Press release: 2000-09-27: ESPN The Games Captures the Gold With Its Newest Dreamcast Title: ESPN International Track & Field
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Game Features Motion-Captured Animations from Track & Field Stars Including 2000 Summer Olympics Gold Medalist and World's Fastest Man Maurice Greene Title Sprints Into Stores September 26th REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by ESPN The Games: ESPN The Games brings the high-speed excitement, photo finishes and spirited competition of track & field to the Sega Dreamcast with the release of ESPN International Track & Field. The game utilizes more than 750 motion- captured animations taken from professional track & field athletes including the world's fastest man and 2000 Summer Olympics 100-meter gold medalist Maurice Greene, and 2000 Summer Olympics 100-meter silver medalist Ato Boldon. With a dozen different individual international competitions, ESPN International Track & Field boasts realistic graphics that capture the pageantry of international competition. Delivering lightning fast gameplay, ESPN International Track & Field sprints into stores September 26th for a suggested retail price of $39.99. In ESPN International Track & Field, players simulate international track and field competition in single-event or championship modes. Multiplayer competition lets up to four participants battle head-to-head in events such as the 100-meter dash, long jump, hammer throw, horizontal bar, trap shooting and weightlifting. ABOUT DISNEY INTERACTIVE Disney Interactive, part of the Disney Consumer Products division of The Walt Disney Company, develops, markets and globally distributes a wide variety of interactive entertainment, educational and sports CD-ROMs and video games. For more information on Disney Interactive's products, visit www.disneyinteractive.com. ABOUT ESPN Based in Bristol, Conn., ESPN, Inc., The Worldwide Leader in Sports, is 80 percent owned by ABC, Inc., which is an indirect subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. The Hearst Corporation holds a 20 percent interest in ESPN. ESPN, Inc. includes six domestic television networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, ESPNEWS, pay channels: ESPN Now, ESPN Extra), ESPN International (20 international networks and syndication), ESPN Radio, ESPN.com, ESPN The Magazine, ESPN Regional Television, SportsTicker and ESPN Enterprises, overseeing brand extensions such as ESPN Zone and consumer products. ABOUT KONAMI Konami is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties, specializing in the home video game and PC game markets. In addition to the Konami Sports Series, which includes Fisherman's Bait, International Superstar Soccer, NBA In The Zone, NHL Blades of Steel, Bottom Of The 9th and Nagano Winter Olympics, Konami's consumer titles include Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill and Castlevania, among other top sellers. The latest information about Konami can be found on the Web at www.konami.com. Konami of America, Inc. is a subsidiary of Konami Co., Ltd., a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan. Konami is a registered trademark of Konami Co., Ltd. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. CONTACT: Jeffrey Klein, [email protected], Adam Fenton, [email protected], or Steven Solomon, [email protected], all of Bender/Helper Impact, 212-689-6360 COPYRIGHT 2000 PR Newswire Association LLC No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder. Copyright 2000 Gale, Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.