Gaming Industry 'Short Takes' from various sources....
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Viacom & Nickelodeon to Collaborate: Viacom New Media and Nickelodeon have
teamed up to create a new computer-based play experience for kids. Are You
Afraid Of The Dark": The Tale of Orpheo's Curse will be on CD-ROM for PCs.
In addition, the companies have developed a video game version of the
kids' show Nickelodeon Guts for play on the Super NES. Nickelodeon
Director's Lab, also a new introduction, is a CD-ROM that features the
star of Nick's "Clarrisa Explains It All."
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Muppets Appear on Activision CD-ROM: Activision, Inc. announced it will
develop and publish a multimedia CD-ROM children's adventure game, Muppet
Treasure Island, under a licensing agreement with Jim Henson's
Productions.
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For the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Donkey Kong Country, which
features the new Advanced Computer Modeling graphics system, is expected
to sell well over the holiday season and into the new year.
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Accolade is providing heavy marketing for its newest SNES games. Dragon
Ballz is expected to do well in the first quarter of '95, while new
introduction Fireteam Rogue will also feature well. For the Genesis,
they'll be offering Zero Tolerance and Live Action Football.
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From Activision in March comes BattleTech, based on the TV show, along with
new releases of Radical Rex and Pitfall, all for the SNES. They'll also be
bringing the arcade classic Pitfall to Sega Genesis and Sega CD, along
with their newest game Radical Rex.
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Acclaim is bringing out more SNES & Genesis games with movie tie-ins: True
Lies and StarGate, along with a new game based on the upcoming Batman
Forever. Also expected to do well will be NFL Quarterback Club and WWF
Raw.
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From Fox Interactive there are several SNES & Genesis titles coming: The
Pagemaster, based on the film of the same name will be featured as part of
a promotional tie-in during the video release in April. Also involved in
the film-to-game crossover is a game based on Die Hard III, as well as a
game based on the Fox cartoon "The Tick."
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Sega is optimistic about the strength of the redesigned NFL '95. Also from
Sega is the newest in the Sonic Hedgehog series, Sonic and Knuckles. Both
have been heavily promoted over the holiday season and will continue to be
into the new year. Also coming in the new year ar NHL All-Star Hockey and
NBA Action '95 Starring David Robinson.
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Electronic Arts' sports department will unveil a new boxing game, as well
as Road Rash III for the Genesis.
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For the CD addition that Atari released in October, the company has several
new titles coming, including Dragons Lair, Demolition Man, Highlander, and
Brett Hull Hockey. For the regular system, Hardball Baseball, Soccer Kid
and Tiny Toon Adventures, all from Atari, along with a host of others.
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Williams Entertainment will be offering Troy Aikman NFL Football and Double
Dragon V for the Jaguar. Double Dragon V follows the adventures of the
Dragon Brothers who were featured in their own film this holiday season.
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For the 3DO system... Electronic Arts offers FIFA Soccer, completely
rebuilt for the system, along with Road and Track Presents: The Need for
Speed. Super Street Fighter II Turbo will be coming from Panasonic, a
conversion from the arcade game, which will be the basis for the up coming
film titled Street Fighter starring Jean Claude VanDamme. Also based on a
movie is Rebel Assault, the Star Wars game from LucasArts. The system also
has Triple Threat Shanghai, a classic strategy game from Activision and
Star Trek: The Next Generation: A World For All Seasons from Spectrum
HoloByte which places the gamer inside the bodies of various crew members
in this interactive strategy game. Soon to be released are Dragon's Lair
II: Time Warp from Ready Soft, Gex from Crystal Dynamics, and Kingdom: The
Far Reaches from Interplay Productions.
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LazerActive has two new products coming in '95. First is the conversion of
Myst especially for the format. Then there's a new project being executive
produced by Robert Redford, tentatively titled Legacy which will feature
film-based footage from several national parks in an environmentally
themed game.

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