Press Release

Simutronics Announces SimuCon 2000

St. Louis, MO (June 12, 2000) - The world's largest gathering of Internet game players, SimuCon 2000, will meet in St. Louis, Missouri from June 15th to June 17th. SimuCon 2000 will bring together close to 600 players of Simutronics games from across the globe for the fifth annual gathering of players organized by Simutronics.

Topping the lineup of unique events during this year's convention is the wedding that will take place between two players who met and fell in love while playing one of the games. They join a long list of people who have found romance within the online virtual worlds. Simutronics' fantasy role-playing games foster unique friendships between players who meet online to hunt for mythical beasts, discover treasure, and solve quests; and SimuCon 2000 allows them the rare opportunity to meet each other outside of the game worlds.

Attendees to this year's SimuCon 2000 will also be treated to a guest appearance by actor Robert Trebor, Salmoneus on the hit television shows Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. In addition to his role as Salmoneus, Trebor has appeared in other movies and television shows in a variety of roles, and has recently expanded his horizons to include writing with the upcoming publication of his first novel. His visit is especially anticipated by players of Hercules & Xena: Alliance of Heroes, a Simutronics game that allows players to follow in the footsteps of their favorite television heroes.

The weekend-long convention begins on Thursday, June 15th with a welcome reception and culminates with Saturday's gala costume ball and dinner party. Throughout the weekend, players will attend a full schedule of seminars where they can share their gaming experiences, learn of future plans for their favorite game and trade strategy secrets for Simutronics' award-winning titles, GemStone IV, DragonRealms, Hercules & Xena: Alliance of Heroes and Modus Operandi.

About Simutronics

Simutronics Corp. (http://www.play.net), the pioneer in online gaming, was founded in St. Charles, Missouri twelve years ago, and has grown to be one of the leading developers of online multiplayer games. Their titles include GemStone III, the number one online roleplaying game in the history of the industry, DragonRealms, Hercules & Xena: Alliance of Heroes, Modus Operandi and CyberStrike 2. Simutronics was recently named to Inc 500's 1999 list of fastest growing companies in America and has twice been named to Washington Technology magazine's "Fast 50." Fans spend more than 2 million hours playing Simutronics' games each month and tend to remain players for years.