From: Leung Kai Wan HKUSUA HKU HK> Date: 25 apr 1998 Subject: Re: Gamer.com (fwd) Hello everyone. I have just got a message from another mailing list that there is another java-based shogi server available on line. The url is "http://www.gamer.com" . The original message is as attached. regards, Kai Wan Leung Hong Kong ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 19:59:14 -0500 From: Stephen Swolley earthlink net> To: Takumi Yoshida virtualcom co jp>, othello-announce armory com> Subject: Re: Gamer.com othello-discuss armory com> Takumi Yoshida wrote: > > To whom it may concern, please allow us to give you a sudden notice. > > We,Virtual Communications Corp. ,is a specialized for digital contents > creating for Internet business in Japan. We have developed interactive > games fighting over the Internet with Java in the last year. We now > today developed English version of it and publicly opened on the Web in > 20th of April. Please look at http://www.gamer.com/ > To play these games, it's absolutely free of charge. > > We would like to ask you to introduce this game site to your members, > plus would like to hear your opinions of this site interms of game > rules, the way to participating to games, or anything you notice, so > that we would continuously like to improve the contents. > > We would very much appreciate your cooperation's in this matter and > hope this will support you business as well. > > We also attach our press release for this announcement for you. > > Best Regards > Takumi Yoshida > Sinior Manager, Sales & Marketing Dept. > Virtual Communications Corp > takumi virtualcom co jp > > ######################################################## > > Virtual Communications Corporation announces English version of > Internet Game Site "Gamer.com". > > Tokyo Japan, April 20, 1998 - A company specializing to creating of > digital contents on the internet, Virtual Communications Corporation > (President:Kenji Shimada; Address of Head Office: 2-16-22 Mejiro, > Toshima-ku,Tokyo, Japan;) created an English version of Internet > Game Site as phase 2, which the Japanese version as phase 1 was > publicized on the net in the end of 1997 as http://www.gamer.com. > > Gamer.com is a site where the internet can be used to play game > matches real-time and thus communicate with internet users world-wide. > The various games available to run on internet browsers such as > Internet Explorer 4.0 and Netscape Communicator 4.03 that are > compatible with the latest version of Java known as JDK 1.1. > > You can find on the Gamer.com eight games,namely Internet Chess, Back > Gammon,Checker,Reversi,Renju,Go,Xiang Qi(Chinese Chess),Shogi(Japanese > Chess) available from April 20th, 1998. > > Since Gamer.com is developed on Java,any computer environment conformed > to JDK 1.1 is available as a platform free such as PC, Macintosh, > workstation or network computer. In addition,since Gamer.com is on Java, > it is absolutely unnecessary to install any specific software that many > other games or on-line game sites require. As long as Internet users > have an environment suited to JDK1.1, the user can easily at the click > of a button and through the playing of the netgame,enter into a virtual > world of communication at no cost. > > Virtual Communications Corporation has all along in the field of > planning and creating digital contents made use of latest technology > like Java,and an interactive design and develop numerous internet-based > events, home pages,digital contents, internet-related applications etc. > In addition, from October 1st 1997,Shinichi Sugihara had joined the > Corporation as Chairman. Mr.Sugihara was the Country Manager of Netscape > Communications Japan Ltd since its beginnings till the end of September > 1997 and had a track record of tremendous contribution to the > enlargement of the market share of the internet browser in Japan. > > URL:http://www.gamer.com > > Notes: You may obtain the screen image from URL > http://www.gamer.com/preview