Tetris Available for Palm:
Now Available -- the Official Tetris Game for the Palm OS Platform
NOVATO, Calif., Sep 5, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
New Pocket Express Entertainment Pack
Includes Tetris Classic, Lode Runner: The Legend Returns
and Other All-Time Favorite Games
Pocket Express(TM) announced today the release of its first product: Pocket Express Entertainment Pack(TM). The collection of engaging games features Tetris Classic(TM) by Pocket Express, the first and only official Tetris(R) game for the Palm OS(R) platform. Touted as the world's most popular video game, Tetris has over 50 million users worldwide. The game has been an enduring hit across many platforms ever since it debuted on the personal computer in the early 1980s. Pocket Express is proud to give Palm(TM) handheld owners everywhere the chance to get re-acquainted with this deceptively simple, yet completely addictive game.
The entertainment pack also includes the first and only official Palm OS version of another best-selling computer entertainment brand, Lode Runner(TM). Fans of the well-loved original Lode Runner will be reunited with Jake Peril as he hunts for gold in Lode Runner: The Legend Returns(TM) by Pocket Express. The entertainment pack also includes PocketChess(TM) by Pocket Express, the popular Palm OS chess game that won Ziff-Davis' 1999 "PalmPilot Software Game of the Year" award. Rounding out the collection are Pocket Express Blackjack(TM), Pocket Express PokerDice(TM), and, as a free bonus, a selection of three solitaire games from smallWare.
To capitalize on the growing market for professionally developed software for devices such as the Palm handheld by Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM chart, msgs), Pocket Express licensed the rights to Tetris and Lode Runner, two of the best-selling entertainment brands of all time. "Now Tetris and Lode Runner fans with Palm handhelds finally have high-quality, authentic versions of these classic games," said Pocket Express CEO Alma Rodoni. "We're excited to bring these all-time favorite games to a market that now counts some seven million users."
For $29.99, consumers can purchase an electronic download version of Pocket Express Entertainment Pack at Palm Gear H.Q., an online store and archive of software for the Palm OS platform located at www.palmgear.com. The product works on handheld devices with Palm OS 3.0 and above. Pocket Express Entertainment Pack carries a 30-day money-back guarantee. Pocket Express will post the software to other popular download sites in the coming days. Consumers can also expect to see a packaged version of Pocket Express Entertainment Pack available on CD-ROM in select retail outlets this fall.
With something for everyone, Pocket Express Entertainment Pack makes a perfect gift for any handheld device owner:
-- Authentic in every way, Tetris Classic by Pocket Express is
the perfect puzzle game. Players position falling shapes
called Tetraminoes across the bottom of a pit. When an entire
line fills with blocks, it clears from the screen and the
player earns points. Any unfilled lines will not clear from
the screen, and the Tetraminoes will stack up higher and
higher. But if the player keeps clearing lines, game play
continues at a faster and faster pace with more and more
points earned for cleared lines.
-- In Lode Runner: The Legend Returns by Pocket Express, players
navigate a gold miner through a series of 150 levels, each
level having its own unique maze of ladders. The object of the
game is to collect gold treasure while avoiding enemies and
dead ends. To add to the challenge, users can design their own
new levels for endless fun.
-- PocketChess by Pocket Express offers 8 levels of difficulty,
providing appropriate game play for players of any skill
level. The game also offers animated piece movement, choice of
board size and direction, a hint feature, and undo command, a
switch sides command, and a built in 80-game opening move
library.
-- If you combine good planning with a little luck while you play
Pocket Express PokerDice, odds are you'll fall in love with
this variation on the age-old game of poker dice. Players
build a collection of different poker hands using dice
combinations. The faces of PokerDice's special electronic
"dice" are marked with playing cards.
-- Pocket Express Blackjack gives you the fun and excitement of
playing this casino favorite without risking your hard-earned
money. The game features most major casino rules, including
splits, multiple decks, doubling down, insurance, and dealer
hitting on soft 17.
-- No game collection could be complete without solitaire -- the
game appreciated the world over as a great cure for boredom.
Thanks to the folks at smallWare, Pocket Express Entertainment
Pack includes Solitaire Free with its three versions of
solitaire, Klondike, Demon and Baker's Game.
About Pocket Express, Inc.
Founded in January 2000, Pocket Express develops high-quality software applications for mobile users and their multi-device environments. Pocket Express brings extensive experience in software development, marketing and sales to this arena. Pocket Express recognizes that today's user has a computing universe that includes PCs, the Internet, handheld devices such as the Palm handheld, the Pocket PC(R), WAP-enabled cell phones and more. In addition to entertainment licenses, the Company's internal development is focused on products that provide rich functionality on multiple devices, offering sophisticated solutions for synching and sharing information. Additional products will provide customers with the functionality and content they need, whenever and wherever they need it. Pocket Express, a privately held company, is based in Novato, California. Visit www.pocketexpress.com for more information on the company and its products.
Note to Editors: Pocket Express, Pocket Express Entertainment Pack, Pocket Express PokerDice and Pocket Express Blackjack are trademarks of Pocket Express, Inc. PocketChess is a trademark of Tinyware, Inc. Palm OS is a registered trademark, and Palm is a trademark, of Palm, Inc. Tetris(R);(c)Elorg 1987. Tetris Classic(TM);(c)Elorg 1998, 2000. Tetris Logo by Roger Dean WWW.TETRIS.COM Lode Runner is a trademark licensed exclusively to Douglas E.Smith.
Contact:
Pocket Express
Courtney Corda, 925/736-5757
Courtney@pocketexpress.com
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