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.
Encore products are sold in thousands of
retail outlets nationwide, and in major international markets. For more
information on Encore and Navarre Corporation, visit
www.encoreusa.com
and
www.navarre.com.
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)