Environmental Tectonics Corporation's EnTCo Subsidiary Inks Deal for Two Rides With Advantage Entertainment Centers, Inc.

Environmental Tectonics Corporation's EnTCo Subsidiary Inks Deal for Two Rides With Advantage Entertainment Centers, Inc.

SOUTHAMPTON, Pa., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Environmental Tectonics Corporation's (AMEX:ETC) ("ETC" or the "Company") wholly owned subsidiary Entertainment Technology Corporation (EnTCo) announced today that Advantage Entertainment Centers, owner and operator of three Jeepers! Family Entertainment Centers, has ordered two award-winning Wild Earth(TM) rides to be installed at their Jersey Gardens, NJ location and Palisades Mall location in West Nyack, NY.

David A. Mitchell, Director of Sales & Marketing for EnTCo, said, "We are thrilled to be working with Advantage Entertainment Centers and are excited that they see the value of Wild Earth not only as a family-oriented educational ride, but a purely entertaining experience for people of all ages."

In Wild Earth(TM), guests discover the thrill and excitement of an African Photo Safari experience and marvel at the array of wildlife and rich landscapes of the Serengeti. In Wild Earth(TM), the riders are in full control, navigating the vehicle through the stunning landscapes of Africa on a quest for that "perfect picture." Based on the award-winning game title of the same name by Super X Studios, Wild Earth features unparalleled graphics quality, non-violent educational content, groundbreaking interactivity and a tremendous revenue generator for operators. Wild Earth also received the "Best New Product" award from the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) in 2004. Future editions of Wild Earth include "Deep Ocean Edition," "Prehistoric Edition" and "Rain Forest Edition." Further information on Wild Earth can be found at http://www.therideworks.com/.

Joe Moore, President of Advantage Entertainment Centers Inc., said, "Our goal at Advantage is to create a 'gold standard' family entertainment experience. Wild Earth(TM) certainly meets that standard. We are pleased to be working with EnTCo and thrilled to be able to offer the 'Wild Earth' experience to our guests."

About EnTCo

EnTCo has designed and engineered a number of cutting-edge simulation attractions for major entertainment and education clients. EnTCo prides itself on providing cutting-edge, family-oriented, entertainment and education simulators to customers in the Amusement/Theme Park, Museums, Zoo/Aquarium and Family Entertainment Center markets. EnTCo has mastered both the technology necessary to deliver a unique guest experience and the science required to make it comfortable and enjoyable to a very broad audience demographic. The uniqueness of EnTCo's ride development capability resides in its in-house, creative, software development, and multi-disciplined engineering staff, complemented by its complete turnkey capabilities - from concept to construction.

ETC designs, develops, installs and maintains aircrew training systems, public entertainment systems, process simulation systems (sterilization and environmental), clinical hyperbaric systems, environmental testing and simulation systems and related products for domestic and international customers.

This press release may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We have based these forward- looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about the company that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any other future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "could," "would," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "continue," or the negative of such terms or similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, contract cancellations, failure to obtain new contracts, political unrest in customer countries, unfavorable results in litigation, general economic conditions and those issues identified from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and other public documents including, without limitation, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 27, 2004.

CONTACT: Duane D. Deaner, CFO of Environmental Tectonics
215-355-9100, ext. 1203, fax 215-357-4000
or email: ddeaner@etcusa.com


Source: Environmental Tectonics Corporation

CONTACT: Duane D. Deaner, CFO of Environmental Tectonics,
+1-215-355-9100, ext. 1203, fax: +1-215-357-4000, or ddeaner@etcusa.com

Web site: http://www.etcusa.com/
http://www.therideworks.com/


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