Majesco Entertainment Selects Actimagine Video Technology to Deliver Full Length Movies on Nintendo Portable Consoles
Paris (ots/PRNewswire)
Actimagine video technology enables Majesco Entertainment to deliver beloved full length animated classics on Game Boy(R) Advance, Game Boy Advance SP, Nintendo DS(TM) and Game Boy Micro. DreamWorks' Shrek, Shrek 2 and Shark Tale are now part of Majesco Game Boy Advance Video product line since last November. Actimagine software video codec allows storing up to 90 minutes of TV-like video titles on standard cartridges, bringing the highest quality of video and sound to more than 66 million Nintendo hand-held consoles users.
Actimagine software video codec has also been previously selected by Sony Pictures Digital to deliver full length feature films on memory cards for mobile phones. Spiderman(R)2, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Stuart Little, Ghostbusters and Hitch were successfully launched since September 2005 in Europe in The Carphone Warehouse retail stores.
"Mobile devices like portable gaming consoles, mobile phones, PDAs, Portable Multimedia Players can run Actimagine software video codecs bringing new business opportunities to majors. Titles from DreamWorks or Sony Pictures Digital are really breathtaking on those platforms," says André Pagnac, Actimagine CEO.
Actimagine will exhibit at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, from February 13th to 16th, Hall 2 booth G066 and at the Embedded System Expo & Conference in Tokyo, Japan, from June 28th to 30th.
For further information, please contact: Yann VIOT, Vice President Marketing, press@actimagine.com, Tel: +33-1-53-30-03-65, www.actimagine.com
About Actimagine
Actimagine conceives, patents and licenses display software solutions for video and vector graphics. These solutions allow displaying video, multimedia interactive contents and user interfaces. Actimagine has patented a strong DRM solution that allows the protection of content stored on memory cards. Actimagine display software can be embedded or used in any product with a color screen, from low to high speed processors, with or without operating system. For instance, Actimagine technologies can be used on devices like mobile phones, MP3 players, toys, set top boxes, TV-sets, home appliances, digital signage, kiosks, etc.
Actimagine software solutions provide high quality TV-like display with lower CPU requirements and no dedicated multimedia extra chip, thus limiting overheating, reducing battery power consumption while lowering hardware costs.
Customer references: Nintendo Co., Ltd, Sony Pictures Digital, Fisher Price, Majesco Entertainment
Headquarters of Actimagine is located in Paris, France. The company has overseas branches in Tokyo and Singapore.
Contact:
Yann Viot, Vice President Marketing, press@actimagine.com, Tel:
+33-1-53-30-03-65