First Star Software

OTTAWA, January 16, 2008 -- Magmic Games Inc., 10TACLE MOBILE GmbH and First Star Software, Inc. have announced a partnership whereby Magmic Games is granted the exclusive worldwide rights to develop and co-publish a mobile version of “Boulder Dash®-ROCKS!™” Under the terms of the agreement, Magmic Games and First Star Software will co-publish mobile versions of the title across all mobile platforms, including J2ME, BREW, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and iPhone.

Boulder Dash®-ROCKS!™ is a modern remake of the original cult classic “Boulder Dash®.” The tricky puzzle and dexterity game first made its debut in the early 80s across several personal computer platforms, including Atari, Commodore 64 and DOS. It is one of the few gaming titles to be ported from a personal computer game to an arcade game, and still enjoys a loyal fan following today.

The hit game’s principle remains: players have to collect sparkling diamonds whilst avoiding numerous traps and beating opponents to reach them, all the while watching out for falling boulders. The game was released in November, 2007, for the Nintendo DS, with a PSP® (PlayStation® Portable) version to follow in Spring 2008.

This will be the fourth mobile game in the Boulder Dash® franchise, following the original Boulder Dash®-M.E.™; Boulder Dash®-M.E.™2 and Boulder Dash®-Tournaments for Prizes™.

“We are very pleased to be adding one of the classic brands in gaming to our product catalog,” said Nicholas Reichenbach, vice president of publishing for Magmic. “We look forward to working with FIRST STAR SOFTWARE AND 10TACLE STUDIOS and its partners on this and future projects.”

“Working on the franchise was an exciting challenge. We are very proud that we could relive the famous brand again and are looking forward to supporting MAGMIC in their development process.”, says Alexandra Gerb, Managing Director for 10TACLE STUDIOS MOBILE

First Star Software’s president, Richard M. Spitalny commented, “We’re particularly excited about working with Magmic and 10TACLE in making Boulder Dash®-ROCKS!™ available across the broadest selection of mobile devices ever for a single Boulder Dash® title.”

Magmic Games will make versions of Boulder Dash®-ROCKS!™ available for distribution through its roster of carrier partners and will also market the product through its various direct-to-consumer portals. The game is expected to debut in June, 2008. [back to top]

LET THE DIAMOND HUNT BEGIN
AS BOULDER DASH®-ROCKS!™
HITS THE SHELVES ACROSS EUROPE TODAY

Darmstadt/Geneva/Chappaqua, November 22nd, 2007: 10TACLE STUDIOS AG, Electronic Arts inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS); and First Star Software, Inc. today announced the Europe-wide release of "Boulder Dash®-ROCKS!™" for the Nintendo DS™. Jointly developed by 10TACLE STUDIOS MOBILE and co-publisher First Star Software, Inc., the modern remake of this cult classic guarantees both veteran "Boulder Dash®" fans and new-found Rockford™ friends exciting and challenging arcade-puzzle action.

First Star Software's tricky puzzle and dexterity game first made its debut in the early 80's and continues to fascinate its large fan base making it a classic in the history of interactive entertainment. Now Boulder Dash® is back with a hot new look to take the Nintendo DS by storm this holiday. A version of the game for the PSP® (PlayStation® Portable) will follow in Spring 2008. The hit game's principle remains: players have to collect sparkling diamonds whist avoiding numerous traps and beating opponents to reach them, all the while watching our for falling boulders.

