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//// Atari Launches JAGWIRE

CONTACT:  Patricia Kerr or Jennifer Hansen
          Shandwick USA
          310/479-4997 or 800/444-6663

For Immediate Release

Atari(R) Corporation Unveils New World Wide Web Site,
Names CompuServe(R) as Official Commercial Support Site

Type http://www.atari.com on the World Wide Web
or GO JAGUAR on CompuServe

SUNNYVALE (October 6) -- Atari Corporation unveiled this morning
their new JAGWIRE(tm) World Wide Web Domain. JAGWIRE features the
creative integration of eye-popping graphics, animation, audio and
descriptive text for web browsers to enjoy in the leisure of their
homes or office. The site was created by ATOMIX, Inc.; an Emmy
Award-winning new media house in Hollywood, California. The JAGWIRE
Web Site URL is http://www.atari.com.

The installation of the JAGWIRE Web Domain is an anchor for a network
of official support offered to gamers throughout the world. In concert
with the explosive trends of the Internet and the World Wide Web,
Atari has named CompuServe as their official Jaguar 64 commercial
on-line support site.  CompuServe access is as little as $9.95 a month
and offers full access to the Internet and the World Wide Web as well
as exclusive features not available on any other system; such as the
Atari Jaguar forum. Type GO JAGUAR to access 24-hour on-line support
on CompuServe or call toll free (800) 848-8990.

Two independent online publications have also pledged a bond to the
JAGWIRE network by offering exclusive news, reviews and previews of
Jaguar 64 products in each of their issues. Atari Explorer Online
offers in-depth coverage of Atari products from cover to cover.
Silicon Times Report is distributed worldwide each week and features
computer and video game coverage of interest to everyone. Both
publications are downloadable from CompuServe or can be found through
direct links with Ataris JAGWIRE Web Site.

Atari has made the commitment to make shopping and obtaining support
for the Jaguar 64 as simple for modem users as possible, states Donald
A. Thomas, Jr., Director of Atari Customer Service Marketing. To do
that, we have installed the best domain created by the best creative
people, accessible through the best access lines (T3) and supplemented
by the best commercial on-line services of CompuServe, and the best
on-line publishing support. Users can sample game images, hear game
sounds, find out where to buy them and make buying decisions based on
reliable and accurate resources.

Jim Pascua, Marketing Manager of CompuServe, adds that his company
has also made serious commitments to the evolution of global access at
economic rates and with maximum access. New updates to our on-line
software will revolutionize how users can access the Internet and the
finest commercial on-line service in the world simultaneously. We are
proud of Ataris designation and we feel it is in step with the
direction this industry is taking.

Ataris new JAGWIRE Web Site is installed NOW. Web Browers may be set
to the URL of http://www.atari.com. The site features easy access
icons to a great deal of product information including game
descriptions, screen shots, release schedules, ordering information
and real time registration in Ataris mailing list. CompuServes Jaguar
forum features downloadable magazines, screen shots, reviews,
software, conferences, contests and a very active message base to host
non-stop interaction between Jaguar enthusiasts and Atari personnel.

For more than twenty years, Atari Corporation has provided consumers
with high quality, value-priced entertainment. Atari Corporation
markets Jaguar, the only American-made advanced 64-bit entertainment
system and is located in Sunnyvale, California.

CompuServe is an HandR Block company. Founded in 1955, HandR Block, a
diversified services company, is the worlds leading tax preparation
and on-line information services company. CompuServe operates the most
comprehensive network in the world, providing on-line services to more
than 3.5 million members in more than 140 countries and network
services to more than 800 corporate customers worldwide. HandR Block Tax
Services provided tax-related services for almost one in every seven
returns filed with the IRS in 1995, and served 17.1 million taxpayers
in more than 9,500 offices worldwide.

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Atari is a registered trademark of Atari Corporation. Jaguar is a
trademark of Atari Corporation. CompuServe is a trademark of
CompuServe Information Service.  ATOMIX is a trademark of ATOMIX, Inc.
All other tradenames are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective owning companies.



PROWLER The Atari Console Disk Magazine February 27, 1996

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