Arcade Planet Launches Online Skill Games Web Sites PrizeGames.com and PrizeCenter.com; Oracle CEO Larry Ellison behind Internet's Newest Games Website.Business Editors/Technology Writers LIVERMORE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6 Arcade arcade, series of arches supported by columns or piers. An arcade may stand free; if it is attached to a wall it is called a wall arcade or a blind arcade. The earliest-known arcades were in Roman architecture, in which piers, ornamented with engaged columns carrying Planet(R), Inc., designer and marketer of skill-based games to the Internet and to traditional entertainment markets, today launched an exciting games Web site, PrizeGames.com(TM), and an online prize redemption Web site, PrizeCenter.com(TM). Unlike other games Web sites, PrizeGames.com offers free play and pay-to-play, skill-based redemption games Redemption games are typically arcade games of skill that reward the player proportionally to their score in the game. The reward most often comes in the form of tickets, with more tickets being awarded for higher scores. where players are guaranteed to win prizes. "Arcade Planet is leveraging its expertise in the coin-operated amusement and video game industry to offer an unmatched online entertainment experience," said Larry Ellison Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is the co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, a major database software company. Early life Ellison was born in New York City to Florence Spellman, a 19-year-old unwed Jewish mother. , Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Oracle Corporation, and Arcade Planet's main investor and a company director. "PrizeGames.com has come along at a time when more consumers are looking to the Internet for family entertainment. Not only does PrizeGames.com offer patented games that the whole family can play, but also the guarantee that everyone will win prizes. It is a phenomenal opportunity for PrizeGames.com to bring consumers what they want and to build market share." PrizeGames.com: Where Players Are Guaranteed to Win Prizes PrizeGames.com currently features more than 15 single player free play and pay-to-play games, which include arcade, sports, skill stop, trivia, puzzles and classic solitaire card games This is a list of solitaire or patience card games. Some varieties that are played by more than one player are marked with a plus sign. This list is marked incomplete because this list below does not list all solitaire games available. . In the pay-to-play mode, a player uses a credit card or an electronic check to purchase game-play credits. Game-play credits cost the player from 8 to 10 cents, depending on the quantity purchased. In pay-to-play mode, players are able to win more prizes faster than in the free play mode. The pay to play player may also enter game tournaments and other game events where they can win a large prize on a single game played. For more detail about each game, go to http://www.prizegames.com. Skill Stop Games Arcade Games Puzzle Trivia Games ---------------- ------------ ------ ------------ Slide Master(TM) ChipAway(TM) Cubix(TM) WordMaster(TM) Bomb Squad(TM) Atlantis Cube Cutter Quiz Show(TM) Spin Streak Find Em Switch-A-Roo Classic Card Games Sports Games ------------------ ------------ 21 for Fun(R) Dead Eye Darts Super 11's(R) Swoosh Tri Scraper(TM) Sluggers Paradise Super Solitaire(R) PrizeCenter.com: Where Players Redeem redeem v. to buy back, as when an owner who had mortgaged his/her real property pays off the debt. The term also refers to paying the amount due and all charges after a foreclosure (due to failure to make payments when due) has begun. Prize Bucks(TM) for Big Prizes PrizeCenter.com is Arcade Planet's unique online prize redemption center where players purchase prizes of their choice using Prize Bucks won during game play. Game scores are converted to Prize Bucks and accumulated in each player's account. Every player earns Prize Bucks, in free play or pay-to-play mode, that can be redeemed re·deem tr.v. re·deemed, re·deem·ing, re·deems 1. To recover ownership of by paying a specified sum. 2. To pay off (a promissory note, for example). 3. at PrizeCenter.com for any of the hundreds of great prizes. Every player is a guaranteed winner! Norman Petermeier, CEO and president of Arcade Planet, Inc., said, "The most exciting aspect of the Web site from a player's standpoint is the Insta-Prize. Players can win prizes up to a television, game console See video game console. , laptop computer A portable computer that has a flat LCD screen and usually weighs less than eight pounds. Often called just a "laptop," it uses batteries for mobile use and AC power for charging the batteries and desktop use. Today's high-end laptops provide all the capabilities of most desktop computers. or mountain bike with as little as one game credit playing a single game. In addition, the player may accumulate Prize Bucks until they have enough to get the prize they want and then it is theirs. There's really nothing comparable on other game sites." PrizeGames.com Game Features Using Arcade Planet's patented software technologies, PrizeGames.com offers game features such as Insta-Prize(R), High Score, Progressive Bonus and Progressive Tournament, among others. The worldwide High Score leaderboard lead·er·board n. A board that displays the leaders in a competition. leaderboard Noun a board displaying the current scores of the leading competitors, esp in a golf tournament names players with the 300 highest scores for each different game throughout the world. The Progressive Bonus is a game's internal progressive scoring feature that allows players to win more and more Prize Bucks for better play. The Progressive Tournament feature occurs when PrizeBucks are added to a global bank for each game played by all players. At the end of the tournament the total amount of Prize Bucks in this bank will be split among the players with the best scores during the duration of the tournament. PrizeGames.com will host hundreds of weekly tournaments that allow players to pit their skills against players from across the globe. These tournaments will offer chances not only to compete with other players and play exciting variations of the games, but also to win big prizes. Some tournaments will feature a lump