Pirate Hunter Goes Gold

Caribbean the setting for combat/adventure game

Los Angeles, CA - September 24, 2003 - Encore, a majority-owned subsidiary of Navarre Corporation (NASDAQ: NAVR), today announced that Pirate Hunter has gone gold.

The high seas of the Caribbean during the 16th and 17th centuries is the setting for Pirate Hunter, a combat adventure where players plunder and loot ships, invade towns, capture buccaneers and defeat infamous pirates. Players can also increase their wealth by trading goods between cities and delivering on missions. The goal is to gain money to increase their fleet and ultimately become rich enough to become Governor.

Features of the game include

• 16 fully detailed scenarios with open-ended options

• Real-time 3-D effects -- for example, during sea battles, ships sway on the waves and damage is shown instantly

• 5 levels of difficulty, defined by the nation and time period

• 4 nations (England, Spain, France and the Netherlands) and 4 period settings

• Vast, detailed game world spanning 60 towns across the islands of the Caribbean

• Missions range from shipwreck and rescue to hunting pirates and attacking towns

• 12 different ship types, from the smaller sloop to the mighty Ship of the Line

• Extra game options to unlock as players progress

• Quick Game Start and Tutorial for novice pirates

Price: Approximately $30

Platform:PC

Genre: Action adventure/life simulation

Expected ESRB Rating: Everyone

System Requirements:PentiumT III 900 MHZ or higher, Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP, 128 MB RAM, 500 MB hard disk space, 4x CD-ROM drive, 32MB Direct 3D compatible, 3D Accelerated graphics card, Windows®-compatible sound card, DirectX® 8.1

About Encore
Encore, a majority-owned subsidiary of Navarre Corporation (NASDAQ: NAVR), is a leading interactive publisher in the PC CD-ROM and videogame markets. The company will release close to a dozen new entertainment titles in the coming months through licensing or publishing agreements with Marvel (DaredevilT), JoWooD Productions (Silent Storm, Spellforce and Soldner among others), Lost Toys (Battle Engine Aquila), Ascaron (Pirate Hunter and Patrician III) and Victory Simulations (Redline: Xtreme Air Racing 2). The company also offers PC titles or compilations in nearly every major software category from business and productivity to education and kids, including brand names such as Sesame StreetT, Advantage and SafeworldT.

About Ascaron
Ascaron Entertainment GmbH, a privately owned developer and publisher based in northern Germany, has been developing entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms since its inception in 1991. The company's senior management team has over 100 years of games industry experience, and all are avid gamers. Ascaron is focused on delivering high-end RTS, Simulation and Action games for PC's that will entertain the more discerning consumer with many hours of in-depth game play. Previous successes include The Patrician (1992), Elizabeth I (1996), the Anstoss football management brand (throughout the 1990s), and Port Royale (2002)