The game contains four different gaming modes. In addition to the classic single-player mode, which takes players through 80 levels across four different game worlds, Boulder Dash®-ROCKS!™ now offers a new multi-player setting and two additional play modes. For the first time, Boulder Dash®-ROCKS!™ on the Nintendo DS also features "Route Race" - an all new custom designed strategic game feature which allows the player to use the Stylus to first draw a path for Rockford to exit a level, though neither Rockford nor any of the in-game elements move until after the player is ready to test the route they have recorded. While this may seem easy at first, the higher the level the more challenging it becomes for the player to envision the best strategy as he weighs up which enemies to free or which stones to move to reach the exit, while trying to predict and remember how things will shift based on the route drawn. [back to top]

ROCKFORD™ ROCKS THE INTERNET
OFFICIAL "BOULDER DASH®-ROCKS!™" WEBSITE GOES LIVE

Chappaqua, U.S.A. & Darmstadt, Germany – August 20, 2007: Rockford™, the hero of Boulder Dash®-ROCKS!™, set out today to conquer the Internet! Players can guide the diamond-loving Rockford™ and his spaceship between four worlds at www.boulder-dash-rocks.com. Experience the style of the new edition of this cult classic as Jungle, Lava, Water, and Netherworld levels present waiting fans a wide range of interactive elements and comprehensive information about Boulder Dash®-ROCKS!™ in addition to a mini-game, e-cards, wallpapers and a downloadable website kit so fans can build their own Builder Dash®-ROCKS!™ fan pages.

Further, visitors can find a number of gameplay video trailers from throughout the colorful worlds of Boulder Dash®-ROCKS!™ for the Nintendo DS. The website's launch is scheduled to bridge the time left before the title is released by co-publishers 10TACLE STUDIOS AG and First Star Software, Inc. in November of 2007 (Nintendo DS™) and the first quarter of 2008 (Sony PSP™).

The original challenging and entertaining, arcade-puzzle game made its debut in the early 80's and continues to fascinate its enormous fan base decades later. Today the game is acknowledged as one of the classic cult games in computer and video game history. Now Boulder Dash® will appear with several new gameplay modes as well as a hot new look sure to take the Nintendo DS™ and the Sony PSP™ platforms by storm. The hit game's main objective and game physics remain unchanged: the player has to collect a certain number of diamonds while avoiding falling objects, traps and besting enemies in order to open and discover the exit, before time runs out. [back to top]

FIRST STAR SOFTWARE AND 10TACLE STUDIOS TO BRING
TOP GAME FRANCHISE TO NINTENDO DS AND SONY PSP

BOULDER DASH®, One of the Most Popular Retro Games Ever,
Scheduled for Hand Held Gaming Platforms

Chappaqua, U.S.A. & Darmstadt, Germany – November 20, 2006: Today, First Star Software, Inc., the Westchester, New York-based, award winning developer and publisher and 10TACLE STUDIOS, AG, one of Europe’s premiere developers and publishers announced that they have entered into a co-publishing agreement. The companies will develop and co-publish a Boulder Dash® sequel on both Nintendo’s DS and Sony’s PlayStation-Portable System for release in time for the 2007 holiday season.

Based on the multimillion unit selling Boulder Dash franchise, the companies will design and develop the new game to take full advantage of the unique hardware; interface; network and online capabilities of each of the devices while incorporating the classic, well-known and much beloved core game-play mechanics of previous games in the best-selling series. Players will be reacquainted with Rockford™ updated to appeal to today’s audiences and support the many new game elements and features found throughout numerous solo and multiplayer game modes.

“Recently, the brand has achieved great success on cell phones, PDA's and online as a casual, try and buy title.” remarked Richard M. Spitalny, First Star Software’s president. “Considered by many as one of the top nostalgic action-puzzlers, the last hand-held Boulder Dash game (for Game Boy Advance) was released in 2002, so the time is now right for new, updated versions for the DS and PSP”.

The development of a new Boulder Dash® game for the popular handheld platforms allows 10TACLE STUDIOS to expand their mobile games line-up even further. 10TACLE STUDIOS MOBILE Managing Director Alexandra Gerb, “With Boulder Dash® we are proud to be able to continue one of the oldest and most famous brands in computer games. The tried and true concept has already delighted generations of computer, video game and coin-operated arcade gamers, and now we want to give the brand our own accent by adding a number of innovations designed to take advantage of the capabilities these new platforms have to offer. We want to lend protagonist Rockford™'s adventures a fresh, modern style to get him into shape for the years to come.”

