Nightcaster II & Pulse Racer Ships
Posted by Bagel on Tuesday, December 10 2002

Buffalo, NY (Dec. 10, 2002) – Jaleco Entertainment( has announced that Nightcaster II: Equinox(, the 3D action spell-shooter, and Pulse Racer(, the futuristic combat racer with INFINITRAX, both ship today (Tuesday) for the Xbox( video game system from Microsoft.

Nightcaster II: Equinox combines spell and melee combat as a mage and warrior –Arran and Madelyn – use tactical skills and practical magic to battle goblins, trolls, dragons and other demons in a lush fantasy world. The original Nightcaster, published by Microsoft for Xbox, debuted last year. Nightcaster II: Equinox features dynamic graphics, dual analog control system, two-player mode and expanded melee action with more than 30 spells, four bosses and nearly 40 enemies. An interactive music score changes the tempo of the game.

Nightcaster II: Equinox was developed and published by Jaleco Entertainment. It is rated T.

Pulse Racer is set in an imaginary city where racers careen through futuristic tracks, using their heart rate, the weight of their own bodies, and high-tech tools like plasma beams to beat the competition. Pulse Racer offers INFINITRAX, a unique, limitless track generating system that allows players to create any number of custom-tailored tracks to be stored, altered and shared on the Xbox hard-drive. The INIFINITRAX track editor is one of several hidden game features unlocked by earning racing points. Up to four players can race at once on the Xbox split-screen.

Pulse Racer was developed and published by Jaleco Entertainment. It is rated E.

For more information on Nightcaster II: Equinox and Pulse Racer, go to www.jaleco.com.