Sega And Gaming Realism

Fulfilling a promise made last year, Sega of America is bringing its first PC CD-ROM games to market this fall. Sega announced that it will port enhanced 16- and 32-bit Sega games to Pentium-based PCs running Windows XL. The company is also working with its PC-industry partners to build a gaming Pc.

“Sega is first and foremost a creator and marketer of great interactive entertainment,” said president and chief executive officer, Sega of America. “The increased power of Pentium-based PCs allows us to port our high-end arcade and dedicated gaming-platform games to PC and maintains the integrity of the Sega gaming experience.”

He predicted that the PC gaming market will grow to 25 percent of the dedicated-game-systems industry within the next four years. Sega's CD-ROM holiday lineup includes three all-time-favorite Sega Genesis and Sega CD titles: “Ecco the Dolphin,” “Tomcat Alley” and “Comix Zone.”

An upgrade of Sega's hit arcade and Sega Saturn title “Virtua Fighter Remix,” which requires a multimedia accelerator board by Diamond Multimedia, is scheduled to hit the market as a pack-in with the Diamond Edge 3D board starting in October. Later this year, the Sega Saturn launch hit “Panzer Dragoon” will also be available for the PC using the Edge 3D accelerator. Diamond's accelerator, which includes the NV-1 multimedia accelerator chip from NVIDIA, will make the PC compatible with all Sega Saturn peripherals for enhanced gameplay like that found on the Sega Saturn or Sega Genesis.

SEGA PC titles will be sold through Sega's traditional distribution channels and in PC retail locations nationwide, including Comp USA, Computer City and Electronics Boutique, among others.Sega PC titles available in November feature former Sega Genesis and Sega CD hits, including:

-- “Ecco the Dolphin” -- Sega PC takes you on a deep-sea quest with “Ecco the Dolphin,” an enhanced version of the original title that launched the career of Sega's underwater hero. A sudden storm tears Ecco's family from their home, leaving Ecco to save the dolphins and the world. PC gamers can explore more than 30 levels of lethal dangers, including frenzied sharks, stinging jellyfish and deadly rip tides, and three levels of difficulty add to the adventure.

With higher-resolution graphics and more video footage than the original, Ecco discovers more hidden routes than in the original and gamers can travel back in time to battle prehistoric sea creatures. Cryptic messages are held in crystal glyphs, and a hidden library of treasures reveals the secrets of the deep. “Ecco the Dolphin” by Sega PC will be available on CD-ROM in November at a suggested retail price of $ 39.95.

-- “Tomcat Alley”-- Experience the height of aerial adventure with “Tomcat Alley” on Sega PC, an interactive movie game that features 60 minutes of challenging gameplay. Using actual flight footage and dramatic scenes,

“Tomcat Alley” brings the heart-pounding action of a feature film and the sweaty-palm challenge of a hit video game to your PC. As a Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) in an F-14X Tomcat, it is your duty to locate and destroy renegade Soviet pilot Col. Alexi Povich’s stronghold in the Mexican desert, located dangerously close to the United States.

With a higher frame rate and true color option, gamers fly seven missions against air and ground enemies adapting to ever-changing story lines based on your rapid-reflex responses and precision, split-second decisions. This 600-mph adventure requires your full attention and fighter skills as you plot missions, lock on targets, fire and escape.

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