More information
may be found by visiting
http://www. Heller, president of domestic
distribution for Turner., a
Time Warner company, is a major
producer of news and entertainment products around the world and
the leading
provider of programming for the basic cable industry. All other trademarks are the property
of their
respective owners.
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Tickets went on sale on
Sunday, July 31, 2005. Festival information
can be found
at http://www.downloadfestival.
The Atari Flashback 2 game line-up includes more
than 40 games spanning a
variety of 8-bit genres.videotopia colecovision
(TBS, Inc.grandpas zenneth
Turner has
licensed nearly 1,000
games from 17 publishers, including Activision, Atari,
Eidos Interactive, G-Mode, Intellivision Lives
, Midway, Namco, SEGA, TAITO,
Team 17, Ubisoft and Vivendi Universal Games.
"After months of
hard work by more than a hundred programmers, producers
and graphic artists, this is a milestone
for us at Turner -- a chance for
gamers to finally get their hands on GameTap," said Blake Lewin
, GameTap's
inventor and vice president of product development and innovation.
Because games
reside securely on the PC, not across a network, they play
as if they were still on the console or
at the arcade, with fast response
times, 3D effects, and original colors and characters."
Developed by Atari, the Atari Flashback 2 is scheduled to ship in August
for under $30 at retailers
nationwide.com.S.implosion zzap
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billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005., Canada, the United Kingdom
,
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Australia, Scandinavia, Spain and the
Netherlands.
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K.Turner To
Preview GameTap Broadband Entertainment Network at E3
), a Time Warner company. Pricing has
not
been announced.
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Turner's GameTap Previews at U.S. Download Festival
In addition,
Clear
Channel Entertainment Properties specializes in creating custom, high-
impact marketing programs
and special events that provide flexibility for
client budget and timing parameters. More information
about Activision and its products can be found
on the company's World Wide Web site, which is located
at
http://www. or its
affiliates.7800 mekka
The Download Festival will take place near San Francisco
at the Shoreline
Amphitheater on Saturday, October 8, 2005.com ."
About Turner
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.Atari and Activision Ink Licensing Agreement for Atari(R) Flashback
2
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Premier of
the UK's Download Festival will also get their hands on an American original:
Turner
Broadcasting System's GameTap (http://www. LOS ANGELES, Gamers, publishers and the broader
interactive
entertainment industry will get a first look at GameTap, the new
broadband entertainment network
announced late last month by Turner
Broadcasting System, Inc. - Plug-and-Play Retro Console to
Feature Licensed Activision Games -
NEW YORK, Atari, Inc.implosion mekka
S. drew over 80,000 festival-goers
.clearchannel."
Pitfall! was released in 1982 and went on to become one of the all time
favorite
video games with its unique side-scrolling platform game play and
remarkable visual effects, while
River Raid places gamers in the cockpit of a
jet where they must compete against an ever-dwindling
fuel supply in a race to
hit targets and pick up fuel.
About Atari
New York-based
Atari, Inc. The Company's 1,000+ titles include hard-
core, genre-defining games such as DRIV3R
(TM), Enter the Matrix(TM),
Neverwinter Nights(TM), Stuntman(TM), Test Drive(R), Unreal(R) Tournament
2004, and Unreal(R) Championship; and mass-market and children's games such as
Backyard Sports
(TM), Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues(TM) and Dora the Explorer(TM),
Dragon Ball Z(R) and RollerCoaster
Tycoon(R).retrogaming phosphor
Visitors to GameTap's Game Den will be among the first to get their hands
on some
of the games that will be available on GameTap at launch. The company currently owns, operates and
/or exclusively books
approximately 130 live entertainment venues, including more than 100 in North
America and 30 in Europe.
The multi-level vault is divided into "rings" that organize
the collection. Like a premium channel, subscribers will pay a flat monthly fee
for an "all-you
-can-play" experience on up to two household PCs.atari.colecovision videogames
Appearing live at the GameTap Gaming Den, the
network will bring
hundreds of great game titles to broadband-connected PCs. Clear Channel Entertainment
is a division of Clear
Channel Communications, a leading producer and marketer of live entertainment
events, promotes and/or produces over 32,000 events, attended by more than 69
million people.
is a majority-owned
subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext 5257), the
largest
interactive games publisher in Europe. is a leading
worldwide developer, publisher and distributor
of interactive entertainment
and leisure products.gotcha videogames
The network, which will also
feature original
Turner programming, will launch this fall.
Turner to date has licensed nearly 1,000 games from
17 publishers,
including Activision, Atari, Eidos Interactive, G-Mode, Intellivision Lives,
Midway
, Namco, SEGA, TAITO, Team 17, Ubisoft and Vivendi Universal Games."
At its Staples Center meeting
room, Turner will preview its downloadable
proprietary GameTap software, which acts as a gateway
to the GameTap vault.newscom. The Atari Flashback 2 includes two
classic joysticks for multi-player
competition, and vintage controls.
About Activision
Headquartered in Santa Monica
, California, Activision, Inc.megadrive vectrex
Last year's
festival at Donnington Park in the U. "Publishers are
embracing GameTap because we are
giving the kind of longevity to gaming titles now enjoyed by movies
, songs and
books. In addition to home arcade classics such as Missile
Command(TM), Combat(TM
) and Asteroids(TM), the system features innovative new
games from self-taught "homebrew" developers
-- a dedicated fan base of the
8-bit architecture that has kept the original spirit of Atari alive
by
developing original games and sequels to some of their favorite games. Atari, Inc. For more
information, visit
http://www.
Activision maintains operations in the U.gotcha intellivision
gametap.I."
