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GLEN COVE, NY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 1999--
This April Latest Edition Of Popular Puzzle Game
Provides Hours of Addicting Gameplay
Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKLM.O), a worldwide
interactive entertainment company, today announced the upcoming April
release of Bust-A-Move '99 for the N64 and PlayStation. A
well-established brand in the popular puzzle game category,
Bust-A-Move '99 is the latest addition to the premier puzzle series
that features intense multiplayer action and all new levels and
characters.
"For the first time ever, Bust-A-Move fans can experience
four-player action on the N64. Players can also enjoy more of
everything they like about the series - more gameplay, more levels,
and the ability to create your own puzzles," said Christina Recchio,
assistant product manager at Acclaim Entertainment. "Kids of all ages
will enjoy hours of Bust-A-Move '99's unrivaled, puzzle excitement."
In Bust-A-Move '99, players must free eight characters trapped in
Bubble World by a mysterious spell cast by Dunk, Bubble World's
magical master. The only way to free Dunk's victims is by battling
brain-busting boards of bubbles.
Bust-A-Move '99 features all new graphics, new bubbles, and
obstructive blocks. The N64 version offers four-player head-to-head
competition and rumble pack support. Both the N64 and PlayStation
games feature several different modes to test out players skills
including: Challenge, CPU, Edit, Win Contest, Collection and
Head-to-Head Modes. Bust-A-Move '99's Edit Mode allows players to
create their own puzzles and save them to a memory card, and the
Challenge mode evaluates gamers' play. The Collection mode provides
access to over 1,000 of the best Bust-A-Move puzzles ever created.
Bust-A-Move '99 will be supported by a national print campaign in all
the gaming publications, as well as a major online and consumer
promotion campaign.
Acclaim Entertainment Background Information
Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer,
publisher and mass marketer of software for use with interactive
entertainment platforms including Nintendo, Sony and Sega hardware
systems, and PCs. Acclaim owns and operates four studios located in
the United States and the United Kingdom, and publishes and
distributes its software directly in North America, the United
Kingdom, Germany, France and Australia. Acclaim also distributes
entertainment software for other publishers worldwide, and publishes
comic books and software strategy guides. Acclaim's company objectives
are to produce high quality interactive entertainment software, build
and maintain brands, and build shareholder value. Acclaim's
headquarters are in Glen Cove, New York and Acclaim's common stock is
publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol AKLM. For more information
please visit our website at www.acclaim.net.
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CONTACT: Acclaim Entertainment
Michelle Seebach
516/656-2273 or
mseebach@acclaim.net
KEYWORD: NEW YORK
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENTERTAINMENT INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET
COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED
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