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- AMAZING MEDIA/SOFTWARE TOOLWORKS SHIP OCEANS BELOW™
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- Contact:
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- AMAZING MEDIA
- Steve Cherneff
- Project Manager
- 415-453-0662
- ALINK: amazing.mktg
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- SOFTWARE TOOLWORKS
- Tracey Egan
- PR Manager
- 415-883-3000
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- DIVE THE WORLD'S OCEANS FROM YOUR DESKTOP
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- -- New Multimedia SCUBA Diving Title Ships Today --
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- NOVATO, CA -- October 6, 1993 -- The Software Toolworks, Inc., the world's
- leading supplier of CD-ROM software, announced the shipment of The Software
- Toolworks® Presents...Oceans Below, a new CD-ROM edutainment title that
- explores the world of SCUBA diving. Meet your Dive Master, learn about your
- gear, select from 17 dive sites around the world, and experience the exotic
- undersea world of manta rays, angel fish, coral walls, and shipwrecks.
- Available on CD-ROM for MS-DOS, Windows™, and Macintosh® platforms for a
- suggested retail price of $49.95.
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- "Experiential products offer a new dimension to our line of reference and
- encyclopedic titles. The Software Toolworks will ship three products: The
- Software Toolworks Presents...Capitol Hill, The Software Toolworks
- Presents...Oceans Below, and The Software Toolworks Presents...Space Shuttle
- that bridge the world between reference and entertainment to create true
- edutainment titles", commented Bob Lloyd, President and CEO of The Software
- Toolworks, Inc.
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- Have you ever wanted to dive down 70 feet in the Caribbean ocean and feed an
- eel? Or swim along side of an undersea coral wall -- without getting wet?
- Oceans Below™ combines a first-person-perspective with a multimedia environment
- to create a very cool experience. Video clips, photographs, narration, and
- original music provide the user with the feel of SCUBA diving. By bringing the
- subject to life, Oceans Below entertains as it teaches.
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- "Oceans Below is an edutainment title that offers access to new experiences
- and provides a fascinating new way to learn about the undersea world. Using
- multimedia technology, Oceans Below turns the excitement of SCUBA diving, into
- a first-person-experience," said Keith Metzger, President of Amazing Media,
- Inc., the multimedia company that conceived of, designed, and produced the
- series.
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- Oceans Below explores the world of recreational diving and the elements that
- make up the diving experience; including SCUBA equipment, water temperature,
- currents, and marine life. Jump into the interactive tour and use hot-buttons
- to learn about specific subjects such as the buoyancy control system, exposure
- suit, and snorkel. Use the "sea life chart" to access information on native
- fish in each dive location. Oceans Below includes over 200 video clips, which
- total over an hour, and features marine life, plant life, and undersea sites
- such as ship wrecks.
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- Oceans Below is one title in a series of first-person-perspective learning
- adventures resulting from an alliance between The Software Toolworks, Inc. and
- Amazing Media, Inc. Amazing Media is located in San Anselmo, CA. and has a
- five-year history of creating award-winning multimedia programs. The Software
- Toolworks, Inc. is the publisher and distributor of the multimedia CD-ROM
- series. Software Toolworks brings to the project its experience in publishing
- entertainment, reference, and edutainment titles, world wide retail and OEM
- distribution channels, a proprietary programming tool set, and extensive
- multimedia experience.
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- The series offers two additional products: The Software Toolworks®
- Presents...Space Shuttle and The Software Toolworks® Presents...Capitol Hill.
- All three products provide a multimedia environment to enhance the learning
- experience. The Software Toolworks® Presents...Oceans Below is currently
- shipping on DOS, Windows™, and Macintosh® CD-ROM platforms. A 3DO™ version is
- planned for shipment in mid-October 1993 for the REAL™ 3DO™ Interactive
- Multiplayer™.
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- The Software Toolworks, Inc. develops, publishes, and distributes
- entertainment, edutainment, and reference products on CD-ROM, floppy diskette,
- and cartridge platforms for IBM® and compatibles, Windows™, and Macintosh®,
- 3DO™, Nintendo Entertainment System®, Super Nintendo Entertainment System®,
- Game Boy®, and Sega™ Genesis™ formats.
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- The Software Toolworks is headquartered in Novato, California, with offices in
- Chatsworth CA, Naperville, IL, London, Dusseldorf, Paris, and Castle Hill,
- Australia. The company is listed on NASDAQ under TWRX.
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- All brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
- owners.
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- Inc.. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to selection, performance or
- use of this product. All understandings, agreements and warranties, if any,
- take place directly between the developer and the prospective user.
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