SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE NAMES WILLIAM "POTATO" FIGUEROA NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON FOR
WORDTRIS

ALAMEDA, Calif., Oct. 16, 1992--Spectrum HoloByte Inc. today named William
Figueroa--the 12 year old who made potato synonymous with Dan Quayle--as
the National Spokesperson for Wordtris, the Tetris-inspired word game.
Wordtris is currently available for the Macintosh and IBM/compatibles; it
is scheduled for a December 1992 release on the Nintendo Super NES and
GameBoy.

Last June, Figueroa rocketed to fame after he corrected Vice President Dan
Quayle on the proper spelling of the word potato. Following Quayle's
election-year gaff, Figueroa, a sixth grader at Munoz Rivera Elementary
School in Trenton, N.J., was thrust into the media spotlight. Figueroa's
local and national media appearances included a guest spot on The David
Letterman Show.

As its National Spokesperson, Spectrum HoloByte has asked Figueroa to help
promote Wordtris as an action-packed game with an educational twist. The
game has players form words from letter blocks as the blocks fall from the
top of the screen. A 50,000-word dictionary in Wordtris will recognize
words with three to nine letters, including, of course, potato.

Beyond his duties as spokesperson, Figueroa will also take part in Spectrum
HoloByte's "Potato Challenge" sweepstakes promotion to appear in the
January 1993 issue of Gamepro magazine.

Founded in 1986, Spectrum HoloByte is a recognized leader in interactive
entertainment. Chief among its product line are Tetris, the famous game of
falling blocks, and Falcon, the ultra-realistic F-16 flight simulation.
The company has also licensed from Paramount Pictures the name and
characters from the popular television series Star Trek: The Next
Generation. The first of the Star Trek titles are expected by second
quarter 1993.

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

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