Descend Into New 3D Worlds with Rendition and Interplay; Interplay Production's Hit Yitle Descent II Now Rendition Ready.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 1996-- Rendition(R), Inc., a leading developer and supplier of high performance 3D graphics processors, today announced that Interplay Productions has optimized their highly anticipated adventure game, Descent(TM) II, for the Rendition Verite(TM) 3D graphics engine.

The Rendition Ready(TM) version of Descent II provides excellent image quality and frame rates. Descent II, the sequel to Interplay's hit action game, provides 360 degrees of mind spinning action as players fight off new robotic enemies in 30 different new levels. By taking advantage of Verite's essential 3D features, including bilinear filtering, sub-pixel, sub-texel accuracy, and an unparalleled rendering speed, Descent II becomes the ultimate immersive experience.

"Rendition's Verite provides an excellent balance of the performance and versatility required to develop bleeding edge 3D games," stated Jay Patel, director of technology at Interplay Productions.

As a leading provider of titles for the PC entertainment market, Interplay is developing a host of PC games that leverage Verite's advanced 3D feature set and processing power. In addition to Descent II, another upcoming Rendition Ready title includes VR Soccer(TM) `96.

"Fans have come to expect nothing short of the most thrilling entertainment from Interplay. Descent II, when running on the Rendition graphics engine, will exceed their highest expectations by offering the most intense, real-time 3D action on the PC platform," stated Rich Buchanan, vice president of marketing at Rendition.

Rendition's Verite is a single-chip 3D graphics processor, providing advanced rendering for striking image quality and realism. With a highly flexible embedded RISC core and powerful pixel pipeline, Verite was selected as the hardware acceleration reference design platform for Direct3D(TM), Microsoft's(R) set of API services for real-time 3D graphics on the PC. Production versions of the Rendition Verite V1000 are currently available.

Founded in 1983, Interplay Productions is a company dedicated to manufacturing and distributing a wide range of award-winning entertainment and educational software designed by gamers, for gamers. Interplay releases products through its Interplay, MacPlay, VR Sports and Shiny Entertainment divisions and its labels for personal computers as well as leading console game platforms. In addition, the company's OEM division represents a wide variety of software publishers to the OEM community for hardware bundling.

Rendition, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a fabless semiconductor manufacturer focused on high-performance, low-cost 3D graphics processors for personal computers. Founded in 1993, the company's products enable PC-based entertainment and multimedia users to enjoy the next generation of 3D graphics.

Rendition's world wide web site is located at http://www.rendition.com -0-

Note to Editors: Rendition is a registered trademark and Verite and Rendition Ready are trademarks of Rendition, Inc. All other products mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners and are hereby recognized as such.

CONTACT: Rendition, Inc.

Tami Bhaumik, 415/335-5900 ext. 177

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A&R Partners for Rendition

Amy Carsten, 415/363-0982 ext. 225

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Interplay Productions

Julia Roether, 714/553-6655

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