`'Casper'' Marks 60th Birthday With Spooktacular Fun On PlayStation Game Console From Sound Source Interactive.Business/Entertainment Editors E3Expo 2000 Booth No. 1346 CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2000 Source Interactive Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :SSII SSII - Societe de Service en Ingenierie Informatique ) today announced that they will release the brand new "Casper(TM), Friends Around The World(TM)" game for the PlayStation(R) as part of "Casper's" 60th birthday celebration. The game is being showcased May 11th through the 13th at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in the Sound Source Interactive booth, South Hall No. 1346. "With the increase in demand for entertainment titles targeted to the under twelve market for PlayStation, and the highly successful 'Casper' franchise, 'Casper, Friends Around the World' is sure to be a hit on this popular console system," said Vincent Bitetti, chairman and interim chief executive officer of Sound Source Interactive. Bitetti continued, "We look forward to partnering with Harvey in celebrating Casper's 60th birthday and his debut on the PlayStation." "Harvey has big plans to celebrate with Casper this year, including a CGI CGI in full Common Gateway Interface. Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program. direct-to-video film slated for December entitled 'Casper's Haunted Christmas,'" said Rick Mischel, President of The Harvey Entertainment Company. Casper celebrates his 60th birthday on Halloween 2000 and Harvey Entertainment has planned six months of festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. including merchandise, movies, parties and promotions. The celebration kicked off with the announcement that Casper has become the official mascot MASCOT - Modular Approach to Software Construction Operation and Test: a method for software design aimed at real-time embedded systems from the Royal Signals and Research Establishment, UK. in the Coast Guard's national campaign to halt the flow of illegal drugs. Exploring the world with Casper ... "Casper" sets out to rescue his "fleshie" friends after the evil ghost Jarmant has banished them to the pages of a geography book. While traveling through 11 exotic locations including Hollywood, Paris, Italy, Egypt, China, South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Moscow, India Moscow is a village in the Kottayam district of Kerala, South India. The name was instituted because of Soviet influence in that state during the Cold War. Located near Thengana, Moscow is easily accessible by bus and lies midway between Thiruvalla and Changanasseri. and more, players see the world, collect tokens, and fight off all of those ghastly ghouls. But players must beware because Jarmant is no ordinary evil spirit, and "Casper" will need to call on all of his ghostly abilities to defeat the boss and his evil spooks! Developed by Realtime Associates Realtime Associates is a video game developer and publisher. The company was founded in 1986 by David Warhol and a group of ex Mattel Electronics employees to create games for the Intellivision system. for Sound Source Interactive, "Casper" is targeted to kids age 5 to 8 years old and is scheduled for release in Q4 of 2000. About The Harvey Entertainment Company The Harvey Entertainment Company is engaged in the management and exploitation of its proprietary branded characters through merchandising and filmed entertainment, which includes theatrical, home video and television. The Harvey Classic Character Brands include "Casper, the Friendly Ghost," "Fatso," "Stinkie and Stretch" (The Ghostly Trio), "Richie Rich," "Baby Huey
Baby Huey, a gigantic and naïve infant duckling cartoon character. He was created by Martin Taras for Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios, and became a Paramount cartoon star during the 1950s. ," "Hot Stuff," "Little Audrey," "Wendy, The Good Little Witch," and many others. For more information on The Harvey Entertainment Company, visit the company's Web site at http://www.harvey.com. About Sound Source Interactive With headquarters in Calabasas, Calif., Sound Source Interactive is a high quality publisher of family oriented interactive software for personal computers and console systems. The company is a comprehensive software studio, producing an expanding list of award-winning software products based on licensed content derived from popular children's literature children's literature, writing whose primary audience is children. See also children's book illustration. The Beginnings of Children's Literature The earliest of what came to be regarded as children's literature was first meant for adults. , major motion pictures, video franchises and long-standing television programs. The company has exclusive licenses with Universal Studios, Viacom (Paramount Pictures Corp.), Harvey Entertainment Co., 20th Century Fox, New Line Cinema, Sony Signatures and others. More information on Sound Source Interactive and its products is available through its worldwide Web site at www.soundsourceinteractive.com. |
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