Now Available — the Official Tetris Game for the Palm OS Platform

Business Wire, Sept 5, 2000

Business Editors/High-Tech & Entertainment Writers

NOVATO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2000

New Pocket Express Entertainment Pack

Includes Tetris Classic, Lode Runner: The Legend Returns

and Other All-Time Favorite Games

Pocket Express(TM) announced today the release of its first product: Pocket Express Entertainment Pack(TM). The collection of engaging games features Tetris Classic(TM) by Pocket Express, the first and only official Tetris(R) game for the Palm OS(R) platform. Touted as the world's most popular video game, Tetris has over 50 million users worldwide. The game has been an enduring hit across many platforms ever since it debuted on the personal computer in the early 1980s. Pocket Express is proud to give Palm(TM) handheld owners everywhere the chance to get re-acquainted with this deceptively simple, yet completely addictive game.

The entertainment pack also includes the first and only official Palm OS version of another best-selling computer entertainment brand, Lode Runner(TM). Fans of the well-loved original Lode Runner will be reunited with Jake Peril as he hunts for gold in Lode Runner: The Legend Returns(TM) by Pocket Express. The entertainment pack also includes PocketChess(TM) by Pocket Express, the popular Palm OS chess game that won Ziff-Davis' 1999 "PalmPilot Software Game of the Year" award. Rounding out the collection are Pocket Express Blackjack(TM), Pocket Express PokerDice(TM), and, as a free bonus, a selection of three solitaire games from smallWare.

To capitalize on the growing market for professionally developed software for devices such as the Palm handheld by Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM), Pocket Express licensed the rights to Tetris and Lode Runner, two of the best-selling entertainment brands of all time. "Now Tetris and Lode Runner fans with Palm handhelds finally have high-quality, authentic versions of these classic games," said Pocket Express CEO Alma Rodoni. "We're excited to bring these all-time favorite games to a market that now counts some seven million users."

For $29.99, consumers can purchase an electronic download version of Pocket Express Entertainment Pack at Palm Gear H.Q., an online store and archive of software for the Palm OS platform located at www.palmgear.com. The product works on handheld devices with Palm OS 3.0 and above. Pocket Express Entertainment Pack carries a 30-day money-back guarantee. Pocket Express will post the software to other popular download sites in the coming days. Consumers can also expect to see a packaged version of Pocket Express Entertainment Pack available on CD-ROM in select retail outlets this fall.

With something for everyone, Pocket Express Entertainment Pack makes a perfect gift for any handheld device owner:

-- Authentic in every way, Tetris Classic by Pocket Express is the perfect
puzzle game. Players position falling shapes called Tetraminoes across the
bottom of a pit. When an entire line fills with blocks, it clears from the
screen and the player earns points. Any unfilled lines will not clear from the
screen, and the Tetraminoes will stack up higher and higher. But if the player
keeps clearing lines, game play continues at a faster and faster pace with more
and more points earned for cleared lines.

-- In Lode Runner: The Legend Returns by Pocket Express, players navigate a
gold miner through a series of 150 levels, each level having its own unique
maze of ladders. The object of the game is to collect gold treasure while
avoiding enemies and dead ends. To add to the challenge, users can design their
own new levels for endless fun.

-- PocketChess by Pocket Express offers 8 levels of difficulty, providing
appropriate game play for players of any skill level. The game also offers
animated piece movement, choice of board size and direction, a hint feature,
and undo command, a switch sides command, and a built in 80-game opening move
library.

-- If you combine good planning with a little luck while you play Pocket
Express PokerDice, odds are you'll fall in love with this variation on the
age-old game of poker dice. Players build a collection of different poker hands
using dice combinations. The faces of PokerDice's special electronic "dice" are
marked with playing cards.

-- Pocket Express Blackjack gives you the fun and excitement of playing this
casino favorite without risking your hard-earned money. The game features most
major casino rules, including splits, multiple decks, doubling down, insurance,
and dealer hitting on soft 17.

-- No game collection could be complete without solitaire -- the game
appreciated the world over as a great cure for boredom. Thanks to the folks at
smallWare, Pocket Express Entertainment Pack includes Solitaire Free with its
three versions of solitaire, Klondike, Demon and Baker's Game.

About Pocket Express, Inc.

Founded in January 2000, Pocket Express develops high-quality software applications for mobile users and their multi-device environments. Pocket Express brings extensive experience in software development, marketing and sales to this arena. Pocket Express recognizes that today's user has a computing universe that includes PCs, the Internet, handheld devices such as the Palm handheld, the Pocket PC(R), WAP-enabled cell phones and more. In addition to entertainment licenses, the Company's internal development is focused on products that provide rich functionality on multiple devices, offering sophisticated solutions for synching and sharing information. Additional products will provide customers with the functionality and content they need, whenever and wherever they need it. Pocket Express, a privately held company, is based in Novato, California. Visit www.pocketexpress.com for more information on the company and its products.