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John Uppendahl, johnu@humongous.com, or
Chris Jamieson, chrisj@humongous.com
425-951-2175

Humongous Entertainment Fast Facts (*UPDATED* January 1, 1999)
Humongous Entertainment creates high-quality, hand-drawn, interactive Junior Adventures(tm), Junior Field Trips(tm), Junior Arcade(tm), Junior Sports(tm) and Big Thinkers(tm) games that encourage kids to explore, discover, learn and have fun.  Endearing original characters include Putt-Putt(r), Freddi Fish(tm), Pajama Sam(tm), SPY Fox(tm), Fatty Bear(tm) and Buzzy the Knowledge Bug(tm). 

Founded:	March 1992 by Shelley Day and Ron Gilbert
Ownership: 	GT Interactive Software Corporation (NASDAQ: GTIS)
Employees:	350 
Management:	Shelley Day, President and CEO
		Ron Gilbert, Co-Founder and Creative Director
		Ralph Giuffre, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Licensing
		John Uppendahl, Vice President, Communications & Online Business Development
		Joyce McNeil, Vice President of Operations & Finance
		Scott Wallin, Senior Director, Online Game Development
		Barbara Hanna, Director of Development
				
For Information:	(800) 499-8386, Direct Sales and Customer Service
			(425) 485-1212, Technical Support
			(425) 486-9258, Business 
			support@humongous.com, E-mail 
			http://www.humongous.com, World Wide Web


Company History Highlights

Putt-Putt, Humongous Entertainment's first and its most popular character, was born in 1990 when Shelley Day created the lovable, little purple car as a character for evening bedtime stories for her then 3-year-old son.  
Day and Ron Gilbert launched Humongous Entertainment in 1992 to create world-class interactive adventures for children, Putt-Putt was a natural choice to be their first star.			                                                                             
Children of all ages - kids and parents - connect with Humongous Entertainment's family of adorable original characters.  Putt-Putt, Freddi Fish, Buzzy the Knowledge Bug, Fatty Bear, Pajama Sam and SPY Fox are friends that live in interactive worlds where children explore, discover and have fun as they direct the adventures.
Humongous Entertainment's latest CD-ROMs use thousands of frames of hand-drawn animation and exclusive technology to create true interactive animation.  Players seamlessly affect how the game unfolds with the click of a mouse.  The film-like quality of interactive animation brings the colorful characters and their worlds to life. 
Creatively and technically, Humongous Entertainment continually breaks new ground.  Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds(tm) is a good example.  This hand-animated adventure was the world's first Windows 95 CD-ROM not only in English, but also in Japanese and Dutch.  Microsoft used Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds as a benchmark to test and demonstrate Windows 95 worldwide.
Humongous Entertainment pushes the edge in interactive storytelling, an emerging art form that did not exist 10 years ago.  Telling stories in an interactive setting is vastly different than in traditional linear media such as movies or TV.  Truly interactive entertainment enables people to explore the things that interest them most and enjoy a unique adventure each time they play.  Defining this new art form is a driving goal for Gilbert and the company. 
In July of 1995 Fortune magazine featured Humongous Entertainment as one of "25 Cool Companies."  In January 1996, Home PC announced Putt-Putt's "undisputed title as the most popular character ever to roll into the HomePC Kids' Lab." USA Today also profiled Humongous Entertainment as one of "Six Firms Worth Watching In '96."

In December 1996, Newsweek proclaimed, "Humongous Entertainment has become the Disney of children's software, developing charming new characters and building great stories around them." 
In June of 1997, Putt-Putt graced the cover of PC Magazine as the "Best Kids' Game."  PC Magazine said, "If Putt-Putt Travels Through Time(tm) has a downside, it's that the game may make you forget about all other children's software you own."
Humongous Entertainment's award-winning games have become an international success, with localized translations in Japanese, Dutch, German, Swedish and French.  Additional translations are in development.

Television & Beyond
In March of 1997, Humongous Entertainment announced a production alliance with Lancit Media Entertainment to create original television, motion picture and home video programming based on its family of original characters.  
PC Magazine said in March of 1997, "Putt-Putt and pals are about as lovable a bunch as we've seen in children's software.  With a presence on TV, in toy stores, and on the big screen, the animated gang could very well move into the leading ranks of children's characters, alongside such heavyweights as Rugrats, Barney, and the Disney characters." 

