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E3Expo/NewKidCo and Warner Bros. To Bring TINY TOON ADVENTURES to PlayStation
Buster & The Beanstalk PlayStation Game Offers Fast-Paced Family Fun
ATLANTA--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--May 29, 1998--NewKidCo, LLC, a New York-based kids video game publisher, majority-owned by Alpha Software (a division of SoftQuad International, NASDAQ:SWEBF), announced today at E3 Expo Buster & The Beanstalk, a new PlayStation game for kids and families featuring characters from the
award-winning TINY TOON ADVENTURES cartoon series. The television series is one of the highest rated children's shows on Nickelodeon.
The Buster & The Beanstalk game will feature characters Buster Bunny, Plucky Duck, Babs and Elmyra in a whimsical scavenger hunt, spun from the classic Jack and The
Beanstalk tale. This wacky quest takes kids on an exciting adventure to find three magical keys that open the giant's great castle doors. Going up the beanstalk is no easy feat,
however, as the obnoxious Elmyra tries to send Buster and friends tumbling down before they can save the Magical-Flying-Harp and capture the Bag-of-Gold.
''For the first time, young children will be able to use the PlayStation game console to interact with their favorite Tiny Toons characters in a fast-paced game scaled to their age
group,'' said Hank Kaplan, NewKidCo's President. ''With Buster & The Beanstalk, parents can feel secure purchasing a PlayStation product that's appropriate for even their
youngest kids, and that the whole family will enjoy.''
Buster & The Beanstalk will be published by NewKidCo in cooperation with Warner Bros., and will be available in October wherever video games are sold, including toy
superstores, mass merchandisers, software specialty retailers and other retail outlets.
About Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Worldwide publishing house both Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Kids' WBI Music. Warner Bros. Interactive entertainment (WBIE) licenses Warner
Bros. Properties for the development of interactive programming for stand-alone software, online and interactive television. Kids' WB! Music, in partnership with Kid Rhino
Records, produces quality children's audio product including book-on-tape, sing-along books and compact discs featuring some of Warner Bros. Hottest animated starts. Warner
Bros. Worldwide Publishing is an operating unit o Warner Bros. Consumer Products, a division of time Warner Entertainment company, L.P.
About Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.
Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. distributes and markets the PlayStation game console in North America, develops and published software for the PlayStation game
console, and manages the U.S. and third party licensing program. Based in Foster City, Calif., Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony
Computer Entertainment Inc.
About NewKidCo
NewKidCo, L.L.C, is a New York-based kids video game publisher, majority-owned by Alpha Software (a division of SoftQuad International, NASDAQ:SWEBF). Founded by
industry veterans Henry A. Kaplan and Jonathan D. Harber, the company publishes next generation video games for the next generation of video gamers. NewKidCo seeks to
secure top children's licenses and to create products with the exciting look and feel of popular video games for older players.
About Alpha Software
Alpha Software Corporation (Alpha, Alpha Software), based in Burlington, Mass., and SoftQuad Inc. (SoftQuad), based in Toronto, Canada, are wholly-owned operating
companies of SoftQuad International Inc. Expanding on its tradition of providing solution-based software, Alpha Software Corporation publishes a diverse array of leading products
in the utility, business and consumer software categories. These products are sold nationwide through the retail channel. SoftQuad International Inc.'s European operations are based
in London. SoftQuad's press material can be accessed at softquadintl.com.
Note to Editors: Sesame Street is a registered trademark of Children's Television Workshop. PlayStation is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. All other
names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
TINY TOONS ADVENTURES, LOONEY TOONS, characters, names, and all related indicia are trademarks of Warner Bros. 1998. PlayStation is a registered trademark of the
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. NewKidCo is a trademark of NewKidCo, LLC All other names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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