THE TENTH PLANET

Hollywood and High-tech Converge on THE TENTH PLANET.
Deal Teams Centropolis Entertainment's Creative Talent With
Bethesda's Technical Expertise.

LOS ANGELES (E3, Booth 3918), May 11, 1995-On the heels of all
the hype surrounding the much-touted Hollywood/high-tech
convergence comes one partnership that promises to deliver the
steak behind the sizzle. Top Hollywood producers Centropolis
Entertainment and award-winning computer game wizards Bethesda
today announced a joint partnership to create original computer
games.  Their first offering, THE TENTH PLANET, combines
Bethesda's new 3-D, X(n)gine(Tm) with the creative cinematic
vision of Centropolis.

Centropolis has wowed film audiences with such smash science
fiction hits as Stargate and Universal Soldier, and is currently
working on the upcoming 20th Century-Fox film, Independence Day. 
Centropolis principals-Roland Emmerich, director and co-writer
for Stargate, and Dean Devlin, co-writer/producer for STARGATE
and co-writer for Universal Soldier-are developing the script for
THE TENTH PLANET.  The game is a story of the discovery of a
tenth planet in our solar system that is found to have been the
cause of numerous "natural disasters in ancient Earth history-
only there was nothing "natural" about them.  Now man must face
an unknown foe and defend Earth from a repeat scenario.

"What makes this project significant is that with THE TENTH
PLANET, we are not taking an old movie script and trying to
shoehorn it into a game.  We are creating an original script for
the game itself," said Bethesda President Chris Weaver.  He also
stressed that this association is unique in that it teams the
people who will actually be doing the work, rather than just the
corporate executives who dreamed up the deal.

"Dean (Devlin) is knowledgeable and passionate about computer
games and Roland (Emmerich) has always had a unique cinematic
vision that lends itself to the kind of things we do," Weaver
said.  "This is a deal among creators, not the "talking heads"
of the  film industry.  Our collective talents are sure to yield
fantastic results."

Having worked previously with some of the biggest names in the
software industry, Centropolis had been looking for a long-term
technology partner with whom they could share their creative
vision.

"We had talked to a lot of people both inside and outside the
industry," Devlin said.  "When we asked who were the best
technologists, as well as the proven visionaries across a broad
industry spectrum, Bethesda was the hands-down choice.  When we
met, the chemistry was immediate.  We are very excited about the
potential for this relationship."


As an example that the chemistry is working, Devlin is using
Weaver, an experienced engineer, as a technical advisor on
Independence Day, scheduled for release on July 4, 1996.

With THE TENTH PLANET, Bethesda is once again pushing the limits
of technological advancement.  The revolutionary X(n)gine raises
the bar in 3-D technology by incorporating the best aspects of
the most sophisticated computer engines currently on the market,
and taking them to the next level.  The result is a combination
of quicker action, unrestricted viewing angles and complete
freedom of movement for the most realistic computer simulations
in the industry. X(n)gine is incorporated in a number of
Bethesda's 1995-1996 product line, including THE TENTH PLANET,
THE ELDER SCROLLS: DAGGERFALL and THE TERMINATOR: FUTURE SHOCK.

Since its founding in 1986, Bethesda has received almost every
major industry award, including the industry's Oscar, the
"Codie."  Weaver, one of the pioneers of interactive computer
technology, has been working in the field since the 1970s.  His
vision has helped direct Bethesda to such award-winning products
as Wayne Gretzky Hockey, The Elder Scrolls and The Terminator
series.

Centropolis Entertainment began in Germany in 1981 as a small
film production entity formed by Roland Emmerich and his sister
Ute.  For nearly 10 years, Centropolis Film Productions produced
several successful science fiction films in Germany,including
The Noah's Arc Principal, Making Contact and Moon 44.  In 1989,
actor-turned-screenwriter Dean Devlin became a partner and the
company moved to Hollywood, Calif.

Centropolis' popular science fiction films have grossed over $350
million worldwide.  Stargate, which set a box office record for
the largest fall opening in U.S. history, was the number one
video rental in the U.S. for four consecutive weeks.

Headquartered in Rockville, Md., Bethesda is the fourth largest
privately held publisher of PC entertainment software. 
Bethesda's success and long-standing technical expertise has
attracted world-class programmers as well as veterans of the
largest Hollywood animation studios.  The company is the
entertainment software division of Media Technology Limited, an
engineering research and development firm originally founded by
members of the Architecture Machine Group from MIT. 

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

486/33 MHz IBM PC or compatible running DOS 5.0+
8MB RAM
2x CD-ROM Drive
VGA graphics card
Supports: Aria, Ensoniq, Roland, SoundBlaster, and UltraSound 
Joystick or Microsoft compatible mouse. 