INSIDE GAMES & ENTERTAINMENT UPDATE Volume 3, Issue 5 Activision: WRESTLING WITH GAMES A notable 220,000 units of Toukon Retsuden, a Japanese wrestling game, have sold in Japan for the PlayStation by Tomy Company. 100,000 units is considered very good, so obviously 220,000 is excellent. Activision has agreed with Tomy to acquire all worldwide rights except for Japan and they will improve the game with cheering crowds, ring art, an announcer whose voice booms across your PSX, and eye-catching backgrounds. The moves such as body slams, combos, pile drivers, reversals, hammers, neck breakers, rope flings and thumb breaker. All of these wonderful things will be added to the game and the release date has not yet been determined. America Online: HELLO! HELLO? HELL---OH!!!! Talk about a snafu! America Online experienced what was described as a service outage. That's a nice word for making some people's lives pure hell! We, who make our living online, found this to be something that shouldn't have happened. The excuse is that a maintenance update and software installation caused this belch in the AOL system. Seems to me if you're a service provider, and one with a high profile at that, you anticipate these problems and have a plan ready. So what was the plan??? UH OH... American Movie Classic: DUMBS ARE NOT BLONDE! You've seen the jokes and bumper stickers about blondes. Now a 35-hour Blondie Marathon (and Dagwood) will take place on Family Day, Sunday, August 11, on the American Movie Classic network, a 24-hour cable network devoted to the Golden Age of Hollywood. The Blondie marathon will extend into Monday, August 12. The entire collection of 28 hilarious films, produced from 1938 through 1950 and based on Chic Young's popular comic strip, will be shown. APPLE ZEALOTS ON MISSION An article from the Wall Street Journal shares an amusing story. Guy Kawasaki, the Apple evangelist, is on a mission to increase the ranks of Apple enthusiasts. In fact, as part of his campaign, Guy created A List of Simple Things You Can Do to Save Apple Computer. Some of the items listed are: Ask a person who is using a PC portable, like in an airport waiting for their flight, if their boss made them get it. If you're in a store and you hear a store clerk spreading ignorance and lies, wait until the clerk has left and then go talk to the customer. When you stay at a hotel, make it know that you want to use Macs in their business center. Guy says to wear clothes with Macintosh logos to show folks that the pro-Apple people aren't shrinking violets and hiding away. AT&T: GOING THE MICROSOFT WAY Take one of the leading megacorporations in the entire world and have them decide to bundle Microsoft's Internet browser with their online service, and you have news. That's exactly what has occurred with AT&T and its WorldNet Service. AT&T will now offer both Microsoft's and Netscape's browsers with their service. This is an enormous decision, especially as Netscape and AT&T are not commenting on where, exactly, Netscape stands in regards to WorldNet. Certainly if only one browser is selected, such will have huge impact with resellers as they would decide in that company's favor regarding solution building with that specific product. WorldNet offers Internet access at a rate of $20 a month. Billboard: HOTTEST VIDEOS The nation's most popular videos as they appear in the Aug. 17, 1996 issue of Billboard magazine are as follows: 1. Cops: Too Hot for TV! (MVP) 2. Ghost In the Shell, (Manga) 3. Playboy: The Best of Jenny McCarthy, (Playboy) 4. Heavy Metal, (Columbia TriStar) 5. Jumanji, (Columbia TriStar) 6. Clueless, (Paramount) 7. Babe, (MCA-Universal) 8. The Aristocats, (Disney) 9. Playboy's Rising Stars and Sexy Starlets, (Playboy) 10. Mortal Kombat The Movie, (New Line) Box Office: HOTTEST FLICKS AT THE CINEMA The top movie at the box office, for a second consecutive weekend, is the legal drama A Time To Kill, from Warner Brothers, that took in $13.0 million in ticket sales. A Time To Kill has earned $41.2 million since opening on July 24. In second place is Independence Day from News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox, with $10.8 million in sales at. Since its opening on July 2, the alien invasion picture has grossed $241.6 million. The third place movie is Sony Corp.'s Columbia Pictures, Matilda, which Danny DeVito directed and starred in with $8.5 million in ticket sales. Next in fourth place is Keanu Reeves' Chain Reaction from News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox with $7.5 million in sales. The John Travolta movie, Phenomenon, about a mechanic who becomes an overnight genius, slipped two places to fifth with $5.1 million in box office receipts. The 33-day total for the Walt Disney Co. release is $81.14 million. Brady Books: BOOKIN' A NEW WWW SITE One of the leading publishers in the game strategy guide world is Brady Books. They are a division of Macmillan