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Aspyr Media Inc. Ships `Law & Order: Dead on the Money' for the Macintosh.


Entertainment Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2003

"Law & Order" viewers everywhere will now be able to partner with their favorite sleuths, Detective Lennie Briscoe Det. Lennie Briscoe was a fictional character on NBC's long running crime drama, Law & Order. He was featured on the show for 12 seasons, from 1992 to 2004. He was created by Walon Green and Rene Balcer, and was portrayed by Jerry Orbach.  and Lieutenant Anita Van Buren Lt. Anita Van Buren is a fictional character on NBC's long running drama, Law & Order, portrayed by S. Epatha Merkerson. She is the longest-running character (by number of appearances) on the show, although she does not hold the record for most consecutive appearances. , to solve a murder -- right from their home computer. Aspyr Media Aspyr Media, Inc. (IPA: /əsˈpaɪər/) is an Austin, Texas based company that specializes in porting Windows games to the Mac OS platform.  Inc. announced today that "Law & Order: Dead on the Money," published for the PC by Legacy Interactive(R) is now available for the Mac, with conversion done by TransGaming Technologies TransGaming Inc. is a company specialized in video game portability technology. The company has its head office in Toronto and a research hub in Ottawa. It was founded by Gavriel State, who ran the Linux product division at the Corel Corporation. . Based on Wolf Films' hit NBC NBC
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Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network.
 series "Law & Order," this interactive, 3D mystery game allows fans to realistically solve an original Wall Street murder case.

Written by a freelance writer from the series, the "Law & Order: Dead on the Money" mystery game features the voices of "Law & Order" stars Jerry Orbach, S. Epatha Merkerson and Elisabeth Rohm. The compelling CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc.
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Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser).
 game is set in the realistic world of criminal investigation and legal prosecution, where crime and justice are viewed from a dual perspective.

In the first half of the game, together with Detective Lennie Briscoe (Jerry Orbach), players scour scour, scours

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 the crime scene for evidence, follow leads, interrogate witnesses and arrest one or more suspects before time runs out and Lieutenant Anita Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson) threatens to take them off the case. Next, players team up with Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn (Elisabeth Rohm) to prosecute the defendant. When the defense attorney undermines the case at the last minute, it's up to the players to track down additional evidence and make deals with reluctant witnesses to reveal the truth and convince the jury to return a guilty verdict.

"Law & Order: Dead on the Money" is rated "T" (Teen) by the ESRB ESRB Entertainment Software Rating Board
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 and is available at your local entertainment software outlet for a suggested retail price of $39.99. For more information about the game, log on to www.aspyr.com or www.LAWandORDERgame.com.

About Aspyr

Aspyr Media Inc., based in Austin, Texas, is an established publisher of interactive entertainment software. Aspyr is a leading publisher of Macintosh, PC and Game Boy Advance games This is a list of games for the Game Boy Advance handheld game system, organized alphabetically by name. This includes games released in the US, Japan, and Europe for the system. , as well as film and music. Aspyr is committed to delivering high-quality entertainment products to consumers worldwide. More information on Aspyr and its line of products can be found on the Internet at http://www.aspyr.com.

About Legacy Interactive

Legacy Interactive is the world leader in Real Life Games(R) for CD-ROM and the Internet. With a reputation for developing intelligent, realistic and entertaining games, Legacy Interactive has developed products with a strong appeal among the generation that grew up with video games and is now seeking more mature fare. Based in Hollywood, Legacy Interactive has experienced impressive growth since its first full year of operation in 1999. Legacy has ongoing distribution, marketing and content strategic partnerships with a number of companies, including Vivendi Universal Games, Take Two Interactive, Warner Brothers, Studios USA, DreamCatcher
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 (The Learning Channel). Information about Legacy Interactive can be found on the Web at www.legacyinteractive.com.

About TransGaming Technologies

TransGaming Technologies (www.transgaming.com) is the world's leading developer of portability technologies that allow developers and publishers to build games and applications for a single system and deploy those games across multiple platforms -- faster, cheaper and better than anyone else. TransGaming's portability technologies support a broad number of gaming platforms ranging from Mac, Linux, Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube to set-top boxes and mobile devices.

Founded in May 2000, TransGaming has a research and development center in Ottawa, Canada, with business, strategy, and operational activities conducted at the Toronto, Canada office. TransGaming was recently honored with its inclusion in the Branham300 List of top IT companies.
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