Mplayer's Hot Line-up: About The Games.

CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 1996--There is something for everyone on Mplayer.

Mplayer's line up of game titles includes a variety of award-winning and best-selling games from the grittiest 3D shooters to flight simulators, strategy games, and the most captivating classics loved by all members of the family including:

Battleship(R) -- Hasbro Interactive (Traditional)

Battleship CD-ROM will blow players outta the water with its 3D high-res images, non-stop high-action excitement, and real-time game play. Players can see interactive naval battles come alive on the computer screen as they attempt to locate their opponent's ship by targeting co-ordinates as in the traditional board game. The Ultimate version of the game includes real-time spontaneous game play with features like fleet maneuvering, anti-missile defense, incoming missile alert, and coordinated attacks and fleet repair. (Contact: Laura Tomasetti, ph: 617/437-7722, [e-mail])

Big Red Racing -- Eidos Interactive (Action)

A fast and frantic action racing game, Big Red Racing features two-player split-screen racing and the opportunity to race 16 different vehicles over 24 different tracks. Gamers choose from vehicles such as backhoes, hover craft, and dumptrucks while racing on a wide range of terrains from around the world to outer space. A powerful 3D graphics engine allows the player to view the action from any angle. (Contact: Gary Keith, ph: 415/217-4138, [e-mail])

Command and Conquer -- Westwood Studios (Strategy)

An award-winning interactive strategy game where players engage in real-time combat on behalf of either the Brotherhood of Nod, a terrorist faction bent on world dominance, or the United Nations Global Defense initiative. This highly addictive game combines the excitement of action and combat games with the intellectual challenge of the best strategy games and city/base-building simulations. (Contact: Laura Wheeler, ph: 702/228-4040, ext. 268, [e-mail])

Covert Operations -- Westwood Studios (Strategy)

Westwood's missions disk for fans of Command & Conquer. The Covert Operations contains seven new GDI scenarios, eight new NOD scenarios and ten multiplayer maps that blend seamlessly into the Command & Conquer story line. (Contact: Laura Wheeler, ph: 702/228-4040, ext. 268, [e-mail])

Deadlock -- Accolade (Strategy)

In Deadlock, players take on the role of space colony leader. They compete for planetary dominance, while subduing opposing colonies through military and economic domination. The game involves resource management skills, technology research, and building and developing the colony's culture, economic, and military strengths. Players choose from seven different species, each with unique attributes. Cutting-edge 3D lip-synch technology gives players the ability to communicate via chat mode with other species/players on the network. (Contact: Erica Krishnamurthy, ph: 408/985-1700 ext. 256, [e-mail])

Diablo(TM) -- Blizzard Entertainment(R) (Role-playing)

A gothic role-playing game in which players descend into a sinister underworld filled with supernatural forces and demonic creatures. Players are transported to a medieval village plagued with evil and darkness. Game play focuses on exploration, conflict and character development as players travel deeper into the underworld's demonic halls. (Contact: Susan Wooley, Blizzard Entertainment, ph: 310/793-0600 ext. 1245, [e-mail])

Havoc -- Reality Bytes (Strategy)

A futuristic battle in 3D graphics with 360-degree outdoor action. Havoc drops players down in the 3D landscapes, to command a Battlecycle, HyperTank or HoverCraft while firing, jumping and throttling across post-apocalyptic terrain. Players pilot their vehicles across 35 levels of twisty, mountainous battlegrounds bristling with gun turrets and infested with 80 types of ruthless killers. (Contact: Greg Ireland ph: 617/621-2500 ext. 64, [e-mail])

Monopoly(R) -- Hasbro Interactive (Traditional)

Based on America's favorite board game, Monopoly for the Internet allows six players to compete internationally against one another in different languages. All transactions, including currency, happen automatically in real time. In addition, property names are translated when played internationally, for example, America's Boardwalk turns into Britain's Mayfair, and Park Place is renamed Park Lane. Although traditional board game rules apply, the variations are endless. At the start of each game, players are able to customize the game. (Contact: Laura Tomasetti, ph: 617/437-7722, [e-mail])

Panzer(TM) General Online Only(TM) -- Strategic Simulations, Inc.(R) (SSI)(R) (Strategy)

Panzer General Online Only is the online multiplayer version of the award-winning Panzer General, a realistic war game combining elements from the best strategy and war games with state-of-the art technology. Players begin their quests in 1939 as German general with fresh commands in Poland. Success brings new challenges and tougher battles. Panzer General Online Only brings added excitement with 15 new historical and hypothetical scenarios and 250 unit types like Tiger tanks and Me-262 German jet fighters. Players can customize their own movement phases for convenient online play, establishing time and unit number limits. (Contact: Marion Clifford ph: 408/737-6800 ext. 171, [e-mail])

Q-Ball -- Created for Mplayer (3D-Shooter - Action)

The first in a series of game variations of QUAKE that enhance team play. Players are awarded points by carrying the Q-Ball throughout the "deathmatch" while opponents try to steal it away. Teammates must work together in order to control the ball and win the match. Its a virtual version of the child's game "Keep Away" -- only with rocket launchers!