Publishing USA, which is the reference publishing division of Simon & Schuster. To solidly maintain their number one ranking in this genre of book publishing, the company is rolling out their new World Wide Web site at http://www.mcp.com/brady. At this site, you'll find downloadable shareware and demos, a cheats and hints section, a gamers collection that helps you locate other online gamers WITHIN YOUR AREA CODE, hundreds of secrets for a variety of games such as the Sega Saturn, plus an interactive site for the Command & Conquer game series. This site covers all video game and computer game platforms. Capitol Records: CHECK OUT THE SOUNDS Capitol Records' recording artist Eric Johnson has a unique Web site (www.ericjohnson.com). Fans will be able to preview Eric's new album, Venus Isle, before it reaches stores on September 3, and vote on whether Eric sounds best using Shockwave, StreamWorks or RealAudio. Ten fans who send in questions to the site's e-mail can compete for a personal phone call with Johnson. The listeners who send in the ten best questions will be able to have the answers answered personally during a five minute call. Fans can listen to 30-second previews of the Venus Isle songs Manhattan, Lonely In The Night, Song for Lynette and SRV, plus the full-length cut Pavilion, and then order the album directly from the site or by dialing (800) 955-SONG. Eric will autograph the first 100 CDs ordered. CMP: MAKING MONEY ON THE WEB The money makers on the Web are not what the majority of people might think. It's not the sellers of online goods or direct marketers. Rather, the successful cyberspace folk are the frequently visited Web sites that capitalize on their popularity by selling ad space and advertising banners--that according to CMP's InformationWeek. The wealth is spread at the top 10 sites. The top 10 sites in the first quarter accounted for a 63 percent of total Web ad dollars spent. The first quarter's top three Web money-makers made all their revenue from advertising: Infoseek ($3.1 million), Lycos ($2.6 million), and Yahoo! (2.2 million). The top three advertisers were: IBM ($1.5 million), Microsoft ($1 million), and Netscape ($929,900). The first quarter of 1996 revealed $26 million spent on Web ads which is more that double the $12.4 million spent in the fourth quarter of 1995. By the year 2000, revenue from online advertising is expected to grow to $5 billion. Exhibitor Relations: TOP TEN FLICKS AT THE CINEMA Following are the top 10 movies at the U.S. box office during the Friday-to-Sunday period of August 9-11, according to studio estimates released by Exhibitor Relations Co. 1. Jack $11.3 million 2. A Time To Kill $10.9 million 3. John Carpenter's Escape From L.A. $9.3 million 4. Independence Day $8.0 million 5. Matilda $5.0 million 6. Phenomenon $4.0 million 7. (Tie) Chain Reaction $3.3 million 7. (Tie) Courage Under Fire $3.3 million 9. The Nutty Professor $3.0 million 10. Kingpin $2.9 million DFC: THREE CHEERS FOR SOLID GROWTH The interactive entertainment industry has certainly been on a roller-coaster ride over the past (far-too-numerous) months. Many companies keep a close eye on all of the companies involved in this genre and then spout their predictions based upon what they've seen (and who is paying for the study). The latest report from DFC Intelligence, entitled Video Games and Interactive Electronic Entertainment: Forecasts for the U.S. Market, has now been released. The bottom line is that they feel this year is going to be a solid year for interactive entertainment and that the sales decline in the video game market has halted. They also expect PC game sales to expand. They expect the interactive entertainment industry to drive the overall consumer-electronics industries. Video console industry growth is coming from the 32- and 64-bit market. The dominant systems will, of course, be the upcoming Nintendo 64, the Sega Saturn and the Sony PlayStation, not necessarily in that order. The company feels each system will have sold more than 10 million units, domestically, by the year 2000. They do not foresee the PC replacing the consoles as an entertainment platform. In the future, DFC Intelligence believes that a system the combines DVD and Internet access could be quite successful. This report also predicts what the best-selling software titles for 1996 will be and forecasts for the top 50 PC games as well as the top 10 16-bit titles, plus more than 60 32- and 64-bit titles. Call 512-338-6738 for more info. T-HQ GRABS HELIOTROPE Heliotrope Studios, known for the galactic strategy game Pax Imperia, is now part of T-HQ Inc. T-HQ wins proprietary rights to imaginative and original game content, as well as an immediate entrance into the PC CD-ROM and online markets. T-HQ acquired all rights to Pax Imperia II from Blizzard Entertainment, a division of Davidson & Associates Inc., who sold their interest in Pax Imperia II to T-HQ. Pax