Press release: 2002-09-23: Sega Mobile to Deliver Gaming Content to the Pocket PC; Company Offers Classic SEGA Titles to Burgeoning Wireless Market

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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 2002

Sega Mobile, a division of Sega.com(TM) Inc., a network entertainment company integrating Internet technology with innovation, today announced its plan to deliver SEGA game content to pocket PC platforms. Simultaneously scheduled for launch in Japan, this new offering will be a convenient method for pocket PC users to download and play SEGA games on the go.

Starting today, pocket PC users can download SEGA game packs that include three classic SEGA games. A free trial version of each game will be available to provide a sneak peak prior to purchase. Consumers first download the game content to a PC and then the game will be automatically transferred to the user's pocket PC. With this new offer, SEGA game content is available to any pocket PC device equipped with a MIPS or ARM processor with at least four buttons and a d-pad. The following popular SEGA titles are among the first planned for release: Super Golf, Slider, Vampire: Master of Darkness, Columns, Halley Wars, Sega Game Pack 4-in-1, providing a sampling from the library of innovative gaming content SEGA has built over the past 50 years. With this new offering Sega Mobile is prepared to lead the way in wireless gaming and continue to bring innovative content to gamers everywhere.

"Expanding our offering to the wireless PC platform is proof of our commitment to provide the best in gaming to all devices," said Fred Huey, chief operating officer of Sega.com. "Now gamers can play classic Sega games anytime, anywhere."

Currently, there are over 90 million wireless subscribers in the U.S. and the global market for wireless Internet devices is predicted to grow by 630 percent by 2005.

About SEGA Mobile

SEGA Mobile (www.us.segamobile.com), a division of Sega.com, is an interactive gaming division that is dedicated to bringing the thrills and excitement of networked gaming to cellular phone and PDA users in North America. The new division consists of Publishing, Content delivery, and Marketing teams solely focused on providing innovative, unique and classic content for the mobile market.

About Sega.com, Inc.

Sega.com, Inc. (www.sega.com) is a network entertainment company that integrates Internet technology with innovation while leveraging a video game heritage dating back more than 50 years. Sega.com also built SegaNet, the only high-speed online console gaming network and community destination for gamers. Sega.com is dedicated to bringing the technology and content required for networked entertainment to game developers and game players alike, leveraging the network possibilities for a multitude of devices including game consoles, cellular phones and PDAs.
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