Crack Codes in Windows; Houghton Mifflin Interactive re-releases Top Secret Decoder as Windows/Macintosh hybrid and packages "buddy version" in each box.SOMERVILLE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 1996--Houghton Mifflin Interactive Corporation (HMI (Human Machine Interface) The user interface in a manufacturing or process control system. It provides a graphics-based visualization of an industrial control and monitoring system. ) announced today that its code-cracking Top Secret Decoder A hardware device or software that converts coded data back into its original form. See decode and MPEG decoder. program for children ages 8 to 12 is now available for Windows users as a Windows/Macintosh hybrid 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). . In addition, HMI now includes a buddy CD-ROM in each Top Secret Decoder box so that children can exchange coded communications with a friend. "Top Secret Decoder is a fun new way for kids to communicate," said Conall Ryan, HMI President. "Don't be surprised if a coded message shows up in your school, on your fax machine, or tacked to your refrigerator door. Coded messages are contagious contagious /con·ta·gious/ (-jus) capable of being transmitted from one individual to another, as a contagious disease; communicable. con·ta·gious adj. 1. Of or relating to contagion. ." Part of HMI's CreActive(TM) line, Top Secret Decoder offers two ways - coding and deciphering - to challenge kids and teach them to think logically. First, children can turn simple messages into complicated codes using dozens of encoding See encode. tools, creating their own secret messages that can be printed and passed to fellow spies. Second, junior detectives can tackle more than 300 code-cracking challenges in 10 different skill levels. The Decoder Challenge game turns children into code-masters. After children master each level, they are rewarded with a secret agent certificate. The CD-ROM combines code-making tools and wacky sound effects sound effects Noun, pl sounds artificially produced to make a play, esp. a radio play, more realistic sound effects npl → efectos mpl sonoros with spectacular printed pieces that encourage children to share their code-cracking adventures by printing them in color or black-and-white. Like all of the other products in HMI's CreActive line, Top Secret Decoder provides activities away from the computer and encourages childen to play together. Pricing and Availability Top Secret Decoder is available this month as a Windows/Macintosh hybrid CD-ROM. It carries an SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. of $39.95 and an estimated street price of $29.95. The Company Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational publisher in the United States. The company's headquarters is located in Boston's Back Bay. It publishes textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers Interactive Corporation (HMI), Somerville, Mass., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin Company, publishes award-winning children's and family multimedia products. The Company cultivates world-class talent to produce digital adaptations of Houghton Mifflin books and original CD-ROMs and online works. HMI products are available through a network of retailers nationwide, and directly from HMI. For more information call (800) 829-7962, or visit the Houghton Mifflin Interactive Network, the Company's World Wide Web site, at http://www.hminet.com. CONTACT: MorseMcFadden Communications Kerri Karvetski, 206/889-0528 206/889-0917 (fax) E-mail: kerrik@morsepr.com or Houghton Mifflin Interactive Erica Kohnke, 617/351-5028 617/351-1110 (fax) E-mail: erica_kohnke@hmco.com |
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