Advanced Productions Selects RTIME for Multiplayer Action in Upcoming Title 'The Discovery: Gene Wars'.

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 1999--

New Action/Role Playing Game Utilizes Cutting Edge 3D Technology

and Motion Capture Animation that Immerses Players in a Genetically

Altered Futuristic World for Single and Multiplayer Internet Action

Advanced Productions, Inc. (API), a division of Software Engineering of America, and RTIME, Inc. today announced an agreement to incorporate the RTIME Interactive Networking Engine(TM) into "The Discovery: Gene Wars", an action/RPG title for the PC scheduled for release in Q1 2000. Discovery, the first game from API to provide multiplayer support, is the latest in a series of interactive entertainment titles developed by API for both Super Nintendo and PC platforms, including "War 2410", "War 3010", and "Fading Footsteps."

The Discovery: Gene Wars utilizes a proprietary, state-of-the-art motion capture system and custom-built 3D graphics engine. The game delivers realtime lighting and shadows with the latest 3D acceleration technology via Direct 3D, as well as support for 16 & 32 bit color with resolutions up to 1024x768. Game play within The Discovery features over 60 unique characters, with 16+ unique biological and mechanical weapons across 16+ unique levels and environments. More detailed information on "The Discovery: Gene Wars" can be found on the Web at http://www.advanced-productions.com.

With RTIME providing the networking platform for high performance Internet and broadband game play, The Discovery will feature several multiplayer levels, and users located all over the world will be able to compete in realtime.

"RTIME gives us the ability to very quickly take our multiplayer content designs and turn them into working systems, allowing us to focus our resources on game play and balance to deliver a great Internet experience for the gamer," said Matt McCloskey, Lead Engineer at Advanced Productions, Inc. "We look forward to delivering a multiplayer experience never before seen in a role playing game."

About the RTIME Interactive Networking Engine(TM)

The RTIME Interactive Networking Engine(TM) is a runtime and delivery platform that enables realtime, multiuser interaction over the Internet and broadband networks. The product is packaged into four components: -0-

--   RTIME Communications Engine, a high performance, highly scalable
     client/server networking solution that provides realtime
     communications between users located anywhere in the world;
--   RTIME Broadband Engine, enabling applications to transparently
     scale from 28K modems through to high speed, broadband access,
     with immediate realization of the benefits of connectivity
     upgrades by each end-user;
--   RTIME Multimedia Engine, for bi-directional streaming of voice,
     music, video, graphics and advertisements to enable richer
     interactive experience; and
--   RTIME Cluster Engine, for massively multiuser environments
     supporting several thousands of participants interacting in the
     same shared environment.

Platforms and Availability

The RTIME Interactive Networking Engine, V3.4, is available immediately. The RTIME Client Engine is available on Windows 9x, Window NT, Linux, SGI and Solaris. The RTIME Server Engine is available on Windows NT, Linux, SGI and Solaris. Developers that sign up to the RTIME Developers Group gain access to the complete documentation for the SDK; the source code to RTIME Rocks!, a multiuser demonstration game designed to showcase some of the features of the RTIME Interactive Networking Engine; and a "how to" tutorial designed to assist developers in various facets of multiuser application design and development.

About Advanced Productions, Inc.

Established in 1993, Advanced Productions, Inc. is a developer specializing in high-quality entertainment products for computer and home console systems, with titles that include "War 2410", "War 3010", and "Fading Footsteps". Advanced Production's parent company, Software Engineering of America (SEA), has been in the data center software industry since 1982, with revenues in excess of $130 million annually and a global network of offices and customers. These customers include 85% of the Fortune 500 Companies. Since 1986, SEA consistently ranked among the Top 50 Software vendors worldwide, based on product revenue.

About RTIME, Inc.

RTIME, Inc. is a leading provider of commercial networking software that enables realtime, multiuser interactive applications over the Internet and broadband networks. RTIME's platform came out of its founders' experience with SIMNET, a $250m Unded in 1993, RTIME is a venture-capital-backedmation can be found on the company's web site at http://www.rtimeinc.com.

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