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INDUSTRIES RELEASE DATE: JULY 17, 2003 |
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APPLE
INDUSTRIES SAYS OPERATOR PROFITS WILL “BALLOON”
WITH EOLITH’S EXCITING NEW VIDEO GAME “BnB ARCADE,”
BASED ON A NUMBER-ONE KOREAN HIT
(NEW YORK CITY) – “BnB Arcade,” a new universal
video game kit from award-winning Korean game creator Eolith
Co. Ltd., is now available in the North American market exclusively
from Apple Industries, President Allen Weisberg is pleased
to announce. The original consumer version of “BnB”
was developed by Nexon and went on to become a number-one
title in Korea’s online video game industry.
Now
Apple Industries offers an exciting coin-operated version
of this hit property, licensed and developed by Eolith. “Apple
Industries has been extremely selective about video product
in the past year, but we’ve found a real gold nugget
with Eolith’s ’BnB Arcade’,” said
President Weisberg. “This game is exactly what the operator
always needs in mid-summer: a low-cost video game kit that
can provide that affordable mid-season refreshment to a route
or arcade. In addition, ‘BnB’ provides a family-friendly
theme featuring cute characters and a surprising depth of
skill and strategy, while being extremely easy to play.”
“’BnB’s’
universal appeal makes it obvious why this game was a top
hit with Asian players,” said Apple’s Gene Lipkin.
“We’re convinced ‘BnB Arcade’ will
tickle the fancy of American players just as much. To keep
the attraction level lively this summer and fall, while keeping
the operator’s budget healthy at the same time, ‘BnB’
is a natural.”
The “BnB” stands for “balloon
and balloon,” and the game combines block-breaking action
with an all-out water balloon fight. The object of the game
is to throw water balloons at your opponent, trap him inside
a water bubble, then burst the bubble to douse the opponent.
Each busted balloon allows the player to win more points.
Each broken block creates opportunities to acquire power-up
items.
“’BnB Arcade’ is irresistible
because it offers a cleverly updated variation on some classic
video game themes and categories,” said President Weisberg.
“Unexpected depth of game play means that ‘BnB’
fulfills that classic formula, easy to play yet difficult
to master. We’re confident that operators will find
a strong reception to ‘BnB Arcade’ in fun centers,
pizzerias, bowling centers, movie theaters, mall and stand-alone
arcades, and countless other locations.”
Apple Industries remains the exclusive North
American representative for Eolith Co. Ltd. products. Apple
expects to introduce one more outstanding Eolith video game
to the North American market this year, with several additional
Eolith titles anticipated for 2004.
About Eolith Co. Ltd.: founded in 1996, Seoul-based
Eolith has been listed on Korea’s KOSDAQ market as a
video game developer for the home and arcade markets since
2000. CEO Jeon, Ju-Young, Eolith leads a staff of 110 developers,
programmers, engineers, and other video game professionals.
Eolith is positioning itself as a cross-market, cross-platform
game supplier that supplies product to the arcade, home, online,
PC, and mobile (cell phone) markets. Eolith is currently developing
a proprietary 3D hardware platform for future coin-operated
games.
“BnB
Arcade” is shipping now. For more information, visit
your authorized Apple distributor. For referral, contact Apple
Industries, 1107 E. Gunhill Rd., Baychester, NY 10469; corporate
(718) 655-0404 fax 718/574-4801. Or visit the company’s
website at www.appleindustries.net. |
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GAME
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Players
control cute cartoon characters in eight different settings
on a small island. Environments include a glacier, a walled
village with windmill, an underground train tunnel, a forest,
a bomb factory, a desert oasis, and a small castle with its
own mini-moat. The different environments are represented
on the screen as various checkerboard settings for players
to use as battlegrounds. Players begin their watery battle
on foot, but they progress to using roller-skates, to riding
on owls, turtles, octopi, or train cars, and piloting different
types of flying saucers.
Power-up
items include bigger and wetter water balloons, strength-building
candy canes, needles that allow characters to burst an enemy
balloon and escape from being trapped inside it, and many,
many more. “Boss” characters pop up from time
to time to increase the challenge by throwing their own balloons,
stealing the players’ balloons, and causing the players
to become slower or weaker. As players move through successive
rounds, new strategies are required and new obstacles appear
such as falling icicles that burst the player’s arsenal
of balloons.
One player
may compete against computer-controlled bosses or against
other computer-controlled characters. Two players may simultaneously
play in either cooperative or competitive mode. Each player
uses a joystick and two buttons, one to attack and the second
to deploy power-ups. The simple yet fun 2-D graphics show
a top-down angle on each battlefield and are presented in
a horizontal scrolling environment. Operators can select the
number of rounds that players are required to stay in each
environment and what feats must be accomplished to continue
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