Stepping up to the plate with the power of 2002’s #1 selling baseball video
game franchise, Acclaim Sports a division of Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., today
announced that its eagerly anticipated All-Star Baseball 2004
Featuring Derek Jeter will be available in stores nationwide this weekend.
Developed by Acclaim’s award-winning Austin studio, All-Star Baseball 2004 combines
the best of simulation and arcade-style game play to deliver the deepest and
most realistic interactive baseball experience. All-Star Baseball 2004 offers
more than 80 new features, including for the-first-time-ever, online downloadable
rosters, the official Negro Leagues license and selectable Spanish play-by-play
in-game announcing.

“All-Star Baseball 2004 builds upon our #1 position in the market
with another high-quality gaming experience that sets a new benchmark, and it
is sure to appeal to hardcore and casual baseball fans alike,” said
David Knies, Director of Acclaim Sports. “With more than 80 new features,
All-Star Baseball 2004 is truly the deepest game with all the tools.”
…

“All-Star Baseball 2004 raises the bar on realism and is the closest
thing to actually playing in the big leagues,” added Acclaim spokesperson
and four-time World Series Champion, Derek Jeter. “Acclaim has done
an incredible job with All-Star Baseball 2004, from the attention to detail
to the rich history of the Negro Leagues, and I’m sure it will be a home run
with gamers this season.”

“Acclaim’s All-Star Baseball 2004 is a wonderful tribute to the talented
players of the Negro Leagues who truly loved the game of baseball,”
concluded Buck O’Neil former player for the Kansas City Monarchs and Chairman
of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. “I’m excited that All-Star Baseball
2004 will help make players like Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige and Pop Lloyd come
to life for an entire new generation of baseball fans.”

Developed by Acclaim Studios Austin under license from Major League Baseball
Properties and the Major League Baseball Players Association, Acclaim Sports’
All-Star Baseball franchise has been praised by industry press over the past
three years for its breakthrough graphics and gameplay. All-Star Baseball is
highly regarded in the video game industry as the premier baseball series, and
according to The NPD Group was the #1 selling baseball brand of 2002 across
of the next-generation gaming platforms.

All-Star Baseball 2004 returns this season with an array of exciting
new features, including:

  • All-new front end and broadcast quality game presentations
  • Over 50 playable teams, including all 30 Major League Baseball® teams
    and 20 unlockable teams
  • 75 stadiums, each with active dugouts and bullpens, real time scoreboards
    and jumbotrons
  • More than 1,000 players to choose from, including over 110 retired Legends
    of MLB and Negro Leagues, such as Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Satchel Page, Josh Gibson
    and Buck O’Neil
  • 9 new gameplay modes, including Scenario mode, which allows players to
    relive and change classic moments from the 2002 MLB season
  • Deeper, more customizable Franchise mode
  • All-new online downloadable rosters (PlayStation®2 computer entertainment
    system and the Xboxâ„¢ video game system from Microsoft only)
  • In-game save capability
  • Multimedia section, featuring interviews with Derek Jeter, Cal Ripken and
    Buck O’Neil
  • First-time-ever in a video game – selectable Spanish play-by-play commentary

All-Star Baseball 2004 is currently available for Xboxâ„¢, Nintendo GameCubeâ„¢
and Game Boy® Advance. The game will be available for the PlayStation®2
computer entertainment system on Tuesday, March 4, 2003. For a complete list
of features and to order All-Star Baseball 2004, please visit http://www.allstarbaseball04.com.

About The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum opened in Kansas City, Missouri in January
1991, located in the Historic Lincoln Building (18th and Vine Historic District).
It is now housed in the Museums at 18th and Vine Complex. The museum has been
the subject of several television, radio, and print media feature stories. Visit
the museum’s web site at www.nlbm.com.

About Acclaim Entertainment
Based in Glen Cove, N.Y., Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., is a leading worldwide
developer, publisher and mass marketer of software for use with interactive
entertainment game consoles including those manufactured by Nintendo, Sony Computer
Entertainment and Microsoft Corporation as well as personal computer hardware
systems. Acclaim owns and operates five studios located in the United States
and the United Kingdom, which includes a motion capture and recording studio
in the U.S., and publishes and distributes its software through its subsidiaries
in North America, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Spain. The Company
uses regional distributors worldwide. Acclaim also distributes entertainment
software for other publishers worldwide, publishes software gaming strategy
guides and issues “special edition” comic magazines periodically.
Acclaim’s corporate headquarters are in Glen Cove, New York and Acclaim’s common
stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ.SC under the symbol AKLM. For more information
please visit our website at www.acclaim.com.

Major League Baseball and Hall of Fame trademarks and copyrights are used with
permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. and the National Baseball
Hall of Fame respectively. Visit the official website at MLB.com. © MLBPA-Official
licensee, Major League Baseball Players Association. Visit the Players Choice
on the web at www.bigleaguers.com.

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