Gizmondo’s™ Got Balls
Puzzle and Sports trio releases for the new multi-entertainment handheld
LONDON, 7th June 2005 - Gizmondo Europe Ltd subsidiary of Jacksonville, Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc (other OTC, TGTL) announces three more game title releases; the hugely addictive Sticky BallsTM, which was shown for the first time at E3, superb future-sport arcade game, Ball BustersTM, and beach-based Pocket Ping PongTM 2005 from the masters of mobile gaming, Fathammer.
Exclusive to Gizmondo, Sticky Balls is a totally original game that is as easy to play as it is fiendishly difficult to master. The player uses a cue to hit, bounce and ricochet balls of different colours around arenas and multi-tiered platforms until they hit a like colour. Once the objective is complete, that set disappears.
Ball Busters is a fast-paced future sport that plays like a game of squash, but the court has been replaced with fiendishly difficult arenas much more challenging than the standard four walls in play.
Pocket Ping Pong 2005 tennis set to a sandy, sexy backdrop. The sunny atmosphere and the fast-as-lightning action, complete with totally accurate ball physics, easy to use controllers and a variety of game modes ensure that the game will keep you coming back for more and more
Sticky Balls is released today at £19.99. Pocket Ping Pong 2005 also releases today priced at £9.99, and Ball Busters releases next week priced at £9.99.
Cameron Spilman, Gizmondo, commented: "Sticky Balls is a fantastically addictive and original puzzle game that is perfectly suited to the handheld platform. For those who want to exercise their reflexes rather than their grey matter, Pocket Ping Pong 2005 and Ball Busters will be enormously satisfying and great value."
Gizmondo is powered by Microsoft Windows CE advanced real-time operating system, boasting a 2.8-inch TFT colour screen with a Samsung ARM9 400Mhz processor and incorporates the GoForce 3D 4500 NVIDIA graphics accelerator. It provides cutting-edge gaming, multimedia messaging, an MP3 music player, Mpeg4 movie playing capability, a digital camera and a GPRS network link to allow wide-area network gaming. Additionally, it contains a GPS chip for location-based services, is equipped with Bluetooth for use in multi-player gaming and accepts SD and MMC card accessories.
The Gizmondo device and its games are currently launching the in UK and Continental Europe, with the North American launches planned for August 2005.
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About Sticky Balls
Sticky Balls has a simple set of rules. The game is played on a table with a number of different colored balls. You can shoot any of the balls on the table (much like pool), which rebound off of the edges or other balls.
If the ball you shoot touches another of the same color, they will be permanently stuck together as a cluster. When up to seven balls of a given color (or all the remaining balls of that color) are connected, the entire cluster will be removed from the table. This is the basic premise behind the game. A special cluster called a snake (balls connected in a line) earns extra rewards.
Every clean shot by the cue ball increases the bonus value by a set number of points. Every non-clean shot by the cue ball resets the bonus to zero. Keeping the bonus as high as possible for as long as possible is the key to earning big scores.
About Pocket Ping Pong 2005
The game is a physically detailed arcade sports game of table tennis, set against a beach backdrop and pitched against scantily clad opponents. This single player game keeps the action fun but simple, perfect for on-the-move gaming that can be picked up and played anywhere, anytime.
About Ball Busters
It's the year 2495 and Ball Busters is the lightning-fast future sport!
The player's goal is to become the winner of this interplanetary future sport by literally squashing the competition. Various special items and different rackets let the player choose their own playing style and strategy for winning. The game features arcade and quest game modes, 6 unique characters with varying skills, 5 different battle arenas, 12 special items giving a strategic edge to gameplay, and amazing 3D graphics
About Tiger Telematics and Gizmondo
Gizmondo Europe Ltd. is an owned subsidiary of Tiger Telematics Inc (TGTL) and is the maker of Gizmondo, a next-generation mobile entertainment device. Launched in 2004, the gaming device includes built-in music, video, messaging and picture functions and GPS.
Tiger Telematics is a designer, developer and marketer of mobile telematics systems and services that combine global GPS functions and voice recognition technology to locate and track vehicles and people down to street level in countries throughout the world. The systems are designed to operate on GPS and are currently being marketed to GSM current and potential subscribers, primarily by the company's United Kingdom based subsidiaries.
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