Warner Bros. licensees offer wide selection of interactive products for the holiday season.

BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 1996--It's going to be an "interactive" Christmas this year for consumers as many of their favorite Warner Bros. characters come to life on computers and game machines everywhere.

Warner Bros. licensees will have a wide variety of branded interactive entertainment products available for the whole family this holiday season, including action games for teens and grown-ups, activity centers for the kids and computer accessories for everyone.

"We are thrilled to be working with such a wide range of top quality licensees," said Holly Stein, V.P. Licensing & Marketing. "Their products represent the commitment to excellence Warner Bros. has always maintained. We look forward to an outstanding holiday season this year."

Following is a list of Warner Bros. licensed products which will be available for the holiday shopping season:

Acclaim Entertainment Inc.: Space Jam

To be released: November 1996

List price: $39.99 (CD), $49.99 (32-bit)

Platforms: PC CD-ROM, Sega Saturn, Sony PlayStation 

Based on the much anticipated Warner Bros. film starring Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny, the "Space Jam" videogame takes players on to the court for a madcap, intergalactic 3-on-3 basketball game that will decide the fate of the Looney Tunes characters. Gamers take on the evil alien "Monstars" who have armed themselves with the talents of top NBA superstars. The game features special dunks and defensive moves, multiple high-action levels, bonus power-ups and rounds, and many other surprises.

Fellowes: Looney Tunes Computer Diskettes

Currently available

List price: $7.99

Fellowes' new line of Looney Tunes 3 1/2 inch diskettes features Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Tweety and the Tazmanian Devil. The diskettes are packaged 10 to a box and are IBM-formatted.

Gryphon Software: The Adventures of Batman & Robin Activity

Center

To be released: October 1996

List price: $49.00

Platforms: CD-ROM, Windows and Mac

Based on the hit animated TV series by Warner Bros. and DC Comics, The Adventures of Batman & Robin Activity Center is a challenging and educational adventure for kids, ages 5 and up. With activities like mazes, decoder games, jigsaw puzzles, connect-the-dots, concentration and more, it provides hours of ever-changing fun! All of the activities help develop memory, spelling, analytic and artistic skills. The games come fashioned with three levels of difficulty for different ages and levels of playing experience.

Imagination Pilots: Eraser

To be released: Christmas 1996

Platforms: PC CD-ROM, Win '95

MMX, January 1996

Based on the summer blockbuster Warner Bros. film, "Eraser," this interactive movie adventure game allows players to step into the Eraser's shoes to discover who is behind the conspiracy that is still burning brightly in WITSEC, the Federal Witness Security Program. The player's goal is to uncover the turncoat and find the location of the latest planned crime.

Tiger Electronics: "Mars Attacks!," "Space Jam" and "Superman

Animation"

To be released: October 1996 ("Space Jam," "Superman

Animation")

December 1996 ("Mars Attacks!")

List price: $19.99 ("Space Jam," "Superman Animation")

$24.99 ("Mars Attacks!")

Platforms: Handheld Games

Just in time for the holidays, Tiger Electronics will introduce three new Handheld Games based on eagerly anticipated Warner Bros. movies -- Tim Burton's science-fiction comedy, "Mars Attacks!" and the Michael Jordan/Bugs Bunny starrer, "Space Jam" -- and the new Warner Bros. "Superman Animation" TV series.

Viacom New Media: Joe's Apartment

To be released: December 1996

List price: $20.00

Platforms: PC CD-ROM

The Joe's Apartment CD-ROM allows players to customize the computer with a horde of irresistible roaches. Based on the Geffen Pictures release, distributed by Warner Bros., Joe's Apartment, an entertainment desktop utility, instantly transforms the computer by infesting it with offbeat, wacky roach antics and musical numbers. Access screensavers, icons, cursors, backgrounds and roach-based mini-games to create customized roach-infested workspace.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment licensed products will be available in a variety of leading computer software stores, mass merchants, computer superstores, bookstores and computer specialty stores everywhere.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE) is a division of Time Warner Entertainment Co., L.P. and a part of the Warner Bros. Consumer Products Group. WBIE licenses Warner Bros. owned and developed properties for all consumer and game platforms. It is also a publisher of interactive entertainment programming based on Warner Bros. assets.

CONTACT: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Kim Sudhalter, 818/954-4110

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