Cryo-Interactive Licenses SciTech Technology; SciTech Driver Technology to be Included With New Title 'Dreams to Reality'.CHICO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 1997--SciTech Software, Inc., today announced that Cryo-Interactive Entertainment has licensed SciTech's device driver technology for distribution with their new title 'Dreams to Reality'. 'Dreams to Reality' takes the player through a fast-moving, ever-changing universe that soon places him on the dangerous pathway to save both dreams and reality. The new title has spectacular real-time 3D game play with incredible SVGA (Super VGA) A screen resolution of 800x600 pixels. Third-party vendors extended IBM's VGA display standard and were the first to use the term. SVGA has also referred to 1,024x768 resolutions. See PC display modes. graphics accelerated by the inclusion of SciTech's technology. Remi Herbulot, president of Cryo-Interactive Entertainment, commented, "Compatibility with differing systems and hardware configurations is always a factor in software development. Since SciTech's technology allows our software to function at peak performance with all types of graphics hardware, we can distribute 'Dreams to Reality' without concerns of compatibility issues." Tom Ryan
Tom Ryan (born August 3 1986), who plays under the pseudonym Ogre 2, is a professional gamer from Pickerington, Ohio, USA. , director of marketing for SciTech Software, added, "'Dreams to Reality' is another in a long line of cutting-edge titles that use SciTech technology to enhance the end user's experience. SciTech continues to offer innovative developer tools and end user utilities that enable the maximum performance on any graphics hardware." The technology licensed by Cryo-Interactive Entertainment is based on SciTech Display Doctor, the universal graphics card utility. SciTech Display Doctor unlocks the performance of graphics cards and allows all games and software applications to run at peak performance without display problems. SciTech Display Doctor supports over 250 different SVGA graphics chips to insure that Cryo-Interactive's title will run at maximum speed and performance on a variety of different graphics hardware configurations. SciTech Software, Inc., a privately held firm, is the leading supplier of PC graphics utilities, drivers and tools for high-performance graphics applications including computer games. SciTech products help users fix graphics hardware problems and allow software developers to get maximum performance out of PC graphics hardware. SciTech distributes retail products online and licenses their technology to other companies for incorporation in products. Many major entertainment software companies license portions of SciTech's technology for incorporation in their applications. These companies include: Access Software, Acclaim Entertainment, Accolade, Activision, Adobe Systems Inc., Apogee Software, Atomic Games Inc., Bethesda Softworks, Blizzard Entertainment, Cinematix, Cryo-Interactive Entertainment, Domark, Interactive Pictures, Interplay, JVC JVC Victor Company of Japan (or Japan's Victor Company) JVC Jewelers Vigilance Committee JVC Jesuit Volunteer Corps JVC Jet Vane Control (directs VLS-launched missiles) JVC Jonker-Volgenant-Castanon Digital Arts Studio, Inc., Legend Entertainment Company, Looking Glass Technologies, LucasArts Entertainment Company, Maxis, Millennium Interactive, Mindscape mind·scape n. A mental or psychological scene or area of the imagination. , NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Papyrus Design Group Papyrus Design Group, Inc. was a computer game developer founded in 1987 by David Kaemmer and CEO Omar Khudari. It is best known for its series of realistic racing games based on the NASCAR and IndyCar leagues, as well as the unique Grand Prix Legends. , Sierra Publishing, Spectrum Holobyte, Strategic Simulations Inc., Take 2 Interactive Software, Time Warner Interactive, Trilobyte, Viacom New Media, Virgin Interactive Entertainment and Williams Entertainment. SciTech Software is a member of many industry organizations and standard-setting bodies. These include the Software Publishers Association, VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association, Milpitas, CA, www.vesa.org) A membership organization founded in 1989 that sets interface standards for the PC, workstation and computing environments. Note the following VESA standards following this entry. (Video Electronics Standards Association See VESA. (body, standard) Video Electronics Standards Association - (VESA) An industry standards organisation created in 1989 or 1990 mostly(?) concerned with IBM compatible personal computers. ), CGDA CGDA Computer Game Developers Association CGDA Controller General of Defence Accounts (India) (Computer Game Developers Association), Society for Information Display, the U.S. EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. Energy Star Computers Program, the Greater Chico Chamber of Commerce, and the Chico Economic Planning Corporation. CONTACT: SciTech Software, Inc. Megan Harrison, 916/894-8400 meganh@scitechsoft.com |
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