The release of Boulder Dash for the DS and PSP by 10TANCLE STUDIOS and First Star Software represents their first co-publishing venture. Both companies envision expanding their relationship to further exploit the Boulder Dash brand as new mutual opportunities present themselves. [back to top]

I-PLAY AND FIRST STAR SOFTWARE SIGN GLOBAL DEAL
FOR BOULDER DASH®-M.E.™ 2

San Mateo, CA & London, UK – 19th December 2005: Mobile gamers the world over will soon have a chance to renew their love affair with Boulder Dash®, First Star Software’s multi-million unit selling, timeless and much-loved classic action-puzzle game, thanks to a global, exclusive co-publishing deal announced today between First Star and I-play, the mobile games company.

Rockford™, the game’s key character, thus makes a long-awaited return to mobile phones following a very successful debut in the first mobile version of the title, which launched in Spring of 2003. The original Boulder Dash-M.E. was released in 11 languages and was featured by leading carriers and portals thorough out the world having met with both critical acclaim and commercial success receiving a Number One Mobile Game ranking by international mobile games review website Midlet-Review as well as their coveted TIP/Star award.

Paul Maglione, I-play’s Senior Vice President of Publishing and Marketing commented, “Boulder Dash M.E. 2 is a welcome addition to our 2006 portfolio, and we are delighted to be able to bring this updated version to the market in association with First Star Software. Arcade classics have proven themselves beyond a doubt in the mobile gaming space, and Boulder Dash has the added advantage of having already done very well on mobiles. Welcome back Rockford!”

Richard M. Spitalny, President of First Star Software, Inc., commented, “We’re delighted to be working again with both our development partners at InstantCom and with I-play. Digital Bridges, as they were known back then, was one of our first distributors when we initially released Boulder Dash-M.E.; now, several hundreds of thousands of units later, we’re looking forward to partnering with them exclusively as we prepare to launch Boulder Dash®-M.E.™ 2 throughout the world.” [back to top]

GAMETAP ANNOUNCES LICENSING DEALS WITH 7 NEW
PUBLISHERS INCLUDING FIRST STAR SOFTWARE

Turner’s newest network, GameTap, features a diverse mix of games from 24 publishers total including new additions: Electronic Arts, Take-Two, First Star Software & Capcom

ATLANTA – October 17, 2005 – GameTap, a first-of-its-kind broadband entertainment network from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), today announced that it will now offer an even larger selection of games as a result of licensing agreements with seven new publishers.

GameTap will provide subscribers with content from some of the industry’s top publishers and developers including Electronic Arts, Capcom, Take-Two, First Star Software, Dreamcatcher Interactive, Knowledge Adventure and 3000AD. GameTap will launch with nearly 300 games and grow from there, with new games added to the service each week.

In addition to the new publishers, GameTap has already licensed hundreds of games from other publishers including Activision, Atari, Eidos Interactive, G-Mode, Intellivision Lives, Midway, Namco, SEGA, TAITO, Team 17, Ubisoft, Vivendi Universal Games, Codemasters, Cyan, Ironstone, Taurus Media and Telegames. [back to top]

FIRST STAR SOFTWARE AND XING INTERACTIVE ANNOUNCE
AGREEMENT FOR ‘GREATEST HITS’ COMPENDIUM

14-TITLE COMPILATION CD-ROM FOR WINDOWS FEATURES
ORIGINAL 1980’S AND 90’S RETRO GAMING HITS

CHAPPAQUA, NY, U.S.A., May 24, 2005 -- First Star Software, Inc., the Westchester, New York developer and publisher of award winning games, today announced their non-exclusive distribution agreement with Xing Interactive of Assen, The Netherlands. Xing Interactive will initially distribute First Star Software’s Greatest Hits™ in Benelux, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Priced at 9.99 GBP/14,95 Euro/US$19.95 this collection is available now.

