boston-globe/ |archive-date=March 19, 2022 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |page=64 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> The highest amount the company paid for a license by 1982 was $250,000.<ref name="sales" />

LJN purchased the license to make toys based on ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' for $25,000 due to other companies declining the option, including [[Kenner Products]] and [[Ideal Toy Company]], and sold over $16–25 million worth of merchandise without the need of an advertising campaign. A doll based on [[Brooke Shields]] was released with a $2 million advertising budget and made over $12 million in 1982. LJN's revenue rose from $5 million in 1971 to $70 million in 1982 due to the E.T. and Brooke Shields toys.<ref name="bananas">{{Cite news |date=December 7, 1982 |title=Buyers Are Going Bananas over Licensed Toys This Year |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97724972/palladium-item/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316065900/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97724972/palladium-item/ |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |work=[[Palladium-Item]] |page=9 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name="sales">{{Cite news |date=December 8, 1982 |title=Millions to Toymakers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97725035/lansing-state-journal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316065505/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97725035/lansing-state-journal/ |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |work=[[Lansing State Journal]] |page=41 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 7, 1981 |title=Are You Ready for Doll Wars? |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97725159/press-and-sun-bulletin/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316070157/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97725159/press-and-sun-bulletin/ |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |work=[[Press & Sun-Bulletin]] |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 12, 1982 |title=E.T., Phone Your Broker |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97725226/the-miami-herald/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316070835/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97725226/the-miami-herald/ |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |work=[[The Pantagraph]] |page=433 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 2, 2000 |title=Small Business Plays Well in Market |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97724885/the-pantagraph/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316064502/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97724885/the-pantagraph/ |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |work=[[The Pantagraph]] |page=24 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

In 1984 LJN became the toy licensee of the [[World Wrestling Federation]]. The [[Wrestling Superstars]] line, which featured action figures based on WWF's roster of wrestlers, was produced from 1984 to 1989.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Toys That Made Us: "Wrestling" |date=Nov 15, 2019 |url=https://www.netflix.com/watch/80994013?source=35 |author=Brian Volk-Weiss}}</ref> LJN competed with [[Mattel]] in the toy market.<ref name="bananas" /> The company produced the ''[[ThunderCats]]'' toyline in competition with Mattel's ''[[Masters of the Universe]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 31, 1986 |title=Rambo and Robots Top Toy Lists for 1986 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97921332/sioux-city-journal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319064008/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97921332/sioux-city-journal/ |archive-date=March 19, 2022 |work=[[Sioux City Journal]] |page=6 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

===MCA ownership (1985–1990)===
On March 26, 1985, [[MCA Inc.]] announced that it would purchase 63% of LJN's shares for $39.8 million and proposed to buy the remainder of the stock for $14.26 for each share which would increase the total value of the deal to almost $65 million.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 27, 1985 |title=MCA Agrees to Acquire L.J.N. Toys : Entertainment Firm to Exchange Up to $39.8 Million in Stock |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-27-fi-20221-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316073228/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-27-fi-20221-story.html |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> However, the company failed to make a net income from 1986 to 1989, and MCA had to take a $53 million [[NOPAT|after-tax charge]] due to the expenses of the company before selling it to [[Acclaim Entertainment]] for $30 million in April 1990.<ref name="acclaim" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 23, 1990 |title=Company News; MCA Taking Loss in Sale of Toy Unit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/23/business/company-news-mca-taking-loss-in-sale-of-toy-unit.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320043118/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/23/business/company-news-mca-taking-loss-in-sale-of-toy-unit.html |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |access-date=March 20, 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 25, 1990 |title=Acclaim Says LJN Suit Is MCA's Problem |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98045799/chicago-tribune/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321010208/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98045799/chicago-tribune/ |archive-date=March 21, 2022 |access-date=March 21, 2022 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |page=31 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> LJN had a revenue of $110,510,000 and a net loss of $37.3 million in 1987.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 29, 1988 |title=MCA to Take $35-Million Charge in Quarter |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98045694/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321003428/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98045694/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=March 21, 2022 |access-date=March 21, 2022 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |page=12 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> MCA received 1.2 million shares in Acclaim as part of the LJN deal. 181,000 shares were returned as part of a price adjustment agreement and the remainder was sold for around $4.3 million in 1991.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 18, 1991 |title=MCA Sells Stake In Acclaim Inc. |page=47 |work=[[Newsday]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition/154431251/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901172459/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition/154431251/ |archive-date=September 1, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

