RMG/DENTSU USA INC. ENTERS THE CONSUMER SOFTWARE MARKET.
Los Angeles, May 10, 1995 -- RMG/DENTSU USA INC. enters the consumer software market as the developer of two titles, CARRIER: FORTRESS AT SEA, an infotainment adventure on CD-ROM and ICEBREAKER, an action and strategy CD-ROM game. These titles are being introduced for the 3DO platform by the Panasonic Software Company at the Electronic Entertainment Exposition (E3) beginning May 11, 1995 at the 3DO Booth #1835.
As the developer of CARRIER: FORTRESS AT SEA on CD-ROM,
RMG/DENTSU USA INC. (RMG) conceived the project, working closely
with Panasonic Software Company (PSW) as well as the programming and multimedia divisions of Discovery Communications, Inc. Based on the highly rated Discovery Channel TV documentary of the same name, CARRIER: FORTRESS AT SEA on CD-ROM will provide a first-hand exploration of the amazing "city at sea", the U.S.S. Carl Vinson. CARRIER will be published on the 3DO platform this fall by Panasonic Software Company and on MPC/Mac
in early 1996 by The Discovery Channel Multimedia.
RMG/DENTSU USA INC. also has the exclusive worldwide license for ICEBREAKER on the 3DO platform. Created by Magnet Interactive Studios, Washington, DC., ICEBREAKER is a beguiling game of action and strategy, where one must destroy a perplexing posse of pernicious pyramids on 150 different levels of treacherous terrain. ICEBREAKER will be published on the 3DO platform by Panasonic Software in July, 1995.
RMG is a division of DENTSU USA INC., the US holding company for Dentsu Inc., one of the world's largest communications companies. RMG--Renegade Marketing Group--was established in 1993 to help meet the varied needs of Dentsu Inc.'s international clients like Matsushita, which markets Panasonic products.
CLIMB ABOARD CARRIER: FORTRESS AT SEA
Based on The Discovery Channel's TV documentary of the same name, this multimedia infotainment title puts an entire aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Carl Vinson, at one's fingertips. Visit the flight deck, explore the galley, interview crew members, or launch an aircraft. Amazing 3-D graphics, real sound recordings, historical film footage, an extensive data bank of carrier weaponry and scenes
from the documentary combine to evoke a truly enlightening experience aboard the most amazing of modern sea vessels.
CARRIER: FORTRESS AT SEA will be Panasonic Software Company's first "infotainment" title. According to Bill Gardner, Vice President of PSW, "Carrier is a very exciting project for us. We think the title will have strong appeal to current 3DO users and will also attract new users to the 3DO platform. As a Navy veteran, I can tell you carriers are absolutely remarkable. With 5,000 people
aboard for six months, they are truly floating cities, complete with their own airport. It just happens that the airport launches fighter planes in under 2 seconds."
The Discovery Channel Multimedia will publish CARRIER: FORTRESS AT SEA on MPC/Mac in early 1996. According to Drew Neisser, Senior Vice President, RMG/DENTSU USA INC., "Discovery Communications is a perfect partner for us. First, the Discovery Channel programming is first rate. Even before the TV program was completed, we knew it would be top notch. As it turns out, it was
the highest rated program in Discovery's history. Second, The Discovery Channel Multimedia division is now one of the most successful publishers of infotainment software in the U.S. Their participation has assured that the CD-ROM title will be a truly rich experience."
ICEBREAKER: DESTROY ALL PYRAMIDS
ICEBREAKER was developed by Magnet Interactive Studios of Washington, DC. It's got attitude. It's got 18 different, way cool music choices. It's got 150 levels of play plus four ability settings from easy to insane. But most of all, it's got pyramids. Pyramids. They're sneaky, evil, cunning, loathsome, conniving and downright nasty dudes. Pyramids attack from all directions. They lie in wait and pounce. With names like Orange Meanies, Lime Dudes, Zombies and Lurkers, users can expect trouble from the four-faced menaces of ICEBREAKER.
Then there's the game surface. It changes. There's ice and swamps and lava and bottomless pits and even green grass. Every level has different terrain, all tricky and some truly treacherous. Skilled player can use the terrain to their advantage. Rookies die. Equipped with nothing but a plasma blaster, users must try to clear each level of pyramids. Serious strategy is needed to succeed since some of the pyramids are immune to the blaster. Users must trick the mobile pyramids to kill their immobile buddies. Easier said than done. Seriously fictitious scientific studies have demonstrated that ICEBREAKER is the single most addicting video game yet.
