Turok: Rage Wars

Acclaim's Turok: Rage Wars Explodes Into Stores

The Ultimate Nintendo* 64 Frag-fest Arrives On Shelves Today, "Turok

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GLEN COVE, N.Y., November 23, 1999 - Acclaim Studios (NASDAQ:AKLM), a leading worldwide interactive entertainment company, today announced that the next installment in the Turok series, Turok: Rage Wars, ships to stores today. Developed by Acclaim Studios Austin and based on the Acclaim Comics' property, Turok: Rage Wars is the first Nintendo 64 game specifically designed to maximize the intensity of the multiplay experience.

"Turok: Rage Wars is powered with an optimized version of the Turok engine, which delivers smoother, faster gameplay - a key factor in multiplayer gaming," said Evan Stein, marketing director at Acclaim Entertainment. "Acclaim's Austin Studios pulled out all the stops to bring Turok fans an original deathmatch game that builds upon the popular and successful Turok franchise."

In Turok: Rage Wars, Turok is unknowingly thrown into a tournament to battle a malevolent array of creatures vying for control of the Light Burden and the Lost Land. Gamers will have over 15 deathmatch levels to explore and new characters to control including: Adon, the Oblivion Deathguard, the Campaigner, and Lord of the Dead. Turok: Rage Wars' special features include a training mode, weapons with secondary fire functions, and a unique "reward" system that enhances replay value. Additional weapon and power-up pickups within the game maps add to the strategy and high-energy battles.

While the emphasis of the game is on multiplayer, Turok: Rage Wars also features single player and co-operative modes. The single player Trials serve as challenging training missions for players of all skill levels. As the player completes the Trials, additional characters, skins, and even weapons can be opened and saved for use in all gameplay modes. Turok: Rage Wars also includes a new awards and statistics tracking system that allows players to develop their own personal saved character.

"We want players to build equity in their characters by collecting awards, achievements, and stats and comparing them against their friends," says David Dienstbier, Creative Director at Acclaim Studios Austin. "The more you play, the more your character's history becomes obvious based on his awards. However, acquiring all the awards in the game is going to be a pretty challenging task."

Turok: Rage Wars will be supported by a comprehensive Web site on Acclaim.com. The Web site will feature key story and character information, screenshots, quicktimes, enemies and for the first time, level fly-throughs. The site can be accessed by directing your Web browser to www.acclaim.com. Additionally, Acclaim will promote Turok: Rage Wars with a multi-million dollar marketing campaign that includes a national television CGI-generated spot that will run on Fox, WB, UPN, MTV and Comedy Central. Turok: Rage Wars will also be supported by print and online advertising.

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Press Release - Nintendo 64

The third time's full of harm in Acclaim's Lost World shooter.

First-person shooters have typically centered on the solo adventure, with the multiplayer modes viewed by both publisher and player alike as a bonus. Not so with Rage Wars, the thrilling third entry in the best-selling Turok series.

Rage Wars features four basic multiplayer modes:

Bloodlust
Team Bloodlust
Frag Tag
Capture the Flag

Beneath this list lies an engine of daunnting depth and challenge.

First, the numbers: Acclaim Studios Austin crammed Rage Wars with a mind-boggling 36 multiplayer arenas. You can go hunting as one of 17 characters, including Adon, a raptor and of course Turok himself, and toast the competition with 16 weapons, including the colorfully named Inflator and Scorpion Launcher. The 13 power-ups include invisibility, "stone skin" and "force empathy," which sounds like something our of Star Wars.

For each mode, Rage Wars offers plenty of options. For example, unlike Turok 2, the "It" in Frag Tag can be armed. You'll be able to customize and save your five-weapon arsenal and set a time limit. The Gauntlet option will let you play several arenas in sequence, rather than having to pick one at a time.

You can specify the skill of "bots" (CPU-controlled enemies) and, for a real test of your stalking abilities, have half a dozen gang up on your poor under-armed character. The Austin gang has infested the game with four new bot bosses.

If you're in a semifriendly mood, you can enter the co-operative mode and battle bots with a friend. Rage Wars includes plenty of cinema sequences, including victory displays for each character.

Acclaim gets kudos for truth-in-advertising for acknowledging that the Scenario will be "a glorified training mode," but this mode also offers the only way to unlock 14 hidden characters. Each time you complete a scenario, you will unlock a new character. The scenarios are fairly brief, running through seven or eight levels per character.

The pretext for all this mayhem is the Light Burden, "a sacred vessel that holds the last remnants of the pure energy source that created the Lost Land," according to Acclaim. As countless ancestors have done before, you must prove yourself worthy of controlling the Light Burden by surviving the Rage Wars.

Previously known as Iguana, Acclaim Studios Austin has given the gaming world both Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and Turok 2: Seeds of Evil. Turok: Rage Wars is now terrorizing store shelves.

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www.nintendo.com – Nintendo 64

Since time began, the Light Burden has contained the power of creation. The power of good. And evil.

Now, fierce Wars are fought for control.

You must prove yourself worthy to wield the Light Burden. You must relive the challenge of your ancestors and survive The RAGE WARS...

(Image captions) * BRUTAL HEART-POUNDING DEATHMATCHES
36 multi-player levels designed for maximum combat intensity. * 8 SAVAGE GAME MODES
Cooperative Mission-based Play, Team Bloodlust, Frag Tag and more. * 16 LETHAL WEAPONS, 12 UNIMAGINABLE POWERS!
Emaciator, Chestburster, War Hammer, Invisibility, Dark Shield, Force Empathy. * BATTLE ALONGSIDE A FEROCIOUS BOT!
Create your own computer-controlled teammate to join you in action

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Back of Box - N64 (UK)