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CONTACT
Michelle
Stephens
425-649-9800
ext. 5189
[email protected]
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Give
Mom Something That Is All Play and No Work
Addictive
games from Hoyle(r), 3-D Ultra(tm) and YOU DON’T KNOW JACK(r)
make perfect gifts for Mother’s Day
BELLEVUE,
WA (April 18, 2000) -Entertaining games allow Mom to have all the
fun she deserves with easy-to-play addictive games that will transport her
back to the lazy days of yesteryear. Sierra Attractions(tm) (www.sierra.com/attractions)
offers something for every unique mom, including
Hoyle(r) Solitaire and Mahjong Tiles and Hoyle Crosswords and Sierra(tm)
Arcade Pack filled with 14 zany games featuring characters from the
original After Dark(r) screensavers, and mind-bending trivia from YOU DON’T
KNOW JACK(r) Louder! Faster! Funnier!.
Hoyle
Solitaire and Mahjong Tiles
Hoyle
Solitaire and Mahjong Tiles offers new and endless variations of these
classic and popular games. Hoyle Solitaire and Mahjong Tiles features
50 different solitaire card games including 22 new variations. Players
can fine-tune skills playing single-deck classics such as Klondike and
Pyramid, new double-deck games such as Forty Thieves and Spider and
new video arcade-style games such as Fast 21 and 3 Towers. This
new version of classic mahjong tiles offers traditional Mahjong Tiles games
and two new mahjong variations. In Memory Tiles, players compete
to find matching pairs in the lowest number of turns. The second new
variation, Gravity Tiles, challenges players to remove matched sets of tiles
from columns. Twenty new tile layouts for classic Mahjong tiles have been
added for a total of over 60 layouts in the game. Players can save and
restore games, play with or without the CD and play head-to-head with others.
Hoyle Solitaire and Mahjong Tiles are available on CD-ROM for Windows(r)
and Macintosh(r), $19.95 MSRP.
Hoyle
Crosswords
Hoyle
Crosswords features 500 puzzles that will challenge crossword fans. The
game offers hints for tricky words, as well as options to save and play
later or print puzzles to play the old fashioned
way with a pencil. Hoyle Crosswords
features the Webster’s New World(r) College Dictionary, Fourth
Edition so players can search for words and definitions. Customizable
player preferences such as skill level, backgrounds and music
enhance the gameplay experience. Hoyle Crosswords can be played
alone or with others over the Internet or on one computer. Hoyle Crosswords
is available on CD-ROM for Windows and Macintosh, $19.95 MSRP.
Sierra(tm)
Arcade Pack
Sierra
Arcade Pack offers a compilation of the classic After Dark Games and
three award-winning 3-D Ultra(tm) favorites. This fun family pack includes
After Dark Games, a collection of 11 arcade, puzzle, word, trivia and
card games. Also included are the original 3-D Ultra MiniGolf featuring
18 imaginative holes, the original 3-D Ultra Pinball set in the vast reaches
of the space and the dino-thrashing adventures of 3-D Ultra Pinball:
The Lost Continent(tm). Sierra Arcade Pack is available on CD-ROM
for Windows, $29.95 MSRP.
YOU
DON’T KNOW JACK Louder! Faster! Funnier!
YOU
DON’T KNOW JACK Louder! Faster! Funnier! includes 1,000 questions
in a new episodic format: dozens of individual games, each asking
15 twisted trivia questions. Most of the episodes are theme-related, such
as the popular "ALL-NUDE" episode." YOU DON’T KNOW JACK Louder!
Faster! Funnier! also showcases a new specialty question type called
"Wendithap’n" and new "Pissed-About-a-Question" questions
inspired by actual player feedback. Fast-paced,
hip and hilarious, YOU DON’T KNOW JACK
Louder! Faster! Funnier! is perfect for one to three players
or teams. YOU DON’T KNOW JACK Louder! Faster! Funnier! is available
as a Macintosh and Windows 95/98 compatible CD-ROM for $29.95
MSRP.
Sierra
Attractions(tm) (http://www.sierra.com/attractions/) brings together industry-leading
development teams from Sierra On-Line, Berkeley Systems(tm),
Jellyvision(r) and Dynamix(r) to create high-quality and award-winning
PC, Macintosh and console games. Sierra Attractions’ "All
Play
No Work(tm)" promise ensures fun, interactive and exciting content in
every product. The Sierra Attractions brand
includes 3-D Ultra(tm) arcade games, YOU
DON’T KNOW JACK(r) irreverent trivia gameshows, classic Hoyle(r)
games and The Incredible Machine(tm) mind-bending puzzles.
Sierra
On-Line, Inc. http://www.sierra.com/ is one of the original developers and
largest worldwide publishers of interactive entertainment and productivity
software. Sierra is a division of Havas Interactive, a global leader
in interactive content, and is one of the world’s largest publishers of
education, entertainment and home productivity
software. Its divisions, Blizzard(r),
Coktel, Knowledge Adventure(r), Sierra(tm) and WON.net(r) are famous
for releasing critically acclaimed and award winning titles. Havas has
operations in the US and in Europe and is a subsidiary of the French publishing
house Havas, part of Vivendi Communications.
Hoyle
is a registered trademark of Brown & Bigelow, Inc. in the United States
and other countries. Webster’s New World is a registered trademark
of Macmillan General Reference USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary
of IDG Books Worldwide. Used with permission. After Dark is a registered
trademark of Berkeley Systems, Inc. Macintosh is a registered trademark
of Apple Computer, Inc. registered in the United States and other countries.
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Any
other company and/or product names are the property of their respective
owners. (r) designates trademarks registered in the USA which may
be registered in certain other countries.
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