"Nicktoons Racing will delight both fans of Nickelodeon and the Game Boy Advance," said Petrina McPhee, director of brand marketing for Infogrames' Beverly studio. "The strong and widely recognized Nickelodeon characters coupled with exciting racing action gives players a game that is an excellent addition to anyone's Game Boy Advance collection."

"Nickelodeon and Infogrames have experienced tremendous success with the Nicktoons franchise across multiple videogame platforms," said Sherice Guillory, director of licensing for Nickelodeon Interactive. "We look forward to the continued Nicktoons success with the launch of Nicktoons Racing on Game Boy Advance."

Nicktoons Racing challenges players to race against 12 of their favorite Nickelodeon(TM) stars, including Tommy & Angelica (Rugrats(TM)), Eliza & Darwin (The Wild Thornberrys(TM)), CatDog(TM), SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick (SpongeBob SquarePants(TM)), Arnold & Helga (Hey Arnold!(TM)) Daggett & Norbert (The Angry Beavers(TM)), Ickis (Aaahh!!! Real Monsters(TM)) and Ren (The Ren & Stimpy Show(TM)). Players can race for one of the three cartoon cups, race for fun on 12 Nickelodeon show themed tracks or challenge their friends in multiplayer racing using the Game Boy(R) Advance Game Link(R) cable. Crazy power-ups, hazards and more keep the racing action packed.

Nicktoons Racing was developed for Infogrames by Crawfish Interactive, is rated "E" for Everyone and carries an approximate retail price of $29.95.

About Nickelodeon:

Nickelodeon, now in its 23rd year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books, magazines and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 84 million households and has been the number- one-rated basic-cable network for more than six consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.

About Infogrames

New York-based Infogrames, Inc. is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company develops video games for all consoles (Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Nintendo and Microsoft), PCs, and Macintosh systems. Infogrames' catalogue of more than 1,000 titles includes award-winning franchises such as Civilization(R), Backyard Sports(TM), Deer Hunter(R), Driver?, RollerCoaster Tycoon(R), and Test Drive(R), and key licenses including Warner Bros. The Matrix(R), Warner Bros. Looney Tunes?, Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues(R), Dragon Ball Z(R), Unreal(R), Mission Impossible(R), Terminator(R), Harley-Davidson(R), Major League Baseball(R), and the National Football League(R), among many others. The Company's Humongous Entertainment and MacSoft labels are leaders in children's and Macintosh entertainment software, respectively.

Infogrames, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) (Euronext 5257), a global publisher and distributor of video games for all platforms. In 2001, IESA acquired Infogrames Interactive, Inc. (formerly Hasbro Interactive), including rights to use its line of software based on well-known licenses such as MONOPOLY, Jeopardy(R), TONKA, and Atari(R), which are published and distributed in the U.S. by Infogrames, Inc. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at http://www.infogrames.com.

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Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, CatDog, Rugrats, Angry Beavers, SpongeBob SquarePants, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, The Wild Thornberrys, Hey Arnold, The Ren & Stimpy Show and all related titles, logos and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc. Rugrats created by Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo and Paul Germain. The Wild Thornberrys created by Klasky Csupo, Inc. Hey Arnold! created by Craig Bartlett. CatDog created by Peter Hannan. SpongeBob SquarePants created by Stephen Hillenburg.

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