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Atari Corp. presents pinball like you've never seen it before; Ruiner Pinball for Jaguar 64 hits retail shelves.


software release in as many weeks, Atari Corp. continues to provide the home entertainment system market with new titles for both its Jaguar 64 system and CD peripheral.

Ruiner Pinball, a high-speed interactive pinball game for the Jaguar 64 system, hits retail shelves Monday.

Ruiner Pinball offers two games within the single title: "Ruiner" and "Tower." Both feature fast pinball action with all the bells, bings, clunks and pings from an arcade pinball game -- except with Ruiner Pinball, gamers can keep their quarters at home!

The "Ruiner" selection features a double-wide table with intense gameplay
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 and real arcade response as gamers must protect their country from a foreign attack.

"Tower" transports gamers to an eerie castle in a strange land where they must fight an evil sorceress. If the triple-length table in "Tower" doesn't provide enough of a challenge, gamers must also cast three spells in order to defeat the sorceress and demolish the castle.

In addition to the several dimensions of gameplay, Ruiner Pinball boasts 3-D animated enemies and targets as well as arcade table sound effects sound effects
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 and a "Tiny Cam," which offers a picture-within- a-picture.

"Atari Corp. has elevated pinball into next-generation-caliber entertainment," said Ted Hoff, Atari's president of North American Operations North American operation Surgical oncology Radical surgery of a 'frozen pelvis', consisting of radical en bloc resection of the uterus and urinary bladder. See 'Frozen pelvis.'. Cf 'All-American' and 'South American' operations. . "Ruiner Pinball is just one of 15 exciting titles Atari will release this holiday season for the Jaguar 64 system and CD player."

Ruiner Pinball is rated K-A K-A Kids to Adults (former ESRB game rating, 6 yrs. and up)  (appropriate for kids through adults), is available in stores nationwide and has a suggested retail price of $59.99.

For more than 20 years, Atari has provided consumers with high- quality, value-priced entertainment. Atari markets Jaguar, the only American-made, advanced 64-bit entertainment system, and is located in Sunnyvale.

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Whilst at school Jennifer worked on her school magazine as co-editor before studying for an Arts Degree at Melbourne University.
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