With the flip of a few switches and knobs, fans of Olympic gold medal winner Tommy Moe can now race downhill alongside him on couches in their living rooms. The Olympic downhill skier and Electro Brain Corp. have collaborated to create interactive skiing and snowboarding video games. Electro and Moe also have plans to publish several informational and educational products for the two sports.

The first game, Tommy Moe's Winter Extreme Skiing and Snow-boarding, is now available in stores for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Formerly titled Winter Extreme Skiing and Snowboarding, the video was selected in January by Nintendo Power magazine as one of 10 Best of Show video games at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas."We are very enthusiastic about our association with an athlete, and an individual, of Tommy's caliber. His talent, hard work and commitment to excellence in his sport resulted in his becoming a world champion," Electro Brain Chairman Ronald Johnson said. "Electro Brain's video games reflect this same quality and commitment to excellence, and we expect nothing less than gold-medal results."

Moe said the game is one of the best video games about winter sports in the market.

"The graphics and sound effects make you feel as if you are actually on the slopes competing. Being associated with a game of this quality, and a great company like Electro Brain, is very exciting for me. I am looking forward to being involved on the design and development phase of future skiing software products with Electro Brain," he said.

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Electro Brain has also produced video games with boxers Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns and Marvelous Marvin Hagler and U.S. World Cup soccer team captain Tony Meola.

Jonathan Slager, Electro Brain's vice president of marketing, said Moe's endorsement will draw national attention to the skiing and snowboarding video games.

Like Leonard's involvement with Electro in boxing video games, Moe will be involved in the design of the game, as well as the promotional process, Slager said.

Electro Brain is a leading publisher, marketer and distributor of home-entertainment software primarily for use with Nintendo and Sega hardware systems.

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