#JUMPSTART KINDERGARTEN GAME 2000 SOFTWARE#
#JUMPSTART KINDERGARTEN GAME 2000 SERIES#

#JUMPSTART KINDERGARTEN GAME 2000 SERIES#

References to 'JumpStart' after this date often refer to the successor to Knowledge Adventure, rather than the Jumpstart series specifically.

On October 9, 2012, Knowledge Adventure announced that it was changing its name to JumpStart Games. The company had previously entered the mobile gaming market with 2010's JumpStart Preschool Magic of Learning, which was followed by other JumpStart and Math Blaster titles. On October 6, 2011, Knowledge Adventure announced that the launch of casual gaming brand Twisted Games. On February 19, 2011, Knowledge Adventure announced that the JumpStart brand had entered the console market by making Crazy Karts for Wii (released in February) and Deep Sea Escape (released in March) and Legend of Lost Island for the Nintendo DS (released in March). James Czulewicz, Vice President of Sales and Planning at Knowledge Adventure said that JumpStart Pet Rescue, released in August 2009, was the 'first educational product for the Wii.' The trademark 'JUMPSTART GET MOVING' was issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on November 23, 2010. That year, JumpStart was advertised as offering the first browser game with 'high quality 3D graphics and advanced gameplay'. Modern era (2009вЂ“present)ДЄfter launching JumpStart 3D Virtual World in 2009, Knowledge Adventure noted they were adding online worlds and casual mobile games, console games, and traditional web-based browser games to their JumpStart catalogue. JumpStart Typing, JumpStart Spanish, JumpStart Kindergarten II, JumpStart 1st Grade Reading, JumpStart 1st Grade Math, JumpStart 2nd Grade Math and JumpStart 5th Grade were premiered at the 1997 Electronic Entertainment Expo.

#JUMPSTART KINDERGARTEN GAME 2000 SOFTWARE#

On February 3, 1997, the privately-held Knowledge Adventure was acquired by CUC International, becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the CUC Software division alongside Davidson & Associates, Blizzard Entertainment, and Sierra On-Line CUC Software would be the label that marketed the JumpStart games. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Knowledge Adventure 'started the baby trend when it introduced JumpStart Toddlers in 1996'. In October, Steve Chadima, vice president of marketing services at Knowledge Adventure said that while JumpStart sales were strong, and the series was about to be extended with JumpStart 2nd Grade, he said: 'We're testing concepts for third grade to see if it is viable.I don't know if this is going to work with higher grade levels.' However, JumpStart Adventures 3rd Grade: Mystery Mountain would end up being released in 1996, and many higher grade games followed.

Microtimes retrospectively wrote that the acquisition of the early learning products augmented Knowledge Adventure's strengths.

During the period of time, Listick was also optimistic that the added resources of the larger organisation would allow him to create a 'JumpStart Elementary School' of compelling and exciting children's software. Meanwhile, Knowledge Adventure founder, Bill Gross, hoped the acquisition would allow the JumpStart series to expand into international markets, as well as multiple platforms, on-line, and the Internet, to supplement the home and school markets. Later, Fanfare founder and chairman, Barton Listick, became vice president of Knowledge Adventure, while his staff had relocated to Knowledge Adventure's headquarters in Glendale, California. 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. 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).

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