Prize Bucks award for top players while others will have real prizes such as a DVD player A stand-alone device that plays DVDs. It contains a DVD drive and the electronics to decode the digital video. The device may play only manufactured DVDs, or it may be able to play DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. DVD players are cabled to a TV or home theater system for display. to be won. PrizeGames.com and PrizeCenter.com Marketing Programs In addition to marketing PrizeGames.com and PrizeCenter.com directly to consumers online, Arcade Planet will market its online game technologies to other companies using the PrizeGames.com Affiliate Program and Partner Program. The Partners Program offers Branded gaming site development for Web sites and other partners using Arcade Planet's patented technologies. The partner program allows Arcade Planet to provide BRANDED gaming channels for other websites. Players will believe they are at the branded partner site yet the content and administration is being handled remotely by Arcade Planet. Branded gaming sites allow partners to enhance the entertainment offerings at their site and share in the new revenue stream generated from the game play. Arcade Planet benefits by utilizing the partner's brand to provide player traffic far faster than it could otherwise. The Affiliate Program offers entertaining games and generous referral fees to affiliated Web sites. Small to medium sized website may place Arcade Planets games on their site for free providing entertainment for their users. If these players become members at PrizeGames.com, the referring site earns generous referral fees. Games will be chosen to optimize optimize - optimisation play value at the affiliate sites. For more information about the Affiliate Program or Partners Program, go to http://www.prizegames.com/affiliates or http://www.prizegames.com/partners, respectively. "We are confident that Arcade Planet will become the leader of the skill based online prize games market," said Matthew Kelly For the musician associated with Ratdog, Kingfish, and T-Bone Walker, see . Matthew Kelly (born, 9 May 1950, Urmston, Lancashire, England) is an English actor, who made his name as a television presenter. , vice president of marketing for Arcade Planet. "Our success in the coin-operated business, combined with the more than 100 years of experience the key executives have, make a formidable tool in developing this market and claiming market share. We have developed a desirable method of partnering our gaming technologies with a variety of partners, which will allow us to expand rapidly. We also have very strong patents pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to the on-line skill based prize game market which will bolster our position." About Arcade Planet, Inc. Arcade Planet, Inc. designs and markets patented skill-based redemption games to the Internet and traditional entertainment markets. Key executives of Arcade Planet have more than 100 years of combined skill-based game design experience. The company is leveraging its many years of game expertise in the design and development of a unique, patented gaming technologies for developing gaming channels such PrizeGames.com for partner sites. In addition to its Internet patents, Arcade Planet's move to the Internet is buttressed but·tress n. 1. A structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support or reinforcement. 2. Something resembling a buttress, as: a. The flared base of certain tree trunks. b. by its intellectual property position, which includes 29 patents and 25 patents pending, all related to skill-based game play. The game Web site will utilize many of the patents involving "prize for play," "progressive bonus" and "Insta Prize" game technologies. Arcade Planet was originally founded in 1988 as Lazer-Tron(R) Inc., a company that designs and manufactures coin-operated ticket redemption and video games See video game console. that are sold to arcades, family entertainment centers, theme parks and other entertainment venues. Lazer-Tron has designed more than 40 different coin-operated games that appear in locations such as Dave & Busters This is a list of Busters from the manga Beet the Vandel Buster. The Beet Warriors Beet Beet is a young boy who has always desired to be the strongest Buster. He aspires to be like his heroes, the Zenon Warriors, who are known as the strongest of all Busters. , Six Flags For the national flags of Texas, see . Six Flags (NYSE: SIX) is the world's largest chain of amusement parks and theme parks and is headquartered in New York City. There are 20 such parks run by Six Flags. , Jillians, Namco Cybertainments Namco Cybertainment, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings (USA) Inc., the U.S. regional holding company of Namco Bandai Holdings of Japan responsible for the operation of arcade games in malls, theaters and other venues throughout the Lower 48 states and , and Sega Gameworks. In 1995, Lazer-Tron merged with Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., a New York-based entertainment software company. In March 1997, the three original company founders and Larry Ellison, Chairman and CEO of Oracle Corporation, repurchased certain company assets, including all patents, and some limited liabilities, from Acclaim. The new company was named Arcade Planet Inc., Lazer-Tron and PrizeGames.com became Arcade Planet's business units. Arcade Planet has headquarters in Livermore, Calif. and has more than 75 employees. Arcade Planet, Lazer-Tron, Super 11's, Super Solitaire solitaire or patience, any card game that can be played by one person. Solitaire is the American name; in England it is known as patience. There are probably more kinds of solitaire than all other card games together. , 21 For Fun and Insta-Prize are registered trademarks of Arcade Planet, Inc. Tri-Scraper, Quiz Show quiz show n. A television or radio program in which the contestants' knowledge is tested by questioning, with some contestants winning money or prizes. , Word Master, Slide Master, Bomb Squad, Cubix, PrizeGames.com, and PrizeCenter.com are trademarks of Arcade Planet, Inc. Dave & Busters, Six Flags, Jillians, Namco Cybertainments, and Sega Gameworks are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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