EXHIBIT 99.1


                                  CERTIFICATION
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
        (SUBSECTIONS (a) AND (b) OF SECTION 1350, CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 18,
                               UNITED STATES CODE)

            Pursuant  to  section  906  of  the   Sarbanes-Oxley   Act  of  2002
(subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350,  chapter 63 of Title 18, United States
Code),  the  undersigned  officer of Interplay  Entertainment  Corp., a Delaware
corporation  (the  "Company"),  does hereby  certify  with respect to the Annual
Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December  31, 2002
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "10-K Report") that:

         (1)      the  10-K  Report  fully  complies  with the  requirements  of
                  section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
                  and

         (2)      the information  contained in the 10-K Report fairly presents,
                  in all material respects,  the financial condition and results
                  of operations of the Company.

         A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has
been provided to Interplay Entertainment Corp. and will be retained by Interplay
Entertainment  Corp. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange  Commission or
its staff upon request.


Date:    March 31, 2003

                                                 /s/ Herve Caen
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Herve Caen
                                                 Chief Executive Officer and
                                                 Interim Chief Financial Officer


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