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CONTACT
Michelle
Stephens
425-649-9800,
ext. 5189
[email protected]
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SIERRA
ATTRACTIONS(tm) ASKS "DO YOU KNOW JACK IN 2000?"
YOU
DON’T KNOW JACK(r) Kicks Up the Party Meter With
New PC and PlayStation(r) Trivia Games
BELLEVUE,
WA (May 17, 2000) – Sierra Attractions(tm) and Jellyvision, Inc. today
announced plans to release two new YOU DON’T KNOW JACK(r) pop-culture trivia
games in 2000. YOU DON’T KNOW JACK(r) 5th Dementia (Windows(r) 95/98) introduces
Internet multiplayer capabilities to the JACK party experience.
YOU
DON’T KNOW JACK(r) Mock 2 (PlayStation(r) game console) introduces a new
3D environment and new questions for PlayStation
gamers looking for a hilarious and
fast-paced experience. Both titles are part of the best-selling
YOU DON’T KNOW JACK brand of trivia games which have sold 2.3 million
units since 1998.*
"YOU
DON’T KNOW JACK 5th Dementia is truly the JACK game that fans have been
begging for," said John Friederich, senior
brand manager for Sierra Attractions.
"We are always looking to incorporate player feedback to make the
JACK experience better. With online play, we’ve opened doors to new customers
and millions of people to meet and experience JACK like never before."
"Our
dream of allowing thousands of people to ‘screw’ online at once has finally
been realized," said David Houghtaling, creative director for Jellyvision,
speaking of "Screw Your Neighbor(tm)," the classic JACK game feature
that forces players to answer trivia questions. "Screws, Jack Attacks(tm),
hundreds of new questions, a brand new buggy twitch game — they’re
all in this latest version of JACK. And now that players don’t have to
play around a single keyboard, the JACK party can continue virtually anytime,
anywhere."
YOU
DON’T KNOW JACK 5th Dementia (Windows 95/98)
YOU
DON’T KNOW JACK 5th Dementia (Windows 95/98) trivia game introduces on-line
multiplayer competition to the JACK experience, a first in the game show
and trivia categories. Now JACK fans can meet and match wits against thousands
of others on-line, or they can challenge friends the traditional way
on the same PC, in what is now truly the ultimate party game. YOU DON’T
KNOW JACK 5th Dementia features 550 new hilarious
pop culture and high culture questions
served up by a sarcastic host. The game also introduces the
new "Bug Bytes(tm)" question type and new functionality for player
icons.
YOU
DON’T KNOW JACK Mock 2 (PlayStation)
YOU
DON’T KNOW JACK Mock 2 trivia game gives PlayStation gamers a new challenging
and entertaining JACK experience that recreates the swift pace of
a TV game show with an irreverent wisecracking host. The game, developed
in partnership with Starsphere Interactive,
features 750 hilarious questions,
head-to-head multiplayer competition for 1 to 3 players using multi
tap or shared controllers, and 50 game show episodes. The new 3D environment
kicks JACK’s pacing up a notch, and a lightning-fast, new "Coinkydink(tm)"
question type that will keep players on the edge of their seats.
YOU DON’T KNOW JACK Mock 2 takes the tradition of social gaming to a new
level by letting up to three players compete while lounging in the comfort
of their own living rooms.
YOU
DON’T KNOW JACK Mock 2 for the PlayStation game console is expected to release
October 2000 for $29.95 MSRP, and YOU DON’T KNOW JACK 5th Dementia for
Windows 95/98 is expected to release in September 2000 for $29.95. Sierra
Attractions(tm) (http://www.sierra.com/attractions/) brings together industry-leading
development teams from Sierra On-Line, Berkeley Systems(tm),
Dynamix(r) and Jellyvision(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 Entertainment(r), Coktel, Knowledge
Adventure(r), Sierra(tm) and Flipside.com(tm)
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.
Jellyvision
is a creative company specializing in the invention of completely
original interactive experiences. The company is a pioneer in developing
a form of interactivity that, unlike a web-site, is a full-screen,
audio-visual experience, with the pacing and creative production
values of television to engage a mass audience. Jellyvision’s staff
of 65 is organized more like a film production house than a software company.
It employs an exceptionally talented group of writers, artists, musicians,
performers, designer/directors and a creative engineering staff who
understand that creating successful interactive experiences comes not from
glorifying technology, but making it invisible, so the audience can be fully
immersed in the experience.
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*Sales
data according to PC Data.
YOU
DON’T KNOW JACK, JELLYVISION, SCREW YOUR NEIGHBOR, and JACK ATTACK are registered
trademarks of Jellyvision Inc and BUG BYTES, COINKYDINKS, and SQUARED
are trademarks of Jellyvision Inc. PlayStation is a registered trademark
of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. All other company and product names
may be trademarks of their respective companies.
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