LJN entered the video game industry by publishing games based on movies and television shows developed by companies including [[Atlus]], [[Beam Software]], and [[Rare (company)|Rare]] for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] in 1987.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Routledge Companion to Adaptation |date=2018 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]}}</ref> The company released the [[LJN Video Art]] in 1987.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 3, 1989 |title='Hands On' Approach to Kids' Videos |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97921981/wisconsin-state-journal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319212800/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97921981/wisconsin-state-journal/ |archive-date=March 19, 2022 |access-date=March 19, 2022 |work=[[Wisconsin State Journal]] |page=132 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 5, 1988 |title=Patents; Device Converts TV Set into a Coloring Book |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/05/business/patents-device-converts-tv-set-into-a-coloring-book.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319215047/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/05/business/patents-device-converts-tv-set-into-a-coloring-book.html?searchResultPosition=33 |archive-date=March 19, 2022 |access-date=March 19, 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> At least 75% of the company's $70 million in sales in 1990 came from video game sales on the Nintendo Entertainment System and [[Game Boy]].<ref name="acclaim">{{Cite news |date=March 13, 1990 |title=MCA in Pact with Acclaim |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/13/business/mca-in-pact-with-acclaim.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320042652/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/13/business/mca-in-pact-with-acclaim.html |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |access-date=March 20, 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 13, 1990 |title=LJN |page=C2 |work=[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/154430099/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901170656/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/154430099/ |archive-date=September 1, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

The company released a paint gun line named Gotcha! with a license from the film ''[[Gotcha! (film)|Gotcha!]]'', but this line were criticized by [[consumer protection]] groups due to the danger it posed to eyes.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 17, 1987 |title=Group Criticizes 'Gotcha!' Gun |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/11/17/Group-criticizes-Gotcha-gun/5494564123600/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316073139/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/11/17/Group-criticizes-Gotcha-gun/5494564123600/ |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |work=[[United Press International]]}}</ref> The toyline was financially unsuccessful, and MCA had to take a $35 million after-tax charge due to its failure and the expenses of the [[Coleco]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 30, 1988 |title=Company News |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/30/business/company-news-861788.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320042236/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/30/business/company-news-861788.html |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |access-date=March 20, 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The company was also criticized by police officers and [[Americans for Democratic Action]] for its [[Entertech]] line of toy water guns due to how realistic they looked; LJN changed the design of the toys after three people in the United States from ages 13 to 19 were killed as a result of police officers thinking they had actual guns, and multiple cities and states banned the sale of realistic toy guns.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 12, 1985 |title=Realistic Toy Guns Create Worries for Police |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97921885/the-record/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320041955/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97921885/the-record/ |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |work=[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]] |page=9 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 12, 1986 |title=Realistic Toy Guns Worry Police |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97921889/the-record/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320042058/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97921889/the-record/ |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |work=[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]] |page=8 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=June 16, 1988 |title=After 3 Deaths, Realistic Toys Are Under Fire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/16/garden/after-3-deaths-realistic-toys-are-under-fire.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320041732/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/16/garden/after-3-deaths-realistic-toys-are-under-fire.html |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |access-date=March 20, 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

Lawrence J. Kirk Jr. fired half of the company's employees as part of a cost-cutting plan during his seven months as president from 1989 to 1990. LJN attempted to acquire [[Buddy L]] during his tenure, but MCA ended the negotiations before announcing that it was selling LJN.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 10, 1990 |title=LJN Toys rethinks game plan |page=E1 |work=[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/155071355/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913083624/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/155071355/ |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=February 28, 1990 |title=New worlds to conquer |page=E1 |work=[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/155071349/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913083529/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/155071349/ |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

