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Disney Interactive Recruits Aspiring Spies With the Launch of SPY KIDS: Challenger for Game Boy Advance and SPY KIDS: Mega Mission Zone CD-ROM.


Business Editors & High-Tech Writers, Entertainment Editors

BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2002

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Disney Interactive, a leading worldwide creator and publisher of interactive entertainment, today announced the launch of SPY KIDS(TM): Challenger for Game Boy(R) Advance and SPY KIDS(TM): Mega Mission Zone for Windows(R) 95/98/ME and Macintosh. Published by Disney Interactive, both games were developed in conjunction with Dimension Interactive and Troublemaker Studios and inspired by Dimension Films' SPY KIDS(TM) feature films. Directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino Carla Gugino (born August 29, 1971) is an American actress best known for her roles of Ingrid Cortez in the Spy Kids trilogy and the title character of the TV series Karen Sisco. , Alex Vega Not to be confused with Alexa Vega.
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 and Daryl Sabara, SPY KIDS(TM) 2: The Island of Lost Dreams hit theaters Aug. 7.

SPY KIDS(TM): Challenger and SPY KIDS(TM): Mega Mission Zone take aspiring SPY KIDS(TM) through challenges similar to the adventures that characters Carmen Carmen

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 and Juni Cortez encounter in the feature film. Sparking kids' excitement towards spy missions and their burning curiosity, both titles engage players to become brave recruits and clever secret agents in order to advance through the ranks of the Secret Service known as OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. .

SPY KIDS(TM): Challenger for Game Boy Advance

In SPY KIDS(TM): Challenger for Game Boy Advance kids play three unique acts -- Juggler juggler

Entertainer who keeps several plates, knives, balls, or other objects in the air at once by tossing and catching them. The art of juggling has been practiced since antiquity.
, Dragonflight and Magna Racer -- based on actual missions from SPY KIDS 2(TM): The Island of Lost Dreams. Carmen and Juni guide players and motivate them to complete each activity.

SPY KIDS(TM): Challenger also offers kids limitless gameplay with a classic, open-ended design. Players control when they want to proceed to the next act. As players accumulate points, they receive rank promotions, from the junior level "Shadow," up to full OSS "Master Elite Spy" status. The game saves ranks and high scores automatically so players can compare their achievements and compete to be the best OSS agent.

SPY KIDS(TM): Mega Mission Zone for Windows 95/98/ME and Macintosh

Carmen and Juni are on a secret mission to find a new SPY KID(TM) recruit to help them protect the world. SPY KIDS(TM): Mega Mission Zone for Windows and Macintosh allows players to travel through action-packed locations from both the original SPY KIDS(TM) and SPY KIDS 2(TM): The Island of Lost Dreams films, collecting gadgets and completing missions that make spying fun.

SPY KIDS(TM): Mega Mission Zone includes five mind-blowing games, each featuring 10 levels of difficulty, and five challenging puzzles. Players track down devices in the Super Guppy, Dragon SPY Ship A spy ship is a dedicated ship intended to gather intelligence, usually by means of sophisticated electronic eavesdropping gear. In a wider sense, any ship intended to clandestinely gather information could be considered a spy ship.  and even a Magna Racer in order to infiltrate enemy strongholds. Once inside, players clash with Thumb Thumbs and Magna Men as they solve puzzles in order to increase their spy skills and earn higher OSS clearances.

Availability and System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule.  

Both titles are available now at stores nationwide for a suggested retail price of $29.99 for SPY KIDS(TM): Challenger and $19.99 for SPY KIDS: Mega Mission Zone.

SPY KIDS(TM): Mega Mission Zone is Windows 95/98/ME and Macintosh compatible. Minimum system requirements for Windows are a Pentium(TM) processor, 200 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc.  MMX (MultiMedia EXtensions) A set of 57 additional instructions built into the Pentium MMX chip for improved multimedia and modem performance by performing mathematical operations on multiple sets of data at the same time (see SIMD).  or faster processor, 32 MB RAM or greater, 60 MB free hard disk space, 8X speed CD-ROM drive A device that holds and reads CD-ROM discs. CD-ROM drives generally also play audio CD discs by sending analog sound to the sound card via a 4-pin cable. For specifications of 10x, 20x, etc. drives, see CD-ROM drives. See CD-ROM, CD-ROM changer, CD-ROM server and CD-ROM audio cable. , 16 bit DirectX-compatible sound card, 16-bit color, DirectX-compatible 2MB video card and DirectX 8.0a (included with the game).

Minimum system requirements for Macintosh are OS 8.6 through 9.1, iMac, G3 233 MHz or better, 32 MB RAM or greater, 50 MB free hard disk space, 24X speed CD-ROM drive and thousands of colors video display.

About Disney Interactive

Disney Interactive, Inc., a worldwide leader in the creation of innovative interactive entertainment, develops, markets and globally distributes a wide variety of interactive family-oriented entertainment, educational and sports CD-ROMs and video games. Disney Interactive is the multimedia arm of The Walt Disney Company's Consumer Products business unit. For more information on Disney Interactive's products, visit www.disneyinteractive.com.
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