Press release: 1999-11-29: Acclaim Sports Ships NFL Quarterback Club 2000 for Sega Dreamcast

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Acclaim Sports Ships NFL Quarterback Club 2000 for Sega Dreamcast(tm)

Flagship Sports Title Ships Today in time for the Robust Holiday Season

GLEN COVE, N.Y., November 29, 1999 - Acclaim Sports, Inc, a division of Acclaim Entertainment (NASDAQ:AKLM), a leading worldwide interactive entertainment company, today announced that NFL Quarterback Club 2000 for the Sega Dreamcast has shipped to retail stores nationwide.

NFL Quarterback Club 2000 takes advantage of the powerful technological capabilities of the Sega Dreamcast system to bring football fans an incredible NFL gaming experience. It was developed by Acclaim Studios Austin, creators of hit sports titles such as NFL Quarterback Club and All-Star Baseball, and utilizes Microsoft's Windows CE operating system. Acclaim Studios Austin worked with Microsoft on the development of the game to ensure that NFL Quarterback Club 2000 for Sega Dreamcast takes advantage of the powerful technological capabilities of the Windows CE development toolkit.

The NFL Quarterback Club franchise has been critically praised for its outstanding graphics and authentic gameplay, and has received numerous awards from gaming magazines and websites. Working with the Sega Dreamcast architecture, Acclaim has focused on taking the already breathtaking graphics and animation of NFL Quarterback Club to the next level, recreating a true NFL football gameplay experience. To that end, Acclaim enlisted Charlie Weis, Offensive Coordinator of the N.Y. Jets, to mastermind the artificial intelligence and play-calling for the game.

Key game features of NFL Quarterback Club 2000 for Sega Dreamcast include: Ultra Hi-Rez* graphics for unprecedented NFL realism; player models featuring real-life faces, eye black, breathe strips, elbow pads, finger tape, and the highest polygonal counts of any NFL Quarterback Club title to date; over 1,200 motion-captured animations, including punishing wrap tackles and player celebrations; and total team management with trading, drafting, signing and releasing players, and managing the salary cap.

A nationwide marketing campaign featuring 3-time NFL MVP Brett Favre supports the NFL Quarterback Club brand.

Sega of America Background Information
Sega of America is the arm of Tokyo, Japan-based Sega Enterprises, Ltd. responsible for the development, marketing and distribution of Sega videogame systems and videogames in the Americas. Sega Enterprises, Ltd. is a nearly $2.5 billion company recognized as the industry leader in interactive digital entertainment media, and is the only company that offers interactive entertainment experiences both inside and outside the home. Sega of America's World Wide Web site is located at www.sega.com.

Acclaim Entertainment Background Information
Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and mass marketer of software for use with interactive entertainment platforms including Nintendo, Sony and Sega hardware systems, and PCs. Acclaim owns and operates six studios located in the United States and the United Kingdom, and publishes and distributes its software directly in North America, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain and Australia. Acclaim also distributes entertainment software for other publishers worldwide, and publishes comic books and software strategy guides. Acclaim's headquarters are in Glen Cove, New York and Acclaim's common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol AKLM. Additional information is available at http://www.acclaim.net.

NFL Quarterback Club is a trademark of the National Football League. PLAYERS INC is an official trademark of NFL PLAYERS. NFL Quarterback Club 2000 is an officially licensed product of the National Football League, the National Football League Players Inc and of the NFL Quarterback Club.