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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Terminal Reality
and Gathering of Developers Reveal FLY!
II's Features
Dallas, TX, 12, 2001 -- Game developer Terminal
Reality and developer-driven computer and video game publishing company
Gathering of Developers, a subsidiary of
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ-TTWO), today
released more details about FLY! II, the sequel to the
technologically-advanced general aviation simulation FLY!. FLY! II expands upon FLY!'s
top features, such as the detailed cockpits, and includes more detailed scenery
and expanded assistance for beginning pilots. FLY! II will be published
by Gathering of Developers (www.godgames.com) and distributed by Take Two
Interactive’s Jack of all Games, and lands in stores nationwide for the PC and Macintosh
this spring. Flight sim fanatics can
visit http://fly.godgames.com
for additional information, screenshots, downloads, and news.
"Flight
simulation enthusiasts demand a certain level of realism, depth and accuracy
from a general aviation experience,” said Richard Harvey, co-producer/lead
programmer of FLY! and FLY!
II. "Given its superior
technology, aircraft systems and features, FLY! II pushes the envelope in a way
that will delight the flight sim community, and entice new fans to this
genre.”
FLY! II will feature new
and expanded 3D models, aircraft, elevation scenery and higher resolution
images. Like its predecessor, FLY!
II will feature a global flight area, worldwide digital elevation
terrain model, photo-realistic terrain imagery, and high fidelity cockpit and
avionics systems, detailed to each aircraft's original configuration. FLY!
II will also include more points of interest, improved visual effects,
dynamic environments and thorough tutorials, instructions and
assistance for beginners.
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FLY! II’s features include:
·
New,
exclusive aircraft, the Pilatus PC-12 Turboprop. The most advanced single-engine turboprop aircraft available in
the world, with a cockpit resembling the complexity and feel of a jumbo
jet.
·
Bell
407 helicopter, the single most popular helicopter in the world. This rotary prop aircraft will be a
highlighted vehicle for many of the adventure missions in FLY! II
·
Updated
versions of aircraft included in FLY!.
-
Cessna
Skyhawk single-engine prop
-
Beechcraft
KingAir twin-engine turboprop
-
Raytheon
Hawker business jet
-
Twin-Engine
prop
-
Single
Engine turbo-prop
·
New
scenery imagery. FLY! II expands FLY!’s existing flight scenery using the
Terrascene 2 scenery system by Perspective Consulting and new global imagery by
How in the World?. This allows users to
navigate effectively in a Visual Flight Rules (VFR) environment.
·
Pre-configured
single user adventures. These
pre-configured flight adventures describe a goal and set flight parameters, then
score users based on their performance
and completion of the primary goal.
·
Downloadable
community adventures and challenges.
Terminal Reality will continually update its Web site to post downloadable
challenge flights and adventures submitted by simmers or developed by Terminal
Reality.
·
Extended
multiplayer flight parties. Virtual pilots are lead into a world of flight
where the simulation itself will develop an exciting set of emergency
situations, weather conditions and flight patterns.
·
Dynamic
vehicles. FLY! II will increase the
realism of taxiing with the addition of airport vehicles such as fuel trucks,
emergency vehicles, and baggage handlers.
·
Compression
technologies. This allows users to
utilize photo compression technologies for maps and scenery imagery.
·
Failures
and damage. FLY! II will feature
basic system failures as well as limited structural damage.
·
Enhanced
visuals and weather effects and aircraft systems.
FLY! was released in August 1999 and has garnered extensive
third-party support from fans and developers around the world. Since its
launch, FLY! was embraced by the flight sim community, which has created multiple
Web sites with new scenery, planes and aircraft
add-ons and alterations.
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Terminal
Reality’s continuation of the FLY!
franchise will be supported with various agreements with
third party developers such as How in the World? scenery
imagery, Precision Manuals Design Group (PMDG) and its Fly! Airliner Series, and Perspective Consulting and its TerraScene 2 technology.
FLY!
and FLY!
II use Terminal Reality's advanced Photex™ graphics engine, developed
by the company's president and Nocturneä lead programmer, Mark
Randel.
Headquartered in Lewisville
TX, Terminal Reality is a technology-driven independent developer of PC, Mac,
PlayStation2, Xbox, and Dreamcast games.
Founded in 1994, the company has created several best-selling games
including Terminal Velocity, Microsoft Hellbender, Microsoft Monster Truck Madness 1 & 2,
Nocturne, 4x4 EVO, FLY! and the
award-winning Microsoft CART Precision
Racing. In addition, Terminal
Reality created the first 3D game for the Windows 95 platform, Microsoft Fury3. Terminal Reality also
licenses its innovative Nocturne Engine that features real-time
lighting/shadowing, cloth simulation, volumetric fogging and cinematic cameras.
The Nocturne engine recently powered the highly acclaimed Blair Witch trilogy
of games, developed jointly by Terminal Reality, Human Head Studios, and Ritual
Entertainment. http://www.terminalreality.com
Founded in Dallas, TX in January 1998, Gathering of Developers is a
developer-driven computer and video game publishing company, and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc (NASDAQ: TTWO). The company’s mission is to be the worldwide
leader in the development and delivery of commercially successful computer and
video game software designed for a range of platforms. The company’s pioneering partners are
industry leaders and proven hit makers 3D Realms, Epic Games, PopTop Software,
Ritual Entertainment, Terminal Reality Inc and Edge of Reality. For more information visit Gathering of Developers
Web site at http://www.godgames.com.
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