GAME OF THE YEAR! The Incredible Machine 3.0 captures Family PC's top honor.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1996--Following a tradition of excellence in interactive entertainment software, Sierra On-Line today announced that The Incredible Machine (TIM TIM Timothy TIM Technical Interchange Meeting TIM Transient Intermodulation Distortion TIM Time Is Money TIM The Invisible Man (movie) TIM Telecom Italia Mobile (Italian cellular provider) ) 3.0 captured Family PC's 1996 Game of the Year award presented during this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo. In conjunction with the Game of the Year award, TIM 3.0 was also recognized as Family PC's Top Rated Family Game of 1996. "We are extremely pleased and proud of the recognition The Incredible Machine has earned in 1996. Not only is TIM an award-winner, but truly a game that the whole family can play!" said Dianna Amorde, Senior Product Manager. TIM challenges players with a seemingly seem·ing adj. Apparent; ostensible. n. Outward appearance; semblance. seem  ing·ly adv. simple goal: get the basketball into the hoop. However, the means available to obtain that goal are somewhat unique: shoot the cannon which lights the fuse, firing the rocket which sets off the teeter-totter, etc. Over 150 puzzles are available in TIM 3.0, or create your own with over 100 animated parts. The options are boundless! The Incredible Machine series notes multiple awards to its credit, including: -- 1995 Innovation Award: Indelible News (1995) -- Editor's Choice: PC Gamer PC Gamer is a magazine founded in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future Publishing. The magazine features news on developments in the video game industry, previews of new games, and reviews of the latest popular PC games, along with other features (1994) -- Best Action/Strategy Game: Electronic Games Electronic Games was the first video game magazine published in the United States and ran from 1981 to 1985. Co-founded by Arnie Katz, Joyce Worley and Bill Kunkel, it is unrelated to the subsequent Electronic Gaming Monthly. (1994) -- Best Puzzle Game of the Year: PC Entertainment (1994) -- Puzzle Game of the Year: Computer Gaming World Computer Gaming World (CGW) was the first magazine devoted exclusively to computer games. CGW was founded in 1981 by Russell Sipe as a semi-monthly publication. (1993) -- Child's Best Software: Child Magazine (1993) -- All Star Software Award (Children's Software Revue revue, a stage presentation that originated in the early 19th cent. as a light, satirical commentary on current events. It was rapidly developed, particularly in England and the United States, into an amorphous musical entertainment, retaining a small amount of ) -- Top 10 Software Picks for Kids (Money Magazine) -- National Parenting Seal of Approval (1993) -- Highest Rated Family PC Software (95/100) -- Golden Triad Award (Computer Game Review) The Incredible Machine 3.0 is available on CD for Windows and Macintosh at a street price of $39.95 at most software retailers, as well as through Sierra Direct at 800/757-7707. Founded in 1979, Sierra On-Line is one of the original developers and largest worldwide publishers of interactive entertainment, educational and productivity software. The company's common stock is traded on the 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 under the symbol SIER SIER Special Instruction Engineering Release SIER Software Integration Evaluation Record SIER Simulation of International Economic Relations (game) . Sierra's corporate headquarters are located in Bellevue. -0- Sierra press releases are available on the Internet, via SierraWeb at http://www.sierra.com; or receive facsimiles of recent Sierra product press releases and financial disclosures via Sierra's News-On-Demand at 800/853-7788. CONTACT: Sierra On-Line Susanne Hill, 206/649-9800 x5345 |
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