PlayStation Invites Consumers to Enter 'Envision Your Own Site' Legend of Legaia Contest; Consumers Compete For Cash and Prizes in Online Homepage Design Contest.FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 1999-- To celebrate the recent release of Legend of Legaia Legend of Legaia (レガイア伝説 Regaia Densetsu (TM), a unique role-playing game role-playing game n. A game in which players assume the roles of characters and act out fantastical adventures, the outcomes of which are partially determined by chance, as by the roll of dice. (RPG (Report Program Generator) One of the first program generators designed for business reports, introduced in 1964 by IBM. In 1970, RPG II added enhancements that made it a mainstay programming language for business applications on IBM's System/3x midrange computers. ) available exclusively for the PlayStation(R) game console See video game console. , Sony Computer Entertainment America announced today the launch of the nationwide "Envision Your Own Site" Legend of Legaia Contest. Consumers over the age of 12 are invited to envision the best and most unique Legend of Legaia fan Web site, then use their creativity to design their own homepage. Contestants should build their homepage and submit a snapshot of it, or send an image file that represents what their homepage would have looked like. Participants will have the opportunity to download artwork and information about the game, accessible via the Legend of Legaia page at the official PlayStation Web site located at http://www.playstation.com. Judging criteria will be equally based on creativity, design and content, with final winners chosen by the team at Jamison/Gold, a leading Web design firm and the developers of the playstation.com game site. One Grand Prize winner will receive $1000 in cash; one first prize winner will receive a copy of Legend of Legaia, a Dual Shock(TM) analog controller and three colored memory cards; and five second prize winners will each receive three colored memory cards. Entries will be accepted in the form of one image file (GIF GIF in full Graphics Interchange Format Standard computer file format for graphic images. GIF files use data compression to reduce the file size. The original version of the format was developed by CompuServe in 1987. , JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. or BMP (1) (BitMaP) Also known as a "bump" file, it is the native, bitmapped graphics format in Windows. A BMP can be saved in several color options: 1-, 4-, 8- and 24-bit color provide 2, 16, 256 and 16,000,000 colors respectively. BMP files use the .BMP or . ). Contestants should email the entries as attachments to legaia@jamisongold.com. Entries will be accepted now through June 7, 1999, and should include the entrant's name, age, address and phone number. No links or addresses will be accepted. "With the 'Envision Your Own Site' Legend of Legaia Contest we are giving artistic, technically-savvy consumers and RPG enthusiasts a unique opportunity to express their creativity and show their excitement for the game," said Ami Blaire, director, product marketing, Sony Computer Entertainment America. "We are offering a wide array of stunning downloadable artwork for Web page builders to work with, and are looking forward to receiving some spectacular contest entries." Legend of Legaia is currently available at retailers nationwide and features a new, innovative combat system called the "Tactical Arts System," based on the battle systems traditionally found in fighting games This section is an ongoing effort to catalogue every fighting title or series featured on Wikipedia. The vast majority of fighting games fall into two categories, versus fighters (usually referred to simply as fighting games), or beat 'em ups (a.k.a. . The simple command system allows players to experience the thrill of a fighting game with battle features never-before-seen in previous RPGs. Legend of Legaia also offers complete 3D polygonal graphics with 3D towns and dungeons Dungeons may refer to:
Legend of Legaia joins a distinguished list of top RPG titles available for the PlayStation game console, including Final Fantasy(R) VII, Final Fantasy Tactics Final Fantasy Tactics (ファイナルファンタジータクティクス (TM), and SaGa Frontier(TM) from Square Soft; Wild Arms(TM) from Sony Computer Entertainment America; Alundra(TM) from Working Designs; Suikoden(TM) from Konami of America; and Tecmo's Deception(TM) from TECMO, Inc., among others. With such a wide selection of popular RPG games, PlayStation is truly the platform of choice for RPG gamers. Sony Computer Entertainment America, a division of Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., markets the PlayStation game console for distribution in North America, develops and publishes software for the PlayStation game console, and manages the U.S. third party licensing program. Based in Foster City, Calif., Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Visit us on the Web at http://www.playstation.com |
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