Media Station Delivers Family Entertainment for the Holidays.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 23, 1998--

Interactive Multimedia Leader Meets Holiday Deadline

for Top Publishers Houghton Mifflin Interactive, The

Learning Company, Activision and Hasbro Interactive 

For this holiday season, Media Station, Inc. (MSI) has developed five of this year's recently released interactive CD titles: "Rocky & Bullwinkle's(tm) Know-It-All Quiz Game" published by Houghton Mifflin Interactive; "The Baby-sitters Club(tm) 3rd and 4th Grade Learning Adventures" published by The Learning Company; "Teen Digital Diva" published by Activision, Inc., produced in conjunction with Girl Games; and Tonka(R) Workshop CD-ROM playset published by Hasbro Interactive.

"Stability is one of the most critical measures of success for interactive software that kids play with at home," said Rosemary Mylod, vice president of product development at Houghton Mifflin Interactive Corp. (HMI). "We chose Media Station because of its understanding of creative game play, its reputation for creating hits, and its ability to work well with licensed properties."

Rocky & Bullwinkle's Know-It-All Quiz Game is a multi-player trivia game which features the well-known characters from the Rocky & Bullwinkle television show and allows up to three players at once to test their knowledge in 12 different categories.

The Baby-sitters Club 3rd and 4th Grade Learning Adventures CD-ROMs, based on the best-selling book series by Ann M. Martin, are the first multi-subject products designed for pre-teen girls. Each two disk title features a full year of curriculum, plus activities that strengthen girls' creative and organizational skills in real-life settings.

Teen Digital Diva is a new CD-ROM game based on the top-selling publication, Teen magazine, and geared toward girls ages 12-17. The game lets girls create their own Teen magazine.

The Tonka Workshop CD-ROM playset comes with a plastic tool toyset that easily fits over a standard Windows keyboard and allows children to use physical tools, which interact with the software, to build virtual projects such as houses, spaceships and robots on the screen.

Since 1994, Media Station has developed CD-ROM hits that have combined sales of over 5 million units, and one of the lowest call rates for technical support in the industry.

"We're proud to deliver entertainment and educational products to our clients that help bring smiles to children and teens," said Jim Maslyn, president and CEO of Media Station. "Bringing high quality interactive entertainment to the family is a responsibility we take very seriously."

Media Station's Future Broadband Offerings

Media Station is leveraging its interactive multimedia technology and successful relationships to create a new offering that enables delivery of interactive media and CD ROMs into the home via low to high broadband and xDSL connections to the PC.

Houghton Mifflin Interactive Corp. (HMI) , headquartered in Somerville, Mass., is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin Company, publishes award-winning children's, reference and family digital adaptations of Houghton Mifflin books and original CD-ROMs and on-line works. The company's Web site is located at www.hminet.com.

The Learning Company, Inc. develops, publishes and markets a family of consumer software brands that educate across every age group, from young children to adults. The corporate Web site is located at www.learningco.com.

Activision, Inc., headquartered in Santa Monica, Calif., is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment software for personal computers and advanced console game systems such as the Sony PlayStation.

Hasbro Interactive, Inc. is a leading all-family interactive games publisher, formed in 1995 to bring to life on the computer the deep library of toy and board games of its parent company, Hasbro, Inc. (AMEX:HAS).

Media Station

Media Station, Inc., a privately held company headquartered in Ann Arbor with a technical development office in San Francisco, was founded in 1989 and has developed a reputation for delivering hit children's products on time and on budget. The company's success has been based on its underlying proprietary technology innovation and its creative development studio.

MSI's mission is to build on its technology and development success to enable the delivery of interactive media to the PC via the Internet and low to high speed networks. The company has received numerous awards and nominations for CD-ROM titles including: Best Title of the Year, Best Animation, and Excellence in Product Development.

Note to Editors: Media Station is a registered trademark. All other product and company names may be trademarks of their respective companies.