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Aspyr Releases `Medal of Honor Allied Assault' for the Macintosh.


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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2002

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 "Medal of Honor Medal of Honor

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 Allied Assault(tm)" has shipped for the Macintosh(R). Carbonized For the process of carbonization, see .

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 Macintosh conversion was done by Westlake Interactive.

Developed by 2015 and published for the PC by Electronic Arts, "Medal of Honor Allied Assault" is a single and multiplayer 1st person shooter, based on the Quake(R) III engine, set during the most trying years of World War II.

"Medal of Honor Allied Assault" gives players a sense of the courage it took to survive the landings at Normandy and drive into the teeth of the Third Reich Third Reich

Official designation for the Nazi Party's regime in Germany from January 1933 to May 1945. The name reflects Adolf Hitler's conception of his expansionist regime—which he predicted would last 1,000 years—as the presumed successor of the Holy Roman
. As Lt. Mike Powell, member of the famed 1st Ranger Battalion, players embark on campaigns from the battlegrounds of North Africa, to Omaha Beach

Omaha Beach was the code name for one of the principal landing points of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6 1944, during World War II.
, and finally, thrusting into the heart of Nazi Germany itself. He must try to find victory while battling with over 22 different enemies, including Gestapo officers.

"`Medal of Honor Allied Assault' puts you in the middle of the action with some of the most intense single and multiplayer game See multiplayer gaming.  play around," says Michael Rogers
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, President of Aspyr.

"Medal of Honor Allied Assault" not only puts players in a historically accurate settings like Omaha Beach, with realistic weather and time of day effects, but allows them to interact with 21 World War II era weapons, including Mark II frag grenades, and "sticky" bombs, and interactive vehicles, such as the M4 Sherman tank. Single player mode also offers 20 adrenaline-pumping levels with specific objectives and goals.

"Medal of Honor Allied Assault" is rated "T" (Teen) by the ESRB ESRB Entertainment Software Rating Board
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 and is available where ever great interactive entertainment software is sold, with a Suggested Retail Price of $49.95.

For all of the latest "Medal of Honor Allied Assault" Macintosh news and information, visit www.aspyr.com.

Based in Austin, Texas, Aspyr Media Inc. is a leading publisher of Macintosh interactive entertainment software, committed to offering high-quality interactive entertainment products and service, with a smile, to gamers worldwide.

More information on Aspyr(tm) and their line of products can be found on the Internet at http://www.aspyr.com.

Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS ERTS Electronic Arts, Inc. (stock symbol)
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), headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, Electronic Arts posted revenues of more than $1.3 billion for fiscal 2001. The company develops, publishes and distributes software worldwide for the Internet, personal computers and video game systems. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS(tm), EA GAMES(tm), EA SPORTS BIG(tm) and EA.COM(sm). More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://www.info.ea.com.

Electronic Arts, EA SPORTS, EA GAMES, EA SPORTS BIG and "Medal of Honor Allied Assault" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. "Medal of Honor" is a trademark or registered trademark of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries for computer and video game products. Quake is a registered trademark of Id Software. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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