All press releases are sourced from their original company pages. Only PlayStation-specific releases have been transcribed with the exception of any interesting or historically significant announcements.
Please note: All press releases have been copied verbatim. I have made no edits to their content – any typos are supposed to be there.
Early Press Releases
JALECO PREPARES TO UNLEASH A VIDEO GAME EVENT BRAHMA Force: The Assault on Beldogger 9
Title: BRAHMA Force: The Assault on Beltlogger 9 * Platform: PlayStation
JALECO USA is set to take you on an adrenaline-fueled space adventure with the arrival of BRAHMA Force: The Assault on Beldogger 9.
BRAHMA. an acronym which stands for Bipedal Robotic Assault Heavy Mechanized Armor. The premier space and land superiority craft used by Consolidated Cosmic Forces.
This is bullseye. The resource excavation colony, Beltlogger 9. Consolidated Cosmic Forces Headquarters received a distress signal. Since then, all communications have ceased. Cosmic Marine Command has dispatched the carrier U.S.S. Seeker along with Taurus and BRAHMA Force squadrons under the code name Operation: Kingdom.
Mankind is faced with total annihilation when the vengeful Dionisio Vega seizes control of Beltlogger 9. As the hotshot leader of the elite BRAHMA Force squadron, only you can infiltrate the space fortress and save all of humanity. Strap yourself into the cockpit of a heavy mech where splitsecond decisions mean the difference between survival or death.
Prepare yourself for edge-of-your-seat suspense, white knuckle action and an ending that will blow you away! BRAHMA Force: The Assault on Beltlogger 9 will deliver complete three-dimensional freedom in the x,y, and z planes using the mech’s jump/boost feature. This means that the player will have the ability to explore entire spaces, not just hallways or corridors. “BRAHMA Force offers a unique combination of a detailed storyline, incredible graphics, intense gameplay and creative audio soundtrack. We feel it pushes the state-of-the-art in the 32-bit gaming experience.” states Greg Hasler, vice-president of Jaleco USA’s consumer division.
The game’s developer Genki Co. Ltd. is pulling out a11 the stops and has graciously agreed to rework their latest masterpiece. Already a top ten hit in Japan, the North American release of BRAHMA Force: The Assault on Beltlogger 9 will feature greatly enhanced gameplay with the addition of new enemies not found in the original version.
Larger enemies which appeared only in later levels now appear much sooner in the game. Not only are there more enemies in this release, they’re much smarter and more lethal as well.
Animation fans should take note that designer Makoto Kobayashi, whose credits include Z-Gundam and Venus Wars, was hired by Genki to create a strong visual style for the BRAHMA Force project.
In addition, Jaleco USA made a major investment in audio production. Several days were spent in a feature film sound studio where voice industry veterans and legends acted out the game’s dramatic script. Genki planner Masanobu Fukasawa traveled half-way around the world to personally supervised the dialogue re-recording. Get ready to kick the tires and light the fires! A PlayStation exclusive, BRAHMA Force: The Assault on Beltlogger 9 explodes onto the streets in the early second quarter of 1997.
Tokyo Highway Battle Press Release
“Tokyo Highway Battle looks like the next big thing in racing games.”- VIDEO GAMES
“Jaleco may have a hit on their hands with THB.” – GAMEFAN
DESCRIPTION
Players navigate through three Tokyo highway circuits driving one of 72 high-performance sports cars. While driving, players earn valuable points which are used to purchase upgrade parts for their vehicle.
To ensure the most realistic gameplay, developers Bullet-Proof Software, enlisted the guidance of racing champion, Keiichi Tsuchiya and automotive specialist, Masaaki Bando Under their supervision, Bullet-Proof painstakingly recreated the physics and handling of each race car.
HIGH-PERFORMANCE FEATURES
- Customize your racer with turbo chargers, exhaust, intakes, suspensions, brakes, transmissions, aerodynamics, tires and electronics
- 72 sleek world-class sports cars
- Action-packed circuits based on real Tokyo highways
- Connoisseur-class 3D texture-mapped polygon graphics
- One supercharged CD soundtrack PRODUCT FACTS
Category: Racing Simulation
Platform: Sony PlayStation
2002 Press Releases
11-22-2002 JALECO ENTERTAINMENT BOPS TO THE BEAT THIS HOLIDAY WITH MULTI-PLATFORM…
Buffalo, New York – November 22, 2002 -Jaleco Entertainment™ announced today it will publish the super-active puzzler Super Bubble Pop on the Game Boy® Advance, Nintendo GameCube™, Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft, and PlayStation®.
