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''JumpStart'' (known as ''Jump Ahead'' in the United Kingdom) is an educational media franchise for children, consisting mostly of educational games, produced by JumpStart Games. The series originally consisted of a series of educational PC games but has since expanded to include workbooks, direct-to-video films, mobile apps, and other media, including a massive multiplayer online game located at JumpStart.com, that were launched on March 10, 2009. History Early era (1994–1997) The first game in the early learning software series, ''JumpStart Kindergarten'', was created in 1994 by independent developer, Fanfare Software (founded 1988), and published by Knowledge Adventure (founded 1991). Afterwards, Fanfare was also known to have developed two more games; ''JumpStart Preschool'' and ''JumpStart 1st Grade'' before being acquired by Knowledge Adventure on August 9, 1995. Later, Fanfare founder and chairman, Barton Listick, became vice president of Knowledge Adventure, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''JumpStart'' (known as ''Jump Ahead'' in the United Kingdom) is an educational media franchise for children, consisting mostly of educational games, produced by JumpStart Games. The series originally consisted of a series of educational PC games but has since expanded to include workbooks, direct-to-video films, mobile apps, and other media, including a massively multiplayer online game, massive multiplayer online game located at JumpStart.com, that were launched on March 10, 2009. History Early era (1994–1997) The first game in the early learning software series, ''JumpStart Kindergarten'', was created in 1994 by independent developer, Fanfare Software (founded 1988), and published by Knowledge Adventure (founded 1991). Afterwards, Fanfare was also known to have developed two more games; ''JumpStart Preschool'' and ''JumpStart 1st Grade'' before being acquired by Knowledge Adventure on August 9, 1995. Later, Fanfare founder and chairman, Barton Listick, became vice presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knowledge Adventure
JumpStart Games, Inc., formerly Knowledge Adventure, Inc., is an American edutainment video game company based in Torrance, California. Founded in 1991, it owns the ''Neopets'' virtual pet website, and is itself owned by Chinese holding company NetDragon Websoft. History Until 1994, Knowledge Adventure had created DOS games, including ''Knowledge Adventure The Game'', ''Isaac Asimov's Science Adventure'', ''Space Adventure'', ''Mario Teaches Typing'', ''Mario Is Missing!'', ''San Diego Zoo Presents: The Animals!'', ''Dinosaur Adventure'', ''The Tale of Peter Rabbit'', ''Mario's Time Machine'', ''Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters'', ''Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers'', ''Imax's Speed (1984 film), Speed'', ''Undersea Adventure'', ''3D Dinosaur Adventure'', ''Isaac Asimov's Science Adventure II'', ''Kid's Zoo: A Baby Animal Adventure'', ''3D Body Adventure'', ''Space Adventure II'', ''Aviation Adventure'', ''America Adventure'', ''Bug Adventure'', ''The Discoverers (vid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |