Twec.com - `The Web's Entertainment Center' - Announces "We Got Games!"

Business Wire, March 4, 1999

ALBANY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1999--

Online Entertainment Retailer Supplements its Music and Movie

Offerings with 8,000 Video Game Titles

When it comes to entertainment, twec.com doesn't play games - until now! The online entertainment retailer today announced the launch of its video game catalog on www.twec.com - The Web's Entertainment Center. The site now offers 8,000 games for Sony(R) PlayStation(TM), Nintendo(R) 64, Gameboy(TM), Gameboy Color and Sega(R) Genesis(TM) in addition to its 300,000 music and movie titles.

"With the launch of our video game catalog, we again demonstrate our commitment to offer consumers the most comprehensive entertainment selection available online," said Bill Tynan, general manager of e-commerce, Trans World Entertainment. "Our vast assortment of music, movies and games goes far beyond what can be found in any store, giving our customers the opportunity to do all of their entertainment shopping in one place."

Featured titles in twec.com's video game catalog include such popular titles as Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, WCW/NWO Thunder and Metal Gear Solid. A number of sales and promotions are in the works, including an April "Games for a Rainy Day" sale.

About The Web's Entertainment Center (twec.com)

Twec.com is the online hub for Trans World Entertainment's retail stores, including Coconuts Music & Movies, FYE (For Your Entertainment), Planet Music, Record Town, Saturday Matinee, Strawberries, and Waxie Maxie's. The site features all the music CDs, cassettes, DVD, video games and VHS home video that are available at its "brick and mortar" counterparts and more, with CD-ROMs available shortly. Twec.com is home to the "Backstage Pass" series featuring live concerts, online chats, in-store artist appearances, in-studio performances and downloadable and on-demand entertainment media.

About Trans World Entertainment

Trans World Entertainment (NASDAQ: TWMC), based in Albany, New York, operates 503 specialty retail music and video stores, including 315 mall locations under the names Record Town, Saturday Matinee, and F.Y.E. (For Your Entertainment), and 188 freestanding and strip center locations under the names Coconuts, Planet Music and Strawberries Music, which was acquired in 1997.