Strategic Partners
GT Interactive Software Corp.: Humongous Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of GT Interactive Software Corp.  It was acquired for $76 million on July 9, 1996.  Headquartered in NY, GT Interactive Software Corp. is a leading global publisher of entertainment and edutainment software under the GT Interactive, Humongous Entertainment and Cavedog Entertainment brands for personal computers as well as video game systems from Sony, Nintendo and Sega; and Macintosh software under the MacSoft brand.  Among GT Interactive's best-sellers are Duke Nukem 3D and QUAKE.  The company is also a leader in value-priced software.  Located at www.gtinteractive.com on the World Wide Web, GT Interactive is publicly traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol GTIS.
Strategy Licensing: In June of 1996, Humongous Entertainment partnered with The Strategy Licensing Company, a subsidiary of Lancit Media Entertainment
(NASDAQ:  LNCT), to develop a merchandise program based on its family of original characters.
Lancit Media Entertainment: Humongous Entertainment created a production alliance with Lancit in March of 1997 to create television, motion picture and home video programming based on its family of original characters.
Nickelodeon:  In November of 1997 Nickelodeon and Humongous Entertainment joined forces in an exclusive world-wide deal to develop CD-ROMs based on Blue's Clues, the most-watched preschool show on television. Nickelodeon, the highest-rated basic cable network since the first quarter of 1995, is a global entertainment brand with businesses in programming, production, consumer products, online, recreation, publishing and feature films.  Nickelodeon television programming is seen in 70 million households in the United States and in over 80 countries, including dedicated channels and services in Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia, Latin America, the Nordic region and Turkey.  Visit Nick Jr.'s Web site at nickjr.com to learn more about Blue's Clues.

Humongous Entertainment's Co-Founders

Shelley Day
Shelley Day is president and CEO of Humongous Entertainment.  She is responsible for the day-to-day management of the company and forges the strategic relationships that contribute to the company's ongoing growth.
Shelley has an extensive background in the management and design of 
entertainment software.  After beginning her career with Aurora Systems, Inc. in 1983, Shelley joined Electronic Arts, where she was involved in producing numerous entertainment software titles across such varied platforms as the Atari 800, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Amiga, PC, Macintosh and Commodore 64.
From 1987 and 1990, Shelley worked at Accolade Inc. and Taito Inc., both entertainment software companies.  While at Accolade, she produced numerous award-winning titles such as The Duel: Test Drive II, Grand Prix Circuit and Hardball II.  In 1988, she was named "Producer of the Year" at the annual Computer Game Developers Conference.  Shelley joined LucasArts Entertainment in 1990 as a producer of entertainment software, where she produced several titles, including Monkey Island II, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.  
Shelley earned degrees in radio and television production and psychology from San Francisco State University.  She is on the board of the Washington Software Association.                                               

Ron Gilbert
Ron Gilbert, co-founder and creative director of Humongous Entertainment, has been designing and writing games and interactive stories for more than 10 years.  An internationally renowned game designer, Ron provides the creative direction for all of Humongous' products.
Prior to co-founding Humongous Entertainment with Shelley Day, Ron spent eight years at LucasArts Entertainment where he designed such classic games as Maniac Mansion and the Monkey Island series.  Both games have won numerous awards and appeared in PC Game's "Top most influential games of all time" list.  
Ron's creative focus ensures that Humongous will stay on the cutting edge of interactive entertainment.  One of Ron's goals in starting Humongous Entertainment was to bring the interactive experience to a larger market by designing and exploring new ways to entertain people.  

Product Lines and Games
Humongous Entertainment's games are available on hybrid CD-ROMs for Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows 3.1 and Macintosh.

Junior Adventures
Junior Adventures challenge and inspire kids to think for themselves in creative and flexible ways.  Children play with faithful, lovable friends as they discover captivating worlds where they direct the journey and overcome challenges at their own pace.  Humongous Entertainment's heart-warming characters and engaging adventures come to life through feature-film quality animation, original music and the power of a child's imagination.

	Putt-Putt Enters the Race(tm)
	January 1999, $29.99 ESP

	Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't So Frightening(tm)
	July 1998, $29.99 ESP 
	
	Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell(tm)
	March 1998, $29.99 ESP

	SPY Fox in Dry Cereal(tm)
	October 1997, $19.99 ESP

	Putt-Putt Travels Through Time(tm)
	June 1997, $29.99 ESP

	Pajama Sam in No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside(tm) 
	October 1996, $19.99 ESP

	Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse(tm)
	September 1996, $19.99 ESP

	Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo(tm)
	August 1995, $19.99 ESP

	Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds(tm)
	November 1994, $19.99 ESP

	Humongous Classics Collection (Three award-winning games for $19.99)
	Putt-Putt Goes to The Moon(tm), November 1993
	Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise(tm), June 1993
	Putt-Putt Joins the Parade(tm), November 1992

Junior Sports(tm)
Junior Sports(tm) games give kids a new way to enjoy the fun and innocence of the backyard contests that create so many childhood memories.  Thirty of the funniest boys and girls in the neighborhood make sure a game is never too far away as your child chooses teammates.  The Junior Sports series provides all the action and excitement of adult sports games, while easy-to-use controls allow even the littlest athletes to compete with the best of the backyard leagues.  Humongous Entertainment's feature-film-quality animation brings quirky personalities and offbeat antics to the first series of sports games designed for and starring kids!
	