Leaping on to the UK festival calendar in 2003, the Download Festival
premiered with Iron Maiden
, Marilyn Manson, Audioslave, and Zwan. The resources and
reach of Clear Channel Entertainment Properties
have already made them among
the most sought-after partners for business and consumer marketing in
live
entertainment today.chronicled nintendoland
S. "That means
that sponsors have the opportunity to connect brands
with truly meaningful
experiences on multiple platforms for a highly influential audience.
Adds Dave Anderson, Senior Director of Business Development for
Activision, "Pitfall! and River
Raid have long been icons in their respected
genres and we are excited to reintroduce these great
Activision classics via
the Atari Flashback 2.phosphor megadrive
GameTap games at launch will include everything
from Pong, Pac-Man and Tom
Clancy's Splinter Cell, to Sonic and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. Turner
will
demonstrate GameTap at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, in
the Staples Center's Lakers
Conference Room. GameTap supports
navigation and game play using both keyboard and mouse, as well
as most USB
peripherals.
Dennis Quinn, executive vice president of business development for
Turner,
noted that, for the gaming industry, GameTap fills the need for a viable post-
retail
sales channel. (Nasdaq: ATAR)
announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with Activision
, Inc.com.
chronicled vectrex
com) broadband entertainment
network. Headliners will include The
Killers
, Modest Mouse, Doves, H. The first
network of its kind, GameTap allows subscribers to access a large
vault of
games, from the early arcade greats all the way through console games and hit
PC titles
, using a broadband-connected PC.
About Turner
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. "While
we
are still porting games and signing publishers, GameTap is finally in dress
rehearsal, and
we can't wait to see the audience response. Once selected, each title displays an associated
"InfoCard
" that includes directions for playing, control options, and
"cheats," as well as parental controls
(the vault contains "E," "E10+" and "T"
titles, only) and top scores from the GameTap community.
(Photo: http://www.
"The release of the Atari Flashback 2 is perfectly timed to celebrate
the
30th anniversary of Atari's first home game console, PONG and with the
addition of Activision
's two legendary games, Pitfall! and River Raid joining
the lineup, Atari Flashback 2 is poised to
become the definitive retro-gaming
experience available," said Wim Stocks, Executive Vice President
, Sales,
Marketing, Licensing and Distribution for Atari.S. Activision, Pitfall! And River Raid are
registered trademarks of
Activision Publishing, Inc.scorekeeper vectrex
About Clear Channel Entertainment
Properties
Clear Channel Entertainment Properties, a division of Clear Channel
Entertainment
, markets the organization's vast network of assets -- venues;
music, motor sports, action sports
, and theatrical properties; exclusive
special events, exhibitions, and Emmy(R) award-winning television
production
services -- to corporations seeking unique brand positioning.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050712
/NYTU044)
The follow-up to the holiday 2004 hit, Atari(R) Flashback Classic Game
Console, which
shipped more than 550,000 units to retail, Atari Flashback 2 is
modeled after the pioneering Atari
2600 console and features the same wood
grain paneling that inspired a generation. "Moving forward
, we hope to
license additional best-selling classics from other publishers for inclusion
on future
Atari Flashback products.A collection of materials related to the history of video games.
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Download Music
Festival; GameTap
On Hand for Thousands of Concert-Goers to Access
ATLANTA
, Music fans attending the U.
GameTap will launch with 300 games, from Pong, Pac-Man and Tom Clancy
's
Splinter Cell, to Sonic and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2.
(Nasdaq: ATVI) to include two of their
classic video game hits, Pitfall!(R)
and River Raid(R) in Atari's forthcoming Atari(R) Flashback
2.grandpas pacman
and Arcade Fire. Services include advertising, strategic
marketing and content development, national
and local sales programs, product
and service launches, and television/broadcast programming." Delivered
via streaming video, the programming "will
celebrate games in the same way that Cartoon Network celebrates
animation and
TCM celebrates classic films," said Andrew T. (Nasdaq: ATAR) develops interactive games
for
all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive
entertainment
software in the U.zenneth pacman
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Turner will also preview its original programming now under development
for GameTap.grandpas snes
"The Download Festival audience is uniquely plugged in to the latest
technology
, and uniquely passionate about the music they love," said Bruce
Eskowitz, President of Clear Channel
Entertainment Properties., a Time Warner company, is a major
producer of news and entertainment products
around the world and the leading
provider of programming for the basic cable industry.
Rings include
"hot picks" and user favorites, as well as games organized by
genre and platform. Founded in 1979
, Activision posted net revenues of $1.activision.oilzine scorekeeper
GameTap is Presenting Sponsor of First U. GameTap
will be the
presenting sponsor of the festival, a blend of music and technology that is
making
its only stateside appearance this October.com.
The first network of its kind, GameTap allows
subscribers to access a
large vault of games, from the early arcades all the way through console
games
and PC titles, using a broadband-connected PC. The streaming video content is expected to
include an all-
GameTap mix of short segments, advertisements, interviews, celebrity features,
and
"game trailers. "While a film can go from theater to premium channel,
from DVD to Turner Classic
Movies, games -- even great ones -- have had a much
shorter lifespan," he said. The
plug-and
-play system requires no batteries and fits into the A/V jacks of any
standard television set.
ATARI, the ATARI logo, and classic Atari game titles and logos are
trademarks or registered
trademarks of Atari Interactive, Inc.spong zenneth
New titles and
programming will be added each week. Celebrating
the 30th anniversary of Atari's first home game console, PONG, Atari Flashback
2 features more
than 40 classic games, including arcade classics, previously
unreleased titles from the Atari vault
and rare homebrew games created by fans
and supporters of Atari's early console models. The
Atari
Flashback 2 also feature prototypes of previously unreleased games that
have been taken from the
2600 vault, including unreleased games such as
Aquaventure and Combat 2.pacman halcyon
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