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BAM! ENTERTAINMENT AND ID SOFTWARE BRING A CLASSIC TO THE GAME BOY® ADVANCE
A Pioneer Of The Genre, Wolfenstein 3D® Enters The Handheld Market
San Jose, Calif.--(February 28, 2002) BAM! Entertainment (Nasdaq: BFUN) today announced that it has obtained the
rights to publish id Software'sTM Wolfenstein 3D for the
Game Boy Advance. Originally developed and released for the PC in 1992, Wolfenstein 3D has become one of the
most critically acclaimed and widely recognized gaming franchises ever, including a 1995 induction into
Computer Gaming World's Gaming Hall of Fame. Wolfenstein 3D for the Game Boy Advance is a joint development
effort between id Software and Dallas-based studio Stalker Entertainment.
"Wolfenstein 3D brought players into the action and for the first time ever, put them toe-to-toe with their
enemies," Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software, said. "Now everyone can take this unforgettable battle through
Castle Wolfenstein with them wherever they go."
"Wolfenstein 3D is truly one of the classics and is widely recognized as the game that created the first-person
shooter genre," said Alain Tascan, Vice President of Worldwide Development for BAM! Entertainment. "We are
excited to bring this timeless and highly celebrated game to the handheld market."
The year is 1943. You are William "B.J." Blazkowicz, the Allies' bad boy of espionage and a terminal action
seeker on a reconnaissance mission of extreme importance. Your mission is to infiltrate the Nazi fortress and
find the plans for Operation Eisenfaust, the Nazi's blueprint for building the perfect army. Captured in the
attempt, you're taken to their prison where you await execution. However, you know where the plans are kept,
and the Allies will face a great defeat if you don't escape and risk the horrors of the prison known as Wolfenstein.
Playing as an escaped prisoner in a Nazi war prison, the player moves smoothly through a 3D world full of Nazi
Guards, snarling canines, and rooms packed with Nazi treasure. With 60 action-packed levels full of secret
passages and hidden rooms, Wolfenstein 3D for Game Boy Advance will appeal to audiences from the novice to
the experienced.
About id Software
id - Freud's primal part of the human psyche and one of the hottest game shops on Earth - has been rocking
the gaming world from Mesquite, Texas since 1991. As a renowned leader in the industry, id Software forged
such frenetic titles as Wolfenstein 3D®, DOOM®,
DOOM IITM, QUAKE® and
QUAKE IITM. With intense graphics and mind-blowing action, id's games
have helped redefine the modern video game, continually setting industry standards for technology and gameplay.
And, in keeping with tradition, id Software has amplified the world of adrenaline pumping 3-D gaming with the
release of their latest action titles, Return to Castle WolfensteinTM,
QUAKE III ArenaTM and QUAKE III: Team ArenaTM.
id's advanced QUAKE III Arena engine is leading the next revolution in 3-D interactive games with both single
and multiplayer technology. Check out more about id Software at
www.idsoftware.com.
© 2002 Id Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Published and distributed by BAM!
Entertainment, Inc. under license. Wolfenstein 3D®,
Return to Castle WolfensteinTM, DOOM®,
QUAKETM, QUAKE IITM,
QUAKE III ArenaTM, QUAKE III: Team ArenaTM,
and the id SoftwareTM name are either registered trademarks or trademarks of
Id Software, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
About Stalker Entertainment
Marcus Hopkins and Mike Danylchuk founded Stalker Entertainment in 2000 with an unrelenting passion to
develop innovative, top selling games that embrace the world. Stalker Entertainment is a highly motivated
and disciplined development studio that engages an array of entertainment media through the production of
console and PC titles. Our core team has produced over 50 game titles for such companies as Electronic Arts,
Fox Interactive, Activision, Interplay, and 3DO Interactive.
About BAM! Entertainment, Inc.
Founded in 1999 and based in San Jose, California and Bath, England, BAM! Entertainment, Inc. is a developer,
publisher and marketer of interactive entertainment software in North America and Europe. The company develops,
obtains, or licenses properties from a wide variety of sources, including global entertainment and media companies,
and publishes software for video game systems, wireless devices, and personal computers. The company's common
stock is publicly traded on Nasdaq under the symbol BFUN. More information about BAM! and its products can be
found at the company's web site located at www.bam4fun.com.
This release contains statements that are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current estimates and projections
about BAM! Entertainment's business, which are derived in part on assumptions of its management, and are not
guarantees of BAM! Entertainment's future performance, as such performance is difficult to predict. Therefore,
actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking
statements due to numerous factors. Such factors include, but are not limited to those described in the final
prospectus dated November 14, 2001 relating to the initial public offering of BAM! Entertainment, which was filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers of the release are referred to this filing. BAM!
Entertainment does not intend to update any of these forward-looking statements after the date of this release.
BAM! Entertainment, BAM! and BAM!4 are trademarks of BAM! Entertainment, Inc. PlayStation is a registered
trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Nintendo GameCube is a trademark of Nintendo of America, Inc.
Microsoft and Xbox are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Nintendo and Game Boy Advance
are trademarks of Nintendo. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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