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- From: bsalter@acorn.co.uk
- Subject: Acorn at Gamesmaster Live Show
- Date: 25 Nov 92 17:18:54 GMT
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- Acorn's Seriously Bad Debut at Gamesmaster Live
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- Acorn Computers' Seriously Bad Christmas tour is to make its debut at the
- Gamesmaster Live Show to be held at the Birmingham NEC from 4th to 6th
- December.
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- Acorn will have a significant presence at the show which is a live version
- of Channel 4's popular computer games programme. Parked in the middle of
- the stand will be Acorn's Seriously Bad exhibition trailer surrounded by a
- large games arcade running many of the 250-plus games currently available
- for the Acorn Archimedes range of computers.
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- A particular feature of the show will be the Quest for Gold Challenge. Based
- on the successful track and field simulation game, contestants will be able
- to test their athletic prowess not only against each other, but also against
- leading members of the British athletics squad. The game is based on a real
- life athletics training programme as devised by the Chafford Hundred group
- of athletes under the direction of Fatima Whitbread. Indeed many of the top
- British athletes such as Linford Christie, Sally Gunnell, Steve Backley,
- Dalton Grant and Colin Jackson have been intimately involved with the game
- since its inception.
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- Acorn's fully 32-bit RISC processors display such powerful speed and
- graphics that games take on a totally new dimension. Acorn computers -
- which are now found in nine out every ten schools in the UK - make the ideal
- machine for use in the home environment. Not only can they run some of the
- best games, but they can be put to a wide range of other uses such as word
- processing, drawing, music, business packages and much else besides.
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- Recognising that some parents may feel somewhat intimidated by the plethora
- of shoot-em-ups and simulations on show at the NEC, Acorn is coming to their
- rescue by providing a "safe haven" in the parents' creche. Here they can
- discover the wider benefits of owning a home computer and will be treated to
- demonstrations in an oasis of peace and quiet whilst the world blows up
- around them.
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- Commenting on Acorn's presence at Gamesmaster Live, Acorn's Consumer
- Marketing Manager, Simon Lovesey said "We believe our presence at this show
- will improve the credibility of our computers amongst the games playing
- fraternity and open their eyes to the other features that should be
- available to home computer users."
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