Acclaim Entertainment Enters Coin-Op Market With Worldwide Debut of Warner Bros.' "Batman Forever".MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 15, 1996-- Diversifying into a new segment of the interactive entertainment market, Acclaim Coin-Operated Entertainment, Inc., a subsidiary of Acclaim Entertainment, 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 : AKLM AKLM Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (stock symbol) ), announced the debut of Batman Forever Batman Forever is a 1995 superhero film. It is the third of the Batman movies which began with Tim Burton's 1989 version of the character, although it is a major departure from its predecessor in the franchise, Batman Returns. , the company's first coin-operated title. Based on the Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . blockbuster film, Acclaim's Batman Forever 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. is schedule to debut worldwide this March and is the first arcade game to incorporate the company's proprietary RAX RAX Random Access XML (Tarari) RAX Remote Agent Experiment RAX Rural Automatic Exchange audio technology. "The launch of our Batman Forever arcade game marks a milestone for Acclaim Entertainment as we officially enter the coin-operated marketplace," said Tom Petit, president of Acclaim Coin-Operated Entertainment. "In addition to using cutting-edge video technologies to ensure a high-quality interactive gaming experience, our Batman Forever arcade game also uses Acclaim's unmatched RAX audio technology, a superior stereo CD-quality audio technology -- the best that I have heard in my 20 years in the industry." Developed by Iguana Entertainment Iguana Entertainment was a video game developer operating from 1991 to 2004 in Santa Clara, California, Sunnyvale, California, Austin, Texas and Teesside, England. They were best known for developing the , NBA Jam, NFL Quarterback Club, and South Park video games. , an Acclaim development studio, Batman Forever is a one- or two-player fighting game in which players may select either Batman or Robin as they venture through Gotham City's underworld in an attempt to prevent Two-Face and The Riddler from taking over the city. Featuring high-resolution, digitized graphics, Acclaim's Batman Forever arcade game utilizes advanced 3-D technology to subtly re-scale the size of the characters as they move throughout each level. In addition, the company's RAX technology allows players to hear the actual musical score and selected sound bytes from the film. Acclaim's RAX audio technology is a high-fidelity, low-data rate software compression technology that can easily translate any existing audio source material into solid-state digital sound. This allows programmers to include virtually any sound or soundtracks without translating and reprogramming Reprogramming refers to erasure and remodeling of epigenetic marks, such as DNA methylation, during mammalian development[1]. After fertilization some cells of the newly formed embryo migrate to the germinal ridge and will eventually become the germ cells . RAX is also highly interactive and can play up to 12 random audio tracks simultaneously. Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. is a leading worldwide publisher of software for Nintendo, Sega, Sony, personal computer and 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). hardware systems; and comic books under the Valiant and Armada imprints. Acclaim also develops coin-operated arcade and ticket redemption games, and operates blue screen and motion capture studios, as well as A.D.I., a global sales and distribution company for products from a variety of entertainment software publishers, including Digital Pictures, Domark, Interplay, Marvel, Pulse Entertainment, Sound Source Interactive, Sunsoft and Take 2. Acclaim, which also entered into a joint venture with Tele-Communications, Inc. for electronically distributed interactive entertainment, is publicly traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol AKLM. -0- Batman and all related elements are the property of DC Comics. TM & (R) 1996. All Rights Reserved. CONTACT: Julie Haddon Jayson Bernstein 516/656-5000 |
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