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Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. Delivers Puzzle-Solving Action With 'ZooCube' for Nintendo GameCube -TM- and Game Boy -R- Advance.


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GLEN COVE Glen Cove, city (1990 pop. 24,149), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on the north shore of Long Island, at the entrance to Hempstead Harbor; settled 1668, inc. as a city 1918. , N.Y.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--May 30, 2002

Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.

Features Innovative 3-D Graphics, Addictive Game Play

and Vast Mass-Market Appeal

Delivering a unique entertainment experience for fans of puzzle-solving games, Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
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.SC: AKLM AKLM Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (stock symbol) ) today announced that it has shipped ZooCube(TM) for the Nintendo GameCube The Nintendo GameCube (GCN) is Nintendo's fourth home video game console, belonging to the sixth generation era. The system itself is the most compact and least expensive, next to the Dreamcast, of the sixth generation era consoles. (TM) and Game Boy(R) Advance. ZooCube has been heralded for its innovative design and is the first true 3-D puzzle game available for the next-generation systems.

"ZooCube offers a fun and highly addictive gameplay
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Gameplay includes all player experiences during the interaction with game systems, especially formal games. Proper use is coupled with reference to "what the player does".
 experience, which is sure to appeal to both Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance owners," said Evan Stein, Vice President of Brand. "Possessing great replay value with hours of challenging action, ZooCube will elevate the genre on the next-generation platforms."

Created by PuzzleKings, ZooCube takes puzzlers to a whole new dimension...the third dimension. Around the world, animals have been transformed by shape-altering science experiments and need help in returning to their natural state. Players use their ZooCube to rescue and return the animals to the flying ark. ZooCube offers an array of features, including:
-- The first 3-D puzzle game designed and available for the Nintendo
GameCube(TM)and Game Boy(R)Advance;

-- Addictive and heart-pounding puzzle action;

-- Delivers a unique experience every time; no two games are ever the same;

-- Special power-ups, bonuses and mind-bending three-axis rotation;

-- Play cooperatively with a friend in or head-to-head battle;

-- 12 different modes of play, providing more than 100 hours of fun!


ZooCube is currently available for the Nintendo GameCube(TM) and Game Boy(R) Advance at suggested retail prices of $49.99 and $29.99, respectively. For more information on ZooCube, please visit www.acclaim.com.

About Acclaim Entertainment

Based in Glen Cove, N.Y., Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and mass marketer of software for use with interactive entertainment game consoles See video game console.  including those manufactured by Nintendo, Sony Computer Entertainment and Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail,  as well as personal computer hardware systems. Acclaim owns and operates six studios located in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  and the United Kingdom which includes a motion capture and recording studio in the U.S., and publishes and distributes its software through its subsidiaries in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Spain. The Company uses regional distributors worldwide. Acclaim also distributes entertainment software for other publishers worldwide, publishes software gaming strategy guides and issues "special edition" comic magazines from time to time to support its time valued brands, Turok and Shadow Man. Acclaim's corporate headquarters are in Glen Cove, New York Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 26,622. Part of the early 20th century Gold Coast of the North Shore, Glen Cove has a diverse population.  and Acclaim's common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ.SC under the symbol AKLM. For more information please visit our website at www.acclaim.com.

About PuzzleKings

PuzzleKings is a UK based company dedicated to producing high adrenaline puzzle games for the mass market that can scale from portable gaming platforms through to next generation games consoles. PuzzleKings mission is to create great games with widespread appeal that are hugely innovative, immensely entertaining and have lasting value.

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