Imperia won MacWorld Magazine's 1993 Hall of Fame award as the Strategy Game of the Year. Humongous: HAUNTED FISH Humongous Entertainment, a subsidiary of GT Interactive Software Corp., will release Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse(tm) Junior Adventure(tm) for kids age 3-8 on Aug. 29. Available as a hybrid, one multi-platform CD-ROM runs on Windows 95, Windows 3.1 and Macintosh operating systems. Available free with the purchase of Freddi Fish 2 will be Sing Along with Freddi Fish and her Friends, a colorful illustrated 24-page book and audiotape with songs from the game. Freddi Fish's first adventure, Freddi Fish and The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds(tm), won a number of awards including Newsweek Editor's Choice Award 1996; Family PC Top Rated No.1 Kids Software Award 1996; Computer Gaming World, No.1 Family Software Title of 1995 and more. id: QUAKE COMES TO THE BEST Quake, one of the hottest games from id Software (http//:www.idsoftware.com), has chosen Best Internet Communications (bwl@best.com) to host this title on the Internet. Quake is generating over 15 million hits per day as users download the shareware via the Internet. id Software selected Best Internet to host Quake after evaluating their connectivity infrastructure while comparing it to several other national Internet Service Providers (ISP). Best was chosen over competing providers because of its superior connectivity infrastructure. Best's hosting capabilities enable id to accommodate the high volume of QUAKE daily downloads. QUAKE is currently downloaded at a daily rate of 20,000 downloads, generating 69.2GB of data transfers per day via a single Sequent server. id Software is distributing the shareware version to game players by allowing them to download QUAKE at no cost. Best's co-location services allow id to house their six processor Sequent server at Best's facilities for substantially increased bandwidth and complete and secure Web site hosting. Interactive Magic: TANKS FOR THE MEMORIES If you are into realistic battle sims and tank games, you may be familiar with iM1A1 from Interactive Magic (http://www.imagicgames.com) for Windows 95-based PCs. Interactive Magic now has a new version of the Abrams tank, iM1A2, which provides the tank commander with an independent thermal viewer that permits hunter-killer tactics within each tank. The 120mm gun has several new types of ammo that includes the MPAT anti-helicopter shell, the STAFF top-attack shell, the Sabot and HEAT ammunition. Plus, this vehicle carries the newest digital, battlefield computer systems. The basic game places you as a tank platoon commander leading four tanks into battle, or you can be a company team commander. The battles and campaigns are present day and near-future trouble spots that include the Balkans, Persian Gulf, and the Ukraine/Russia. You can operate your tank from any of its primary positions--driver, gunner, commander--and the remaining crew follows the general orders you give to them. There are various external and map views that assist you with your observation of the battle. As you control your platoon, there isalso help from other vehicles, infantry, mortars, artillery pieces, helicopters and jet fighter-bombers. Macromedia: SUPPORT FOR VRML There always seem to be five or six companies that are constantly working the WWW development crowd. The usuals--Netscape, Microsoft, Apple, Adobe and, of course, Macromedia. The latter company has now announced that their Extreme 3D will fully support VRML 2.0. This will occur with a VRML 2.0 converter which will enable Extreme 3D files to be optimized for delivery to your screen via VRML-enabled browsers. These browsers include Intervista's Worldview 2.0, Netscape's Live 3D, Microsoft's Internet Explorer, and Silicon Graphics' Cosmo. The converter itself was developed by Macromedia with Intervista. This converter allows cameras, geometry, lights, materials and textures to be modelled in Extreme 3D and then converted to the VRML formats. You may obtain the converter by downloading the program from http://www.macromedia.com. Micrografx: STATIC GRAPHICS NO MORE ABC QuickSilver from Micrografx comes to the rescue of static graphics and allows interactive vector graphics to be displayed on the Web. QuickSilver, which comes as both a Netscape plug-in and an ActiveX control, uses vector graphics that are generally smaller than traditional raster graphics, resulting in quicker downloading. Additionally, vector graphics can be resized instantly (without help from the Web server) and without loss of image quality. A disadvantage is that vector graphics are typically less detailed than raster graphics. QuickSilver also permits interactivity within a Web page similar to Macromedias Shockwave plug-in. QuickSilver can make graphics change as the user hovers or clicks the mouse on certain areas. In addition to making visual changes to