Electronic Arts Announces NCAA March Madness 98 for PlayStation; First Interactive Sports Game to Include Women's Teams.SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 1998-- Interactive Hoops Games Features Motion Capture Performed by 1997 NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Players of the Year Tim Duncan and Kate Starbird Electronic Arts (R) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ERTS ERTS Electronic Arts, Inc. (stock symbol) ERTS Earth Resources Technology Satellite (US NASA) ERTS Embedded Real Time Systems ERTS Enhanced Remote Transit Shed ), a leading global interactive entertainment software company, today announced the shipment of NCAA (R) March Madness (TM) 98 for the PlayStation (TM) game console. NCAA March Madness 98 is the first interactive sports video game to include women's athletic teams. The product features ultra-realistic player movements created by a MotionBlending (TM) technique that uses motion-captured data from the actual basketball moves of Tim Duncan, 1997 NCAA Player of the Year and No. 1 NBA draft pick for the San Antonio Spurs The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and are the current NBA Champions after defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2007 NBA Finals. , and Kate Starbird, 1997 NCAA Player of the Year and top round pick for the American Basketball League American Basketball League is a name that has been used by three defunct basketball leagues in the United States:
NCAA March Madness 98 is the most realistic and competitive college basketball video game on the market. Every detail of the real game has been authentically reproduced in this interactive hoops game. Game players will be immersed in the March Madness atmosphere as their teams advance through the brackets on the way to the Sweet Sixteen and Final Four (R) with pep bands blasting college fight songs and leading team chants along the way. In addition to 107 men's teams, NCAA March Madness 98 features nine women's teams, including: Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana Tech, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , Old Dominion, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas Tech and Virginia. "I'm thrilled to be a part of the ground-breaking sports video game," said Kate Starbird, former Stanford University basketball star and current top-ranked player in the ABL. "As a computer science graduate, I was fascinated with the MotionBlending technology that EA SPORTS used to create such a realistic looking and playing hoops game. It was pretty incredible to see myself going through hundreds of moves on the real court then seeing those exact moved replicated in the video game. NCAA March Madness 98 will give both male and female fans a great outlet to enjoy the excitement surrounding college basketball. I also think that this game makes a strong statement about the success and recognition of women in sports." Other players who were motion-captured for the game include Long Beach Sting Rays' Yolanda Griffith, the No. 1 overall 1997 ABL draft choice and the league's leading rebounder and Brevin Knight, former Stanford University standout and current rookie star for the Cleveland Cavaliers. "With women's basketball gaining momentum in the U.S. market coming off last year's Olympic victory, the establishment of two professional leagues and a very exciting 1997 NCAA championship series, the timing was ideal to develop a college basketball game that included women's teams," said Bing Gordon, executive vice president of marketing and co-founder of Electronic Arts. "EA SPORTS has always been a leader when it comes to innovation in the interactive sports industry. We felt the EA SPORTS brand was perfectly suited to test the demand for female athletes in our sports products." NCAA March Madness 98 also features superior 3-D graphics that deliver fully-rendered arenas, multiple camera angles, and instant replay with a full 360 degree view. Game players can play an exhibition match between two teams or can set up hundreds of different custom 64-team tournaments. The game includes a Momentum Meter that impacts game play by either boosting a teams' adrenaline or dampening their excitement -- just like momentum works to effect a real college basketball showdown. Adding to NCAA March Madness 98's realism, every player wears authentic uniforms with official school logos -- even the designs on the home team's floorboards are replicated. Detailed player ratings are also included based on 1997-98 teams rosters. NCAA March Madness 98 for the PlayStation game console carries a suggested retail price of U.S. $49.95. EA SPORTS is the leading interactive sports software brand in the world. Its top-selling titles include John Madden Football (TM), NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there (R) Hockey, NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= Live Basketball, PGA TOUR (R) Golf, Triple Play Baseball (TM), FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f Soccer an., Bullfrog bullfrog, common name of the largest North American frog, Rana catesbeiana. Native to the E United States, this species has been successfully introduced in the West and in other parts of the world. The body length is 4 to 8 in. (TM) Productions Ltd. and Jane's (R) PGA TOUR, FIFA, NBA, N ASCAR, NHL, March M adnessrazier@ea.com or EA SPORTS Scott Gamel, PR Specialist, 650/513-7286 sgamel@ea.com KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCT SPORTS Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com |
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