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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)

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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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