Humongous Entertainment

COMPANY» Founded 1992-01-01

Woodinville,Washington 98072,United States

Founded by Ron Gilbert and Shelley Day, Humongous Entertainment created numerous children's educational and adventure games starring original characters such as Freddi Fish, Pajama Sam and Spy Fox. The company is also well-known for its popular Backyard Sports series starring pro athletes as kids.

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==History == Humongous Entertainment was founded in 1992 by CEO Shelley Day and Creative Director Ron Gilbert (Person), both ex-Lucasarts employees. Know for their cute characters and mini-games within their otherwise point-and-click adventure games, they became very successful in the early 1990's. However, the company lost prominence because of lots of companies buying different companies. It started in 1996 with a buyout by GT Interactive. GT Interactive was then indirectly purchased by Infogrames Inc. Infogrames Inc. then bought out Hasbro Interactive which had the rights to the Atari name, and in November 1999 Infogrames Inc. was reincorporated Atari, SA.

Developed Games

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Backyard Baseball (Game)

10 October 1997

Humongous's first foray into sports games made for children, Backyard Baseball recreates the lighthearted nature of sandlot baseball with a silly cartoon style.

PC​ MAC​

Putt-Putt Travels Through Time (Game)

1 July 1997

After a mishap at the Mr. Firebird's factory Putt-Putt's history report and Pep are thrown back in time. It's up to Putt-Putt to travel through several different time periods in order to save Pep and retrieve his history report.

PC​ MAC​ ANDR​ +3

Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds (Game)

30 April 1994

Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds is the first installment in the popular Freddi Fish series.

PC​ MAC​ ANDR​ +7

Backyard Basketball (Game)

21 May 2002

The first installment of backyard basketball series, where you can play as cartoon versions of real NBA and WNBA players.

GBA​ PC​ MAC​ +2

Backyard Basketball 2004 (Game)

4 September 2003

PC​

Backyard Baseball 2003 (Game)

7 June 2002

Backyard Baseball 2003 features 30 playable Major League players, as kids.

PC​ MAC​

Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal" (Game)

17 October 1997

In his first game, Spy Fox must try and stop the evil William the Kid's goat milk replacing all dairy produce. This game is a point and click adventure type.

PC​ MAC​ ANDR​ +5

Blue's Clues: Blue's Birthday Adventure (Game)

29 September 1998

PC​ MAC​

Blue's Clues: Blue's Art Time Activities (Game)

28 March 2000

PC​ MAC​

Backyard Football (Game)

20 December 1999

Backyard Football was the first game from the backyard franchise to feature real Pro players, as animated kids.

PC​ MAC​

Backyard Hockey 2005 (Game)

21 September 2004

Backyard Hockey 2005 is a "arcade style" 3 vs 3 hockey game that featured all 30 NHL Franchises and over 10 Different NHL Stars.

PC​

Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise (Game)

26 March 1993

It's Kayla's birthday tomorrow and it's up to Fatty Bear to make her a cake, decorate her room, and stop a hyper dog from ruining everything.

PC​ MAC​ 3DO​

Published Games

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Backyard Baseball (Game)

30 May 2002

The third entry in Humongous Entertainment's cartoonish baseball series is the first to hit consoles, bringing with it a revised roster of MLB players as well as the original kids.

GBA​ PC​ MAC​ +2

Blue's Clues: Blue's Birthday Adventure (Game)

29 September 1998

PC​ MAC​

Blue's Clues: Blue's Art Time Activities (Game)

28 March 2000

PC​ MAC​

Backyard Soccer (Game)

28 July 1998

The first Backyard Soccer game brought to us by Humongous Entertainment. Being the original Backyard Soccer game, this game does not feature MLS or US Women's Soccer Team players.

PC​ MAC​ PS1​

Backyard Baseball 2007 (Game)

3 April 2007

Backyard Baseball is a 3D cartoon baseball sim.

GBA​ PC​ MAC​ +2

Backyard Football 2002 (Game)

14 October 2001

The successor to the original Backyard Football, this game makes vast improvements in gameplay and graphics.

PC​ MAC​

Blue's Treasure Hunt (Game)

28 September 1999

Steve and Blue go on a treasure hunt to find three keys that lead to The Land of Great Discovery.

PC​ MAC​

Freddi Fish's One-Stop Fun Shop (Game)

26 September 2000

One of Humongous Entertainment's three popular One-Stop Fun Shop series of learning games starring their original characters -- Putt-Putt, Pajama Sam and Freddi Fish.

PC​ MAC​

Blue's ABC Time Activities (Game)

30 March 1999

An educational game featuring the cast of Blue's Clues.

PC​ MAC​

Putt-Putt's Fun Pack (Game)

26 March 1993

PC​ MAC​ 3DO​

Blue's Reading Time Activities (Game)

28 March 2000

PC​ MAC​

Blue's 123 Time Activities (Game)

30 March 1999

An educational game starring Blue from Blue's Clues.