The first compilation of First Star’s classic games from the 1980’s and 1990’s contains 14 of First Star's early releases on a single disc including four games from their best-selling Boulder Dash® series as well as Astro Chase®, Bristles™ and Flip and Flop™, all of which have appeared in the coin-operated arcades at least once. All games are their original versions, launched automatically by emulation software enabling players to enjoy Commodore 64; Atari 8 bit and 16 bit; as well as DOS versions of these retro-gaming masterpieces on their for Windows computers.[back to top]

INFOSPACE AND FIRST STAR SOFTWARE BRING NEW MOBILE
GAME BOULDER DASH® TOURNAMENT FOR PRIZES™ TO
VERIZON WIRELESS GET IT NOW® CUSTOMERS

BEDMINSTER, NJ – April 20, 2005 Infospace, a leading provider of mobile content, applications and infrastructure, (NASDAQ: INSP), and First Star Software, Inc., the award-winning multi-platform game publisher, today announced Boulder Dash® - Tournaments for Prizes™ is now available to Verizon Wireless Get It Now® customers. For the first time, customers are able to play Boulder Dash® to compete for popular prizes like DVDs, CDs and gift cards from major retailers. Designed to stay fresh and exciting, the game challenges players with randomly generated levels, providing a new game experience every time.

“Boulder Dash® is a true classic in the arcade game world,” remarked Steve Elfman, Infospace, vice-president mobile operations. “Now we’re adding an exciting new dimension to an already great franchise by enabling Verizon Wireless customers to compete against each other for exciting prizes. The new dynamically generated levels of game play are certain to bring out the competitor in each player.”

“Millions of Boulder Dash® fans have enjoyed what many view as the ultimate action-puzzle game,” explained Richard M. Spitalny, President of First Star Software, the award-winning publishers of Boulder Dash®. “With Boulder Dash® - Tournament for Prizes™, Infospace and First Star are tapping into Verizon Wireless customers’ love of competition. With exciting tournament prizes, randomly generated competition levels and practice caves for offline play, old and new fans alike are sure to keep coming back for more.”
Verizon Wireless customers can find Boulder Dash® -Tournament for Prizes® in the getGAMES shopping aisle of the Get It Now virtual store. Verizon Wireless customers with select Get It Now-enabled phones can purchase Boulder Dash®- Tournament for Prizes™ for $2.99 monthly access or $7.49 for unlimited use purchase. [back to top]

FIRST STAR SOFTWARE AND MEAN HAMSTER SOFTWARE
ANNOUNCE ‘GREATEST HITS’ COMPENDIUM

14-TITLE COMPILATION CD-ROM FOR WINDOWS FEATURES ORIGINAL
1980’S AND 90’S RETRO GAMING HITS

CHAPPAQUA, NY, U.S.A., November 20, 2004 -- First Star Software, Inc., the Westchester, New York developer and publisher of award winning games, today announced their co-development agreement with Mean Hamster Software of Deer Park, Washington. The companies have joined together to create the first compilation of First Star’s classic games from the 1980’s and 1990’s. First Star Software’s Greatest Hits™ will be released in time for Christmas and contains 14 of First Star's early releases on a single disc.

All games are their original versions, launched automatically by emulation software enabling players to enjoy Commodore 64; Atari 8 bit and 16 bit; as well as DOS versions of these retro-gaming masterpieces on their for Windows computers.

First Star’s president, Richard M. Spitalny states: “Now, for the first time ever, 14 of First Star's early releases can be purchased all together. The compilation includes one game never released before; the never-before-released Commodore 64 version of a game originally licensed to Radio Shack; and, the sorts of 'extras' collectors value and enjoy such scans of foreign and domestic boxes, memorabilia, original instruction sheet; prototype art; even video clips of interviews with the company's founders. Up until now, we were not able to satisfy the requests of fans who want to play our older games on their Windows computers.”

