December 4, 1992                                        ACCOLADE

    ACCOLADE'S NEW STAR CONTROL II AND ADVANCED GRAVIS' NEW
                ULTRASOUND MAKE SENSATIONAL MUSIC



                         Star Control II
              Category: Science Fiction/Role-Playing
   Price and Availability: IBM PC and compatible computers - $59.95
 Specifications: Hard drive required; 640K RAM-256 color VGA, MCGA;
              IBM AT Class required, 20 MHz 386 recommended

                           UltraSound
                       Category: Soundboard
                  Price and Availability: $199.95
  Specifications: IBM PC or compatible computers; 16 Bit-Wave Table
 32 Voice stereo board with 256K on-board memory; compatible with
                   Ad Lib(r) and Sound Blaster(tm)

SAN JOSE, CA-DECEMBER 4, 1992--Accolade, a leading publisher of
entertainment software, and Advanced Gravis invite computer
entertainment players to experience the audio and visual sensation
of playing Star Control II with the new Advanced Gravis
UltraSound(tm).  Star Control II, a hybrid action/role-playing
adventure computer game is the first commercially available product
on the market to support UltraSound, the most advanced, CD-quality,
wave table sound solution available for IBM PC and compatible
computers.  Both Accolad's Star Control II and the Advanced Gravis
UltraSound are available now at a suggested retail price of $59.95
and $199.95, respectively.

Star Control II:The Ur-Quan Masters(tm), set in the spectacular
science fiction universe established in the original, award-winning
Star Control(tm), once again pits you against the iron-clawed
fascism of the evil Ur-Quan Hierarchy.  The story begins with your
character stationed in a vast cave network beneath the surface of
Unzervaldt, a beautiful, earthlike planet located on the periphery
of what was once Alliance space.  Your chosen mission is to leave
the planet and find out what happened to Earth and the Alliance of
Free Stars, an, if necessary, aid them against the Ur-Quan.

Star Control II lets you travel hyperspace to explore and liberate
more than 500 unique star systems, each with a full complement of
planets and moons.  Visually, the game raises space adventure to a
new plateau with its ultra-brilliant 256-color graphics of
hyperspace, 3-D rotating planets and fractal-generated planet
surfaces, as well as its detailed alien portraits and stunning
ship-to-ship combat imagery.  Add to that a remarkable soundtrack
of pure digitized sound and music unlike any heard before on the
IBM PC.  While optimized for the Gravis UltraSound, Star Control II
also supports a variety of other soundboards including the ASC
Media Master, Pro Audio Spectrum, and the new Microsoft Windows
Soundboard.

Star Control II is available at local software retailers or can be
purchased direct from Accolade by calling 1-800-0245-7744.

Accolade, a privately held company, is a leading developer,
publisher and distributor of entertainment software for personal
computers and leading video game machines.

Editors: To receive screen slides or a copy of Star Control II,
please contact Melinda Mongelluzzo of Accolade at (408) 985-1700.