Bonus.com Attracts Hundreds of Thousands of Kids This Summer; Kid-Friendly Website's Summer Promotion is an Immediate Hit With Children.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 1998-- Wondering where the kids are this summer? To find out, drop by Bonus.com the SuperSite for Kids(tm) (http://www.bonus.com), one of the most popular children's destinations on the World Wide Web. Hundreds of thousands of children will stop by Bonus.com to play games and take part in Summer Games II Summer Games II is a sports video game developed by Epyx and released by U.S. Gold based on sports featured in the Summer Olympic Games. Released in 1985 for the Commodore 64, it was also eventually ported to the Apple II and IBM PC platforms. , an entertaining scavenger hunt scavenger hunt n. A game in which individuals or teams try to locate and bring back miscellaneous items on a list. . The free on-line contest runs July 1 - August 31, 1998 and offers kids the chance to play games and win prizes all summer long. Best of all, new players can join up at any time during the hunt. Summer Games II features a fun and entertaining storyline and kids throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. can simply log on to participate. Each week kids are presented with a new set of clues before embarking on a scavenger hunt through the SuperSite's kid-friendly, protected playground. Along the way, kids will play more than 200 cool games and score points toward many, awesome prizes. "I think it's great," says 13 year old Katie Holmes Katherine Noelle "Katie" Holmes [1] [2] (born December 18 1978) is an American actress who first achieved fame for her role as Joey Potter on The WB television teen drama Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003. of Arizona. "The clues are really funny and I love exploring around Bonus to find fun games and activities." Playing Summer Games II is easy. New players can join up at anytime during the 8-week event simply by dropping by Bonus.com and registering to play. The rest is all fun and games "Fun and Games" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 30 March, 1964, during the first season. Opening narration . Prize packages from major sponsors will go to the players who play the most qualified games before the end of the contest. The top 500 players will receive cool prizes that include Acer computers, $10,000 worth of software gift certificates from BrainPlay.com, Digital Cameras from Olympus, special goodies from Keebler(R), Crazy Shaped CDs from Chef Boy and Chef Jr, frozen treats from Eskimo Pie Eskimo Pie is a brand name for a chocolate-covered vanilla ice cream bar wrapped in foil, the first such dessert sold in the United States. Danish immigrant Christian Kent Nelson, a schoolteacher and candy store owner, claimed to have received the inspiration for the Eskimo (R) and 4-packs of Gatorade's wild new flavor, "Midnight Thunder." Bonus.com, a free online playground created especially for kids, offers more than 1,800 fun and enriching activities to play and explore. Kids can roam freely through Bonus.com and their parents can rest easy because all of the activities in the SuperSite are found within Bonus.com's protected environment. Appaloosa Interactive has been designing and developing software for the electronic entertainment industry's leading publishers since 1983. The company has established itself as a key creative source for the industry and has developed an expertise in creating software for the home market. Appaloosa has committed the company's key technological resources and game development teams to create both publishing tools and highly interactive content for Bonus.com. Appaloosa's headquarters are in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. .
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