Aero the Acrobat coming to the GBA

Metro3D, Inc. Teams Up With Video Gaming
Legend, David Siller Interactive Entertainment Developer and Publisher To
Introduce Classic Franchise Character Aero The Acrobat Exclusively for Game Boy
Advance

SAN JOSE, California (February 21, 2002) –
Metro3D, Inc., the multi- platform video game developer and publisher today
announced it has partnered with David Siller, the renowned creator of the
original ‘90s blockbuster hit, Aero the Acrobat(TM). The two are teaming
together along with developer Atomic Planet to re-introduce the classic Aero the
Acrobat franchise character to a whole new generation of fans with its highly
anticipated debut in June 2002 and Aero the Acrobat 2(TM) due November 2002,
exclusively for Nintendo(R) Game Boy(R) Advance.

Siller is the award-winning creator,
producer, and designer of some of the industry’s most popular video game
character franchises. Among his many noteworthy successes includes: Aero the
Acrobat, the flagship title originally published by Sunsoft of America; Crash
Bandicoot(TM) for Sony Computer Entertainment America and Universal Interactive
Studios; Maximo: Ghosts To Glory for Capcom Entertainment; Sunsoft’s Looney
Tunes(TM) properties for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System(R), Nintendo
Entertainment System(R) and Game Boy (R); and many more. Siller now serves as
the director of research and development at Capcom Digital Studios.

“Metro3D is honored to be working with David
Siller, truly one of the industry’s great icons whose reputation and track
record creating franchise successes for a variety of platforms is legendary
among the video game developer community and enthusiasts around the globe,” said
Joseph Morici, senior vice president of sales and marketing, Metro3D. “The debut
of Aero the Acrobat for Nintendo Game Boy Advance is thrilling and we look
forward to its growing popularity among a new wave of next-generation gamers.
The timeless action hero’s classic charm and daredevil antics will attract
gamers of all ages.”

Siller created the original Aero the Acrobat
game in 1990, which was later launched by Sunsoft of America in 1993 for the
Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Nintendo Entertainment System. Aero the
Acrobat’s rapid rise to fame earned it the “Best New Character of the Year” by
Electronic Gaming Monthly, and critical acclaim throughout the gaming community
as one of the hot new video game properties of the ‘90s.“My relationship with
Metro3D is significant because of their strength as an exciting and aggressive
new publisher headed up by some of the most successful veterans of the
industry,” said David Siller.

“Metro3D offers the kind of horsepower that
allows us to place a proven cartoon character like Aero back into the limelight
and have an opportunity to shine again within the gaming community.”

About Metro3D

Metro3D is the ultimate multi-platform game
developer and publisher of original and “classic” action, strategy and role
playing interactive entertainment software. Founded in 1998, Metro3D introduces
some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and popular game titles for
such future-generation video game systems, including the Microsoft(R) Xbox (TM),
Nintendo(R) Game Boy(R) Advance, and Sony PlayStation(R) 2. Based in San Jose,
California, Metro3D is a privately held company with worldwide operations in the
United States, Taiwan, Japan and Europe.

For more information, visit the Metro3D site
at
www.Metro3D.com.
Note to Editors: Copyright (C) 2002 Metro3D. Aero the Acrobat(TM)

1993-2002 by David Siller. All
Rights Reserved.