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H E A D L I N E
Atari Gets a New Home (Again)

New Home for Atari: Infogrames Acquires Hasbro Interactive
Rights in $100 Million Deal

Infogrames will purchase 100 percent of the common stock of Hasbro Interac-
tive and Games.com for $100 million, including game rights to the toy firm’s biggest
properties. The 20 year deal gives Infogrames the Atari name and its properties,
such as Centipede, Missile Command, and Pong.

www.infogrames.com www.atari.com

O B I T U A R Y
Commodore Pioneer, Ira Velinski, 46

On Tuesday, November 14, Mr. Ira Velinsky, 46, passed away from a heart at-
tack while on a plane returning from Comdex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ira, an indus-
trial design engineer, worked for the Tramiel family at Commodore. There he won a
number of international awards, including one for the design of the Commodore 64
home computer. He followed the Tramiel regime to Atari where he assumed the role
as director of industrial design. In 1998, Ira founded Sozo Design, LLC (www.
sozodesign.com) in Burlingame, California as a well-respected design-consulting
firm. Ira is survived by his wife Mayumi, his mother, stepfather and brother.

Thanks to Don Thomas of www.icwhen.com for this news item.

N E W R E L E A S E S

New Sega CD Games Out
Good Deal Games is proud to announce the first two new
games for the SEGA CD in almost a full decade! Both Bug
Blasters: The Exterminators, and Star Strike were produced
using high-end film, advanced puppetry, and 3D computer
animation. Boasting $100K budgets, GDG brings the Sega
CD back in style! Both games are must-have titles for any
Sega CD fan! Best of all, they’re available now!
Learn more at the Good Deal Games website:

http://www.gooddealgames.com

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