Humongous Entertainment Introduces New World of Creation With One-Stop Fun Shop CD-ROM Series

Business Wire,  April 27, 2000  

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BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2000

Available in July, New Series Guides Children

in Designing Custom Printable Activities Starring

Putt-Putt(R), Pajama Sam(R) and Freddi Fish(TM)

Humongous Entertainment(R), a leading publisher of best-selling, award-winning children's entertainment products, takes its original characters to a new world of creative interaction with the One-Stop Fun Shop(TM) series, a new arts and crafts activity CD-ROM line for children. Available in July, Putt-Putt(R)'s One-Stop Fun Shop(TM), Freddi Fish's One-Stop Fun Shop(TM) and Pajama Sam(R)'s One-Stop Fun Shop(TM) invite kids to join their favorite Humongous Entertainment characters in an exciting world of self-expression and ongoing discovery where they can easily design, produce and print their own creations.

Each One-Stop Fun Shop CD-ROM guides children through the creation of printable activities based on hundreds of unique and interchangeable images featuring Humongous Entertainment's endearing original characters as well as plants, animals, books, sporting equipment and other fun objects. Putt-Putt's One-Stop Fun Shop allows children to interact with their favorite purple convertible car, Putt-Putt, his pal Pep(TM) and their many friends as they literally paint Cartown red. Freddi Fish and her sleuthy sidekick Luther(TM) star in projects based upon the many wonderful worlds under the sea in Freddi Fish's One-Stop Fun Shop. And the world's youngest superhero, Pajama Sam, brings out the caped crusader in every child as they create engaging craft projects in Pajama Sam's One-Stop Fun Shop.

"The One-Stop Fun Shop CD-ROM series brings the creative spirit alive in a fun and easy-to-use format," said Shelley Day, president and CEO, Humongous Entertainment. "Kids can create their own masterpieces starring their favorite Humongous Entertainment character, which can be enjoyed long after the computer is turned off. Refrigerator art has never looked better."

In each One-Stop Fun Shop title, imaginations run wild as children create and save their own cool artwork in the paint studio, or design a brand new Putt-Putt, Freddi Fish or Pajama Sam by giving them different eyes, hair, clothing and more with the "Character-O-Matic" feature. Using either provided images or their own custom-made artwork, children can then create party supplies such as hats, invitations, placemats, masks and banners and design personalized stationery like cards, postcards, thank-you notes and envelopes. Kids can also keep track of important dates, schedules and growth with a homemade calendar and growth chart.

In addition, the One-Stop Fun Shop series provides the tools to make fun toys such as pinwheels, paper airplanes and mobiles, finger puppets, trading cards and much more. The software also features a personalized story and coloring book in which kids can use an onscreen paintbrush and customized paint colors to fill in the pictures. As they color, kids can choose to have a narrator read them their newly created story. The book may also be printed out and colored by hand.

To keep the creativity flowing, kids can visit the Humongous Entertainment Web site at www.humongous.com to access new pieces of artwork, including seasonal images, updated monthly which can be easily downloaded and added to their original One-Stop Fun Shop for hours of additional fun.

Product Availability

Putt-Putt's One-Stop Fun Shop, Freddi Fish's One-Stop Fun Shop, and Pajama Sam's One-Stop Fun Shop will be available in July on hybrid CD-ROM for Windows(R) 98 and Macintosh(R).

www.humongous.com

Kids can visit www.humongous.com to interact with their favorite Humongous Entertainment characters, play mini-games, check out game demos and tips and tricks. Additional features found on the site include downloadable wallpaper, screen savers and coloring pages starring Putt-Putt, Pajama Sam, Freddi Fish and SPY Fox(TM), as well as contests and the latest version of the Humongous Gazette.

Humongous Entertainment

Established in 1992, Humongous Entertainment is recognized for pushing the edge in interactive storytelling and delivering high-quality, hand-animated CD-ROMs starring endearing original characters including Putt-Putt(R), Freddi Fish(TM), Pajama Sam(R), SPY Fox(TM) and more. Humongous Entertainment develops interactive Junior Adventure(TM), Junior Field Trips(TM), Big Thinkers!(TM), Junior Arcade(TM), Humongous Sports(TM) and Junior Creations(TM) CD-ROMs that encourage kids to explore, discover and have fun. Humongous Entertainment can be reached on the World Wide Web at www.humongous.com.

(c)2000 Humongous Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Humongous Entertainment and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Humongous Entertainment, Inc. 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.