ARIS ENTERTAINMENT SHIPS ANIMAL KINGDOM

$29.95 CD-ROM Title First to Combine MPEG, MPC & Macintosh on One Disc;
Features 100 Images, 100 Sounds, 25 Videos of Wildlife Around The World

(CES, LAS VEGAS) -- Aris Entertainment has begun shipping Animal Kingdom, a
colorful compilation of wild animal images, videos, and original music.
This title marks the first time Aris has combined MPEG, MPC and
Macintosh-compatible platforms on a single CD-ROM

Retailing for just $29.95, Animal Kingdom features 100 color photographic
images of creatures large and small, from the Sahara to the Savannas to
the Serengetti plain, along with l 00 audio clips of original New Age
music and 25 live-action videos.

Animal Kingdom marks a shift in Aris' entire multimedia utility program,
said Aris Entertainment president Chris Kitze. All new MediaClips titles
for 1994 will be published with native MPEG capability, as well as the
series' current MPC and Macintosh capabilities. In addition, the entire
Aris library of multimedia clip art products will be converted to MPEG at
each of their respective next printings. All titles will remain compatible
with Video for Windows and Macintosh Quick Time for customers who have not
purchased an add-on MPEG board.

"We believe that MPEG represents the future of CD-ROM," said Kitze, "It's
the only full-motion, full-screen technology that is affordable, high
quality and available today. We have committed our support to the MPEG
standard, and we also remain firm about not raising our prices to add
MPEG. To the contrary, as more and more consumers buy MPEG boards, the
demand for full-screen movies and other applications will drive prices
even lower."

Animal Kingdom also comes with a self-running slide show of the 100
dramatic images. All three platforms, which are included on the same
CD-ROM, utilize a built-in search engine to locate specific images and
sounds from the disc. In addition, Aris' proprietary "picture picker"
guides the user to the best shot for each occasion via a full-screen
photographic matrix.

All MediaClips titles also use SuperMac's CinePak software-only video
playback technology to efficiently store 25 run-time videos. All
MediaClips images, sounds and videos may be used royalty-free in any
presentation, provided credit is given to Aris Entertainment and to the
artists.

Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc., was founded in 1991, by Chris Kitze
and Diane Heppting. The company was recently named one of the top ten
publishers of CD-ROM titles in the world, according to the research firm
PC Data. Kitze is regarded by many as a pioneer in the field of electronic
publishing and CD-ROM software development. Heppting has a successful
history of product marketing and management as a leading developer of
CD-ROM titles since the early days of multimedia.

Aris' current product lines include utilities (MPC Wizard), multimedia
entertainment and clip art (Media Clips) and games (Video Cube series).
Aris products are sold through Egghead Software, Software, Etc., CompUSA,
Fry's, and other resellers. Its MediaClips and MPC Wizard lines are
available in the U.S. exclusively through Compton's NewMedia, Inc.,
Carlsbad, CA. Video Cube is distributed exclusively by Electronic Arts.

During CES, Aris will be exhibiting in the Electronic Arts booth, #10000,
Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall. For more information, contact
Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc., 310 Washington Blvd., Suite 100,
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292. Telephone: (310) 821 -0234, fax: (310)
821-6463.

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