SSI UNVEILS A REAL-TIME VISUAL GOTHIC NIGHTMARE INTRODUCING VEIL OF
DARKNESS 

Game Category: Horror Fantasy Adventure 
Versions: IBM PC (March) - $59.95; Clue Book (March) - $14.95

Sunnyvale, CA -- Friday, November 13th, 1992 -- A frightening feast of
intricate game play and visual thrills and spills comes to life in Veil of
Darkness, a horror fantasy adventure by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI).
Developed by Event Horizon, the same team who brought us the
critically-acclaimed The Summoning, Veil of Darkness features RealTime
Visual technology which provides captivating overhead-view action and a
lightning fast interface. The game will ship for IBM PCs this March for
$59.95 SRP, and a clue book will be introduced simultaneously for $14.95
SRP.

Captivating players with a finely-crafted plot, Veil of Darkness is the
story of a cargo pilot who crash-lands in a haunted valley in Romania's
Transylvania Alps in the late 1930s. The player investigates his new
surroundings, only to come face-to-fang with a vicious vampire, Kairn, who
has feasted on the local villagers for centuries. In the wake of his
feeding frenzy, unspeakable creatures of the night now stalk the
countryside. The player must stop the blood-letting rampage or become just
another drained body in the morgue.

Veil of Darkness shines with striking 256-color VGA graphics, some of which
is HiRes artwork that can be displayed on standard VGA configurations. The
overhead-view visuals are enhanced by lengthy animated cinema sequences at
the beginning and at the end of the game, and pop-up cinematics during the
action that advance the story. A spine-tingling music score and eerie
sound effects heighten the atmosphere.

Veil's game play features go above and beyond competing adventures.
Interaction with dozens of characters couldn't be easier, thanks to the
user-friendly point-and-click interface. The puzzles and traps, however,
are decidedly unfriendly, with enough trickery to boil over players' brain
cells. Complex mazes and deadly combats with ghoulish beasties add to the
challenge. However, players can use the versatile auto-mapping and
print-out features to record their moves and dialogues, just in case they
suffer an untimely demise....

"Our vision of the scariest, but easiest-playing gothic horror story ever
for a computer is realized with Veil of Darkness. The game takes
interaction to new heights by combining the Real-Time Visual technology
introduced in The Summoning with extensive puzzles and a more in-depth
story line," stated Kathleen Watson, SSI Director of Marketing.

Strategic Simulations, Inc. is one of the leading computer fantasy
role-playing publishers and is most noted for its ADVANCED DUNGEONS &
DRAGONS line of computer products. The company is recognized as the
premier war game publisher and, based on industry rankings, is one of the
top ten entertainment software publishers worldwide. SSI develops for the
leading 16-bit systems, including IBM, Macintosh, Amiga, Super Nintendo,
Sega Genesis, and CD-ROM.

Stragetic Simulations Inc
675 Almanor Ave, Suite 201, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-2901
408-737-6800;  Fax: 408-737-6814

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