===Acclaim Entertainment ownership (1990–2000)===
Acclaim closed LJN's toy division and shifted the company's focus to video game publishing.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 6, 1990 |title=Acclaim and MCA Dispute Final Price in LJN Toys Deal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98045939/newsday-nassau-edition/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321010251/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98045939/newsday-nassau-edition/ |archive-date=March 21, 2022 |access-date=March 21, 2022 |work=[[Newsday]] |page=45 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> It fired 45 of the company's 70 employees and moved its headquarters from [[Lyndhurst, New Jersey]] to [[Oyster Bay, New York]], the same place as Acclaim's headquarters.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 14, 1990 |title=Acclaim Buys LJN Toys Ltd. For $30 Million |page=45 |work=[[Newsday]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition/154430410/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901171130/https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition/154430410/ |archive-date=September 1, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 24, 1990 |title=LJN Toys Relocating To N.Y. |page=C3 |work=[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/154430566/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901171350/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/154430566/ |archive-date=September 1, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 25, 1990 |title=45 losing jobs at LJN Toys |page=E8 |work=[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/154430649/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901171449/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/154430649/ |archive-date=September 1, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

Lawrence Kanaga filed a lawsuit on behalf of Clark Thiemann on January 31, 1990, against LJN, [[Nintendo]], and [[Major League Baseball]] claiming that the game ''[[Major League Baseball (video game)|Major League Baseball]]'' was falsely advertised to Thiemann stating that it would allow him to simulate being a baseball team manager and Kanaga stating that the game was advertised as having all of the players, but instead only had their uniform numbers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 1, 1990 |title=9-Year-Old Sues over Video Baseball Game Boy Says Tape Strikes Out - Wants Nintendo, Major League to Return $40 |url=https://www.deseret.com/1990/2/1/18844093/9-year-old-sues-over-video-baseball-game-br-boy-says-tape-strikes-out-wants-nintendo-major-league-to |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319061414/https://www.deseret.com/1990/2/1/18844093/9-year-old-sues-over-video-baseball-game-br-boy-says-tape-strikes-out-wants-nintendo-major-league-to |archive-date=March 19, 2022 |work=[[Deseret News]]}}</ref> In 1991, the [[U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission]] recalled LJN's Sling 'Em-Fling 'Em wrestling ring toys based on the [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]], which sold 1.4 million products from 1985 to 1989, due to multiple children between six and ten being injured by the toys.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 4, 1991 |title=LJN "Sling 'Em-Fling 'Em" Wrestling Ring Toy Recalled |url=https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/1991/ljn-sling-em-fling-em-wrestling-ring-toy-recalled |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316072747/https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/1991/ljn-sling-em-fling-em-wrestling-ring-toy-recalled |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |work=[[U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission]]}}</ref>

Acclaim closed LJN in 1994, but reused the company's name for the release of ''[[Spirit of Speed 1937]]'' in 2000.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Carlisle |first=Rodney |title=Encyclopedia of Play in Today′s Society |date=April 2, 2009 |publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=June 30, 2000 |title=Hands On: Spirit of Speed 1937 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/07/01/hands-on-spirit-of-speed-1937 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321010120/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/07/01/hands-on-spirit-of-speed-1937 |archive-date=March 21, 2022 |access-date=March 21, 2022 |work=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

