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America's Favorite Mouse Makes a Double Screen Debut This Holiday Season; Stuart Little Stars in His Own Computer Game.


BEVERLY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 1999--

Holiday tales may say "not a creature was stirring," but this season there's a mouse on the move! Hasbro Interactive Hasbro Interactive was a video game production and publishing subsidiary of Hasbro, the large game and toy company.

Hasbro Interactive was formed late in 1995 in order to compete in the computer and video game arena.
 announced today the release of its Stuart Little "Big City Adventures" CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc.
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 in full compact disc read-only memory

Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser).
 game, based on Columbia Pictures' Stuart Little motion picture and the original Stuart Little book by E.B. White.

E.B. White's Stuart Little is a story of family, loyalty and friendship that warms the hearts of children and parents alike. In an amusing twist of fate, Stuart, a mouse, is adopted by the Littles, a very human family. Stuart gains an older brother and even a pet cat. In keeping with this classic tale of a brave mouse raised by a human family, the Stuart Little "Big City Adventures" CD-ROM game invites children to join Stuart on a variety of adventures.

Stuart Little "Big City Adventures" lets kids play five different games with varying levels of challenge, all from the perspective of a mouse. Children apply creative thinking and problem-solving skills to keep Stuart out of hot water. The fun is endless as Stuart tries to escape cats in his rodent-sized roadster, races sailboats across a pond in Central Park, meanders his way through an electric train village and plays a round of miniature golf. Fore! Snowbell snow·bell  
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Available for WIN 95/98, Stuart Little "Big City Adventures" is recommended for ages 4 and up and is currently available at retail stores nationwide for an approximate retail price of $19.95.

Columbia Pictures' Stuart Little motion picture, starring Geena Davis Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis (born January 21 1956) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated American actress and former fashion model. Biography
Early life
 and the voice of Michael J. Fox as the fearless little fella, will be released on December 17. From Rob Minkoff, co-director of "The Lion King," the feature film combines live-action footage with groundbreaking visual effects technology by the artists and innovators at Sony Pictures Imageworks Sony Pictures Imageworks, Inc. is an Academy Award-winning, state-of-the-art visual effects and character animation company.

Individuals at the company have been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with Oscars for their work on Spider-Man 2
. The production of the film's characters represents one of the most ambitious ventures to date into photo-real, performance-based digital character creation. From Douglas Wick's Red Wagon Productions Stuart Little also stars Hugh Laurie James Hugh Calum Laurie, OBE (born June 11, 1959) is an English actor, comedian and writer, and musician. He is known professionally as Hugh Laurie. Early life and education
Laurie was born in Oxford.
 and Jonathon Lipnicki and features the voices of Nathan Lane, Jennifer Tilly and Bruno Kirby. For more information on the Stuart Little motion picture visit www.stuartlittle.com.

Hasbro Interactive, Inc. is a global interactive entertainment industry leader, innovating new ways to play and developing, publishing and distributing the highest quality interactive games, toys and lifestyle products for a full range of genres and platforms. A subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:HAS), Hasbro Interactive has offices in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada and Germany, and internal development studios in the U.S. and U.K. For further information, visit Hasbro Interactive's Web site at http://www.hasbro-interactive.com.

Sony Pictures Consumer Products, based in Los Angeles, handles the merchandising and branding efforts for some of the most recognized properties in film and television. SPCP SPCP Society of Permanent Cosmetics Professionals
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 is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE SPE - Software Practice and Experience ), whose global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home video acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities, development of new entertainment technologies and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries.

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