Super Bubble Pop is a colorful, fast-action, pulse-pounding puzzle adventure, incorporating key elements of some of history’s most classic games. Super Bubble Pop showcases stunning 3D graphics and light-sourced, environment mapped models that surpass anything available in the genre today.
Super Bubble Pop is a hyper-addictive puzzle challenge set to pulsating, electronica music. Super Bubble Pop incorporates “Power Ups” that give players abilities not available in any puzzle game to date. In the Head-2-Head multi-player game mode, characters can initiate a special “Super Attack” which greatly accelerates game play and will challenge even the most avid game players.
“Players pick from a list of whimsical characters, each with their own distinctive devastating attacks, to pop, bash and smash their way through over 150 levels,” says Mick Waites, producer at the UK-based development studio, Runecraft.
Publisher Jaleco Entertainment releases all four platforms in December, taking advantage of features unique to each platform. Says Jaleco Entertainment president, Dick Wnuk, “Super Bubble Pop offers a fun and highly addictive game play experience which will elevate the puzzle genre on the next-generation platforms.”
Super Bubble Pop is rated “E” for Everyone.
For more information about Super Bubble Pop, visit http://www.jaleco.com/superbubblepop
About Jaleco Entertainment
Jaleco Entertainment (www.jaleco.com) is a premier publisher of interactive software entertainment for console systems, PC, and online gaming. With a team that blends highly experienced individuals from the gaming industry and fresh new talent, the company is committed to developing original intellectual property and cutting edge gaming titles. Jaleco Entertainment is based in Buffalo, New York, with European headquarters in London, England. Jaleco Entertainment maintains development studios in Boulder, Colorado; St. Petersburg, Russia; Tokyo, Japan; and Toronto, Canada. Jaleco Entertainment is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PCCW Japan. The company employs more than 210 people worldwide.
About Xbox
Xbox is Microsoft’s future-generation video game system that delivers the most powerful games experiences ever. Xbox empowers game artists by giving them the technology to fulfill their creative visions as never before, creating games that blur the lines between fantasy and reality. Xbox is now available in North America, Japan, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico.
©2002 Jaleco Entertainment. All rights reserved. Jaleco Entertainment and the Jaleco Entertainment logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Jaleco Entertainment in the United States or other countries.
™, ®, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo GameCube are trademarks of Nintendo.
PlayStation and the PlayStation logos are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Xbox is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
12-23-2002 Super Bubble Pop pops onto GBA, PSOne and Xbox
Super Bubble Pop, the highly-anticipated bubble-popping puzzle game from Jaleco Entertainment™, is now available in stores for the Game Boy® Advance and PlayStation® and will be published on the Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft on Dec. 27.
Super Bubble Pop for the Nintendo GameCube™ has been available since Dec. 17.
Super Bubble Pop is a colorful, fast-action, pulse-pounding adventure that incorporates key elements of some of history’s most classic games. Yet, Super Bubble Pop stands apart in the genre with stunning 3D graphics and light-sourced, environment mapped models. Choose from fun characters and bop to the beat of the electronica music as you pop your way through 150 levels.
Each platform of Super Bubble Pop has its own features unique to that console. Super Bubble Pop was developed by Runecraft Limited and is rated E.
For more information on Super Bubble Pop, visit www.jaleco.com.
Jaleco Entertainment
Jaleco Entertainment is a premier publisher of interactive software entertainment for console systems, PC, and online gaming. With a team that blends highly experienced individuals from the gaming industry and fresh new talent, the company is committed to developing original intellectual property and cutting edge gaming titles. Jaleco Entertainment is based in Buffalo, New York, with European headquarters in London, England. Jaleco Entertainment maintains development studios in Boulder, Colorado; St. Petersburg, Russia; Tokyo, Japan; and Toronto, Canada. Jaleco Entertainment is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PCCW Japan. The company employs more than 210 people worldwide.
About Xbox
Xbox, is Microsoft’s future-generation video game system which delivers the most powerful games experiences ever. Xbox empowers game artists by giving them the technology to fulfill their creative visions as never before, creating games that blur the lines between fantasy and reality. Xbox is now available in North America, Japan, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico.
©2002 Jaleco Entertainment. All rights reserved. Jaleco Entertainment, the Jaleco Entertainment logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Jaleco Entertainment in the United
States or other countries.
Runecraft Limited™
™, ®, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo GameCube are trademarks of Nintendo. PlayStation and the PlayStation logos are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Xbox is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.