graphics, hot areas on a graphic can function as hyperlinks that take the user to new Web sites. ABC QuickSilver offers a free download Requires: Windows 95 and Netscape 2.0 or later, or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 beta or later at http://www.micrografx.com. Microsoft: FUTURE TALK Hype is the just cause of software developers. Especially if you happen to be one of the biggies. That, of course, definitely defines Microsoft. The company has already created a feature list for version 5 of their Internet Explorer browser, even though version 3 is just, now, out of their inner development sanctums. Rumor has it that we can, apparently, expect to be able to create WWW pages with the next Microsoft browser, plus be able to build applets. You'll also be able to drag-and-drop components into a form and write commands for those components. BILL ASKS, CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG? Bill Gates and the famous Rodney King statement about getting along seem to be paramount on Microsoft's mind. A funny thing happened on the way to becoming the dominant player. Microsoft, in the war of PCs, trembles at the thought of Apple Computer Inc. failing financially. Apple's demise would increase the possibilities of repercussions in terms of antitrust settlements--the Justice Department has an ongoing investigation of Microsoft's competitive practices. In order to keep this a two-player game, Microsoft is infusing millions to a special unit to write Internet programs for the Macintosh. Microsoft is playing hard ball against Netscape Communications Corp. while vying for Internet software developers loyalty. Microsoft set up a multimillion dollar housekeeping unit last year in San Jose, CA, although such wasn't revealed until recently. Plans are to, eventually, have 60 employees that are long-time developers of software for Apple's Macintosh operating system. The real change-of-heart is that Microsoft, for the first time, is telling programmers that they can ignore the Windows operating system and focus on ONLY writing for the Mac. At MacWorld last week, Microsoft told Mac software companies that, now available, is a no-strings-attached developer program that offers cash grants of up to $100,000. Don Bradford, a well-know Mac programmer, has been hired to head up Microsoft's new Mac group and has been told that his group's action item is to bring Apple's market share up from 5.7 percent to between eight and 11 percent. Skeptics at Apple wonder what favors Microsoft will want down the road after infusing Mac developers with major dollars--you don't get something for nothing. Narrative: STREAMING PRIORITIES One reason, in the past, for not including CD-ROM-based multimedia as part of a WWW site is because of the bandwidth necessary for such data to broadcast easily across the net. Narrative Communications has now announced their ActiveX Enliven Viewer plug-in for Internet Explorer 3.0. Part of their Enliven publishing system, this plug-in will enable folk to publish large volumes of CD-ROM multimedia over the net through use of a proprietary streaming technology. You must use the viewer to handle these files, however. NATIVE AMERICANS RESPOND What began as a modest vision for David Sontag resulted in a windfall of films from native Americans. This is the first year of the Native Americas International Film Exposition and resulted in responses from 15 countries with 191 films. 32 works from North, Central and South America that range from a Brazilian tribe's four-minute music video based on an ear-piercing ceremony to a feature-length U.S. film starring Johnny Depp were selected by a screening committee. There are six film categories,that will be shown at three Santa Fe theaters throughout the festival, from August 8-15. NBC: TRASH FROM MARS The very clever NBC TV series, Third Rock from the Sun, has some explaining to do. Seems as though all of this hoopla about life on Mars has caused the alien family some embarassment. Lithgow, who plays the head of the alien family, will scold the other family members after they watch a NASA briefing on television about the discovery of fossil evidence of ancient Martian life. Scheduled to air on September 22nd, Lithgow will tell his family, "The next time we have a picnic on another planet, clean up!" TOPS IN TV The Nielsen Media Research ratings for television shows, from August 5th through 11th, have been released. And the winners are . . . 1. Seinfeld,'' NBC 2. 3rd Rock From The Sun, NBC 3. Seinfeld,'' NBC 4. 3rd Rock From The Sun, NBC 5. Frasier, NBC 6. Home Improvement, ABC 6. ER, NBC 8. Mad About You, NBC 9. Dateline NBC,(Tuesday) NBC 10. Caroline in the City, NBC 10. CBS Sunday Movie: Dying Young, CBS 12. 20/20, ABC 13. PrimeTime Live, ABC 14. Friends, NBC 15. Boston Common,NBC 16. Dateline NBC, (Wednesday) NBC 16. Touched by an Angel, CBS 18. Friends, NBC 19. 