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The 80’s Game With Martha Quinn Nominated for First Zeeby Award BOSTON, MA – (November 15, 2008) – Start Space Games, Inc. and Funkitron are proud to announce that their collaborative game, The 80’s Game With Martha Quinn, has earned a Zeeby nomination for Best Trivia & Word Game. The Zeeby results were recently announced at the Casual Connect conference in Seattle. The 80’s Game With Martha Quinn is now available as a 60-minute free trial or for a $19.95 purchase at leading downloadable games sites such as Yahoo Games and MSN Games, as well as at www.the80sgamewithmarthaquinn.com. A CD-ROM version of the game is sold exclusively in Best Buy stores and on Amazon.com. “The Zeeby Awards are the online game industry’s equivalent of the Oscars or the Emmys, so to earn a Zeeby nomination is certainly a thrill,” said Clay Siegert, President of Start Space Games. “We knew that 80’s trivia fans would demand a great game. That’s why hundreds of hours went into researching every topic and meticulously crafting every question. And now, with the game’s nomination, we feel like all our hard work has paid off.” Covering several different genres including movies, television, sports, politics, music, and celebrities, The 80’s Game With Martha Quinn offers fans of the 1980’s a new online way to relive that exciting time period when brat packers, break dancers, new wavers, valley girls, and mods ruled the world. The game features four game modes: Free Play, Challenges, Episodes (which includes 80 special “Episode” games with themed questions) and Versus (where two players go head-to-head). Martha Quinn, who was named MTV’s “All-Time Favorite Vee-Jay” by Rolling Stone magazine, provides her voice and likeness to the game to help guide players through the game as you test your wits to become the ultimate 80’s trivia expert. Featuring more than 3,000 questions from the totally awesome decade, The 80’s Game is a fun-filled walk down memory lane, enhanced with high-score postings, bonus rounds, and an accompanying 80’s music track. About Funkitron, Inc. Funkitron, Inc. was one of the first game publishers to focus on the downloadable casual game market and was founded by game industry veteran Dave Walls in 2001. Funkitron has been known for creating high-quality, super fun games that appeal to a broad audience and can be distributed digitally via online networks. The company has had much success with hits such as "SCRABBLE(R) Deluxe", "SCRABBLE(R) Blast", "Slingo(R) Deluxe", "Boggle(R) Supreme" and "Poker Superstars II (TM)". Funkitron’s recently-released Slingo Quest, the sequel to Slingo Deluxe, won the Zeeby award as the Best Card, Board and Mahjong game of 2006. For more information about Funkitron, please visit www.funkitron.com. About Start Space Games, Inc. Start Space Games, Inc. (formerly Intellinitiative Game Co.) creates, manufactures and markets entertaining products that inspire fun, interactive group play. What began as a start-up company founded by three sibling entrepreneurs in 2001, has grown into one of the industry’s leading independent game companies. Today, Start Space’s American-made product line features both original and licensed titles such as VH1’s I Love The 80’s Game, The 90’s Game®, Merriam-Webster’s Word Sweep!® and The 80’s Game With Martha Quinn® that are sold online and internationally in thousands of retail stores. For more information, visit www.startspacegames.com. |
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