Pocket Express(TM) announced today the release of its first Springboard(TM) module for the Handspring(TM) Visor(TM): Pocket Express Entertainment Pack.
The collection of engaging games features Tetris Classic(TM) by Pocket Express, the only official Tetris game for the Palm OS platform. Touted as the world's most popular video game, Tetris has over 50 million users worldwide. The game has been an enduring hit across many platforms ever since it debuted on the personal computer in the early 1980s. Pocket Express is proud to give Visor(TM) handheld owners everywhere the chance to get re-acquainted with this deceptively simple, yet completely addictive game.
The Entertainment Pack also includes the first and only official Palm OS version of another best-selling computer entertainment brand, Lode Runner(TM). Fans of the well-loved original Lode Runner will be reunited with Jake Peril as he hunts for gold in Lode Runner: The Legend Returns by Pocket Express. The entertainment pack also includes PocketChess(TM) by Pocket Express, the popular chess game that won Ziff-Davis' 1999 "PalmPilot Software Game of the Year" award. Rounding out the collection are Pocket Express Blackjack(TM), Pocket Express PokerDice(TM), and, as a free bonus, a selection of three solitaire games from smallWare.
To capitalize on the growing market for professionally developed software for devices such as the Handspring Visor by Handspring, Inc. (Nasdaq:HAND), Pocket Express licensed the rights to Tetris and Lode Runner, two of the best-selling entertainment brands of all time. "Now Tetris and Lode Runner fans with Visor handhelds finally have high-quality, authentic versions of these classic games in the great plug-and-play format of the Springboard module," said Pocket Express CEO Alma Rodoni. "In addition, we're proud to be offering one of the first color-enabled applications for the Visor handheld. Several of the games, including both the Tetris and Lode Runner games, run in color on devices with color displays."
"We're delighted to see Pocket Express bring such well-known entertainment brands to the Springboard platform," said Ed Colligan, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Handspring. "Pocket Express has put together a game selection with a very broad appeal and products like this really help the mainstream consumer market see handheld computers not just as a useful productivity tool but also as an entertaining one."
For $39.99, consumers can purchase the Pocket Express Entertainment Pack Springboard module at PalmGear's Springboard Module and Visor Accessories Store, www.palmgear.com/hs, within the next week. The product will also be available at CompUSA stores nationwide in the near future. Pocket Express Entertainment Pack carries a 30-day money-back guarantee.
With something for everyone, Pocket Express Entertainment Pack makes a perfect gift for any Visor handheld owner:
-- Authentic in every way, Tetris Classic by Pocket Express is
the perfect puzzle game. Players position falling blocks
across the bottom of a pit. When an entire line fills, it
clears from the screen and the player earns points.
-- In Lode Runner: The Legend Returns by Pocket Express, players
navigate a gold miner through an intricate maze of ladders,
collecting gold treasure while avoiding enemies and dead ends.
-- PocketChess by Pocket Express offers 8 levels of difficulty,
providing appropriate game play for players of any skill
level.
-- Pocket Express PokerDice is an exciting variation on the
age-old game of poker dice.
-- Pocket Express Blackjack gives you the fun and excitement of
playing this casino favorite without risking your hard-earned
money.
-- Solitaire is appreciated the world over as a great cure for
boredom. As a free bonus, Pocket Express Entertainment Pack
includes smallWare's Solitaire Free with its three versions of
solitaire, Klondike, Demon and Baker's Game.
Note on system requirements: The color Visor Prism handheld (announced today) is optional. All the games will run in grayscale mode on Visor handhelds that do not support color.
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