Press release: 1995-05-10: ACCLAIM OBTAINS RIGHTS TO 'MYST' FOR SEGA SATURN

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ACCLAIM OBTAINS RIGHTS TO 'MYST' FOR SEGA SATURN; Top-Selling PC Title to be Available at Hardware Launch.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 1995--Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Booth No.1001--In an expansion of its broad-based agreement with Sunsoft of America, Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKLM) has obtained the exclusive North American rights to publish the top-selling personal computer game, Myst, for Sega's forthcoming Saturn system. The PC version of the award-winning Myst has sold more than one million units to date, making it as one of the best-selling PC titles of all time.

"The Myst phenomenon is nearly legendary, having grown into a million-plus personal computer best-seller," says Robert Holmes, president of Acclaim. "With the advanced capabilities of Saturn, we expect to capture the same intriguing game play and graphic atmosphere that has made this hit so engrossing."

Based on the popular personal computer game which has garnered 12 personal computer awards, Myst is a surreal adventure through an island world where players, given no direction other than the clues they uncover, attempt to solve the enigma of Myst. Acclaim's Myst for Sega Saturn is scheduled to ship in concert with Sega's launch of the new hardware system later this year.

Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., with offices in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Spain and the United Kingdom, is a leading worldwide publisher of: software and peripherals for Nintendo, Sega, Sony, personal computer and CD-ROM hardware systems; and comic books under the Valiant, Armada and Windjammer imprints. Acclaim also develops coin-operated arcade games, operates blue screen and motion capture studios, as well as A.D.I., a global sales and distribution company for products from a variety of entertainment software publishers, including Acclaim, Digital Pictures and Marvel. Acclaim recently formed a new company with Tele-Communications, Inc. for electronically distributed interactive entertainment and entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of coin-op redemption company, Lazer-Tron Corporation. Acclaim is publicly traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol AKLM.

For more information on Acclaim's complete line of interactive entertainment products, please stop by the Acclaim booth No.1001 during E3.

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