THRUSTMASTER UNVEILS FRAG MASTER™

Dallas, Texas, July 22, 1998 - ThrustMaster, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMSR), a leading manufacturer of game controllers for PC-based entertainment today announced the special preview of their new first person shooter control - the Frag Master™ - at the Cyberathlete Professional League Quake® Tournament in Dallas, Texas, July 24 through 26,1998. GAMERS in the Know were there, and Reported What they saw and felt to a variety of Magazines and Webzines.

Frag Master is a two handed game control designed specifically for first person shooter games such as Quake®, Duke Nukem 3D and Jedi Knight, is the first controller of its type to utilize both hands to control a single device. Frag Masters unique ergonomic design gives novice users higher accuracy in their shooting, and allows them to easily perform difficult maneuvers such as the popular circle strafe. Experienced gamers will appreciate the exclusive "MegaHurts" mode which utilizes the same performance and speed of a mouse, but allow the user optimum control by using both hands. Please click here to visit The Website where it will all happen at!

"Previewing the Frag Master at the upcoming CPL Event is going to be quite exciting," stated Robert Kubis, product marketing manager for ThrustMaster. "Gathering input from hard core players is our main goal, and will give ThrustMaster the opportunity to refine the Frag Master design to create the ultimate controller of its type before releasing it to the market."

The Cyberathlete Organization headquartered in Irving, Texas (www.cyberathlete.com), is the first professional computer gamers organization in the world. The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) is the worlds first LAN-based professional sports league for computer gamers.

ThrustMaster is known for producing realistic and high quality game controllers. After establishing itself as the front runner in flight controller manufacturers, then leading the market in the racing wheel category, ThrustMasters broad product line includes action, adventure, sports and arcade peripherals for the PC and soon the console platform. Today, ThrustMaster continues to be a leader in the development of innovative peripherals, and looks forward to bringing outstanding PC-based entertainment to consumers. For more information, please view the ThrustMaster Web site at http://www.thrustmaster.com