for The 7th Guest (one of the highest number of preorders ever for a CD-ROM
game) and The 11th Hour, which sold 250,000 copies in North
America--Trilobyte is expecting similar results for their next offering. A
Mac version of The 11th Hour is also expected this fall. The 7th Guest:
Part III, to be released in the fall of 97, will offer feature-film
quality, full-motion video and 3D graphical environments in a puzzle-based
game that takes players into the world of demented toy maker, Henry Stauf.




TURNER LOCKS UP 101 MOVIES
It's official, Turner Broadcasting System Inc's TBS Superstation and Turner
Network Television  have purchased exclusive rights to 101 motion pictures
from Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures. The 10-year film licensing deal
begins this year and includes films such as 1983's Terms of Endearment,
Saturday Night Fever (1977), Days of Thunder (1990) and The King of Comedy
(1983).
(08/15/96)




Universal: DINOSAURS ON THE WEB
Another Web site based upon the blockbuster movie and adventure ride:
Jurassic Park-The Ride Online Adventure from Universal Studios will be at
http://www.jurassic.unicity.com as of August 13. The site offers a game
with computer-generated graphics and animation in which the player must
evade an escaped dinosaur to survive. Universal, which also has published a
Web game related to its WaterWorld movie property, did most of the
programming forthe new game in the Java language. It is compatible with
Netscape Communications Corp.'s Navigator 2.0 and above and Microsoft
Corp.'s Internet Explorer 3.0.