Quantum3D Announces Design Win With Smart Industries; Leading Amusement Manufacturer Selects Quicksilver II for New Photo Booth System.

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 1999--

Quantum3D(TM), the industry leader in PC-based interactive 3D visual computing systems, announced today that leading coin-op amusement game manufacturer Smart Industries has selected Quantum3D's Quicksilver(TM) II systems to power their new Hollywood Photo(TM) line of photo booths.

Hollywood Photo booths, which will be located at arcades and amusement centers around the country, enable consumers to select multiple sizes and formats of full color photos that are quickly printed and provided to the customer. Smart Industries selected the Quicksilver II system because of its design features, reliability and low cost.

"Smart Industries is a leading manufacturer of many popular amusements," said Ross Q. Smith, Co-Founder and Vice President of Sales at Quantum3D. "Smart Industries' selection of Quicksilver II for use in the Hollywood Photo booths illustrates that an extremely wide range of applications across the Out-of-Home Entertainment (OHE) market can benefit from Quantum3D's scalable, ruggedized PC-based systems."

Quantum3D pioneered the use of specially designed and ruggedized PC-based systems for the OHE market. The company's Quicksilver II and new Graphite(TM) systems provide complete turnkey solutions for a variety of OHE applications, and are widely used in a variety of advanced coin-op, gaming, and location-based entertainment applications.

"Quantum3D's systems are designed from the ground up to meet the amusement industry's specific needs," said Gordon Smart, President of Smart Industries. "They deliver the toughest PC-based systems in the market, and Smart Industries is able to leverage Quicksilver II's advanced features, ruggedization, and scalability to achieve the results we need at price points that make our systems competitive and our customers profitable."

Quicksilver II provides scalable performance and configuration flexibility, with support for Intel(R) Pentium(R) III processors and full-length graphics add-in boards required for the most demanding applications. Available with Linux(R) or Microsoft(R) Windows(R) operating systems hardened with Quantum3D's QDK(TM), Quicksilver II is designed to withstand complete power losses and automatically restore the system to re-start the game or application. The QDK enables embedded operation in a standard Windows environment, and eliminates the need for keyboard, mouse and other standard PC peripherals, providing automatic application loading from system initialization and automatic restoration from power failure--all while maintaining 100% application compatibility with the Windows Application Programming Interface (API). The Quicksilver II is also available with Quantum3D's Game Control Interface (GCI(TM)), providing a comprehensive input/output capability for interfacing coin-op I/O devices and controls to PCs. The Quicksilver II Legacy is a special system configuration that includes Quantum3D's AArdvark(TM) 2D/3D graphics accelerator, that employs full-scene, sub-pixel anti-aliasing and JAMMA Interface (JIF) that enables amusement manufacturers to ship PC-based kits that deliver state-of-the-art game play and graphics in legacy coin-op cabinets equipped with CGA and EGA monitors and JAMMA style wiring harnesses.

Leading Out-of-Home Entertainment (OHE) manufacturers using Quantum3D systems include Sega(R) for the Sega Tournament Network (STN(TM)), Midway(R) Games for their latest coin-op blockbuster, Hydro Thunder(TM), and Lazer-Tron, which designs, manufactures, and sells video and redemption games for the coin-op market.

About Smart Industries

Smart Industries is a privately owned manufacturer of coin-operated amusement games. Established in 1963 by Gordon Smart as President and his son Jeff Smart as Vice President. In 1985, Smart Industries began developing and manufacturing coin-operated amusement games. The Bear Claw / Clean Sweep Crane was the first game developed and put into production. Games are purchased by carnival circuits, amusement parks, arcades, family fun centers, and route operators worldwide. Smart Industries employs more than 120 people. They can be contacted at 1626 Delaware Ave., Des Moines, IA 50317, USA, Tel: [phone], FAX: [phone], or via their web site at www.smartind.com.

About Quantum3D

Quantum3D, headquartered in San Jose, California, develops and markets visual computing systems and value-added subsystems, including realtime 3D accelerators, integrated visual computing systems, and related system software that combine realtime frame rates, superior image quality and value. Quantum3D is the exclusive supplier of 3dfx graphics technology into the Out-of-Home Entertainment and Visual Simulation and Training markets. The company focuses on delivering complete 3D visual computing solutions for the simulation and training market and the coin-op and out-of-home entertainment markets. Quantum3D's products include the Heavy Metal(TM), Quicksilver II(TM), and Graphite(TM) lines of integrated PC-based deployment systems, and the Obsidian(R)2, Ventana(TM) AArdvark(TM), Mercury(TM) and Raven(TM) families of advanced realtime 3D graphics accelerators and graphics subsystems. In addition, Quantum3D creates and distributes realtime 3D development software tools and products, enabling developers to fully optimize their applications to benefit from the company's visual computing systems.

Obsidian is a registered trademark and Quantum3D, Heavy Metal, Mercury, Quicksilver, AArdvark, Raven, Ventana, and OpenGVS are trademarks of Quantum3D, Inc. Hollywood Photo is a trademark of Smart Industries, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.