7TH Level ships 'Take Your Best Shot(TM),' value-packed interactive CD-ROM based on the work of 'ANIMANIAC' Bill Plympton.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 1995--Multimedia pioneer 7th Level, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : SEVL) has joined forces with award-winning cartoonist Bill Plympton Bill Plympton (born April 30, 1946) is an American animator best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face. Biography Bill Plympton was born in Portland, Oregon to Don and Wilda Plympton. , whose hilarious animation has been described as "zany, warped and outrageous," to introduce an interactive CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). titled Take Your Best Shot. The fun-filled title includes arcade games You can also check the Killer List of Videogames. This is a list of arcade games organized alphabetically by name. It does not include computer or console games unless they were also released in video arcades. See Lists of video games for related lists. , an "interactive stress reliever," interactive screen savers Screen Savers may refer to:
Plympton is known around the world for his witty, bizarre and cutting- edge animation and illustrations. An Academy Award nominee, he has won the Jury Prize of Cannes and garnered dozens of prestigious prizes at film and animation festivals worldwide. Plympton's feature-length films include J. Lyle and The Tune, the source of the animation in Take Your Best Shot(TM). Take Your Best Shot, the first in a series of Windows-based arcade games from 7th Level, includes Hot Shot, a ground-breaking twisted tribute to Atari's "Pong (games) Pong - A computer game invented in 1972 by Atari's Nolan Bushnell. The game is a minimalist rendering of table tennis. Each of the two players are represented as a white slab, controllable by a knob, which deflects a bouncing ball. (R)." Hot Shot, a warped, multiple-level game, incorporates up to four paddles at once to keep you frustrated for days. Beta testers say it's more fun than any arcade, and noisier! "Take Your Best Shot is a hilarious and challenging interactive experience," says Gina Smith, co-host of the popular radio program On Computers. In the Head Shot arcade game An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, typically installed in businesses such as restaurants, pubs, video arcades, and Family Entertainment Centers. Most arcade games are redemption games, merchandisers, video games or pinball machines. , players are walled in by big, ugly heads. To escape, you have to knock them out one by one -- without missing the ball. But beware! Some of these guys require multiple strikes, and to go all the way you have to dodge death-dealing lightning bolts! Players browsing for more convoluted fun and games "Fun and Games" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 30 March, 1964, during the first season. Opening narration need look no further. Step up to a whole new ball game -- Plympton style. Test your batting skills against the machine, or grab a friend and go nine innings. You might be thrown a fast ball, or even a curve. If you can keep your eye on the ball, you could put one over the fence! 7th Level's Take Your Best Shot "interactive stress reliever" stars two stoic characters who look like ordinary office workers (or maybe like your boss) who punch, smash and blast each other silly. With dozens of "hot keys," and rich, detailed animation, Take Your Best Shot is unlike any other interactive software currently available. Players can even customize the product, entering their own captions for the comic antics, and naming the characters to really make it personal. Ron White Ron White (born December 18, 1956) is a Grammy Award-nominated American stand-up comedian from Fritch, Texas. He was a member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, which helped elevate him to star status following the original Blue Collar tour and DVD release. , known as "CD-RON" and a senior editor for PC/Computing says, "Take Your Best Shot brings to life what had previously been merely a daydream of hitting, smacking smack·ing adj. Brisk; vigorous; spanking: a smacking breeze. Noun 1. smacking - the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand slap, smack , crushing and generally destroying the people you work with." Take Your Best Shot comes from the developers of Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time is a collection of minigames, screen savers, desktop wallpaper and icons for Mac OS, DOS and Windows. The content is drawn primarily from the Monty Python's Flying Circus TV series. and TuneLand Starring Howie Mandel, and is available through leading resellers and distributors for an average street price of $19.95. 7th Level, Inc. (NASDAQ: SEVL) blends Hollywood creative artistry, proprietary production techniques, and world-class animators and producers to deliver state-of-the-art multimedia products. For more information regarding 7th Level, Inc. and its products, please contact John Rizzuti at Rizzuti Marketing & Media Group, 214/394-5115, MCI Mail 596-3614, Compuserve 71072,1207; or Jenny Roelle at Bender, Goldman & Helper, 310/473-4147. Go ahead editors. Take your best shot! NOTE: All trademarks and registered trademarks are properties of their respective owners. CONTACT: Rizzuti Marketing & Media Group Inc. (Computer, Gaming, Multimedia, Business) John Rizzuti 214/394-5115, MCI Mail 596-3614, Compuserve 71072,1207 or Bender, Goldman & Helper (Consumer Pubs, Broadcast, Newspaper) Jenny Roelle, 310/473-4147 |
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