Press release: 1999-09-09: Midway Releases Hydro Thunder For Sega Dreamcast
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Midway Releases Hydro Thunder For Sega Dreamcast; Smash Hit Boat Racing Coin-op Dives onto Home Consoles. CORSICANA, Texas--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1999-- Midway Home Entertainment Inc., one of the industry's leading video game publishers and developers, today announced it has shipped Hydro Thunder(TM), the ultra-realistic boat racing video game, for the Sega Dreamcast(TM) system. The adrenaline pumping 3D game will race its way to Nintendo(R) 64 and PlayStation(R) game console in the spring of 2000. The Hydro Thunder marketing campaign includes print ads in consumer and gaming magazines, online advertising, and in-store promotions. "Gamers have been eagerly awaiting the home versions of Hydro Thunder since the coin-op version debuted successfully earlier this year," said Paula Cook, director of marketing at Midway Home Entertainment. "The home version takes all the spectacular elements that made the arcade game a smash hit and allows gamers to experience the same stomach-jolting high-speed racing action at home." Hydro Thunder challenges players to enter a fast-paced water adventure as members of the Hydro Thunder Racing Association (H.T.R.A.). Players join this organization of racing renegades in a quest to speed through 11 unique and visually stunning aquatic tracks. Each track is loaded with secret paths, ramps, hidden power-ups, special boat moves and a variety of other challenges. Gamers ride the waves on 13 different high-performance boats ranging from V-hulls to high-concept prototypes, each offering distinct handling characteristics. Racers encounter water conditions including rolling waves, stormy swells, glassy lakes, waterfalls and flowing flumes. In Hydro Thunder, game physics are used to emulate the unique feel and realism of high speed racing boats. As a result, gamers can feel their stomachs churn as their boats react to vicious 3D waves and wild terrain. Midway Home Entertainment Inc. designs, markets and distributes video games under the Midway trademark for home game platforms and personal computers. Midway Home Entertainment Inc. is a subsidiary of Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a company engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of coin-operated video games under the Midway and Atari trademarks. Visit Midway's Web site at www.midway.com. Hydro Thunder (TM) & (c) 1999 Midway Home Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved. MIDWAY is a trademark of Midway Games Inc. Used by permission. Nintendo and Nintendo 64 are trademarks of Nintendo of America Inc. (c) 1996 Nintendo of America Inc. Licensed by Nintendo. PlayStation and the PlayStation logos are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Sega (R) and Sega Dreamcast(TM) are trademarks of SEGA ENTERPRISES, LTD. COPYRIGHT 1999 Business Wire No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder. Copyright 1999, Gale Group. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.