First Star Software's Greatest Hits(TM) Announced

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FIRST STAR SOFTWARE AND MEAN HAMSTER SOFTWARE ANNOUNCE CO-DEVELOPMENT OF ‘GREATEST HITS’ COMPENDIUM

14-TITLE COMPILATION CD-ROM FOR WINDOWS FEATURES ORIGINAL 1980’S AND 90’S RETRO GAMING HITS

CHAPPAQUA, NY, U.S.A., November 22, 2004 -- First Star Software, Inc., the Westchester, New York developer and publisher of award winning games, today announced their co-development agreement with Mean Hamster Software of Deer Park, Washington. The companies have joined together to create the first compilation of First Star’s classic games from the 1980’s and 1990’s. First Star Software’s Greatest Hits™ will be released in time for Christmas and contains fourteen of First Star's early best-selling titles on a single disc. Millions of units of these classics been sold, with four titles having been released into the coin-operated arcades.

All games are their original versions, launched automatically by emulation software enabling players to enjoy Commodore 64; Atari 8 bit and 16 bit; as well as DOS versions of these retro-gaming masterpieces on their Windows computers supporting these minimum system requirements: Windows® 95 or higher (Windows 98 or higher recommended); Pentium® 166 MMX Processor (300 MHz Pentium® II, Celeron or AMD processor recommended); 16x CD ROM Drive; 32 MB Ram (64 MB recommended); Video Card and Sound Card with DirectX® 6.1 compatible drivers; 640x480 Resolution with 16-Bit Color or higher; and, 2 MB Hard Disk space for saving games.

First Star’s president, Richard M. Spitalny states: "Now, for the first time ever, 14 of First Star's early releases can be purchased all together. The compilation includes one game never released before; the never-before-released Commodore 64 version of a game originally licensed to Radio Shack; and, the sorts of 'extras' collectors value and enjoy such as scans of foreign and domestic boxes, memorabilia, original instruction booklets; prototype art; even video clips of interviews with the company's founders. Up until now, we were not able to satisfy the requests of fans who want to play our older games on their Windows computers."

Mean Hamster Software’s president John Swiderski commented: "It's both an honor and a privilege to be working with such an historic company as First Star Software to produce this compilation. One has to appreciate the original programmers’ efforts involved in the production of these games; this was the golden age of gaming when games were all about game play and creativity. Now fans of all ages can enjoy their classic, First Star favorites on their modern-day PC."

About First Star Software, Inc. Founded in 1982, First Star develops, licenses and publishes games across all platforms including cell-phones, hand-held devices, home computers and next generation consoles. A privately held corporation, First Star’s titles are distributed extensively worldwide. For more information please visit http://www.firststarsoftware.com.

About Mean Hamster Software. Since 1985 Mean Hamster Software has developed and published numerous titles for the Commodore 64 and Amiga computers. Recently the company has focused on supporting the ‘Retro Gaming’ community, writing new software and supporting the ‘old time’ systems blazing a trail that others would follow, releasing the world’s first new title for the aged Atari 5200 system since 1985. In addition to several new Atari and Amiga titles, Mean Hamster Software currently develops and publishes tiles for most portable/hand-held platforms as well as for Windows PCs. For more information please visit http://www.meanhamstersoftware.com