ATARI HANDS
OVER SPIES
TO RETAILERS
... LIKE
TOTALLY!!
Totally
Spies! 2:
Undercover'
Hits the
Streets for
More Beverly
Hills-Style
Spying,
Snooping and
Sneaking
NEW YORK,
NY, November
21, 2006 -
Atari, Inc.
(Nasdaq:
ATAR) today
announced
that Totally
Spies! 2:
Undercover
for Game
Boy® Advance
and Nintendo
DS are now
available
for the
holiday
season. The
Game Boy
Advance
version of
Totally
Spies!
2:
Undercover
shipped to
retail
stores
nationwide
on November
14 and the
Nintendo DS
version
shipped
today
nationwide.
Totally
Spies! is
the hit
animated TV
series that
stars three
teenaged
girl
super-spies
from Beverly
Hills who
fight
international
crime.
On-air since
2001,
Totally
Spies! is
shown in
more than
100 markets
worldwide,
including
the Cartoon
Network in
the USA.
Totally
Spies! 2:
Undercover
continues
the
adventures
of Clover,
Alex and
Sam, who are
catapulted
into the
world of
international
espionage
where only
their wit,
attitude and
high-tech
gadgets can
help them
save the
world.
Totally
Spies! 2:
Undercover
is rated
E10+ and is
available
for a
suggested
retail price
of $29.95.
Based on
five new
episodes of
the TV
series and
featuring 25
levels of
spy-tastic
sneaking,
dodging and
chasing down
mischief,
Totally
Spies! 2:
Undercover
combines
elements of
platforming,
racing,
flying,
puzzling,
battling and
computer
hacking.
The girls
carry
high-tech
gadgets such
as the
X-Powder,
lipstick-microphone/camera
and
multi-functional
charm
bracelets to
help get
their
homework
done and
save the
world from
super-villains.
The DS
version
utilizes the
system's
unique touch
screen,
microphone
and
multiplayer
capabilities,
including
Totally
Spies! Chat
and five
mini-games
playable
using the
wireless
feature.
"Totally
Spies! 2:
Undercover
is a perfect
gift for
fans of the
show, as
well as GBA
and DS
owners,"
said
Jeremiah
Cohn,
Product
Manager,
Atari, Inc.
"Handheld
games
continue to
be a
favorite of
many young
gamers,
especially
girls, and
Totally
Spies! 2:
Undercover
delivers the
excitement,
the gameplay,
and even the
high-fashion
of the TV
show,
directly
into their
hands."
For more
information
about
Totally
Spies! 2:
Undercover,
visit
www.atari.com.
About
Marathon
Media
Marathon
Media (www.Marathon.fr),
based in
Paris, is a
leader in
international
TV program
production
and
distribution.
Marathon
Media is
France's top
producer of
animated
programming
and one of
the genre's
leading
producers
worldwide
with
international
successes
such as
Martin
Mystery,
Totally
Spies! and
Marsupilami.
The
company's
Totally
Spies!
series is
currently
seen in more
than 100
countries
and
territories,
including
Cartoon
Network in
the USA. In
addition to
television,
Marathon
Media has
extended the
worldwide
Totally
Spies!
franchise to
include
hundreds of
products in
the areas of
Publishing,
Toys, Video,
Interactive,
Apparel and
other
innovative
activities
for
children.
About
Marathon
Group
In January
2006,
Marathon
Media merged
with three
major French
companies,
Marathon,
Tele Images
and
Adventure
Line. This
merger
establishes
the newly
named
Marathon
Group as the
second
largest
production
and
distribution
group in
France,
covering
live action,
game show
formats,
documentary
and
animation.
It is home
to Totally
Spies!,
Atomic
Betty,
Street
Football,
Saint-Tropez,
Ford Boyard,
Koh Lanta
(Survivor),
Dolmen, And
Man Invented
Animals and
other
leading
international
properties.
About Atari
New
York-based
Atari, Inc.
(Nasdaq:
ATAR)
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 The
Matrix
(Enter The
Matrix and
The Matrix:
Path of Neo)
and Test
Drive®; and
mass-market
and
children's
franchises
such as Dora
the
Explorer,
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
www.atari.com
<http://www.atari.com/>.
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