INTERPLAY AND LUCASARTS RENEW EXCLUSIVE OEM DISTRIBUTION DEAL

April 11, 1996 -- Irvine, Calif.-- Interplay Productions today announced
the renewal of an exclusive Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)
distribution agreement with LucasArts Entertainment Company, developer and
publisher of such hit titles as Rebel Assault II, The Dig, Dark Forces and
Full Throttle. The agreement calls for Interplay to be the exclusive U.S.
and Canadian OEM distributor of Lucas Arts software for IBM and 100%
compatible as well as Macintosh computers in both CD-ROM and floppy disk
formats.

"We are very excited to renew a relationship that we started in 1993," said
Jill Goldworn, vice president of OEM and Merchandising. "LucasArts is one
of the leading developers and publishers of entertainment software
worldwide, and we are proud to offer their titles to our OEM customers."

"I'm delighted by the re-establishment of LucasArts' relationship with
Interplay," said Mary Bihr, head of sales and marketing for LucasArts.
"Interplay's strength in OEM sales is the perfect complement to our strong
presence in the retail marketplace, and we look forward to the same type
of success we achieved with them in previous years."

Interplay's OEM Division is the leading provider of entertainment,
educational sports, arcade, reference and edutainment software to the
hardware community. Interplay Productions offers OEMs hit titles from
other publishers as well, including Davidson, Gremlin Interactive, GT
Interactive, Interactive Magic, Humongous Entertainment, MacPlay, Mission
Studios, Viacom New Media and VR Sports with over 250 titles available.

LucasArts Entertainment Company develops and publishes interactive
entertainment software for a variety of computer and console platforms.
Based in San Rafael, California, as well as on the internet at
http://www.lucasarts.com, LucasArts is one of four Lucas companies. Lucas
Learning Ltd. develops and publishes educational multimedia for home and
school. Lucas Digital Ltd., comprised of Industrial Light & Magic and
Skywalker Sound, serves the needs of the entertainment industry for visual
effects and audio post-production. Lucasfilm Ltd. includes George Lucas'
feature film and television activities, as well as THX and Lucasfilm
Licensing.

Founded in 1983, Interplay Productions is a company dedicated to
manufacturing and distributing a wide range of award-winning entertainment
and educational software designed by gamers, for gamers. Interplay
releases products through its Interplay, MacPlay, VR Sports and Shiny
Entertainment divisions and its affiliated labels for personal computers
as well as leading console game platforms. In addition, the company's OEM
division represents a wide variety of publishers software to the OEM
community for hardware bundling.
 
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