Atari, Inc. Announces Winner of Test Drive(R) Unlimited's 'Be a Car Designer' Contest

  Who:  Atari, Inc. is pleased to announce Los Angeles resident David
        Sichtermann as the grand prize winner of the "Test Drive Unlimited -
        Be a Car Designer" contest.

        Sichtermann raced to first place beating over 100 other submitted
        designs judged by 6,500 registered consumer voters.  Sichtermann's
        car design will be implemented as a fully functioning vehicle into
        Test Drive Unlimited, the ultimate lifestyle and automotive video
        game experience.  In addition, Sichtermann will also receive a $2500
        monetary award.

        Sichtermann is a scholarship hopeful for the Art Center College of
        Design in Pasadena and the 28-year-old applicant plans to use the
        $2500 monetary award from the "Test Drive Unlimited - Be a Car
        Designer" contest towards his education.

        "I am incredibly excited about winning the Test Drive Unlimited
        contest," says David Sichtermann, "I left engineering school to
        become a car designer in California and after six years of paying my
        dues things are finally starting to fall into place. Through this
        contest, Atari is helping to make my dreams materialize."

  What: Test Drive Unlimited is the ultimate lifestyle and automotive gaming
        experience packed with the world's most luxurious vehicles, more
        than 1000 miles of diverse photo-realistic Hawaiian terrain, a
        challenging single player game and a host of online options with
        M.O.O.R.(TM): Massively Open Online Racing, which enables gamers to
        interact with thousands simultaneously.  The game offers 90 licensed
        vehicles -- cars AND bikes -- from exclusive manufacturers that are
        fully customizable with unrivalled interior and exterior details and
        functions. Car packs featuring six or more vehicles, complete with
        genre-specific radio stations, will be available for download
        monthly, beginning six weeks after launch on Xbox Live(R)
        Marketplace for the Xbox 360(TM) video game and entertainment system
        from Microsoft.  Test Drive Unlimited will be available September 5,
        2006 for Xbox 360 and will be available later this fall for Windows
        platform.

  When: The "Test Drive Unlimited - Be a Car Designer" contest officially
        began at 12:00:01 am EST May 15, 2006.  The entry with the highest
        combination of number of votes and overall rating at the end of the
        voting period was the Grand Prize Winner of the Contest.  For full
        details and official rules please log on to
        www.TestDriveUnlimited.com

  Contact:    Alissa Bell              Stephanie Schopp
              Atari, Inc.              Tinsley PR (for Atari)
              212.726.4217             323.660.2163
              alissa.bell@atari.com    stephanie@tinsley-pr.com

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PRNewswire -- July 21