MAZE Is Fun, Fantasy and Fantastic 3-D Voyages -- New Award-Winning Game Recreates 18 World-Famous Mazes; $10,000 MAZE Contest is Challenge to Game Players of All Ages.

FAIRFIELD, CT.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 1995--MAZE, a new CD-ROM game offering exciting three-dimensional voyages through lifelike recreations of 18 of the world's most famous mazes -- and a year-long $10,000 contest -- is now available in the U.S. and Canada from MECA Software, Inc.

Winner of the prestigious Leonard Da Vinci Award for Multimedia Design in Europe, MAZE was developed by Dragonfire Research of Sweden. It brings to life a dramatic new dimension of history and intellectual challenge as game players of all ages explore, learn about and wend their way through recreations of the best full-scale human mazes from around the world. Master the MAZE, Win $10,000!

MAZE offers colorful, true-to-life versions of 18 of the world's most demanding mazes to test the analytical power and determination of users. As stereo MAZE-music plays, users point-and-play their way through history, the PC timing trek, giving them new standards to shoot for each time they reenter a maze.

The introduction of MAZE includes a contest with a total prize of $10,000 for those mastering the mazes in minimum times. Four separate $2500 contests will be held: May-July 31; August 1-October 31; November 1-January 31, 1996, and February 1-April 30, 1996. Special access codes for contest entries are available through the mail, from on-line services, and via 900 telephone support service for the MAZE. MAZE-Craze is Here!

"MAZE is amazing," said Paul Harrison, president of MECA. " It's a game, but it's also a trip back in time; it's history, but it's also fun and competitive. It's like physical chess with a clock ticking off your time. While most CD-ROM and computer games have a sameness to them every time you play, with MAZE you're constantly challenged, intellectually rather than physically, to improve your performance every time you play. So plan your strategy, grab your mouse and get going. The MAZE-Craze is here!"

The award-winning MAZE offers:

The Best Full-Scale Human Mazes Worldwide. Survey a map of the world that shows the location by country over more than 80 of the best man-made mazes. A click reveals the maze's address, and a double-click details history, complexity classification and construction. For selected mazes, click on the "Try It In 3-D" button to jump into the exciting 3-D Virtual Mazewalk; Gallery of Maze Designs. Browse through a colorful gallery of over 40 unusual maze designs by some of history's most famous maze artists, and even print-out and try to solve them; Amazing Maze Printouts. Print and test your skills -- by trying to solve 15 of the most intricate, complex and beautiful mazes ever. They're perfect for kids on long car trips, for plane rides for vacationers or business travelers on airplanes . . . or even work breaks;

The Art of Confusion. Delve deeper into mazes with this illustrated compendium of fascinating fact It tracks the history of mazes, surveys different types of mazes, explains maze terminology, explores mazes in games and literature, and offers classic maze-solving techniques; Legends & Mysteries. Travel back in time and history to learn about some of the great legends of mazes around the world. Included are the stone mazes of Scandinavia that are believed to have captured the wind to ensure a successful sailing voyage, and legends and mysteries from Greece,

Egypt, and other countries and ancient civilizations. Something for Everybody with MAZE

"There's something for everybody with MAZE," said MECA's Harrison. "Anyone with a sense of adventure, anyone wanting to go back in time and make history come alive, or anyone just wanting a great challenge and fun can turn to MAZE before MAZE turns them around . . . and around . . . and around!"

MAZE runs on 386 PCS (486 recommended) with 4MB of RAM, a 256-color VGA monitor, single-speed (double-speed recommended) CD-ROM drive, MPC-compatible sound system, DOS 3.3 or later, and Windows 3.1 or later. It has a suggested list price of $29.95, and is now available throughout the U.S. and Canada wherever CD-ROMs and software are sold, including Egghead, Circuit City, and Best Buys.

For additional information contact: Richard Zboary, director of product management, MECA Software, Inc., 55 Walls Drive, Fairfield, CT 06430-0912; telephone [phone]. MECA Software, Inc.,based in Fairfield, Connecticut, is a leading developer and distributor of personal productivity, edutainment and entertainment products. Other MECA products and titles include: Managing Your Money and TaxCut .

MAZE is a trademark, and Managing Your Money and TaxCut are registered trademarks of MECA Software, Inc. Other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

Attention Editors: Screen shots from MAZE are available in .pct, .tif and .bmp formats, and review copies of MAZE are also available.

CONTACT: Richard Zboray

203/256-5000

or

David A. Kaminer

The Kaminer Group

914/332-4114