==Games==
{{Incomplete list|date=September 2024}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Title
!Platform(s)
!Release date
!Developer(s)
|-
|''[[Gotcha! The Sport!]]''
|rowspan=10|Nintendo Entertainment System
|rowspan=3|1987
|rowspan=4|[[Atlus]]
|-
|''[[Jaws (video game)|Jaws]]''
|-
|''[[The Karate Kid (video game)|The Karate Kid]]''
|-
|''[[Major League Baseball (video game)|Major League Baseball]]''
|rowspan=2|1988
|-
|''[[Town & Country Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage]]''
|[[SIMS Co., Ltd.|Sanritsu Denki]]
|-
|''[[Back to the Future (1989 video game)|Back to the Future]]''
|rowspan=5|1989
|[[Beam Software]]
|-
|''[[Friday the 13th (1989 video game)|Friday the 13th]]''
|rowspan=2|Atlus
|-
|''[[NFL (video game)|NFL]]''
|-
|''[[The Uncanny X-Men (video game)|The Uncanny X-Men]]''
|-
|-
|''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1989 video game)|Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''
|rowspan=2|Rare
|-
|''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (handheld video game)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]''
|Game Boy
|rowspan=6|1990
|-
|''[[Back to the Future Part II & III]]''
|rowspan=5|Nintendo Entertainment System
|Beam Software
|-
|''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street (video game)|A Nightmare on Elm Street]]''
|Rare
|-
|''[[Pictionary (video game)|Pictionary]]''
|[[Software Creations]]
|-
|''[[The Punisher (1990 NES video game)|The Punisher]]''
|Beam Software
|-
|''[[WWF WrestleMania Challenge]]''
|Rare
|-
|''[[Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball]]''
|Nintendo Entertainment System <br/> Super Nintendo Entertainment System <br/> Gameboy
|rowspan=2|1991
|Sculptured Software
|-
|''[[Wolverine (1991 video game)|Wolverine]]''
|Nintendo Entertainment System
|Software Creations
|-
|[[List_of_Beetlejuice_video_games#Beetlejuice_(1991)|''Beetlejuice'']]
|Nintendo Entertainment System
|1991, May
|Rare
|-
|[[List_of_Beetlejuice_video_games#Beetlejuice_(1992)|''Beetlejuice'']]
|Game Boy
|1992, January 3
|Rare
|-
|''[[WWF Superstars (handheld video game)|WWF Superstars]]''
|Game Boy
|1991
|Rare
|-
|''[[NBA All-Star Challenge]]''
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|rowspan=8|1992
|Beam Software
|-
|''[[Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge]]''
|Nintendo Entertainment System
|[[Bits Studios]]
|-
|''[[Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage]]''
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|rowspan=2|Software Creations
|-
|''[[Terminator 2 (8-bit video game)|Terminator 2]]''
|rowspan=2|Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|''[[Town & Country II: Thrilla's Surfari]]''
|rowspan=4|Sculptured Software
|-
|''[[WWF Superstars 2]]''
|Game Boy
|-
|''[[WWF Super WrestleMania]]''
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge]]''
|Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|Master System
Game Gear
| rowspan="5" |1993
|Teeny Weeny Games
|-
|''[[Alien 3 (video game)|Alien 3]]''
|Nintendo Entertainment System
|Probe Software
|-
|''[[Terminator 2 (16-bit video game)|Terminator 2]]''
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|Bits Studios
|-
|''[[WWF King of the Ring (video game)|WWF King of the Ring]]''
|Nintendo Entertainment System <br/> Game Boy
|[[Gray Matter (company)|Gray Matter]] <br/> Eastridge Technology
|-
|''[[WWF Royal Rumble (1993 video game)|WWF Royal Rumble]]''
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|Sculptured Software
|-
|''Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge''
|Game Boy
|rowspan=4|1994
|Unexpected Development
|-
|''[[Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage]]''
|rowspan=2|Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|Software Creations
|-
|''[[Wolverine: Adamantium Rage]]''
|Bits Studios
|-
|''[[WWF Raw (1994 video game)|WWF Raw]]''
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System <br/> Game Boy
|Sculptured Software <br/> [[Realtime Associates]]
|-
|''[[Spirit of Speed 1937]]''
|[[Dreamcast]]
|2000
|Broadsword Interactive
|-
|}

==References==
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