Batman & Robin

When Gotham City is threatened, Batman and Robin, along with Batgirl, swoop into action! The Arctic antics of Mr. Freeze have our heroes punching and puzzling their way across the city to stop Freeze's scheme to cover the world in a blanket of ice!

The Botanical Gardens of Gotham City are no paradise when Poison Ivy comes creeping around. Her twisted plan to breed killer plant life will keep Batman and Robin guessing as they battle their way out of some prickly predicaments!

You have three nights to unlock the puzzle that threatens Gotham City. Find and piece together the clues to solve where and who will commit the next criminal act. With a heavy arsenal of gadgets and weapons, you can pilot vehicles, shoot and combat attackers, as well as choose from any of the three heroes! Only you can save Gotham City from an icy ending...but time won't be on your side!

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CD booklet

**Acclaim Ships Batman* & Robin * for PlayStation

Look Out Gotham City, The Dark Knight Arrives In Stores August 7**

GLEN COVE, N.Y., August 4, 1998 -- Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKLM), a leading worldwide interactive entertainment company, announced today that the Batman & Robin PlayStation game, based on the Warner Bros. film, will ship this week to retail outlets nationwide for a suggested retail price of $49.95 Developed exclusively for the Sony PlayStation, the game is the first 3-D third-person action adventure game featuring the Dark Knight.

Acclaim has created a virtual Gotham City* to fully immerse gamers in the dark and mysterious world of Batman and Robin. The game has a distinctly cinematic feel combining multidimensional crime fighting, an arsenal of awesome projectile gadgets, advanced martial arts moves, puzzle-solving detective work and edge-of-your-seat driving. Players select their lead of choice -- Batman, Robin or Batgirl* -- and can change characters at will in order to thwart the evil plots of Mr. Freeze* and Poison Ivy* in a battle to save Gotham City from impending frosty doom.

"Batman & Robin defines its own genre," said Thomas Bass, Product Manager at Acclaim. "The game successfully combines driving, shooting, fighting, exploring, and a sophisticated detective element, seamlessly creating a gaming world within a virtual Gotham City that fully immerses the player."

Batman & Robin utilizes a revolutionary 3-D polygonal engine that loads data on the fly for fast-paced action. The game features menacing Gotham City environments spanning an incredible 26 virtual square miles. A dynamic camera, along with Acclaim's advanced technology and proprietary motion capture, will attract serious gamers and thrill fans of the Batman franchise.

"Batman & Robin is the best Batman videogame in years," said Rob Sebastian, director of licensing & marketing, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. "The game is aggressive in both its gameplay and in providing Batman, Robin and Batgirl with the arsenal required to completely crush crime. We are thrilled with Acclaim's transformation of Batman & Robin from film to game."

WARNER BROS. WORLDWIDE CONSUMER PRODUCTS BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Warner Bros. Worldwide Consumer Products, a Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P., is one of the leading and most diversified licensing and retail merchandising organizations which includes a vast library of intellectual properties and the Warner Bros. Studio Stores. With over 3,700 active licensees, Warner Bros. Consumer Products licenses the rights to names, likenesses and logos for a variety of entertainment properties, categories and Warner Bros. name icons that include Looney Tunes, Batman, Superman, Scooby Doo, Wizard of Oz, and its many films and series. Warner Bros. Consumer Products include the highly successful Warner Bros. Studio Stores, Warner Bros. Worldwide Licensing, Worldwide Publishing, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Kids' WB! Music, WB Sport and WB Toys.

ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Based in Glen Cove, N.Y., Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., is a leading worldwide publisher of software for Nintendo, Sony, Sega and personal computer hardware systems. Acclaim also publishes comic books, operates motion capture studios, and distributes a variety of entertainment software from other publishers worldwide. Visit Acclaim's Web site,
http://www.acclaim.net/.

BATMAN, ROBIN, and all related characters, names and indicia are trademarks of DC Comics*1998.

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Press Release

72 Hours until Mr. Freeze turns Gotham City into a giant popsicle. You are the only thing standing between millions of innocent people and their icy doom. Your detective skills are about to be pushed to the edge as you drive, sleuth and fight your way to their salvation. Step into the boots of Batman, Robin or Batgirl and prepare yourself for battle with Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy and Bane in this non-linear third-person adventure of a lifetime!

Special Features:

• Battle tons of frost-bitte

• Over 20 Hand-to-hand fighting moves unique to each player, such as Batman's 2-Hand Hammer Punch and Robin's Running Superkick

• Over 20 All-new aggressive projectile gadgets, missiles and blades

• True non-linear gameplay that results in a different game everytime you play!

• Race through the streets of Gotham City in 6 all-new vehicles including the Batmobile, Robin's Redbird, and the Bathammer!

• Use the Batcave's state-of-the-art Batcomputer to decipher clues and cross-reference with Gotham City's Police Criminal Files

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Acclaim US website - PlayStation