Astraware Brings Rook's Revenge to Palm OS and Pocket PC Handhelds; Rook's Revenge:``This ain't your daddy's chess game: it's a no-holds-barred, kill-or-be-killed battlefield adventure''.

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THE MIDLANDS, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2002

Astraware Ltd today announces the release of Rook's Revenge for Palm Powered(TM) and Pocket PC handheld computers. Rook's Revenge is a raucous, real-time chess game that is more about being a fast thinker and mover than a grand master. While the game features a standard checkered board and chess pieces - all moving according to traditional chess rules - and the objective is to kill the opponent's king, this is where the similarities cease. Instead of taking turns at moving their pieces, the players can move them as soon and as often as they like.

Real.com reviewer Sky Cutter described Rook's Revenge as a "rollicking good time" in which "Pawns rush madly across the board, Knights gallop and smash unsuspecting victims, Queens sweep through leaving destruction in their wake while Kings try to keep out of everyone's way... it is mad, it is mayhem and in the beginning it can leave you completely befuddled."

Rook's Revenge for Palm OS(R) is the first game to fully take advantage of the high resolution screens and enhanced audio offered by the latest Sony CLIE(TM) handhelds, with a special version using high quality 3D-rendered graphics and sampled wave audio. A version is also available which will run in grayscale or color supporting the vast majority of Palm OS devices available running Palm OS 3.0 or later.

Astraware is also releasing a version of Rook's Revenge for Pocket PC users. The Pocket PC version is designed to leverage the technologies of ARM, MIPS and SH3 machines, 16 bit color graphics, and high quality audio.

Astraware is also releasing four more games for Palm OS:

-- Link Letters is Astraware's version of the classic pen and paper game in which users change one word into another by replacing one letter at a time, with the goal of completely morphing your beginning word into a target word provided by the computer.

-- What Word is a Palm OS version of GameHouse's popular Web game, in which players are presented with a five-by-five grid of random letters and strive to swap pairs of them to make new words vertically or horizontally. Players earn points for every word they successfully make, but must come up with the target "What Word" before time runs out.

-- For those wanting to enjoy a fun game and practice their skills at entering "graffiti" or typing on their handhelds, T-Blaster is a fun choice. Aliens are attacking again, just as they did in Astraware's Zap!2000 game, but this time players must destroy them by inputting the letter or word that they carry.

-- Sure to be popular among Astraware's huge number of puzzle fans is Candy Cruncher, licensed from Pyrogon games. Players must create lines of similar candies by rearranging them in a candy box before they are crunched away. The goal is to complete as many lines as possible before the time runs out.

"We are once again working hard to destroy the productivity that so many other application developers are trying to increase through handheld computers," said Howard Tomlinson, Astraware's CEO. "With these latest games, we are leveraging the enhanced features on the latest devices - in particular the better sound and graphics - and as Palm OS 5 becomes available you can expect an even greater game-playing experience."

All of Astraware's new games work with handhelds running the Palm OS 3.0 or higher and sells for $14.95. Links for downloading the games are available on Astraware's Web site, www.astraware.com.

About Astraware Ltd.

Founded in 1994, Astraware Ltd. develops shareware games and utilities. The company provides a range of products available for handheld computers, including the popular Zap!2000. Astraware's Bejeweled game was named as the Best Handheld Game for 2001 by Handheld Computing Magazine. Handheld gaming enthusiasts have downloaded more than a million copies of Astraware's products, and the company has customers in over 100 countries. For more information, contact CEO Howard Tomlinson at [e-mail] or visit www.astraware.com.

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