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MAJESCO SPREADS ‘BOXING FEVER’ TO GAME BOY ADVANCE

Innovative, Arcade-Style Boxing Game Hits Store Shelves Today

EDISON, NJ, October 15, 2001 – Unleashing its first sports title as part of its ongoing publishing expansion, Majesco, Inc, announced today that its action-packed title for the Game Boy Advance, Boxing Fever, has been shipped and is available now at retail outlets nationwide. Developed by Montreal-based Digital Fiction, Boxing Fever is set to deliver an outrageously unique boxing experience for up to two players.

"Boxing Fever heightens player immersion by incorporating the largest full-color characters ever seen on the Game Boy Advance," said Joseph Sutton, Executive Vice President for Majesco, Inc. "The unique first person perspective, seen through the eyes of the boxer, combines a stylish cartoon look and feel with humor and strategy to create a fast-paced action game that will appeal to gamers of all ages."

Features Include:

Lightning-fast boxing action from a first-person perspective;

Innovative game play mechanics require combination of strategy and skill;

Single or multiplayer game play utilizing Game Boy Advance link cable;

Bonus game modes including training with special robot trainer, as well as Survival;

Compete for five different championships within five difficulty levels;

Proprietary full-screen character animation technology optimized for Game Boy Advance screen;

Eight regular boxers and two hidden bosses, each with special punch combos;

10 unique personalities with challenging AI’s and character attributes;

Three different looks for each character;

Players can trade character skins with password sharing feature

Password enabled ‘start anywhere’ feature adds to re-playability;

Special effects convey motion and emotion;

Extensive music, sound effects, and narrative;

About Majesco

Founded in 1986 and based in Edison, NJ, Majesco, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products for a variety of gaming platforms, including Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony Computer Entertainment and Sega hardware systems. Established as one of the premier publishers for Nintendo’s Game BoyÒ Advance handheld system, Majesco is releasing 10 titles for the platform in 2001. Majesco’s internal development studio, Pipedream Interactive, released the best-selling title, Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear for the Sega Dreamcast™ and is currently developing Soldier of Fortune and Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force for the PlayStationÒ2 computer entertainment system and several additional next generation titles due for release in 2002. Majesco, Inc and Pipedream Interactive can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.majescosales.com/. 

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