The LodgeNet/Nintendo affiliation began in 1993, when LodgeNet first used its b-LAN(SM) interactive system technology and its patented video game protocol to introduce Super NES to the lodging industry. This design advantage -- combined with the popularity of Nintendo game titles such as the Mario(TM) and Donkey Kong(R) series -- caused Nintendo to become the most successful new product rollout in the history of the hotel pay-per-view industry.

"In just five years, we have made Nintendo games an integral guest pay amenity to hotel rooms around the world," said Steve Truckenmiller, VP of Guest Pay Services for LodgeNet. "While helping guests feel 'at home' with the Nintendo video games they know and love, we've also leveraged their interest into additional revenue per available room for hoteliers." During the summer of 1998 alone, approximately 35 million hotel guests viewed the Nintendo name on a LodgeNet hotel system.

"We have been more than pleased to partner with LodgeNet in greatly extending the reach of our world-leading video game technology and titles," said Peter Eck, Director of Network Planning for Nintendo of America. "We congratulate LodgeNet on this milestone, and look forward to continuing our relationship with them to introduce our Nintendo 64 products into the Hospitality Environment." 

LodgeNet and Nintendo signed a long-term distribution agreement for Nintendo 64 in June, 1998.
LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation ( http://www.lodgenet.com ) is a specialized communications company that serves more than 4,100 lodging properties in the United States and selected international markets. Through its proprietary b-LAN technology, LodgeNet delivers guest pay services including on-demand movies, in-room video games and shopping, high-speed plug- and-play Internet access and other interactive applications, as well as digital-quality PRIMESTAR by LodgeNet free-to-guest programming. LodgeNet is listed on NASDAQ and trades under the symbol LNET.

Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, is the acknowledged worldwide leader in the creation of interactive entertainment. To date, Nintendo has sold more than one billion video games worldwide, and has created such industry icons as Mario, Yoshi, Zelda, and Donkey Kong. Nintendo manufactures and markets hardware and software for its best-selling home video game systems, including the 64-bit Nintendo 64, the hand-held Game Boy, and the 16-bit Super Nintendo Entertainment System. As a wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in North America, where more than 40 percent of American households own a Nintendo game system. For more information about Nintendo, visit the company's web site, http://www.nintendo.com