Press Release
ATARI SHIPS FIRST EVER DRAGON BALL Z® TITLE FORPSP™ SYSTEM

Dragon Ball Z®: Shin Budokai Game for the PSP™System Hits Retailers

NEW YORK, NY, March 7, 2006 – Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) today announced that Dragon Ball Z®: Shin Budokai for the PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) system has shipped to retail stores nationwide.  Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai, the first Dragon Ball Z PSP system game, features wireless multiplayer that sends the franchise’s furious combat rocketing into a new dimension.  Developed by Dimps, the creative team behind past Dragon Ball Z® hits including Budokai, Budokai 2, and Budokai 3 for PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai is rated T for Teen. 

In Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai, players can take on their friends in intense wireless multiplayer battles employing all of the most exhilarating aspects of DBZ® combat, including counter-attacks, super high-speed bouts, flight, and Ki (energy) blasts, all via an enhanced version of the renowned Saiyan Overdrive Fighting System.

"Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai takes the franchise to never-before-seen heights,” said Matt Collins, Director of Marketing , Atari, Inc. “With wireless multiplayer battles, faster gameplay, gorgeous animations and effects, and new characters, we’re excited to be the first publisher to give fans and customers a true Dragon Ball Z experience on the PSP.”

Dragon Ball Z continues to be one of the hottest brands in the video game industry with more than nine million units sold since May 2002. For additional information about Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai please visit http://www.atari.com.

About FUNimation Entertainment

FUNimation® Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Navarre Corporation (Nasdaq: NAVR - News), is a brand management company and one of the nation's leading independent home video entertainment companies. The company's most recent initiative is the FUNimation Channel(SM), a new 24-hour digital network featuring programming from the top anime brands in the United States. FUNimation has a proven formula for launching and advancing brands, and manages a full spectrum of rights for most of its brands including broadcasting, licensing, production, internet, and home video sales and distribution. For images, or more information on FUNimation Entertainment, the FUNimation Channel, or any of FUNimation's properties, contact Jeff Dronen at 817-788-0627, ext. 251 or jeff.dronen@funimation.com.

About Atari

New York-based Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR - News) develops interactive games for all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company's 1,000+ titles include hard-core, genre-defining franchises such as DRIVER(TM), The Matrix(TM) (Enter The Matrix and The Matrix: Path of Neo), Stuntman(TM) and Test Drive®; and mass-market and children's franchises such as Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues(TM) and Dora the Explorer(TM), and Dragon Ball Z®. Atari, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext -- ISIN: FR-0000052573), the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit http://www.atari.com.

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