Atari Games has recently been recognized for the outstanding quality 
of games produced in the past year.  During the London ATE show, 
HARD DRIVIN' received the "Game of the Year" award from the British
trade association and Atari Games was given an engraved crystal bowl 
which will be presented to the Hard Drivin' design team.  

Then, at the German IMA show, the association nominated both HARD DRIVIN'
and TETRIS as "Best Video Game for 1989".  This was the first time two
games from the same company have ever shared this honor.  Our German
distributor, Nova, is often our #1 distributor in the world, and it is
quite rare that a manufacturer is congratulated to this degree.

On another front, one of the leading consumer video magazines, "Video Games
and Computer Entertainment" awarded four of our games for Best of 1989:

Hard Drivin'  - Best simulator 
Cyberball 2072 -  Best sports
Escape  - Most innovative
Stunrunner - Best arcade game

These awards will be published in the February issue, which has now 
been issued.  Our games were selected based on a poll of the editorial
staff at the magazine.  I received individual wall plaques for these
awards today and will arrange to have them prominently displayed in 
our lobby.  

Congratulations to all those who helped earned these terrific awards.  

Mary