GT INTERACTIVE VALUE 'DEER HUNTER'
CONTINUES TO TOP PC DATA CHART
COMPANY EXPANDS LINE AND INTRODUCES
'SPORTING CLAYS'
GT Value Division Maintains Number One Market Share for Second Consecutive Month
Minneapolis, MN, April 8, 1998 -- On the heels of capturing the number one position in January, GT Value Product's Deer Hunter software title continues to be the best-selling PC game in the country for February, according to PC Data. Priced at $19.99 and marketed under the WizardWorks brand, approximately 700,000 units of Deer Hunter have been shipped since its release this past September.
Deer Hunter, which debuted on PC Data charts at number eight in its first month on the market, has since continued to rapidly climb the charts. To meet the demand created by Deer Hunter's success, GT Value Products is also introducing Sporting Clays, a new title in their outdoor sporting lineup.
"Our expanding outdoor sporting lineup gives consumers the opportunity to enjoy real-life experiences in an easy-to-play, yet challenging interactive medium," said Chuck Bond, president of GT Interactive Value Products. "We are reaching a market segment that has been previously overlooked and we are committed to creating high quality interactive titles at an affordable price."
In addition to the success of Deer Hunter, conceived by GT Value Products and developed by Sunstorm Interactive, the company maintains its number one position in Budget/Value-priced software (units sold/dollars) for the first two months of the year, according to PC Data. GT Value Products has also held the number one market share in Value software for the past two years.
Company Introduces 'Sporting Clays' for the PC
Sporting Clays is a challenging, interactive shooting game which provides players the most accurate sporting clays simulation title on the market. Sporting Clays offers players 10 different playing fields; five clay types including rabbits; adjustable gun sensitivity and choke patterns; tournament play; as well as a field editor module to create your own course.Sporting Clays is affordable at a suggested retail price of $19.99 and is currently available in retail outlets nationwide. System requirements include a Pentium 90 or higher, Windows 95/3.1 or compatible operating system, 16MB RAM, 16 MB free hard drive space, CD-ROM drive, mouse and SVGA video and a sound card.
New interactive outdoor sporting experiences being released in May by WizardWorks include Deer Hunter Extended Season, an add-on for Deer Hunter; Pro Bass Fishing and Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter.
Based in Minneapolis, MN, GT Interactive Software Value Products
Division is the industry's number one value software company, publishing
PC products under the WizardWorks, CompuWorks and Slash brands. The
company is a subsidiary of GT Interactive Software Corp., a leading interactive entertainment and
edutainment publisher under the GT Interactive, Cavedog Entertainment, SingleTrac and MacSoft
brands for personal computers as well as game consoles from Sony
Computer Entertainment and Nintendo.
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