| Seattle, Wash. – May 1, 2002 – Japanese publisher and developer Kemco,
announced its diverse line-up for this year’s Electronic Entertainment
Expo. Kemco will finally unveil the highly anticipated Batman: Dark Tomorrow for the
PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, The Xbox video game system from Microsoft and
the Nintendo GameCube. In addition, the latest action puzzle game, Egg Mania, will be
on display for both handheld and console platforms. Kemco will also be demonstrating
its revolutionary new hardware - a GameBoy Advance MP3 player, at the company’s booth
located at 2808 West Hall.
Other titles to be exhibited by Kemco at E3 include, Boulder Dash EX, Crazy Chase
and Woody Woodpecker Crazy Castle 5.
"From the action of Batman to the challenge of Egg Mania to our revolutionary GBA MP3
Player, Kemco’s diverse original titles, products and high profile licenses will
appeal to both core enthusiast and mass-consumer audiences," said Glenn Halseth, vice
president of sales and marketing for Kemco. "The 2002 line-up will help to ensure our
position as a key publisher and developer in the North American market."
A brief synopsis of each title follows:
Title: Batman: Dark Tomorrow
Release date: November 5, 2002
Genre: Action Adventure
Platform: GameCube, PS2 and Xbox
Explosions echo throughout the mean streets of Gotham as rival gangs battle for control of
the city. Anarchy reigns supreme with the sudden disappearance of Police Commissioner
James Gordon and the lockdown of Arkham Asylum, home for the criminally insane. By
using all of his skills, both mental and physical, as well as a variety of gadgets, Batman
must stop the gang war, infiltrate Arkham Asylum and rescue the Commissioner. During
this time, Batman must also piece together clues to discover the mastermind behind these
seemingly unrelated events and stop an evil plan that threatens the fate of the entire
world!
Title: Egg Mania
Release date: September 10, 2002
Genre: Action Puzzle Game
Platform: GBA
In this cartoon arcade style puzzle game, players battle one another to be the quickest to
build a tower out of blocks. Facing challenges that include ascending water,
challenging enemies and the inherent environmental hazards within each level, players must
catch the falling blocks and drop them into their correct positions before the rising
water consumes them. The object of this game is to be first to reach the top of the
level and locate the pull chain that is used to "flush" their opponent’s
tower.
Title: Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness
Release date: September 10, 2002
Genre: Action Puzzle Game
Platform: GameCube, PS2
Faithful to the original game theme, Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness evolves around the
concept of racing to build towers from randomly falling blocks while avoiding nasty foes
and rising moat water. The game delivers an amazing array of customizable options for
balanced gameplay and optimum challenge and includes dozens of new characters and modes
that offer puzzle game depth and replay value.
Title: Boulder Dash EX
Release date: August 2002
Genre: Acton Puzzle Games
Platform: GBA
Based on the coin-op arcade classic, players are cast as a curious explorer that, upon
discovering a hidden cave, stumbles across the remains of an ancient culture. These
adventurers must delve into the ruins of six worlds and search for hidden treasure, all
the while defending themselves against blood-sucking bats, poisonous scorpions and a
plethora of other monsters. New features include screen rotation and scaling, time
bombs and multi-player support.
Title: Crazy Chase
Release date: October 2002
Genre: Action Adventure
Platform: GBA
In this quick-thinking crazy game, players will strap on their turbo-charged clown
shoes and assist Kid Klown in saving the world and defeating the vile space pirate Dirty
Joe, who has kidnapped "Her Royal Bratness," Princess Honey. Players join
forces with Kid Klown to find four items that will enable the dynamic duo to reach the
next stage before Dirty Joe’s bomb detonates. Fast fingers and a sense of humor
are essential while facing perilous objects, such as cars, thorns, spikes, cannons, sticky
bushes and rolling logs.
Title: Woody Woodpecker Crazy Castle 5
Release date: September 2002
Genre: Action
Platform: GBA
In this fifth installment of the action-adventure Crazy Castle series, players step into
the shoes of the loveable Looney Toon character Woody Woodpecker in his quest to aid
Mother Nature in freeing the Fairy World from Demons. With the assistance of Mother
Nature, players must navigate through several elemental worlds, collecting keys and other
useful items, while assuming different costumes and discovering new abilities along the
way. While searching for keys to find and unlock new doors, players will come across
treasure chests filled with helpful items such as dart guns to freeze enemies or fruit
pies to momentarily stun them. Each world has a new and dangerous adversary that must
be defeated, before advancing to the next level and ultimately saving the Fairy world.
GameBoy Advance MP3 Player
The GBA MP3 Player features a portable music player function in addition to the normal GBA
functions and can easily record and play music that can be heard via headphones or GBA
speakers. It comes with a voice delete function that allows music lovers to delete
vocals which are recorded with a built-in microphone.
Press
Release |
