The PROWLER Previews:Hover Hunter


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:        Hyper Image Productions, Inc.
                301/513-1783

HYPER IMAGE ANNOUNCES REVOLUTIONARY NEW JAGUAR GAME - HOVER HUNTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD, Febuary 6th, 1995 -- The design team at Hyper Image
Productions has announced their upcoming debut game-release for the
64-bit Atari Jaguar platform entitled "Hover Hunter".  Set in the not
so distant future, Hover Hunter is a lightning paced hovertank
simulator that allows players to fly through multiple missions filled
with fleets of enemy vehicles.  Realistic three dimensional
environments are created using "Displacement Texture Mapping", an
advanced rendering technique developed by Hyper Image that takes
current landscape rendering technlogy one step further. Hover Hunter
will also be among the first Jaguar games with full network support
allowing for multiplayer combat over the CatBox's CatNet(TM).

Hover Hunter sets the game-player in the cockpit of a technologically
advanced hovertank fully outfitted with a wide choice of powerful
weaponry and computer features. Using advanced piloting skills and
devastating firepower, the player must do battle to protect and
further the interests of his employer, a powerful corporate-state bent
on global conquest and domination. Deadly foes sent by rival companies
await on each landscape as the player completes action-packed missions
and steadily advances further into the storyline of the game.

"I'm really excited at the prospect of showcasing our talented
development team and next generation gaming technology to the public,"
says Jeremy Gordon, president and senior programmer of Hyper Image
Productions. "Not only will Hover Hunter be a an absolute adrenaline
rush, but I think it will also demonstrate Hyper Image's dedication to
continually pushing the edge of gaming standards."

Slated for relase in the summer of 1995, Hyper Image will be
showcasing their game at the E3 show in Los Angeles.

To go along with the official announcement of our Jaguar title, "Hover
Hunter", I want to personally invite anyone who's interested to check
out our world wide web page; http://www.hyperimage.com
(http://hyperimage.com works also).

There are some general tidbits that may be of interest, and also a
whole bunch of cool screen shots (grabbed via s-video by a really
killer new JPEG board). The screen shots are also available via
anonymous ftp to ftp.hyperimage.com in the /pub/HoverHunter directory
(again, ftp'ing to hyperimage.com works too). Some small MPEG movies
will be made available really soon.

The game is still very early (about 35% complete in these shots from
the Winter CES) although we are counting on completion for the E3
show.

Look for a preview in the March issue of Video Games magazine, and
maybe a few shots in the March Die Hard Game Fan...

 

PROWLER The Atari Console Disk Magazine February 27, 1996

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