For Immediate Release

Contact: Jeff Vogel

Phone: (206) 789-4438

Avernum

An Epic Fantasy Role-Playing Game for Windows

You have been banished to the underworld, never to see the light of day

again.

You have been cast down into the dark, volcanic pits of Avernum, filled with

foul monsters, constant warfare, and thousands and thousands of your fellow

prisoners. This is your punishment for not fitting in, for speaking out

against the powers that be, for being an inconvenience to the government of

the cruel Emperor Hawthorne. You have been sentenced to life imprisonment in

the caverns, eventually to die there, forgotten and unmourned.

But you need not accept your fate. There are those who wish to struggle

against this injustice, who wish to return to the surface world and to fight

against tyranny. But first, they need a hero, they need inspiration, and,

most of all, they need someone who can find an escape route. Can you help

them?

Will you be the first person to escape from Avernum?

Avernum is a classic fantasy role-playing game, designed for anyone who

longs for an epic quest, enjoys a fascinating tale, or misses the classic

days of Ultima and Wizardry. It features 3-D graphics, 80 towns and dungeon

levels, an enormous outdoors, and a fascinating storyline.

Avernum is from Spiderweb Software, makers of Nethergate and the

award-winning Exile series. It requires either a PC or 100% compatible

running Windows 95/98/NT/2000. Minimum system requirements: 12 MB free RAM,

20 MB hard drive space, 800x600 screen resolution. Highly Recommended: 16

bit color, 120 MhZ Processor. Avernum is $25.

Screenshots and a demo are now available at http://www.avernum.com.

Contact: Spiderweb Software, Inc.,

PO Box 85659

Seattle, WA 98145

E-Mail/Phone: Spidweb@spidweb.com, (206) 789-4438

FAX: (206) 789-6016

WWW: http://www.spidweb.com

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Press kit and fully registered copy available upon request.

- Jeff Vogel

Spiderweb Software, Inc.

http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com