Driver: Parallel Lines - A Fast Ride with Hot Tunes

- Premiere Hollywood-Style Action-Driving Title Features Era-Defining Music

from the 1970's and Today, With Legendary Material and New Exclusive

Productions -

NEW YORK, March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR)
today revealed first details about the soundtrack to its forthcoming
Hollywood-style action-driving blockbuster Driver: Parallel Lines.
Alongside over 70 legendary tracks which bridge the game's dual
gameplay eras -- 1970s and today -- with effortless cool, the
soundtrack will include a number of exceptional world-renowned artists
from the worlds of hip hop, punk rock and dance to provide brand new
music exclusively for Driver: Parallel Lines. The music and artists
have been chosen to reflect the two distinct gameplay eras as well as
New York City, which has been the inspiration and source to so much of
the world's music.

Working with Nimrod Productions Ltd, one of the most established audio
production companies in the video game industry, Atari has selected
some of the top artists to supply new exclusive material for Driver:
Parallel Lines including Public Enemy, Grandmaster Flash, Suicide,
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arthur Baker, Mylo, Paul Oakenfold, Lifesavas
featuring Vernon Reid and the Audio Bullys. Interviews with some of
the artists involved in Driver: Parallel Lines are available
exclusively for subscribers to the official website
http://www.atari.com/driver.

In addition to the brand new exclusives, the two eras will be
underscored by a remarkable roster of legendary music, with David
Bowie, Blondie, Iggy Pop, WAR, The Temptations, Funkadelic, Marvin
Gaye, Parliament, and Average White Band amongst those scoring the
1970's era, and bands including The Roots, LCD Soundsystem, TV on the
Radio, Kaiser Chiefs, Secret Machines, The Dead 60's lend their
visceral sounds to the New York cityscape of 2006.

"In taking the successful and stylish Driver brand to iconic New York
City in the 70's and today, we wanted to make sure the soundtrack
captured and evoked the setting to really elevate the experience,"
said Stephen Baer, Senior Product Manager, Atari, Inc. "The soundtrack
for Driver: Parallel Lines draws on an incredible mix of legendary and
new talent to create the perfect complement for riveting gameplay."

"The melting pot of the New York music scene stretches across so many
musical boundaries that it seems to effortlessly create an infectious
mix, from obscure 70's gems to classic tracks, and important new bands
to the modern day musical heroes," said Marc Canham, co-founder of
Nimrod and the game soundtrack composer and music producer for Driver:
Parallel Lines.

Developed by award-winning studio Reflections Interactive, Driver:
Parallel Lines is the next installment of Atari's legendary
action-driving franchise. Players can modify and juice up cars while
engaging in the most thrilling Hollywood-style car chases ever across
a free roaming, stylized New York City with over 35 diverse missions,
no loading times, incredibly realistic driving physics, and a brand
new story set in 1978 and 2006.

Forthcoming Hollywood-style action-driving Driver: Parallel Lines will
be available for PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and
Xbox(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. A
must-have title for action driving fans, Driver: Parallel Lines
Limited Edition will include a separate soundtrack CD featuring tracks
written exclusively for the game from music legends Grandmaster Flash,
Public Enemy, Arthur Baker and other breakthrough artists. Further
information about the Limited Edition will be revealed prior to
launch.

For more information about Driver: Parallel Lines and to sign up for
exclusive content including weekly artist interviews, trailers and
more, visit http://www.atari.com/driver. Additionally, the site
features a live MP3 player where visitors can select and play tracks
from the game soundtrack.

About Nimrod

Marc Canham is co-founder of Nimrod Productions Limited. Nimrod is one
of the most established and successful audio production companies in
the video game industry. Over the last five years Nimrod has developed
a composition, production and orchestral team that is responsible for
some of the most groundbreaking and original game soundtracks to date.

Having cut their teeth in the music industry the pioneering
composer-production team of Marc Canham and Rich Aitken formed Nimrod
Productions in 2000. With over 40,000,000 video game sales
demonstrating Marc's instinctive composition style and Rich's detailed
and contemporary production techniques this complete team of
forward-thinking audio minds have made a huge impact in the world of
game audio with their edgy orchestral soundtracks to more contemporary
sounding scores and licensed soundtracks. Working from their
top-flight studio headquarters in Oxfordshire Marc and Rich have
developed Nimrod and the NSO in to one of the most respected
orchestras, composers and production houses in the music business.

Soundtracks include: '24' The Game, Driv3r, Driver Parallel Lines,
Getaway -- Black Monday, Act of War, Gran Turismo, Stuntman, TOCA Race
Driver 3 and Vietcong to name just a few.
http://www.nimrodproductions.com

About Atari

New York-based Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) develops interactive games
for all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of
interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company's 1,000+
titles include hard-core, genre-defining franchises such as
DRIVER(TM), The Matrix(TM) (Enter The Matrix and The Matrix: Path of
Neo), Stuntman(TM) and Test Drive(R); and mass-market and children's
franchises such as Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues(TM) and Dora the
Explorer(TM), and Dragon Ball Z(R). Atari, Inc. is a majority-owned
subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext --
ISIN: FR-0000052573), the largest interactive games publisher in
Europe. For more information, visit http://www.atari.com.

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