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 …

LJN Toys Ltd. was an American toy company and video game publisher. It produced toy lines and video games based on movies, television shows, and celebrities. It was headquartered in …

Gaming Historian gives the complete history of LJN, a toy / video game company. Although notorious for their bad video games, LJN was more than just a game publisher and the story of …

LJN was founded in 1970 by Jack Friedman, originally as a toy company. In 1985, MCA, who at the time owned Universal City Studios, Inc., bought LJN so Universal could make the movies …

Sep 30, 2025 · LJN was a toy and video game company founded in 1970 by Jack Friedman. The name comes from the initials of its sales representative Lewis J. Norman, the reverse of …

The name LJN came from the initials of Lewis J. Norman, the reverse of Norman J. Lewis, whose toy company had employed Friedman as a sales representative in the 1960s.

Aug 16, 2025 · Acclaim purchased LJN in 1990 and promptly shut down the company’s toy division. For the rest of LJN’s history, they would be solely a video game publisher.

Oct 6, 2024 · LJN was an American video game publisher and toy company. The company was founded by Jack Friedman (1939-2010), whose previous boss was named Norman J. Lewis. …

LJN was a toy company and video game publisher that was notorious for its poorly made licensed video games. It is, by far, the gaming company whose output is most frequently criticized by …

LJN Toys Ltd. was an American toy company and video game publisher based in New York City. Founded in 1970 by Jack Friedman, the company was acquired by MCA Inc. in 1985, sold to …