The World's Youngest Superhero Cooks Up an Incredible Adventure in Humongous Entertainment's Pajama Sam 3: You are What You Eat From Your Head to Your Feet.

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MACWORLD Expo SF 2000

Booth no. 4351

BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2000

New CD-ROM for Kids Debuts

at MacWorld Expo January 5-8, 2000

Serious trouble is brewing on MopTop Island.

The sweets and fats are dramatically increasing their numbers, and four of the six Peace Delegates have not arrived at the Food Pyramid for the Peace Conference. Sounds like a mission for the world's youngest caped crusader, Pajama Sam(R) as he embarks on his third adventure from Humongous Entertainment, Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head to Your Feet(TM). Slated for release nationwide in April 2000 for the suggested retail price of $24.99, Pajama Sam 3 will make its worldwide debut in at MacWorld Expo 2000 in San Francisco, January 5 - 8 (Humongous Entertainment's booth no. 4351).

"Many families have shared with us how much fun they have had teaming up with Pajama Sam to explore how the world works and help those in need. We are happy to present this imaginative and entertaining learning adventure, Pajama Sam 3, at MacWorld Expo," said Shelley Day, president of Humongous Entertainment. "Full of positive messages, You Are What You Eat From Your Head to Your Feet enables kids to help teach the six food groups how to cooperate with one another on Mop Top Island, a whimsical place that just happens to look like the inside of Sam's body."

"With the incredible success of the new family of iMacs and the new Power Mac G4, the Mac is an incredible platform for new and hard-core gamers alike," said Clent Richardson, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "Humongous Entertainment has a rich history of publishing high quality products for the Mac community to enjoy and we are happy to see the premiere of Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head to Your Feet at this year's MacWorld Expo."

Commandeering an engaging storyline featuring a lively bunch of characters, Pajama Sam first donned his cape and grabbed his flashlight in October 1996 when he set out to face his fear of Darkness in Pajama Sam in No Need to Hide When it's Dark Outside. This was followed by the young hero confronting his dread of lightening bolts in Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't so Frightening in July 1998. With more than 40 awards of excellence, the series is proven to help kids ages 3-8 problem solve, think strategically and make decisions as they join their friend Pajama Sam helping others and exploring engaging worlds.

In Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head to Your Feet, Pajama Sam chases down some snickering cookies, only to find himself in the midst of a food squabble. The fats and the sweets are forcing the healthy foods off of MopTop Island. An emergency peace conference has been called to calm the MopTop Island population, but four of the delegates are missing. Kids help Pajama Sam find the missing delegates, put a stop to the sticky quarrels, fix a few problems, bring peace to MopTop Island and still make it home in time for dinner.

Comical new characters inhabit Mop Top Island, including:

-- General Beetfoot, a red-faced, short-tempered commander-in-chief

of the healthy foods group;

-- Florette, the soft-spoken, intelligent broccoli who serves as the

vegetable delegate at the Peace Conference;

-- Granny Smythe, an elderly green apple who can remember back when

there were only four food groups;

-- Pierre Le Pain, a dapper loaf of French bread who represents the

breads and grains at the Peace Talks; and

-- Bean Number 47, a kidney bean who distinguishes himself in the

ant-like social order of the other beans by being the official

Peace Conference delegate and getting to wear a straw hat.

As kids direct Pajama Sam in his new adventure, they immerse themselves in richly detailed worlds consisting of 40 hand-drawn and computer animated locations. The Fry Jam is a river blocked up with a giant French fry logjam. Mount Wisdom is being chipped away at by a variety of candies. And at Muscle Beach, the muffins exercise with the "Universal" weight machine.

New puzzles and mini arcade-style games enable kids to engage in hours of problem solving fun. They unclog a pipe at the Funny Bone; match Mickey Hollandaise's bad jokes with even worse punch lines; and search the library for an important manual without getting caught by the bookish and weepy onion librarian.

Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head to Your Feet(TM)will be available on hybrid CD-ROM for Macintosh and Windows platforms in April 2000 for the suggested retail price of $24.99 at retail outlets nationwide, by phone at 800/499-8386 or through secure transactions at www.humongous.com.

Junior Adventures(TM) for kids ages three to eight challenge and inspire children to observe details and solve problems in creative ways. Kids play with faithful, lovable friends as they discover and explore captivating worlds where they direct the journey at their own pace. While having fun, kids learn strategic and logical thinking skills, problem-solving skills, deductive and inductive reasoning, sequencing and much more.

Established in 1992 by Shelley Day and Ron Gilbert, Humongous Entertainment is a globally recognized and award-winning children's entertainment company. Starring endearing favorites such as Putt-Putt(R), Freddi Fish(TM), Pajama Sam(R), SPY Fox(TM) and more, the company's high quality CD-ROM games for Windows(R) and Macintosh(R) platforms encourage kids to enjoy exploration, discovery and learning. Humongous Entertainment creates interactive CD-ROMs in a variety of genres, including Junior Adventures(TM), Junior Sports(TM), Junior Field Trips(TM), Junior Arcade(TM) and Big Thinkers(TM). More information about Humongous Entertainment can be found at www.humongous.com.

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