KEMCO DELIVERS ACTION, COMEDY AND ADVENTURE FOR
E3 2002
Blockbuster Batman Title, Egg Mania and GBA
MP3 Player to be Showcased at #2808 West Hall
Seattle, Wash. – May 1, 2002
– Japanese publisher and developer Kemco, announced its diverse line-up for this
year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo. Kemco will finally unveil the highly
anticipated Batman: Dark Tomorrow for the PlayStation®2 computer
entertainment system, The Xbox video game system from Microsoft and the Nintendo
GameCube. In addition, the latest action puzzle game, Egg Mania, will
be on display for both handheld and console platforms. Kemco will also be
demonstrating its revolutionary new hardware – a GameBoy Advance MP3 player, at
the company’s booth located at 2808 West Hall.
Other titles to be exhibited by Kemco at E3 include, Boulder Dash® EX,
Crazy Chase and Woody Woodpecker Crazy Castle 5.
“From the action of Batman to the challenge of Egg Mania to our revolutionary
GBA MP3 Player, Kemco’s diverse original titles, products and high profile
licenses will appeal to both core enthusiast and mass-consumer audiences,” said
Glenn Halseth, vice president of sales and marketing for Kemco. “The 2002
line-up will help to ensure our position as a key publisher and developer in the
North American market.”
A brief synopsis of each title follows:
Title: Batman: Dark Tomorrow
Release date: November 5, 2002
Genre: Action Adventure
Platform:
GameCube, PS2 and
Xbox
Explosions echo throughout the mean streets of Gotham as rival gangs battle for
control of the city. Anarchy reigns supreme with the sudden disappearance of
Police Commissioner James Gordon and the lockdown of Arkham Asylum, home for the
criminally insane. By using all of his skills, both mental and physical, as
well as a variety of gadgets, Batman must stop the gang war, infiltrate Arkham
Asylum and rescue the Commissioner. During this time, Batman must also piece
together clues to discover the mastermind behind these seemingly unrelated
events and stop an evil plan that threatens the fate of the entire world!
Title: Egg Mania
Release date: September 10, 2002
Genre: Action Puzzle Game
Platform: GBA
In this cartoon arcade style puzzle game, players battle one another to be the
quickest to build a tower out of blocks. Facing challenges that include
ascending water, challenging enemies and the inherent environmental hazards
within each level, players must catch the falling blocks and drop them into
their correct positions before the rising water consumes them. The object of
this game is to be first to reach the top of the level and locate the pull chain
that is used to “flush” their opponent’s tower.
Title: Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness
Release date: September 10, 2002
Genre: Action Puzzle Game
Platform: GameCube, PS2
Faithful to the original game theme, Egg Mania : Eggstreme Madness evolves
around the concept of racing to build towers from randomly falling blocks while
avoiding nasty foes and rising moat water. The game delivers an amazing array of
customizable options for balanced gameplay and optimum challenge and includes
dozens of new characters and modes that offer puzzle game depth and replay
value.
Title: Boulder® Dash EX
Release date: August 2002
Genre: Acton Puzzle Games
Platform: GBA
Based on the coin-op arcade classic, players are cast as a curious explorer
that, upon discovering a hidden cave, stumbles across the remains of an ancient
culture. These adventurers must delve into the ruins of six worlds and search
for hidden treasure, all the while defending themselves against blood-sucking
bats, poisonous scorpions and a plethora of other monsters. New features
include screen rotation and scaling, time bombs and multi-player support.
Title:
Crazy Chase
Release date: October 2002
Genre: Action Adventure
Platform: GBA
In this quick-thinking crazy game, players will strap on their
turbo-charged clown shoes and assist Kid Klown in saving the world and defeating
the vile space pirate Dirty Joe, who has kidnapped “Her Royal Bratness,”
Princess Honey. Players join forces with Kid Klown to find four items that will
enable the dynamic duo to reach the next stage before Dirty Joe’s bomb
detonates. Fast fingers and a sense of humor are essential while facing
perilous objects, such as cars, thorns, spikes, cannons, sticky bushes and
rolling logs.
Title: Woody Woodpecker Crazy Castle 5
Release date: September 2002
Genre: Action
Platform: GBA
In this fifth installment of the action-adventure Crazy Castle series, players
step into the shoes of the loveable character Woody Woodpecker in
his quest to aid Mother Nature in freeing the Fairy World from Demons. With the
assistance of Mother Nature, players must navigate through several elemental
worlds, collecting keys and other useful items, while assuming different
costumes and discovering new abilities along the way. While searching for keys
to find and unlock new doors, players will come across treasure chests filled
with helpful items such as dart guns to freeze enemies or fruit pies to
momentarily stun them. Each world has a new and dangerous adversary that must
be defeated, before advancing to the next level and ultimately saving the Fairy
world.
GameBoy® Advance MP3 Player
The GBA MP3 Player features a portable music player function in addition to
the normal GBA functions and can easily record and play music that can be heard
via headphones or GBA speakers. It comes with a voice delete function that
allows music lovers to delete vocals which are recorded with a built-in
microphone.
Come to West Hall Booth #2808 to see the titles and experience them
hands-on.
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BATMAN and all related characters, names, and
indicia are trademarks of DC Comics
2002.
Boulder Dash is a registered trademark of First Star Software, Inc
Woody Woodpecker and Friends and related characters are trademarks and
copyrights of Walter Lantz Productions, Inc. Licensed by Universal Studios
Licensing, Inc. All rights reserved.
About DC Comics
DC Comics, a division of Warner Bros. an AOL Time
Warner Company, is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world
and home to such iconic characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the
Sandman. These DC super heroes and others have starred in comic books, movies,
television series (both animated and live-action) and cyberspace, thrilling
audiences of all ages for generations. DC Comics’ Web site is located at
http://www.dccomics.com.
About Kemco
Since 1984, Kemco has produced over 100 titles
including the popular Top Gear racing games and Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle series
for a wide variety of video game platforms. An original Nintendo licensee,
Kemco works closely with DC comics, Warner Bros. and Universal Studios on
ongoing video game projects. Currently Kemco’s development teams are creating
games for Nintendo’s next generation platforms, as well as Sony PlayStation®2
and Microsoft’s Xbox.
