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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:
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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:
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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:
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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!:
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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
Copyright (c) 1996 All Rights Reserved Issue No. 01