	Backyard Soccer (tm)
	October 1998, $19.99 ESP

      Backyard Baseball(tm)
	October 1997, $19.99 ESP

Big Thinkers(tm)
Ben and Becky Brightly, the superstars of learning and laughter, welcome kids to their house to experience a world of fun and excitement.  The Brightlys stretch their bodies, transform into objects, produce ice cubes and bubbles from their ears, sing songs, and fill children's minds with a wonderful array of concepts and skills that enhances classroom learning.  Skills are discovered and strengthened in a variety of locations in and around the Brightly house, rather than a classroom setting.  Each title incorporates material from the five major subject areas into more than 20 learning activities and exciting SuperStar of Smarts Challenge(tm) activities.

	Big Thinkers Kindergarten(tm)
	October 1997, $19.99

	Big Thinkers 1st Grade(tm)
	October 1997, $19.99
		
Junior Arcade
Junior Arcade games are packed with fast-and-furious gameplay that satisfies kids' hunger for action and surprises.  These games star everyone's favorite characters from Humongous Entertainment's award-winning titles and feature the same high-quality hand-drawn animation.

	SPY Fox in Cheese Chase(tm)
	May 1998, $14.99 ESP 

	Pajama Sam's Sockworks(tm)
	July 1997, $14.99 ESP

	Freddi Fish and Luther's Maze Madness(tm)
	February 1997, $14.99 ESP

	Freddi Fish and Luther's Water Worries(tm)
	February 1997, $14.99 ESP

	Putt-Putt and Pep's Dog on a Stick(tm)
	October 1996, $14.99 ESP

	Putt-Putt and Pep's Balloon-O-Rama(tm)
	October 1996, $14.99 ESP

Junior Field Trips
Junior Field Trips allow kids to explore behind the scenes of fun places and exciting parts of the world.  They can learn about the things that interest them most and play games related to each location.  

	Junior Field Trips Collection (Three award-winning games for $19.99)
	Let's Explore the Airport(tm), July 1995
	Let's Explore the Farm(tm), July 1995
	Let's Explore the Jungle(tm), November 1995
	 
Blue's Clues CD-ROMs
Blue's Clues CD-ROMs will bring the most-watched preschool show on television to the computer screen and into the homes of children everywhere. Humongous Entertainment and the creative team for the Blue's Clues TV show have worked in close collaboration to maximize the educational and entertainment quality of the CD-ROMs.  This partnership has blended the unique look and playability of Humongous Entertainment's award-winning CD-ROMs with the rich, multi-layered feel of the Blue's Clues TV show to create a fun new learning experience that takes the concept of the TV show and provides an exciting translation to the computer screen.  

	Blue's Birthday Adventure(tm)
	September 1998, $29.99 ESP

	Blue's ABC Time Activities(tm)
	September 1998, $19.99 ESP

Junior Adventures, SPY Fox, SPY Fox in Dry Cereal, SPY Fox in Cheese Chase, Freddi Fish, The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds, The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse, The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell, Pajama Sam, No Need to Hide When it's Dark Outside, Thunder and Lightening Aren't So Frightening, Putt-Putt Enters The Race, Putt-Putt Travels Through Time, Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo, Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon, Putt-Putt Joins the Parade, Fatty Bear, Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise, Junior Sports, Backyard Baseball, Backyard Soccer, Big Thinkers, Big Thinkers Kindergarten, Big Thinkers 1st Grade, SuperStar of Smarts Challenge, Junior Field Trips, Buzzy the Knowledge Bug, Let's Explore the Farm, Let's Explore the Airport, Let's Explore the Jungle, Junior Arcade, Balloon-O-Rama, Dog On A Stick, Water Worries and Maze Madness are trademarks of Humongous Entertainment, Inc.  Other brand names and products may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.  These products and Humongous Entertainment Inc. are not in any manner affiliated with Putt-Putt Golf Courses of America Inc.

