ACTION FLYING AND THRILLING DOGFIGHTING TAKE OFF IN TOP GUN: FIRE AT WILL
FOR SONYS PLAYSTATION GAME CONSOLE

NEW GAME DELIVERS FULL-MOTION VIDEO AND 3-D SPACE ACTION FLIGHT FOR THE
ULTIMATE GAMING EXPERIENCE

ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT EXPO, LOS ANGELES, MAY 16, 1996 -- The
heart-pounding thrill of action adventure flying awaits players as they
take the controls in one of the years most highly anticipated interactive
action-flying games from Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBYT). Top Gun:
Fire at Will, based on the blockbuster hit movie TOP GUN from Paramount
Pictures, is currently in development for the PlayStation game console.
Developed initially for the PC CD-ROM platform, the game contains features
unique to other games for this new console.

Licensed through Viacom Consumer Products, Top Gun: Fire at Will is one of
the first titles for the PlayStation game console to feature full-motion
video for a more realistic gaming experience. There are more than 30
nonstop action-packed dogfighting missions, with each level of gameplay
becoming progressively more challenging than the last. Top Gun: Fire at
Will also incorporates a 3-D space, full-action flight feature in which
players can attack and destroy the enemy from any direction.

Louis Gioia, Jr., chief marketing officer of Spectrum HoloByte, Inc.,
reports that taking advantage of these capabilities will allow Top Gun:
Fire at Will to be an ideal title for the popular platform. Part of the
appeal of Top Gun: Fire at Will lies in the spectacular dogfighting action
were designing into the flight sequences, says Gioia. When that
adrenaline-pumping action is added to the PlayStation game consoles
ability to showcase a games graphics, the end result will be sensational.

Additionally, players will enjoy special weapons options which can be
accessed on the more difficult levels. Special weapons include the Nuke,
the MIRV, the U238 and the Surefire. Pilots will also encounter level
bosses that appear only once during the course of the game and display
flying abilities and combat skills superior to the typical enemy plane.

In Top Gun: Fire at Will, players assume the role of Maverick, starting off
at Top Gun flight school, then dogfight their way around the world in an
epic adventure in which the player must defeat the enemy. The game
incorporates live-action video and features actor James Tolkan, who
appeared as the commanding officer in the TOP GUN film and who plays a
similar role in Top Gun: Fire at Will. Co-starring in the game is Julie
Carmen (who stars in the John Carpenter thriller In the Mouth of Madness)
as a veteran foreign correspondent for EBS News who always gets the
toughest assignments.

A key benefit of the PlayStation game console, a CD-ROM based platform, is
its high-quality video. The unit uses JPEG compression technology to
display graphics full-screen at very high resolution.

Product information is available for download from the MicroProse BBS at
510-522-8909, FTP site: ftp.microprose.com or World Wide Web site:
http://www.microprose.com. For consumer orders, call 1-800-695-GAME in the
United States and Canada and call 619-693-1200 outside the United States
and Canada.

Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. is a leading developer and publisher of interactive
entertainment software for use on CD-ROM based personal computer systems.
The company is also developing software for use on next generation console
machines. The companys four development studios are Spectrum HoloByte,
Alameda, California; MicroProse Software, Hunt Valley, Maryland;
MicroProse Limited, Chipping Sodbury, England; and SimTex Software
Corporation, Austin, Texas. Products are available nationally and
internationally through major distributors, retailers and mass merchants.

Spectrum HoloByte, 2490 Manner Square Loop, Alameda, CA 94501
(510) 522-3584;   Fax (510) 522-3587
 
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