Midway Delivers the Greatest Super Heroes of All Time to Game Boy Advance With Justice League: Injustice for All.Entertainment Editors/High-Tech Writers CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2002 When Global Catastrophe Strikes, the Justice League Bands Together to Fight for Truth, Justice and Freedom Midway Games Midway Games (NYSE: MWY) (formerly Midway Manufacturing) is an American video game publisher. Midway's legacy includes landmark titles such as Ms. Pac-Man, Spy Hunter, Tron, Mortal Kombat, and NBA Jam. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MWY MWY Me Without You (band) ), a leading software industry publisher and developer, announced today that Justice League: Injustice for All, based on the DC comic book comic book Bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums. franchise and hit animated Cartoon animated cartoon: see Nontheatrical Film under motion pictures. Network television series, will ship for the Game Boy(R) Advance on Monday, Nov. 18, 2002. The popular super hero characters will also be featured in videogames currently in development for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft and Nintendo GameCube The Nintendo GameCube (GCN) is Nintendo's fourth home video game console, belonging to the sixth generation era. The system itself is the most compact and least expensive, next to the Dreamcast, of the sixth generation era consoles. (TM). In Justice League: Injustice for All, the greatest super heroes of all time must band together to fight the Injustice League The Injustice League is the name of two fictional teams of supervillains in the DC Comics Universe. Fictional team history Original League The original Injustice League was the brainchild of the interplanetary conqueror, Agamemno. . Gamers can choose from the seven core members of the Justice League team including Batman, Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl and Martian Manhunter. Fighting for truth, justice and freedom, the Justice League's mission is to protect the world from infamous evildoers The Joker, Lex Luthor Lex Luthor (Alexander Luthor) is a fictional DC Comics supervillain and is the primary antagonist of the Superman franchise. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, he first appeared in Action Comics #23 (1940). , Mongul, Cheetah, Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy is a 19th century children's nursery rhyme, and was presented by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps in 1842. The poem is essentially a riddle in which the life of Solomon Grundy appears to take place in the process of a single week, the answer being that each day's , The Shade, Star Sapphire star sapphire n. A sapphire with a polished convex surface exhibiting asterism. Noun 1. star sapphire - a sapphire that when cut shows a starlike figure in reflected light because of its crystalline structure and Felix Faust Felix Faust is a fictional sorcerer and supervillain who appears in stories published by DC Comics. He first appeared in 1962 as an adversary of the Justice League of America. . "Gamers and comic book fans alike will now be able to unleash the powers of these hugely popular super heroes on the Game Boy Advance," said Helene Sheeler, vice president of marketing, Midway. Justice League: Injustice for All allows players to battle the Injustice League through 12 levels, where they can switch between super heroes to continue the action and stay out of danger. Each member of the Justice League can utilize their own special powers such as The Flash's Super Speed, Superman's Heat Vision or Green Lantern's Power Ring. Justice League: Injustice for All Game Boy Advance Key Features: -- Classic Super Heroes -- Play as one of the seven members of the Justice League: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Hawkgirl, Green Lantern or Martian Manhunter -- Non-stop Action -- If one hero is in danger, gamers can immediately switch to another member of the Justice League to continue the action -- Unique Powers -- Utilize special powers including The Flash's Super Speed, Superman's Heat Vision and Green Lantern's Power Ring as the battle between good and evil takes place on the ground or in the air -- with certain characters having the power to fly -- Extended Life Span -- Accumulate power-ups throughout the game that restore health and provide extra lives to extend gameplay -- Multiple Game Levels -- Fight through 12 levels in a face-off with the powerful Injustice League The Justice League's adventures began in 1940 when DC Comics' All-Star Comics introduced the first-ever group of super heroes in a comic book series, entitled Justice Society of America, which ran until 1951. DC Comics revived the concept in March 1960, renaming it Justice League of America. The League became the longest-running television cartoon based on a comic book when Hanna-Barbera Studios produced it as Super Friends (1973), The All-New Super Friends (1977), Challenge of the Super Friends (1978), The World's Greatest Super Friends (1979) and The Super Friends Hour (1980) for Saturday mornings, each with new characters added and each produced for ABC Television. Justice League of America, a monthly comic book, continues to be one of DC Comics' best-selling titles, consistently ranking among the top ten in industry sales. The Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Animation-produced series, Justice League, premiered on Cartoon Network on Nov. 17, 2001, and quickly became an audience favorite with children and adults alike, ranking consistently in the network's top ten performers. Issue #1 of the animated series tie-in comic book, entitled Justice League Adventures, debuted in Nov. 2001 and is one of the industry's top sellers. The console version of Justice League of America has not been officially proposed to Sony Computer Entertainment America. Midway Games Inc. is a leading developer, publisher and marketer of interactive entertainment software. Midway videogames are available for play on all major videogame platforms including the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube(TM) and Game Boy(R) Advance. For more information about Midway Games visit www.midway.com. About Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Consumer Products is a division of Warner Bros., an AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner Company, and is one of the leading licensing and retail merchandising organizations in the world. About DC Comics DC Comics, a division of Warner Bros., an AOL Time Warner Company, is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world and home to such iconic characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Sandman Sandman induces sleep by sprinkling sand in children’s eyes. [Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 966] See : Sleep Sandman - The DoD requirements that led to APSE. . These DC Super Heroes and others have starred in comic books, movies, television series (both animated and live-action) and cyberspace, thrilling audiences of all ages for generations. DC Comics' Web site is located at http://www.dccomics.com. MIDWAY is a trademark of Midway Amusement Games, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . "PlayStation" and the "PS" Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Xbox and Microsoft are trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. Nintendo GameCube, the Nintendo GameCube logo and Game Boy Advance are trademarks of Nintendo. (c) 2001 Nintendo. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. JUSTICE LEAGUE and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and (c) DC Comics. (sO2) Midway has provided the www.dccomics.com link solely as a convenience for you. The information on this site has been prepared by a third party, and Midway does not monitor, endorse or accept responsibility for the content on non-Midway sites. This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning future business conditions and the outlook for Midway Games Inc. (the "Company") based on currently available information that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the financial strength of the interactive entertainment industry, dependence on new product introductions and the ability to maintain the scheduling of such introductions, technological changes, dependence on major platform manufacturers and other risks more fully described under "Item 1. Business -- Risk Factors" in the Company's current Transition Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and the other filings made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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