QUAKE -- id Software (3D-Shooter - Action)

All around the world mysterious happenings -- bombings, brutal murders, and the theft of a nuclear reactor -- have been rocking the earth. Players have been charged by the government to figure out why. QUAKE marks the next generational advancement of game play and game design by the creators of DOOM. QUAKE features id's trademark in-your-face lightning-fast action game play, intense weapons and monsters, amazing sound effects and mesmerizing environments for the most extreme battling ever. (Contact: Lori Mezoff, TSI PR ph: 212/696-2000, [e-mail])

Risk(R) -- Hasbro Interactive (Traditional)

With the interactive version of Risk, game fans can conquer the world. Players challenge their opponent's strategic skills, make bold strikes, create clever defenses, and attack enemies. The game features hi-end, hi-res, fully rendered graphics and its realistic battle action makes captivating game play. Players can see top-down views of elevated landscapes detailing mountain ranges, rivers, and coastlines. Ultimate Risk includes a larger-scale game map stretching the entire world during the Napoleonic era, and players can follow the exploits of some of history's greatest commanders. (Contact: Laura Tomasetti, ph: 617/437-7722, [e-mail])

Scrabble(R) -- Hasbro Interactive (Traditional)

Scrabble combines classic and captivating word game play with state-of-the-art computer technology. Featuring high-res graphics, Scrabble features a stunning and dramatic 3D gameboard made of "marble," with "wood" tiles that turn to stone when played. Scrabble comes with multiple languages and dictionaries. Adjustable skill levels, exciting music scores, and sound effects add to the fun of the game. (Contact: Laura Tomasetti, ph: 617/437-7722, [e-mail])

SimCity 2000 Network Edition -- Maxis, Inc. (Strategy)

SimCity 2000 Network Edition allows players to build and manage a hustling and bustling metropolis. Participants are given a plot of barren land to zone into areas where people work, live, and play. As the city grows, players must deal with crime, education, and health issues. Manage traffic, the budget, and the needs of constituents, or face riots, public ridicule, and eventual impeachment! Multiplayer features include player agreements for trading city resources, collective voting on city ordinances, and chat facilities to hold "city council" meetings. (Contact: Patrick Buechner, ph: 510/927-3782)

Terminal Velocity -- Terminal Reality, Inc. (TRI) (Action) (www.terminalreality.com)

Created by the former lead programmer of Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.0, Terminal Velocity is a fast-action flight simulator that features a fast frame rate, realistic outdoor environments and the unique ability to fly through tunnels and underground caverns. In the far future, armadas from surrounding systems have suddenly waged war on Earth. The player is the pilot from the Area Squadron flying the TV-101, the fastest, most dangerous craft ever made. (Contact: Gordon Connally, TRI, ph: 972/221-2664 ext. 100, [e-mail])

Warcraft -- Blizzard Entertainment (Strategy)

A real-time fantasy strategy game that set new standards for multiplayer gaming. Set in the mythic kingdom of Azeroth, players are given the task of maintaining a thriving economy while building a war machine with which to destroy the enemy. Warcraft features all of the elements of classic fantasy. (Contact: Susan Wooley, Blizzard Entertainment, ph: 310/793-0600 ext. 1245, [e-mail])

War Wind -- Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) (Strategy)

A grand scale real-time strategy game featuring spell-binding 3D cinematics. Centuries of oppression have plagued the ancient world of Yavaun and the time has come to put an end to the tyranny. Four unique races inhabit this war-torn alien world, each with its own strengths, weaknesses, and distinctive A.I.'s and players experience their epic struggle first hand. Victory is achieved through combat, spell-casting, diplomacy or economic prowess. Players choose combat and advanced combat options including biomechanically enhanced vehicles, stealth movement, and more. (Contact: Marion Clifford, ph: 408/737-6800 ext. 171, [e-mail])

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