Children Discover the Path to Fun With Blue's Treasure Hunt CD-ROM From Humongous Entertainment and Nickelodeon.NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1999-- Follows Best-Selling Children's Educational Software of 1998 -- Blue's ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Time Activities(TM) and Blue's Birthday(TM)-- and This Year's Acclaimed Blue's 123 Time Activities(TM) Humongous Entertainment, award-winning creators of children's software and a subsidiary of GT Interactive Software Corp. (Nasdaq:GTIS GTIS Government Telecommunications and Informatics Services (Canada) GTIS Global Trade Information Services GTIS GOES Tap Imaging System GTIS Government Technical Information Services (Canada) ), and Nickelodeon, the worldwide entertainment brand that puts kids first, introduce the newest Blue's Clues Blue's Clues is a children's show about a dog named Blue. It features live action one on one on paper-cutout animation. The series follows a dog named Blue through her everyday life, providing small children with fun and education. The show airs on both Nick Jr. and Noggin. CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). learning adventure for preschoolers. Based on Nickelodeon's primetime special that aired in March, Blue's Treasure Hunt (TM) follows the success of Blue's ABC Time Activities(TM), Blue's Birthday(TM) and the recently released Blue's 123 Time Activities(TM). In Blue's Treasure Hunt, kids ages three to six team up with Steve and his Blue's Clues pals to help search for the treasure chest that holds the keys to the Land of Great Discovery, a captivating cap·ti·vate tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates 1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm. 2. Archaic To capture. place filled with treasures and surprises. During this original adventure, preschoolers help Steve, Blue and friends find and solve new Blue's Clues; collect a series of treasure scrolls hidden by a lively new character, Treasure Bug; play learning games; meet delightful friends and explore enchanting locations. As kids successfully solve each Blue's Clues game and collect all the treasure scrolls, they sequentially discover the favorite treasures of their friends Paprika paprika: see pepper. , Mailbox and Magenta Magenta, town, Italy Magenta (mäjān`tä), town (1991 pop. 23,667), Lombardy, N Italy, near Milan. Manufactures include matches, textiles, and machinery. . Children are then granted entry to the Land of Great Discovery, a special place with many more activities to explore including: The Discovery Kit which enables kids to create their own special place within the Land of Great Discovery by personalizing it with painting and drawing tools and decorating it with more than 400 animated and non-animated, pre-made stickers; The Treasure Hunt Computer Game which features 100 pre-made games for different skill levels; Create a Computer Game which allows preschoolers to design their very own Blue's Clues computer game with up to 10 customized levels. Blue's Treasure Hunt is the first Blue's Clues software to feature Steve's neighborhood, including the school and park. Additionally, never-before-seen locations and skidoos expand Blue's playful world of learning. Kids join Steve and Blue in a variety of places, such as: Recycle Town, where kids help the mayor, Al Luminum, by gathering items to recycle and Kitchen Art Museum, a cheery place of whimsical sculptures and paintings that are jumbled up and now need to be put back in order. The two-disc CD-ROM also includes multi-level learning and creative activities, with adjustable levels of difficulty, in each of the three treasure hunts. Children strengthen visual discrimination and memory skills helping Orange Kitten keep track of school supplies. They practice early math and number recognition skills as they search for the Hickory Dickory Dock This article is about the nursery rhyme. For the Agatha Christie novel, see Hickory Dickory Dock (novel). Hickory Dickory Dock is a children's nursery rhyme, also sometimes called Hickety Dickety Dock Hickory Dickory Dockclock's missing numbers. Creativity and reading are encouraged by inviting preschoolers to create bedtime stories for Baby Paprika. Blue's Treasure Hunt enables children to enjoy a tailor-made experience by incorporating their name, favorite color, fruit and animal into the gameplay. For example, trees in the game will feature players' favorite fruit and alphabet refrigerator magnets will spell their names. Blue's Treasure Hunt is available now on hybrid CD-ROM for Windows 98/95 and Macintosh for $29.99 at retail stores nationwide, through secure