EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
     We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of Acclaim
Entertainment, Inc. of our report dated December 8, 1995, appearing in the
Prospectus, which is a part of such Registration Statement, and to the use of
our name as it appears under the caption 'Experts.'
 
     Our report dated December 8, 1995 contains an emphasis paragraph as to
uncertainty relating to the eventual outcome of certain class action lawsuits.
The fiscal 1995 consolidated financial statements do not include any provision
for any liability that might result upon the resolution of these matters.
 

                                          GRANT THORNTON LLP
 
New York, New York
March 21, 1997