Acclaim Online Announces Winner of the Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 MP3 Music Contest.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)--October 29, 1999-- Independent band, "Counterpoint" set to score the background music for Acclaim Sports' Jeremy McGrath Jeremy McGrath (born November 19, 1971, San Francisco, California) is a Supercross racer and has won a record of 72 250cc Main Event wins and captured 7 250cc Championships between 1993 to 2000. He is often referred to as "Showtime" or "The King" meaning, the King of Supercross. Supercross 2000 Acclaim Online, a division 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) ), a leading worldwide interactive entertainment company, today announced they have selected a winner in their Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 MP3 contest. The band, "Counterpoint", was one of 50 bands to qualify from the 200 submissions for the contest. "The bands had to have original content in an MP3 format and also a four song CD in order to qualify," said Ben Fischbach, Senior Manager, Acclaim Online. "We are extremely pleased with the quality of the applicants and the diverse range of music that was uploaded to our servers. This was great opportunity to use the Internet as a vehicle to involve the consumer in the game development process." "We'd like to thank Acclaim for giving us this opportunity to showcase our music on a national level," said Mike Keller of Counterpoint. "As big fans of their Jeremy McGrath Supercross '98 game, we are excited to be a part of the upcoming Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000." Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 is the sequel to Jeremy McGrath Supercross '98, one of PlayStation's Greatest Hits. Available on the Nintendo 64, Playstation, PC, and Game Boy Color The Game Boy Color (ゲームボーイカラー platforms, the game utilizes an all-new engine with state-of-the-art graphics, physics, and motion. Using 125cc and 250cc bikes, gamers will race against Jeremy and 7 other superstar riders on a full season circuit. Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 also features 8 Supercross stadium courses, 8 licensed motorcross tracks, a custom 3D track editor, motion-captured riders, authentic rider uniforms and bike designs, and insane stunt competition, and exclusive design consulting from Jeremy himself. The game is currently scheduled for an early 2000 release. Acclaim Entertainment Background Information Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and mass marketer of software for use with interactive entertainment platforms including Nintendo, Sony Computer Entertainment and Sega hardware systems, and PCs. 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, and publishes and distributes its software directly 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 Australia. Acclaim also distributes entertainment software for other publishers worldwide, and publishes comic books and software strategy guides. Acclaim's 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 under the symbol AKLM. For more information please visit our website at http://www.acclaim.com. |
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