Acclaim Entertainment ships All-Star Baseball '97 featuring Frank Thomas.GLEN COVE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 1997-- Video Game Features Licenses of MLB MLB Major League Baseball MLB Minor League Baseball MLB Middle Linebacker (football) MLB Motor Life Boat MLB Matt Leblanc (actor) MLB Mother Love Bone (band) and Players Association Plus SF Giants' Jon Miller 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) ), a leading worldwide interactive entertainment company, today announced it has shipped All-Star Baseball '97 Featuring Frank Thomas. Officially licensed by both Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. and the Major League Baseball Players Association The Major League Baseball Players Association (or MLBPA) is the union of professional major-league baseball players. History Of MLBPA The MLBPA was not the first attempt to unionize baseball players. -- and featuring Jon Miller, the voice of ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Sunday Night Baseball Sunday Night Baseball is the Major League Baseball game of the week that is televised Sunday nights at 8 p.m, sometimes at 7 pm U.S. ET on ESPN during the regular season. and the San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era -- All-Star Baseball '97 is now available for Sony PlayStation and will be available for the Sega Saturn later this month. All-Star Baseball '97 Featuring Frank Thomas offers some of the most realistic gameplay available. Players can trade more than 700 Major Leaguers D whose ratings reflect their real-life skills and attributes D to create dream teams and compete in six modes of play including exhibition, regular season, playoffs, All-Star game, batting practice and Home Run Derby This is about the Major League Baseball contest. For the 1959 television show of the same name, see Home Run Derby (TV series). The Home Run Derby is an event played prior to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. . All-Star Baseball '97 features statistics tracking in 27 categories, compiled by STATS INC. "All-Star Baseball '97 represents Acclaim's continued commitment to and focus on producing high-quality sports games," said Bob Picunko, director of sports marketing of Acclaim Interactive. "With both official baseball licenses, along with the well-known voice of Jon Miller and the endorsement of MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. Frank Thomas, the game takes on a level of realism that transports players from their television sets to the ballparks." Further immersing players into the game are some of the most realistic audio effects ever featured in a video game, including authentic play-by-play by Miller and CD-quality sound effects that include umpire calls, the roar of the crowd, vendors' chants and, of course, the crack of the bat. And using its motion capture and Ultimatte technology, Acclaim captured Frank Thomas' every move, offering gamers incredibly realistic graphics and gameplay. "Last year's game felt like the real deal," commented Frank Thomas, Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the White Sox have played in U.S. star first baseman. "Adding the Major League license and the smooth play-by-play of Jon Miller makes All-Star Baseball '97 the king of baseball video games." A massive marketing campaign accompanies All-Star Baseball '97 onto the diamond. Acclaim is working in conjunction with Cracker Jack" Brand Carmel Coated Popcorn and Peanuts to feature All-Star Baseball '97 on 5 million prize wrappers in Cracker Jack" boxes sold between April and June. In addition, an extensive print media campaign in gaming and sports publica-tions runs in parallel with online coverage via Acclaim's web site, www.acclaimsports.com . Key features of Acclaim's All-Star Baseball '97 include: -- MLB license includes use of team names, logos and authentic 3-D rendered stadiums. -- MLBPA MLBPA Major League Baseball Player's Association license includes use of player names, likenesses and statistics. -- Exclusive play-by-play commentary by award-winning announcer Jon Miller. -- Ability to trade players to update teams as the real season progresses. -- Stat tracking for the entire league in season play mode. -- Color photos of over 700 major league players. -- Interleague Play. -- Six modes of play including exhibition, regular season, playoffs, batting practice, All-Star and Home Run Derby. -- CD-quality sound effects including umpire calls, crowd cheering, chants and the crack of the bat. -- The official logo of the 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Cleveland. Acclaim Entertainment Background Information Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., a leading worldwide publisher of software for Nintendo, Sony, Sega and personal computer hardware systems, also publishes comic books under a variety of imprints. In addition, Acclaim develops coin-operated arcade games; operates motion capture studios; and, through A.D.I., globally sells and distributes products from a variety of entertainment software publishers including Interplay and others. Visit Acclaim's Web site, www.acclaimnation.com . Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. (c) MLBPA Officially Licensed by Major League Baseball Players Association Cracker Jack(R) trademark is used with permission of Borden Foods Corporation CONTACT: Mike Meyers Acclaim Entertainment 516.656.5000 mmeyers@aklm.com or Eric Litchfield Technology Solutions 212.696.2000 gmandel@tsipr.com |
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