Acorn's Seriously Bad Debut at Gamesmaster Live 

Acorn Computers' Seriously Bad Christmas tour is to make its debut at the 
Gamesmaster Live Show to be held at the Birmingham NEC from 4th to 6th 
December. 

Acorn will have a significant presence at the show which is a live version 
of Channel 4's popular computer games programme.  Parked in the middle of 
the stand will be Acorn's Seriously Bad exhibition trailer surrounded by a 
large games arcade running many of the 250-plus games currently available 
for the Acorn Archimedes range of computers. 

A particular feature of the show will be the Quest for Gold Challenge. Based 
on the successful track and field simulation game, contestants will be able 
to test their athletic prowess not only against each other, but also against 
leading members of the British athletics squad.  The game is based on a real 
life athletics training programme as devised by the Chafford Hundred group 
of athletes under the direction of Fatima Whitbread.  Indeed many of the top 
British athletes such as Linford Christie, Sally Gunnell, Steve Backley, 
Dalton Grant and Colin Jackson have been intimately involved with the game 
since its inception. 

Acorn's fully 32-bit RISC processors display such powerful  speed and 
graphics that games take on a totally new dimension.  Acorn computers - 
which are now found in nine out every ten schools in the UK - make the ideal 
machine for use in the home environment.  Not only can they run some of the 
best games, but they can be put to a wide range of other uses such as word 
processing, drawing, music, business packages and much else besides. 

Recognising that some parents may feel somewhat intimidated by the plethora 
of shoot-em-ups and simulations on show at the NEC, Acorn is coming to their 
rescue by providing a "safe haven" in the parents' creche. Here they can 
discover the wider benefits of owning a home computer and will be treated to 
demonstrations in an oasis of peace and quiet whilst the world blows up 
around them. 

Commenting on Acorn's presence at Gamesmaster Live, Acorn's Consumer 
Marketing Manager, Simon Lovesey said "We believe our presence at this show 
will improve the credibility of our computers amongst the games playing 
fraternity and open their eyes to the other features that should be 
available to home computer users." 

ENDS 

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