For immediate release
Contact Keita Iida, John Hardie and Sean Kelly
info@cgexpo.com
408-983-0953, 516-568-9768
http://www.cgexpo.com
NEW PRODUCTS TO BE UNVEILED
AT
CLASSIC GAMING EXPO '99
August 10, 1999
VALLEY STREAM, NY -- World premieres, exclusive products and
sneak previews will be in abundance at Classic Gaming Expo
'99(tm). The event will be held in the heart of downtown Las
Vegas on Saturday and Sunday, August 14 and 15 at Jackie
Gaughan's Plaza Hotel.
"The diversity of products that will be debuted at the
event is mind boggling," commented Keita Iida,
co-promoter of Classic Gaming Expo '99. "This is
the only show where attendees can witness new games for the
Atari 2600, Game Boy Color and PlayStation, all under one
roof."
Leading interactive games publisher, Hasbro Interactive,
will demonstrate upcoming Atari titles for PlayStation and
PC. Among the playable demos expected to be showcased
at CGE'99 include modern remakes of "Pong",
"Missile Command" and "Q*Bert".
Hasbro also plans to stage a Pong tournament and prizes will
be available to the victors.
Telegames, the renowned publisher of video games across all
major platforms, will be offering a "souped-up"
version of the Atari 2600 classic "Yars' Revenge"
for Game Boy Color for sale for the very first time.
The Texas-based company also plans to launch "Hyperdrome"
for the Atari Lynx color handheld machine at the
event. Additionally, by popular demand, Telegames has
manufactured a limited new run of "Iron Soldier
II" and "Worms" for the Atari Jaguar that
will be offered for sale at CGE'99.
In addition to having its recently released "Intellivision
Lives" compilation for the PC, Intellivision
Productions will be demonstrating several unreleased and
unfinished games which were developed at Mattel Electronics
in the early 1980s. Due to licensing restrictions, the games
were not included in the "Intellivision Lives!"
CD-ROM, but they will be set up for everyone to try out and
play. Among the notable titles include Adventures of
"Tron", "Rocky & Bullwinkle" and
"Yogi's Adventure" for Intellivision. Also shown
will be "Anteater" and "Masters of the
Universe: The Power of He-Man" for the Atari 2600.
CGE'99 will also mark the world premiere Of new Atari 2600
games. Two new cartridges, "Merlin's Walls"
and "Pesco", make their worldwide debut and will
be on sale at the event. A special limited run of
cartridges for each game will have color cartridge labels
and a professional color box -- sold exclusively at the
show. (At last year's event, Ebivision's special edition of
"Alfred Challenge" reportedly sold out in less
than two hours.)
Atari Lynx and Jaguar publisher Songbird Productions plans
to unveil several new games at the event. The
Minnesota-based company will be exhibiting its upcoming
Jaguar titles "Protector" and "Skyhammer,"
along with "Lexis" and "Crystal Mines II:
Lost Caverns" for the Atari Lynx. The latter two
cartridges, including the recently introduced "Ponx",
will be on sale.
CGE'99 attendees will witness the introduction of two video
documentaries, "Stella At 20: An Atari 2600
Retrospective" by Cyberpunks Entertainment and
"Once Upon Atari" by HSW Productions.
Produced by Glenn Saunders, Stella At 20 consists of
interviews with the founders of Atari, its original
engineers and famous programmers who gathered together to
look back on the system that transformed the home videogame
industry. In addition to the video, Cyberpunks plans
to re-issue an updated version of its successful
"Stella Gets A New Brain" CD for Windows, a
complete compilation of Starpath Supercharger (a 2600
add-on) at CGE'99.
"Once Upon Atari," a series of video documentaries
which chronicles the exploits, intrigues and atmosphere of
Atari in the early days of videogames, was produced by famed
Atari 2600 designer Howard Scott Warshaw. Production
of the second episode of the video was recently completed
and will be available for sale. (The first edition was
featured on PBS and will also be on hand at the event.)
CGE Services Corp. has entered into a 5-year exclusive deal
with McGraw-Hill to reprint the long sought-after book
"Zap! -- The Rise And Fall Of Atari." The
reprint will be premiered at CGE'99 and will be offered to
attendees at a discounted price.
Conceived and coordinated by three of the individuals
responsible for organizing last year's highly successful
"World of Atari" show, Classic Gaming Expo(tm) is
the industry's only annual event that is dedicated to
celebrating the roots of electronic entertainment, bringing
together industry pioneers, gaming enthusiasts and the media
for the ultimate in learning, game-playing and networking.
Classic Gaming Expo(tm) is a production of CGE Services,
Corp. (www.cgexpo.com)
Tradenames used are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their owning companies.
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Classic Gaming Expo Staff
info@cgexpo.com
http://www.cgexpo.com
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INTELLIVISION LIVES! AGAIN
Those wild and crazy Blue Sky Rangers are at it again!
Come see what they have up their sleeves at this year's
Classic Gaming Expo!
In addition to their charming personalities and lots of
guaranteed laughs, this is what you'll find in the
Intellivision Productions booth:
- Take a walk down memory lane and play PREVIOUSLY
UNRELEASED games for Intellivision, Atari and
Colecovision -- on the original console systems!
- PREVIEW Intellivision Lives! Vol. 2. This
beta version of the second CD-ROM, which features
30 Intellivison games produced by Imagic and
Activision, will be available for your viewing
pleasure.
- Ever want to play Intellivision games on a Sony
PlayStation" game console? Well now is
your chance to PREVIEW Activision's Intellivision
Classics for the PlayStation, which features 30 of
your favorite Intellivison games.
- And of course, we'll have Intellivision Lives! Vol.
1 for those of you who have been in a cave and
have yet to see the original interactive CD-ROM
that is full of games and industry history.
1999 Classic Gaming Expo
The Plaza Hotel
Las Vegas
August 14-15, 1999
Intellivision Productions, Inc.
www.intellivisionlives.com
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