60 Minutes, CBS 20. Coach, ABC Netscape: HIGH ON BORLAND Ahhh, friends, the acquisition frenzy that seemed to grip our industry over the past several months may have calmed down, but that does NOT mean companies are simply biding their time and not acquiring new technologies. The latest rumor is that Netscape is in discussions with Borland International to acquire that company. One reason is Borland's Delphi rapid application development tool, and their IntraBuilder Web database development tool. The latter is based on Borland's database engine. The cost? Figure the company's market value at between $220 and $240 million, with shares trading at $7 each last week. Netscape has some $55 to $60 million cash and a market value of around $3.8 billion. Neither company has commented on this reported acquisition. NewTek: AWESOME CONVERSION Without doubt, broadcast quality animation has always signified the use of LightWave 3D from NewTek, Inc. Until now, one of the leading platforms in the use of 3D graphics and animation has not had this program available for use with its system. However, NewTek has now announced that they are going to release a Power Macintosh version of their program quite soon. This product will bring quality animation, modeling and rendering capabilities to the Power Mac and will have QuickDraw 3D support that allows for graphic object viewing changes to occur in real time. LightWave has, for many years, been the product of choice by TV shows, feature films, and commercial agencies and is the only product that breaks the polygon/spline barrier, thanks to MetaNURBS. This technology performs real time transformations between polygons and splines and enhances the ability to create organic 3D objects. This means the easier-to-use polygons and the more powerful model techniques of splines are combined to create 3D models. Plus, Lightwave has MetaBalls, which is another modeling feature that enables spheres to be used to approximate complex shapes. MetaBalls function automatically and generate a skin based upon an approximation that transforms a rough shape into a complex 3D model, which is very useful when creating animals and characters. NHL: PRO ICE IN NASHVILLE? With professional ice hockey becoming more and more popular across the nation, Nashville is now making its bid for a NHL team. Leipold Hockey Holdings and Gaylord Entertainment Company have filed an application with the National Hockey League to obtain such a franchise. If granted, 80 percent would be owned by Leipold and 19.9 percent by Gaylord. Other minority owners would be allowed, with first priority on finding other Nashville partners for as much as 30 percent of the team. Nintendo: SYSTEM PRICE CUT Ahhh, we were all wondering how long it would be until Nintendo lowered the price of their Nintendo 64 console unit, due to be released in the United States on September 30th. And now we know--the OFFICIAL, Nintendo 64 price is to be $199.00. With two delays in product shipment, and some concerns that Nintendo may not be able to hit their financial forecasts due to the lower unit price, trading was suspended on the Tokyo Stock Exchange for the company yesterday. This occurs when there are more sellers than buyers. Nintendo will be closed through August 19th for an official Japanese holiday. Philips & Sony: COMING SOON TO A LIVING ROOM NEAR YOU--DVD A dual effort between Philips Electronics NV and Japan's Sony Corp. would begin to license Digital Video Disc (DVD) technology, widely seen as the industry's next high-growth product. This allows the computer and consumer electronics industry to prepare for the market introduction of the new high-capacity compact disc later this year. DVD can play music and video, while one disc can hold the information of 12 CD-ROMs or a feature length movie. Market experts expect that 68 million players will be sold by the year 2000. Psygnosis: MYST FOR PLAYSTATION Myst, the incredibly beautiful graphic adventure that appeals to such a broad variety of consumers, will be available this summer for the Sony PlayStation from Psygnosis, Inc. Over one million copies of the game have been sold for other platforms. The story brings the player to a book entitled Myst. The player searches through the book to find who wrote the book or where it came from. The book describes an exotic island that the player knows nothing about. The player keeps going until the last page of this book. As the player reaches for the last page his world disappears, taking him into a strange location known as Myst. Using puzzles and riddles, the player must find his way home. Psygnosis: TRICK OR TREAT--IT'S ZOMBIEVILLE Zombieville, from Psygnosis, will be available for the PC CD-ROM around Halloween time this year. Zombieville is a complex and extremely graphic game that involves the concept of top-secret covert operations gone wrong. Halloween is an appropriate time for the release of this darkly humerous game as it involves gruesome characters. You're an investigative reporter who has received a tip from a source in Washington about a military operation that has gone awry. There are major cover-ups, covert government operations, and a situation that puts the government in a state of emergency. RIDDLER NAMES THAT TUNE Later this year The Riddler Web site will incorporate Name That Tune into its Web site, located at http://www.riddler.com. The publisher of The Riddler Web site, Interactive Imaginations, has acquired the Web rights to the Name That Tune TV game show. Riddler, which features crossword puzzles and trivia games, is designed to become a virtual game show network on the Web. Name That Tune on the Web will be fashioned after the television version of the game show. The advertiser-supported site said it expects to offer prizes that include cars, cruises and other vacations for winning game participants. Simon & Schuster: TEACH YOUR CHILDREN--ABOUT WHAT!!! Coming to a book store near you will be Simon & Schuster Interactive's new educational software line, Teach Your Children. There'll be six separate hybrid titles. Other than that I can't tell you anything more. I find it interesting that a company this size, with all of their marketing dollars, sends us a three page fax in which there is little, if any, real info given. What are the titles? What age group are the titles geared toward? KillerApp Communications did not do a killer of a job on this release. SoftKey: BUNDLE FOR KIDS There's a double CD-ROM product coming your way for children ages 3 to 9 years...it's called Oceans and Zoo and is from Compton NewMedia. The title contains puzzles, activities, entertainment, games and videos, as well as high educational content. The program helps teach matching and identification skills, alphabet and spatial perception skills, and increase a child's knowledge of sea creatures and animals. The program is for both Macintosh and Windows computers. SOFTKEY DOES HARD SELL SoftKey International Inc., a leading provider of consumer software, has two television infomercials designed to lead consumers to retail outlets. The first to be marketed is Infopedia, a multimedia encyclopedia and reference CD-ROM, and >The Learning Company's Hablemos Ingles (Learn To Speak English From Spanish) CD-ROM that will appear around Christmas. A television special called Ideas Navidenas is targeted at the Hispanic community in hopes of providing gift-giving ideas. (08/16/96) Spielberg: IN STEVEN'S DIRECTOR'S CHAIR Steven Spielberg has a web site dedicated to the November CD-ROM release of Director's Chair (http://www.directorschair.com) and he hosts a unique contest. The grand prize winner will spend a day on the set of The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Spielberg's next film. Director's Chair, a Knowledge Adventure (http://www.adventure.com) creation, available in Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and Macintosh, features the talents of Jennifer Aniston, Quentin Tarantino, Penn & Teller and Katherine Helmond. One of the Web sites features a unique contest giving entrants an opportunity to be Spielberg's guest on the set of his next movie and features downloadable color photographs of the movie's stars as well as exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the CD-ROM, including audio recordings and mini-movies. Contestants will submit a 50-word essay answering the question, You've got big bucks, big stars, and the world's best crew -- now what kind of movie will you make? And Why? The contest will be opened to four age groups including ages 8-12, 13-18, 19-24 and 25 and older. Judges will select 100 first round winners to win a free copy of Director's Chair. These 100 winners will have until September 25 to create and submit their own hit movie utilizing their new software. Strategic Simulations: A NEW CAMPAIGN--STEEL PANTHERS Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI), the folk who know how to play war better than almost anyone else, has an additional disk for their game Steel Panthers. Entitled Steel Panthers Campaign Disk, this disk offers the opportunity to expand your battlefield with the addition of three campaigns and 35 stand-alone scenarios. You are a part of campaigns such as the German Afrika Corps against the British 8th Army in the Battle of North Africa. Other battles range from Europe to the Pacific and include the Battle of Kamarovka, Nowy Yarg, Poland, Death of the 11th Panzer Brigade, Bloody Ridge, Guadalcanal, Suribachi and more. Trilobyte: THE 7TH GUEST: PART III CONTINUES WITH THE CREEPS For those gamers that love the creepy feeling of Trilobyte, Inc.'s The 7th Guest and the 11th Hour: The Sequel to The 7th Guest, comes a new offering--The 7th Guest: Part III (working title). This is the third installment in this gothic horror trilogy. Banking on their past record sales of those mentioned programs, which shipped 500,000 units worldwide