IRVINE, Calif., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Interplay Productions announced today that it has been granted a license to develop and publish software for Nintendo's forthcoming Nintendo 64 home video- gaming system. Nintendo has limited its licensing of this new next- generation system to a small number of premier publishers and developers. Interplay will ship their first titles for this new system in 1997.
"Interplay has had a long and close relationship with Nintendo with such hits as Lost Vikings(R), Rock N' Roll Racing(R) and Clay Fighter(R)," said Brian Fargo, Interplay's CEO. "Nintendo is clearly leading the way into the next generation and Interplay is proud to be chosen as a licensee for the Nintendo 64."
"We are very pleased to announce this agreement with Interplay because they bring to our Nintendo 64 team a solid reputation for high- quality game development," said Howard Lincoln, Chairman of Nintendo of America Inc. "The capabilities of our powerful 64-bit hardware give free rein to their developers, and we look forward to Interplay's upcoming titles."
Founded in 1983, Interplay Productions is a company dedicated to manufacturing and distributing a wide range of award-winning entertainment and educational software designed by gamers, for gamers. Interplay releases products through its Interplay, MacPlay, VR Sports and Shiny Entertainment divisions and its affiliated labels for personal computers as well as leading console game platforms. In addition, the company's OEM division represents a wide variety of publishers' software to the OEM community for hardware bundling. More comprehensive information on Interplay and its products is available through the company's worldwide web site at http://www.interplay.com.
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/CONTACT: John Soller of Interplay, 714-553-6655, Internet: jsoller@interplay.com/
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