Humongous Entertainment ships Fatty Bear titles on dual-platform CDs 

The cuddly bear can now parade into the homes of Macintosh users

WOODINVILLE, Wash.--March 28, 1994--Humongous Entertainment today announced
it is releasing two of its popular children's software titles on
combination CD-ROMs that include both PC and Mac formats, a growing
industry trend of publishing dual-platform discs.

This week Humongous will ship its first "combo" versions of two existing
titles: Fatty Bear 's Birthday Surprise and Fatty Bear's Fun Pack. It is
the first time the Fatty Bear titles have been available for Macintosh
CD-ROM users.

The "combo" format takes advantage of the immense storage space on a CD-ROM
and allows more than one version of a program to reside on different
portions of the disc. Consumers are unaffected by the multiple platforms,
as the computer automatically accesses the appropriate area of the CD-ROM
during start up.

"The Fatty Bear titles are very popular with consumers," said Shelley Day,
president of Humongous Entertainment. "We've made a strong commitment to
adopting the new combo CD standard and believe it will offer more
customers access to our interactive stories. We also find it's more
appealing to resellers."

Humongous' products are distributed through Electronic Arts and carried by
resellers throughout the country, including Egghead Software, CompUSA,
Computer City and Software Etc. "We're pleased Humongous is publishing its
titles on dual-platform CDs," said Suzanne Groatman, education buyer for
Egghead Software. "With the dramatic increase in the number of products on
the market, this format allows us to conserve shelf space per title and
more easily manage our inventory."

The Fatty Bear titles are part of the company's Junior Adventures series of
nonviolent, multimedia storytelling titles for children ages 3 to 8. Fatty
Bear, a friendly stuffed bear in overalls, is a popular Humongous
character, along with Putt-Putt, a lovable purple car.

In Fatty Bear 's Birthday Surprise, the stuffed cub and other well-loved
toys decide to plan a birthday party for their owner Kayla, while she is
sleeping. Numerous imaginative adventures unfold as a pesky puppy keeps
hiding the birthday cake ingredients and party decorations.

Fatty Bear 's Fun Pack features several fun games that children play
against the stuffed bear. The games include Reversi, Tangrams, Go Fish,
Lines and Boxes, and Fatty Bear's Paint Set. With four skill levels, the
program grows along with the child's developing capabilities.

Humongous' Junior Adventures add a new level of sophistication to children
s software. Each title presents a cheerful, open-ended, story-world that
is designed to unfold with the child's own actions. Numerous "click
points" allow the child to point and click to interact with the story's
characters, discover clues, solve puzzles and collect information. Along
with being a lot of fun, this process helps children develop problem
solving and critical thinking skills, as well as number and shape
recognition. An upbeat, original soundtrack accompanies fully digitized
speech which enables young children to independently progress through each
program.

In addition to CD-ROM, the Fatty Bear titles are available for Macintosh
and MS-DOS personal computers and the 3DO multiplayer. Consumers can order
demonstration floppy disks of Fatty Bear 's Birthday Surprise, Putt-Putt
Goes to the Moon or Putt-Putt Joins the Parade by contacting Humongous'
Customer Service Department at 131 10 N.E. 177th Pl., #180,
Woodinville-Redmond Road, Woodinville, Wash., 98072, tel. (206) 485-1212.

Humongous Entertainment, a leading innovator in interactive children's
storytelling software, develops and publishes award-winning titles such as
Putt-Putt Joins the Parade and Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon. The company
develops and publishes entertaining and educational software for personal
computers, CD-ROM and the 3DO multiplayer and is developing titles for the
information highway.

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