online transactions at humongous.com or nickjr.com, or by calling (800) 499-8386. The Blue's Clues television show stars a live-action host named Steve (played by actor Steven Burns) who lives in an animated, storybook sto·ry·book n. A book containing a collection of stories, usually for children. adj. Occurring in or resembling the style or content of a storybook: storybook characters; a storybook romance. setting. In each episode, Steve invites the audience to help him solve the day's puzzles, which come in the form of blue paw print clues left by his energetic, animated girl puppy, Blue. Innovative and interactive, Blue's Clues encourages its young viewers to play along with the show by presenting them with questions to answer and games to solve. The dialogue and animation in every episode are specially timed so that Steve pauses to "wait" for the kids to answer his questions, direct his next move or discover a clue. Each clue that is found and puzzle that is deciphered helps to build the young audience's confidence while teaching them how to think about various concepts. Established in 1992 by Shelley Day Shelley Day was a producer of children's video games. After leaving LucasArts, she founded Humongous Entertainment with colleague Ron Gilbert. She created the famous Putt-Putt character as a bedtime story for her son, which became a series of popular children's video games. and Ron Gilbert Ron Gilbert is an American computer game designer, programmer, and producer, best known for his work on several classic LucasArts adventure games, including Maniac Mansion and the first two Monkey Island games. , Humongous Entertainment is recognized for pushing the edge in interactive storytelling
Interactive storytelling is a developing kind of computer entertainment. The term was coined by Chris Crawford, a main proponent and developer. and delivering high-quality, hand-animated CD-ROMs starring endearing original characters including Putt-Putt(R), Freddi Fish Character Freddi Fish is a fictional anthropomorphic fish in the award winning Freddi Fish series of children's software from Humongous Entertainment. Freddi Fish has her own pal, Luther, who is her best friend and goes with her on all her adventures. (TM), Pajama Sam This article is about the Pajama Sam games. For the character, see Pajama Sam (character). The Pajama Sam series is a collection of children's adventure and puzzle games created by Humongous Entertainment. (R), SPY Fox Spy Fox is a fictional anthropomorphic fox in the Spy Fox series of software for five to ten year old children from Humongous Entertainment. The characters live in a world of anthropomorphic animals who live like humans. (TM) and more. Humongous Entertainment develops interactive Junior Adventure(TM), Junior Field Trips(TM), Big Thinkers! (TM), Junior Arcade(R), Junior Sports(TM) and Junior Creations(TM) CD-ROMs that encourage kids to explore, discover and have fun. Humongous Entertainment, a subsidiary of GT Interactive Software Corp. (Nasdaq:GTIS), can be reached on the World Wide Web at humongous.com. Headquartered in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , GT Interactive Software Corp. (Nasdaq:GTIS) is a leading global developer, publisher and distributor of interactive consumer software. The company maintains four divisions: Children's Publishing, Leisure Publishing, Frontline Publishing and Distribution. The company has publishing operations throughout the world with offices in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Holland and Australia. GT Interactive also has seven internal development studios: Humongous Entertainment, Cavedog Entertainment, SingleTrac, WizardWorks, Oddworld, Legend Entertainment and Reflections. GT Interactive's e-commerce system provides secure online transactions through each of the studios' Web sites and www.gtstore.com. GT Interactive can be found on the Internet at www.gtinteractive.com. Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Blue's Clues and all related titles, logos and characters are trademarks of Viacom International, Inc. Software (c) 1999 Humongous Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Humongous Entertainment, Freddi Fish, Pajama Sam, SPY Fox, Junior Adventure, Junior Field Trips, Junior Arcade, Big Thinkers!, Junior Sports and Junior Creations are trademarks or registered trademarks of Humongous Entertainment. These products and Humongous Entertainment Inc. are not in any manner affiliated with Putt-Putt(R) Golf Courses of America Inc. Other brand names and products may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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