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[12/16/02]
TSUNAMI VISUAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF AIR RAID - This Is Not A Drill! "
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - December 16, 2002, Fremont, California. Tsunami Visual Technologies, Inc. today announced the release of Air Raid - This Is Not A Drill! ™, their newest game title for the TsuMo" multi-game motion system.
Licensed from Made By KIDDIES, Inc., and adapted for coin-op play by Made By KIDDIES, Inc., and Tsunami Visual Technologies, Inc., Air Raid - This Is Not A Drill! " debuted at IAAPA 2002 in Orlando to an overwhelming response that had attendees lining up to play throughout the four-day event. Initial testing has proven that Air Raid is a hit with the players and another #1 title in Tsunami's growing list of top arcade games.
Air Raid - This Is Not A Drill! " puts you right in the middle of a realistic air and sea battle. Your adrenaline will be pumping when you feel the awesome firepower of your anti-aircraft gun while countless waves of planes, ships and submarines try to send you to a watery grave. You soon realize that your ultimate mission is just to survive!
"When I first saw Air Raid, I knew that it would make a great arcade game, especially when teamed with the TsuMo™ motion system," said Brian Duke, VP of Sales and Marketing for Tsunami Visual Technologies Inc. "It is another example of a great game being made even better by allowing players to experience everything they see happening on the screen. For a game with such depth, it is surprisingly simple to play and simple to understand. When combined with the motion of TsuMo™, it creates entertainment that you simply cannot get at home. While Air Raid carries a yellow label rating, the action is more intense than any other game and makes a person feel like they are in the middle of all the bone-jarring action. It is definitely a game that will be acceptable in any location and appeals to the same players that made our Beach Head 2000 and Beach Head 2000 Special Edition a #1 hit."
"Our partnership with Tsunami reflects the perfect amalgamation between software and hardware technology," said Christopher Lee Executive Producer for Made By KIDDIES, Inc. "Even though Air Raid was not developed particularly with TsuMo™ in mind, it turned out that it was the ideal fit for it. This symbiosis enhances not only the game play, but also the actual experience of playing Air Raid. Compared to similar arcade platforms, the players are engaged to such extreme that they transcend beyond the limitations of the screen. Made By KIDDIES, Inc., is excited to join Tsunami Visual Technologies, Inc., in its continued effort to bring unique and addictive products to the coin-up market, and we are confident that this is not the last time the arcade industry will hear of our successful collaboration."
Air Raid is also the first video game ever to incorporate Crazy Talk" into the game play. Developed by Reallusion Inc. of San Jose, CA for use on home PC's, Crazy Talk™ allows any picture or photo to be animated and actually speak to players. Now, instead of using written onscreen instructions (which are seldom read by players) to explain game controls and objectives in Air Raid, Crazy Talk™ brings Naval Commanders to life who verbally pass important hints and information on to players in a highly entertaining and unique approach.
Air Raid is now available for purchase in dedicated TsuMo units or as a low-cost software upgrade for existing units through any authorized Tsunami distributor. For more information or the name of an authorized distributor near you, please contact Tsunami Visual Technologies, Inc at 510-661-9588 or visit our website at
www.tsunamivisual.com.
About Made By KIDDIES, Inc.
Made By KIDDIES, Inc., develops interactive entertainment software worldwide for a variety of platforms, such as PC, CD-ROM, next generation consoles, coin-op, wireless devices and PDA. For further information about Made By KIDDIES, Inc., please visit their web site at www.madebykiddies.com or contact
Andreea Buhoiu at (213) 383-4448.
About Reallusion, Inc.
Reallusion is a U.S. software company whose patented technologies allow a new level of involvement to be achieved in applications, presentations, web sites, and in e-mail messages through the use of 'emotionalized animations'. Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, Reallusion can be reached by phone at (408) 350-1693 and maintains offices in San Jose, Denver and Taipei. For further information, please contact Randy Duke at randy@reallusion.com.
About Tsunami Visual Technologies, Inc.
Tsunami Visual Technologies, Inc. is a leading motion simulation manufacturer in the coin-op amusement industry. Tsunami Visual Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1997 with corporate headquarters in Fremont,California. Tsunami¹s products include TsuMo™ (TsunamiMotion),
a fully interactive motion-based multi-game system. For further information about Tsunami
please visit www.tsunamivisual.com or call (510) 661-9588.
Contact: Laura Wilson Consoli, Marketing Manager
laura@tsunamivisual.com
CONTACT: Made by KIDDIES, Los Angeles
Andreea Buhoiu, Director of Business Development
213/383-4448
andreea@madebykiddies.com
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