Top Gun: Fire at Will!

Relive the awe-inspiring experience of the popular feature film TOP GUN--only this time, you are Maverick! Top Gun: Fire at Will is a fast-moving, fun, easy-to-learn flying game with all the excitement and drama of the movie. All the thrills of this fast-action dogfighting adventure come to life in this fun, interactive product. The action starts at Top Gun School, flying in competition for the Top Gun trophy and experiencing all the sights, sounds and characters of the original movies. Then you are swept all around the world in an epic adventure set against a backdrop of a growing world crisis. The action is experienced through the eyes of Maverick as he leads his wingmen into aerial battles, experiencing the ultimate that modern dogfighting has to offer.

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**GRAB YOUR JOYSTICK--IT'S TIME TO ENGAGE IN SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE'S TOP GUN: FIRE AT WILL!

Actor James Tolkan Reprises Role From Blockbuster Movie TOP GUN in New Fast Action Dogfighting Game**

Alameda, Calif., February 21, 1996-Those who received new personal computer systems over the holiday season can take to the skies in the latest action/adventure flying game now available from Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBYT). Licensed through Viacom Consumer Products, TOP GUN: Fire At Will’, based on the blockbuster Paramount Pictures film TOP GUN’, puts players into the cockpit of an F-14 fighter jet. Players will graduate from the Top Gun’ flight academy and eventually battle enemy aircraft around the world.

Veteran actor James Tolkan returns as Hondo, the commanding officer, a role similar to the one he played in the film. Co-starring is female lead Julie Carmen. TOP GUN: Fire At Will’:, developed on CD-ROM for the PC, utilizes live-action video to enhance realism and make the player a part of the story. The game combines industry-leading high-resolution 3-D graphics technology and realistic-looking flying sequences, with one of the most popular action/adventure movies in history, resulting in a fast-action, fun, easy-to-play game designed to appeal to the mass market.

"The combination of leading-edge technology, fine actors and one of the best dogfighting films ever will result in a game like no other on the market," said Louis Gioia, Jr., chief marketing officer of Spectrum HoloByte. "The action in 'Fire At Will'’ is incredibly intense and realistic but, with the user-friendly design, players can jump right into the heat of battle from the start."

The live-action video utilized in TOP GUN: Fire At Will’ was shot during a two-week period in a San Francisco studio. A cast of 20 actors took part in the blue-screen shoot, including Tolkan, whose credits include roles in "Dick Tracy" and "Back to the Future I, II and III." Carmen recently starred in the John Carpenter thriller "In the Mouth of Madness" and has also enjoyed starring roles in the Robert Redford-directed "The Milagro Beanfield War" and the HBO television series "Dream On".

For review copies and screen shots in the form of electronic images or slides, contact Bender, Goldman & Helper at 310-473-4147 or Kathy Sanguinetti, Spectrum HoloByte at 510-814-6474. Product information may be also be downloaded from the Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. BBS at 510-522-8909, FTP Site: ftp://ftp.holobyte.com/ or World Wide Web Site: http://www.holobyte.com/.

Customers can purchase directly from Spectrum HoloByte by calling 1-800-695-GAME in the United States and Canada and call 619-693-1200 outside the United States and Canada. Technical questions can be directed to Spectrum HoloByte Customer Support at 510-522-1164, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm PST, Monday through Friday. The Customer Support email address is [email protected].

Category: Action Flying

Format: DOS CD-ROM

System Requirements: 486DX/66 required (Pentium recommended), 8MB RAM and 30MB hard drive space or 16MB RAM and 15MB hard drive space, VESA local bus or PCI video card capable of SVGA graphics, DOS 5.0 or later, double-speed CD-ROM drive, joystick, mouse, Sound Blaster (or 100% compatible), ProAudio Spectrum or Ensoniq Soundscape

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**TOP GUN: FIRE AT WILL’ FOR THE PLAYSTATION GAME CONSOLE TAKES FLIGHT

Nonstop Arcade-Action Flying Game Featuring Full-Motion Video and Thrilling Dogfighting Ships Today**

Alameda, CA, June 12, 1996-The heart-pounding excitement of action adventure flying awaits players as they take the controls in one of the year's most highly anticipated interactive action-flying games from Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBYT). Top Gun: Fire at Will’, based on the blockbuster hit movie TOP GUN’ from Paramount Pictures, has shipped and is now available for the Sony PlayStation game console. Developed initially for the PC CD-ROM platform, the game contains features unique to other games for this console.

Licensed through Viacom Consumer Products, Top Gun: Fire at Will’ is one of the first titles for the PlayStation game console to feature full-motion video for a more realistic gaming experience. There are more than 30 nonstop action-packed dogfighting missions, with each level of gameplay becoming progressively more challenging than the last. Top Gun: Fire at Will’ also incorporates a 3-D space, full-action flight feature in which players can attack and destroy the enemy from any direction.

Louis Gioia, Jr., chief marketing officer of Spectrum HoloByte, Inc., reports that taking advantage of these capabilities will allow Top Gun: Fire at Will’ to be an ideal title for the popular platform. "Part of the appeal of Top Gun: Fire at Will’ lies in the spectacular dogfighting action we're designing into the flight sequences," says Gioia. "When that adrenaline-pumping action is added to the PlayStation game console's ability to showcase a game's graphics, the end result will be sensational."

Additionally, players will enjoy special weapons options which can be accessed on the more difficult levels. Special weapons include the Nuke, the MIRV, the U238 and the Surefire. Pilots will also encounter level bosses that appear only once during the course of the game and display flying abilities and combat skills superior to the typical enemy plane.

In Top Gun: Fire at Will’, players assume the role of "Maverick," starting off at Top Gun flight school, then dogfight their way around the world in an epic adventure in which the player must defeat the enemy. The game incorporates live-action video and features actor James Tolkan, who appeared as the commanding officer in the TOP GUN film and who plays a similar role in Top Gun: Fire at Will’. Co-starring in the game is Julie Carmen (who stars in the John Carpenter thriller "In the Mouth of Madness") as a veteran foreign correspondent for EBS News who always gets the toughest assignments.

A key benefit of the PlayStation game console, a CD-ROM based platform, is its high-quality video. The unit uses JPEG compression technology to display graphics full-screen at very high resolution.

Product information is available for download from the MicroProse BBS at 510-522-8909, FTP site: ftp://ftp.microprose.com/ or World Wide Web site: http://www.microprose.com/. For consumer orders, call 1-800-695-GAME in the United States and Canada and call 619-693-1200 outside the United States and Canada.

Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. is a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for use on CD-ROM based personal computer systems. The company is also developing software for use on next generation console machines. The company's five development studios are Spectrum HoloByte, Inc., Alameda, California; MicroProse Software, Hunt Valley, Maryland; MicroProse Software, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; MicroProse Limited, Chipping Sodbury, England; and SimTex Software Corporation, Austin, Texas. Products are available nationally and internationally through major distributors, retailers and mass merchants.

© 1996 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved. TOP GUN is a Trademark of Paramount Pictures.

Viacom Consumer Products licenses and merchandises properties on behalf of Paramount Pictures, Paramount Television and Simon & Schuster as well as third-party properties. Viacom Consumer Products, a unit of Viacom Entertainment Group, is a subsidiary of Viacom Inc.

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Press Release - PlayStation

Top Gun: Fire at Will!

CD-ROM Game's Value (and Fun!) Extended Via Monthly Mission on the Internet

Alameda, CA, June 17th, 1996 -- Adding value and enjoyment to Spectrum HoloByte's Top Gun: Fire at Will! is now possible, thanks to the "Mission of the Month," an extra-value feature being made available to players of the popular CD-ROM game.

Registered owners of Top Gun: Fire at Will! now have the opportunity to download and play a new mission each month, simply by logging onto the game manufacturer's web site, www.holobyte.com. Once downloaded, each new mission can be accessed through Instant Action from the game's main menu.

According to Spectrum HoloByte's game designers, each monthly mission will be a self-contained combat experience relating to an overall story line. The April, May and June missions are now up on the Web site. In the initial mission, which went live on the site in April, players find themselves in the middle of a scene of political and social unrest in the island nation of Cuba. Rebels and loyalists alike are encountered, sometimes protesting, other times charging, and even fleeing into hiding. Gamers are challenged to determine which is friend and which is foe, and then react accordingly.

Licensed through Viacom Consumer Products, Top Gun: Fire at Will!, based on the blockbuster Paramount Pictures film TOP GUN, puts players into the cockpit of an F-14 fighter jet. Players graduate from the Top Gun flight academy and eventually battle enemy aircraft around the world.

The game utilizes live action video in its user interface to enhance realism and make the player a part of the story. It combines industry- leading high resolution 3-D graphics technology, authentic looking flying sequences, with one of the most popular action/adventure movies in history, resulting in a fast-action, fun easy-to-play game designed to appeal to the mass market.

Viacom Consumer Products licenses and merchandises properties on behalf of Paramount Pictures, Paramount Television and Simon & Schuster as well as third party properties. Viacom Consumer Products, a unit of Viacom Entertainment Group, is a division of Viacom Inc.

Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. is a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for use on CD-ROM based personal computer systems. The company is also developing software for the next generation console machines. The company's four development studios are Spectrum HoloByte, Alameda, California; MicroProse Software, Inc., Hunt Valley, Maryland; MicroProse Limited, Chipping Sodbury, England; and SimTex Software Corporation, Austin, Texas. Products are available nationally and internationally through major distributors, retailers and mass merchants.

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Press Release (June 17, 1996)

UNSER NEUESTER FLUGSIMULATOR - DA BLEIBT IHNEN DIE LUFT WEG

ERHÄLTLICH FÜR IBM-PC UND KOMPATIBLE

MIT CD-ROM

Schnallen Sie sich an, starten Sie die Triebwerke und machen Sie sich bereit, in einen interaktiven Film katapultiert zu werden, in dem es nur einen Sieger gibt. Sind Sie bereit zum Abheben? Sind Sie bereit für "TOP GUN® - Fire at Will"?

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Print advertisement - PC Player 02/1996