Mean Hamster Software’s president John Swiderski commented: “It's both an honor and a privilege to be working with such an historic company as First Star Software to produce this compilation. One has to appreciate the original programmers’ efforts involved in the production of these games; this was the golden age of gaming when games were all about game play and creativity. Now fans of all ages can enjoy their classic, First Star favorites on their modern-day PC.” [back to top]

BOULDER DASH®-POCKETPC EXTREME™ RELEASED TODAY
FIRST STAR SOFTWARE AND POCKETNAPALM LAUNCH
FIRST PDA VERSION IN BEST-SELLING SERIES

CHAPPAQUA, NY, U.S.A., October 29, 2004 -- First Star Software, Inc., the Westchester, New York based developer and publisher of award winning games, announced that Boulder Dash®-PocketPC Extreme™, the latest installment in their Boulder Dash® series of games, was released today. A major hit for years in arcades, on consoles and on PCs, this sequel to the nostalgic action-puzzle game was jointly developed with Pocketnapalm of Budapest, Hungary who together with First Star will co-publish the game for all Pocket PC, Pocket PC 2002 or Pocket PC 2003 (Arm/XScale/MIPS/SH3/SH4 processor) devices with 3 MB free storage memory and 8 MB free program memory.

Boulder Dash®-PocketPC Extreme™ is the first official Boulder Dash® sequel ever developed for PDAs. The heart pumping, state of the art action-puzzle game introduces players to Rocky™ and Crystal™ (the children of the star of the original game: Rockford™) on their journey through five new exciting worlds as they search for treasure. Retailing for US$19.95, the game includes 20 Tutorial levels as well as 100 Game levels spread across five different graphic worlds of twenty levels each. Beautiful hand-drawn graphics, intense soundtracks and mind boggling level solutions feature remote controlled gates toggled by switches; 90° rotation of the screen; growing amoebas and deadly lava; tricky doors and keys. Tools and inventory are also introduced, providing players with the ability to use detonators and dynamite; timed bombs; kick objects and escape from tight spots with their boulder-smashing hammers as they play in either portrait or landscape mode. [back to top]

ATLAS MOBILE AND FIRST STAR SOFTWARE TEAM UP TO
OFFER BOULDER DASH®-TOURNAMENTS FOR PRIZES™

New version of the classic game gives players the chance to compete
against others in multiplayer skills-based tournaments for prizes!

Atlanta, GA (March 23, 2004) -- Atlas Mobile, the worldwide leader in mobile, skills-based multiplayer tournament games, and First Star Software, Inc., the award-winning multi-platform game publisher, today announce that they will co-publish Boulder Dash® -Tournaments for Prizes™ for BREW and J2ME mobile phones.

Boulder Dash®, the internationally acclaimed, multi-million selling action-puzzle game in which players dig tunnels, collect diamonds, and dodge boulders, has been released to video arcades on four occasions and was dubbed “the best Commodore 64 game ever.” In this update on the wildly popular classic, mobile phone users will have the opportunity to compete for fun and PRIZES in continuous head-to-head and progressive skills-based tournaments.

Leveraging Atlas Mobile’s tournament network and expertise, Boulder Dash®- Tournaments for Prizes™ is the first title in the Boulder Dash® series to dynamically generate new levels and allow players to win PRIZES such as CDs, DVDs, and gift cards by winning tournaments against other mobile phone users. To ensure fairness, contestants will always play identical caves as their opponents, yet because the caves are continuously generated, the game experience will remain unique and fresh. [back to top]

BOULDER DASH®-TREASURE PLEASURE™
PREMIERES ONLINE AT SHOCKWAVE.COM

FIRST STAR SOFTWARE AND SOLWARE RELEASE LATEST GAME
KICKING OFF 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF SERIES

