nGame and Sprint Launch Full-Color, J2ME Game Titles Through PCS Vision

Aug. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- nGame Inc., a leading publisher and content aggregator of games for Internet-enabled wireless phones in North America, and Sprint today announced the launch of seven Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) games on the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network, making nGame one of the largest J2ME games provider at the launch of the PCS Vision service. The full-color games are a part of the new PCS Vision, a next generation wireless service recently launched nationwide by Sprint (NYSE:FON)(NYSE:PCS), which operates the largest all-digital, all-PCS nationwide wireless network. PCS Vision enables Sprint and its development partners, including nGame, to move the wireless game experience from the text-based games of today to graphically rich, full-color brand name games on Vision-enabled PCS Phones using the Java 2 platform, Micro Edition (J2ME).

Sprint will be the first carrier to offer nGame's color J2ME games which will include SLAM!, the grand prize winner of the J2ME Application Design contest at the 2001 PCS Developer's Conference.

Other titles available at launch include Aerostorm and Push Mania from Korean Developer MobileGame and nGame's four-in-a-row and casino game titles Riverboat Blackjack, Cash Quest Roulette and Treasure Chest Slots. Shortly, nGame will also be providing some of their most popular branded titles for PCS Vision customers, including Top Gun based on the hit movie from Paramount Pictures.

"We are delighted to be working with Sprint on its nationwide 3G1X launch, and providing them with a broad range of J2ME titles. Users can download games for free, $1.49 and $2.99, and nGame expects strong user demand based on our sales of J2ME games deployed with other carriers," said Alex Green, nGame's Senior Vice President of Business Development.

"PCS Vision is a whole new way to look at wireless and with the addition of the interactive and full-color games from nGame, is it easy to see how customers will be using PCS Phones for more than just making a call," said Chip Novick, vice president of consumer marketing for the PCS division of Sprint. "Sprint was the first carrier to launch wireless games and continues to lead the industry with our newest portfolio of brand-name and popular games offered through companies like nGame on Vision-enabled PCS Phones."

"nGame titles are among some of the most innovative and compelling J2ME games that we have seen and they demonstrate the strengths of J2ME as a global wireless gaming platform. Sun Microsystems is delighted to be working with nGame and Sprint on the launch of the 3G1X service," said Juan Dewar, Director of Marketing, Strategic Solutions and Devices, Software Business and Marketing, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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