Accolade was an American publisher active primarily through the late 1980s and 1990s, with a catalogue of around 118 games across action, strategy, and racing genres. Titles like Deadlock: Planetary Conquest and Eradicator reflect the breadth of their output during the DOS and early Windows era. Accolade was notable for a legal battle with Sega that helped define software interoperability rights in the games industry.