PC​ MAC​

Company details

Name

Humongous Entertainment

Abbreviation

Founded

1 January 1992

Location

Woodinville,Washington 98072,United States

Website

http://www.humongous.com/

Aliases

Developed Games

• Backyard Baseball (Game)
• Putt-Putt Travels Through Time (Game)
• Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds (Game)
• Backyard Basketball (Game)
• Backyard Basketball 2004 (Game)
• Backyard Baseball 2003 (Game)
• Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal" (Game)
• Blue's Clues: Blue's Birthday Adventure (Game)
• Blue's Clues: Blue's Art Time Activities (Game)
• Backyard Football (Game)
• Backyard Hockey 2005 (Game)
• Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise (Game)
• Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo (Game)
• Putt-Putt and Pep's Dog on a Stick (Game)
• Freddi Fish and Luther's Water Worries (Game)
• Backyard Football 2002 (Game)
• Blue's Treasure Hunt (Game)
• Spy Fox: Operation Ozone (Game)
• Freddi Fish 5: The Case of the Creature of Coral Cove (Game)
• Putt-Putt: Pep's Birthday Surprise (Game)
• view all →

Published Games

• Backyard Baseball (Game)
• Blue's Clues: Blue's Birthday Adventure (Game)
• Blue's Clues: Blue's Art Time Activities (Game)
• Backyard Soccer (Game)
• Backyard Baseball 2007 (Game)
• Backyard Football 2002 (Game)
• Blue's Treasure Hunt (Game)
• Freddi Fish's One-Stop Fun Shop (Game)
• Blue's ABC Time Activities (Game)
• Putt-Putt's Fun Pack (Game)
• Blue's Reading Time Activities (Game)
• Blue's 123 Time Activities (Game)
• Putt-Putt's One-Stop Fun Shop (Game)
• Fatty Bear's FunPack (Game)
• Pajama Sam's One-Stop Fun Shop (Game)
• Big Thinkers! Kindergarten (Game)
• Big Thinkers! 1st Grade (Game)
• view all →

Franchises

• Backyard Sports (Franchise)
• Putt-Putt (Franchise)
• Pajama Sam (Franchise)
• Freddi Fish (Franchise)
• Blue's Clues (Franchise)
• Spy Fox (Franchise)
• MLB (Franchise)
• Fatty Bear (Franchise)
• Let's Explore (Franchise)
• Nickelodeon (Franchise)
• NBA (Franchise)

People

• Ron Gilbert (Person)
• Ahman Green (Person)
• Alex Rodriguez (Person)
• Brian Urlacher (Person)
• Curt Schilling (Person)
• Jerome Bettis (Person)
• Randy Johnson (Person)
• Tony Gwynn (Person)

Characters

• Achmed Khan (Character)
• Angela Delvecchio (Character)
• Dante Robinson (Character)
• Dmitri Petrovic (Character)
• Jorge Garcia (Character)
• Kiesha Phillips (Character)
• Pablo Sanchez (Character)
• Pete Wheeler (Character)
• Ricky Johnson (Character)
• Ashley Weber (Character)
• Kimmy Eckman (Character)
• Sidney Weber (Character)
• Sunny Day (Character)
• Gretchen Hasselhoff (Character)
• Kenny Kawaguchi (Character)
• Amir Khan (Character)
• Putt-Putt (Character)
• Pep (Character)
• Mr. Clankey (Character)
• Spy Fox (Character)

Concepts

• SCUMM (Concept)
• Kid Friendly (Concept)
• Point and Click (Concept)
• Year in the Title (Concept)
• Anthropomorphism (Concept)
• Steam (Concept)
• Bink Video (Concept)
• Character Creation (Concept)
• Inventory (Concept)
• 2D (Concept)
• Backtracking (Concept)
• Fish (Concept)
• Minigame (Concept)
• Anthropomorphic Vehicles (Concept)
• Cutscene (Concept)
• Declarative Title (Concept)
• Cover Athlete (Concept)
• Major League Baseball (Concept)
• Non-Humanoid Protagonist (Concept)
• Real Photos on Cover Art (Concept)

Locations

• Spy Corps Mobile Command Center (Location)
• Park (Location)
• Underwater (Location)
• Airport (Location)
• Alley (Location)
• Beach (Location)
• Bedroom (Location)
• Cave (Location)
• Dock (Location)
• Forest (Location)
• Garden (Location)
• Haunted House (Location)
• Kitchen (Location)
• Laboratory (Location)
• Living Room (Location)
• Mine (Location)
• Shack (Location)
• Sports Stadium (Location)
• The Land of Darkness (Location)
• The Moon (Location)

Objects

• Sports Jersey (Object)
• Baseball (Object)
• Baseball Bat (Object)
• Baseball Glove (Object)
• Cleats (Object)
• Pepper Shaker (Object)
• Football (Object)
• Goal (Object)
• Balloon (Object)
• Car (Object)
• Football Helmet (Object)
• Soccer Ball (Object)
• Baseball Cap (Object)
• Basketball (Object)
• Boat (Object)
• Bowling Ball (Object)
• Bucket (Object)
• Carrot (Object)
• Elevator (Object)
• Flowers (Object)