CHAPPAQUA, NY, U.S.A., December 17, 2003 -- First Star Software, Inc., the Westchester, New York based developer and publisher of award winning games, announced today that Boulder Dash®-Treasure Pleasure™ , the latest installment in their Boulder Dash® series of games, will debut online at Shockwave.com. A major hit for years in arcades, on consoles and on PCs, this sequel to the nostalgic action-puzzle game, was jointly developed with Solware, Ltd. of Budapest, Hungary and will be available both as a free, browser-based game as well as for download and purchase for Windows computers.
Next year marks the 20th Anniversary of the initial release of Boulder Dash® with well over 2,000,000 units having been sold in the series. Versions of the game have been released into the coin-operated arcades four times and Boulder Dash®-M.E.™, is currently ranked #1 for J2ME, BREW and mophun handsets in numerous territories throughout the world.

Boulder Dash®-Treasure Pleasure™, retailing for US$24.95 contains twenty two Tutorial levels as well as sixty Game levels spread across three different graphic worlds of twenty levels each. In addition to the ability to play as either Rockford™, or his sister Crystal™ , users will be treated to ever increasingly difficult levels and many new and exciting tools and features including: Reverse Gravity (diamonds float in the underwater world); Screen Rotation; Dynamite & Detonators, Bombs; Hammers; Boots; Growing Walls; Magic Walls; and, numerous enemies. [back to top]

BOULDER DASH®, ONE OF THE MOST ENDURING
ELECTRONIC GAME FRANCHISES IN HISTORY,
HITS VERIZON WIRELESS’ GET IT NOW

Airborne Entertainment & First Star launch Boulder Dash®-M.E.™

MONTREAL, CANADA and BEDMINSTER, NJ (December 3, 2003) – Boulder Dash®, dubbed “the best Commodore 64 game ever” is back with another platform to conquer. An undeniable hit for years in arcades, on consoles and on PCs, this nostalgic action-puzzle game is now going mobile as Boulder Dash®-M.E.™ with Verizon Wireless, the nation’s largest wireless provider and operator of the nation’s most reliable wireless network. Beginning this week on Verizon Wireless’ Get It Now , a virtual wireless software store, you can dig tunnels, collect diamonds and, of course, dodge boulders.

Losing none of its charm or playability in the mobile space, the game Boulder Dash®-M.E.™ has 26 challenging caves (10 tutorial and 16 game caves) providing players the ability to rotate the screen 90 degrees and a vast inventory of tools and weapons,like sledgehammers, kicks and bombs. Already ranked #1 by Midlet-Review, and recipient of two Mobile Games Awards™ Boulder Dash®-M.E.™ is expected to carry this success into the wireless world. The sixth game in the award winning Boulder Dash® series was developed by InstantCom, Ltd. of Zagreb, Croatia and is published jointly by First Star Software and Airborne Entertainment. [back to top]

AIRBORNE, INSTANTCOM AND FIRST STAR SOFTWARE
ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN CO-PUBLISHING AGREEMENT
FOR BOULDER DASH®-M.E.™

CHAPPAQUA, NY, U.S.A., April 15, 2003 -- First Star Software, Inc., designer and publisher of award- winning games, announced today that it has entered into an exclusive, co-publishing agreement with Airborne Entertainment, a leading publisher of top-flight branded wireless entertainment, for the J2ME and BREW versions of Boulder Dash®-M.E.™ throughout North America.

