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Shoppers Have a Vast Selection of Games Powered by A3D Positional Audio - Nearest Competitor Has Fielded Only a Handful

In contrast, support for competitive 3D audio technologies appears to be limited to just a handful of titles, according to company and independent Websites devoted to those technologies. Accelerated PCI audio hardware supporting A3D 1.0 is widely available and sound cards featuring Aureal's new Vortex® 2 chip and A3D 2.0 have recently received a flood of stellar early reviews from popular online gaming and audio Web sites.

``Simply put, A3D delivers the highest-quality 3D audio experience available,'' said Kip Kokinakis, Aureal's President and CEO. ``Wide support for our API from both our hardware and software partners means that gamers everywhere now have access to that power -- enabling a richer, more immersive gaming experience.''

    Games With A3D Support*



    * Uprising 2, 3DO

    * Battlezone, Activision

    * SiN, Activision

    * Heretic II, Activision

    * Heavy Gear, Activision

    * Myth II, Bungie

    * Wargasm, Digital Image Design

    * Trespasser: Jurassic Park, DreamWorks Interactive

    * Thief: Dark Project, Eidos

    * Way Point Zeta, Elpin Systems

    * TigerShark, GT Interactive

    * Bug Riders, GT Interactive

    * Unreal, GT Interactive

    * Powerslide, GT Interactive

    * Motorhead, Gremlin Interactive

    * The Axe, Harmonix Music

    * Subversion: Incoming Expansion Pack, Instant Access

    * Descent: FreeSpace  --  Silent Threat, Interplay

    * Descent: FreeSpace, Interplay

    * MDK, Interplay

    * Starfleet Academy, Interplay

    * Starfleet Academy: Chekov's Lost Missions, Interplay

    * WorldView 2.0, Intervista Software

    * Outlaws, LucasArts

    * Jedi Knight, LucasArts

    * Mysteries of the Sith, LucasArts

    * SimCopter, Maxis

    * Klingon Honor Guard, Microprose

    * Incoming, Rage Software

    * SpecOps Ranger Team Bravo, Ripcord Games

    * Plane Crazy, SegaSoft

    * StarSeige: Tribes, Sierra

    * Half-Life, Sierra

    * StarSeige, Sierra

    * RoboRumble, TopWare

    * Redline Racer, Ubi Soft



    * -- Available currently or anticipated by 12/25/98

About Aureal

Aureal builds advanced audio semiconductor and software solutions that increase functionality and features for personal computers and consumer electronics devices. Aureal develops audio processing semiconductor chips and sound cards and also licenses technology designed to define and improve advanced audio standards in the marketplace. For information on Aureal, its products, and its industry leading A3D audio technologies, please call Corporate Communications at 510-252-4582 or visit its Websites at www.aureal.com and www.a3d.com.

Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, dependence on the PC and consumer electronics industries and on product lines based on new technologies; foundry capacity, availability and reliability; competition and pricing pressures; and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

NOTE: Aureal, the Aureal logo, Aureal 3D and A3D are trademarks of Aureal Semiconductor Inc. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

SOURCE: Aureal Semiconductor Inc