Monte Cristo Announces Fire Captain: Bay Area Inferno

MONTE CRISTO GAMES’ FIRE CAPTAIN:
BAY AREA INFERNO BLAZING TO THE PC THIS FALL  

Firefighters consulting
development team to recreate fire physics, fire and rescue scenes based on real
scenarios

PARIS, FRANCE (APRIL 23, 2004) — This Fall, Monte Cristo Games will ignite the
real-time strategy game genre with Fire Captain: Bay Area Inferno for the PC.
Delivering single player campaigns and multiplayer modes, Fire Captain
challenges players to command fire squads and vehicles in a variety of emergency
scenarios based on real-life events.  

“We are working closely with
American fire consultants to ensure the most accurate vehicles and fire units
and the most realistic scenarios, fire fighting techniques and tools possible,”
says Jérôme Gastaldi, managing director of Monte Cristo Games. “In addition, the
fire pros are helping us recreate the most subtle characteristics of fire and
smoke behaviour: the effects of flammable materials, ventilation, weather
conditions, and structural engineering; conditions that cause explosive
backdrafts and flashovers; and the way fire spreads across different structures
and ground cover conditions.”  

Set in and around a metropolitan
city along the U.S. west coast, players face the challenging perils of
human-caused and natural disasters. Tackle windswept brush fires that threaten a
hillside of suburban homes and the forest just beyond. Use special extinguishing
agents and techniques to battle chemical fires in manufacturing plants and at a
fireworks factory; stay on track as a runaway train leaves a trail of
emergencies; and save victims and battle blazes in downtown after the ‘Big One’
rattles the city.  

In this captivating simulation,
every moment counts: fire and smoke spread with incredible realism, combustible
materials threaten to turn two-alarm fires into raging infernos, structures
weaken as fire spreads and intensifies, and victims cling to life as injuries
mount.  In multiplayer mode players can combine firefighting efforts or
compete against other firefighters for the title of top fire house.

Fire Captain: Bay Area Inferno
builds on the critically acclaimed Emergency Fire Response. A doubled
development budget and a new technological platform allow for an incomparably
rich and realistic game experience. New features include additional types of
vehicles and units, enhanced artificial intelligence, improved realism through
enhanced fire and smoke physics, and more detailed animations. Larger maps with
greater detail, richer missions with a captivating storyline and more ways to
successfully battle situations that change with every play session will plunge
players into the fascinating realities of the firefighter’s job.

About Monte Cristo Games

Monte Cristo, founded eight years
ago, has become a respected player in the sector of management and strategy
games. Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps, Emergency Fire Response, Platoon, The
Partners, Airline Tycoon, Wall Street Trader, Start-Up, Economic War and Casino
Tycoon have contributed to Monte Cristo’s expertise. Monte Cristo is now
focusing its production and design resources towards life simulation, builders
and tactical management with the intention of reaching a larger international
audience.

For additional information on Monte
Cristo Games:

http://www.montecristogames.com/