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The founders of video game maker Acclaim chose their company s name so that it would appear before their former employer Activision and before Accolade , another company established by ex-Activision personnel, in alphabetical order. This same logic was employed by the founders of Activision, who were ex-Atari employees.

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The founders of video game maker “Acclaim” chose their company’s name so that it would appear before their former employer “Activision” and before “Accolade”, another company established by ex-Activision personnel, in alphabetical order. This same logic was employed by the founders of Activision, who were ex-Atari employees.

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