The PROWLER News : Interactive


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 ATARI REVEALS MAJOR NEW DIVISION WITH FORMATION OF
 "ATARI INTERACTIVE"
 
 New Division Dedicated to Offering "Multi-Platform" 
 Entertainment
 
 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, (CES) -- Atari Corporation, founder of 
 America's video game industry, has broadened its business 
 with the formation of Atari Interactive, a new division 
 dedicated to the development and distribution of 
 "multi-platform" interactive entertainment. Ted Hoff, 
 President, Atari USA, formally announced the company's new 
 division this week.
 
 "With the formation of Atari Interactive, we are creating a 
 new division to address the world-wide PC market," Hoff 
 stated, adding, "Atari Interactive will allow consumers to 
 receive our entertainment products on a variety of formats, 
 from existing platforms and consoles such as our own Jaguar 
 system, to PC, Mac, the Internet and websites."
 
 Over the past twenty-five years, Atari's creativity and 
 vision have led to the development of exciting and 
 successful games such as Tempest, Missile Command and 
 Crystal Castles. Now, the company will continue its 
 tradition of innovation, combined with its concern for 
 meeting consumer needs, by developing entertaining, 
 multi-platform software.
 
 Atari Interactive software will feature Atari's classic 
 arcade-style games updated to play on a number of gaming 
 environments. Interactive software enthusiasts will be 
 able to enjoy enhanced Atari classics such as Tempest 2000, 
 Missile Command 3D and Return to Crystal Castles.  In 
 addition, they can experience the robust, rich environments 
 of Atari Interactive's new games, like the Interactive 
 Rocky Horror Show and Virtual War. Atari Interactive's 
 games will be available to preview through the Atari web 
 site on the Internet (address:  http://www.atari.com).
 
 Four CD-ROM titles under the Atari Interactive name will be 
 available in the First Quarter. These premier entertainment 
 software titles are:
 
 Tempest 2000:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 An American video game classic first developed by Atari in 
 1981 as an arcade game. The CD title features elaborate 
 and enhanced 3-D graphics and animation, as well as a 
 CD-quality techno-rave soundtrack.
 
 Highlander:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 A new action-adventure CD-ROM title that allows players to 
 become Quentin MacLeod, the last immortal, known as "The 
 Highlander." As Quentin MacLeod, players encounter 
 challenging and complex puzzles in their quest to defeat 
 the evil Kortan.
 
 Baldies:
 ~~~~~~~~
 As rulers of a fictitious world populated by builders, 
 workers, soldiers and scientists (who are bald, of 
 course!), players must determine how best to employ their 
 resources to safeguard their world while at the same time 
 eliminate the enemy.  Baldies has network capability, which 
 allows up to four players to enjoy the game at once, 
 delivering four times the fun!
 
 FlipOut!:
 ~~~~~~~~~
 Players maneuver their way through fourteen different areas 
 of The Cheese Planet while trying to solve increasingly 
 difficult puzzles (levels range from Normal to Psychotic!).  
 Whether they are in Mt. Rushmore or the Sphorkle Diner, 
 players need to keep an eye out for mischievous aliens 
 who'll trip them up just for the fun of it.
 
 The introduction of these games is only the beginning for 
 Atari Interactive. Additional titles currently under 
 development will be available throughout 1996. In 
 discussing Atari Interactive's games, Hoff explained, "The 
 introductory titles by Atari Interactive are designed to 
 appeal to long-time fans of classic arcade games who want a 
 different, or perhaps new medium in which to play those 
 games, as well as novice players eager to test-drive this 
 entertainment form on their PC. By offering game 
 enthusiasts more access options to superior products, we 
 have enhanced their opportunity for convenient, exciting 
 and challenging entertainment."
 
 
Thanks for reading.
 

PROWLER The Atari Console Disk Magazine February 27, 1996

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