Developed jointly with InstantCom, Ltd. of Zagreb, Croatia, Boulder Dash®-M.E. ™ is the sixth game in the award winning Boulder Dash® series, one of the most enduring electronic game franchises in history. Losing none of its charm or playability in the mobile space, the game has 26 challenging caves (10 tutorial and 16 game caves) and a vast inventory of tools and weapons, like sledge hammers, kicks and bombs. Boulder Dash®-M.E. ™ is also the first cell phone game ever to rotate the entire playfield 90 degrees, in real time. Already ranked #1 by Midlet-Review, and recipient of the Mobile Games Award ™, the mophun™ version of Boulder Dash®-M.E.™ has consistently been among the top-selling mophun games, and is expected to carry this tradition into BREW and J2ME. [back to top]

DIGITIAL BRIDGES SIGNS BOULDER DASH®-M.E.™
FIRST STAR AND DIGITAL BRIDGES
BRING J2ME GAME TO EUROPE

LONDON, UK and CHAPPAQUA, NY, U.S.A., 8 April 2003 – Digital Bridges, a world leader in the creation and distribution of mobile entertainment solutions; and First Star Software, Inc., the Westchester, New York based designer and publisher of award winning games, announced today that they have entered into a non-exclusive European distribution agreement covering the J2ME versions of Boulder Dash®-M.E.™.

Jointly developed with InstantCom, Ltd. of Zagreb, Croatia, the sixth game by First Star in their award-winning Boulder Dash® series will be available throughout Europe on all major J2ME hand-sets. The deal is the first in Digital Bridges’ dbi Distribution programme since its recent launch at the Game Developers’ Conference in San Jose, California, on 4 March 2003. The programme leverages Digital Bridges’ strength in multi-channel distribution of mobile entertainment – covering operators, retailers, broadcasters and web portals – to create a faster and broader path to market for developers and publishers of J2ME games. [back to top]

NEW BOULDER DASH® GAME SUPPORTS
MOPHUN™ MOBILE DEVICES
New York, November 19, 2002

First Star Software, Inc., the Westchester, New York based designer of award winning games, today announced the release of Boulder Dash®-M.E.™ jointly developed with InstantCom, Ltd. of Zagreb, Croatia. The sixth game by First Star in their award winning Boulder Dash® series, Boulder Dash-M.E. was completed supporting the mophun™ Virtual Machine developed by Synergenix Interactive of Solna, Sweden. The mophun VM was written from the ground up as a software based gaming console for mobile devices. Synergenix’ other proprietary technology insures that any mophun game that is downloaded by an end-user will only work on that particular hand-set, which must also contain the mophun run time engine. The first manufacture to support mophun is Sony-Ericsson with their new, T300 handset. [back to top]

FIRST STAR TURNS 20!
New York, January 1, 2002

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of First Star Software, Inc. and this industry survivor has much to celebrate. Numerous licenses continue to be granted and new game development is underway. BOULDER DASH®, in particular, has been at the center of much of the company's activity over the past 12 months.

KEMCO has already released a JAVA enabled Boulder Dash game for mobile phones in Japan and they will be releasing their Game Boy Advance sequel to Boulder Dash, entitled BOULDER DASH® EX™, throughout the world, later in 2002. This follows licenses for the theme music for both Boulder Dash Vol. I and Boulder Dash Vol. II-Rockford's Revenge™ for audio CD and vinyl records. [back to top]

FIRST STAR LICENSES CERTAIN
BOULDER DASH® RIGHTS TO KEMCO
New York, September 1, 2002

CHAPPAQUA, NY, September 1, 2000 - - First Star Software, Inc., the Westchester, New York based designer of award winning games, today announced that a major licensing agreement has been reached with KEMCO. The agreement calls for KEMCO to develop and publish games based on BOULDER DASH® Volume I, First Star's best-selling, award winning title.
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FIRST STAR LICENSES
SPY VS. SPY® FOR GAME BOY COLOR
Japan, February 1999

First Star entered into another license with its long standing Japanese partner, KEMCO, under which KEMCO publishes the Game Boy Color version of SPY vs. SPY® Vol. 1.

Under the terms of this license First Star granted KEMCO the exclusive rights, through out the world, to use First Star's game design, Simulplay™, Simulvision™ and the Trapulator™ on the GBC while KEMCO secured their own license to the SPY vs. SPY characters directly from E.C. Publications, Inc., the publishers of MAD Magazine. [back to top]