Humongous Inc. is an American video game developer. The company is known for its line of educational sports games for children that Atari owns from its purchase of Humongous Entertainment.
Humongous Entertainment, the predecessor of Humongous, Inc., was formed in 1992 by CEO Shelley Day and Creative Director Ron Gilbert. It became known for point-and-click adventure games intended for young children, such as the Putt-Putt series, the Fatty Bear s...
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Humongous Inc. is an American video game developer. The company is known for its line of educational sports games for children that Atari owns from its purchase of Humongous Entertainment.
Humongous Entertainment, the predecessor of Humongous, Inc., was formed in 1992 by CEO Shelley Day and Creative Director Ron Gilbert. It became known for point-and-click adventure games intended for young children, such as the Putt-Putt series, the Fatty Bear series, and the Pajama Sam, Freddi Fish and Spy Fox franchises. Ron Gilbert - Humongous Entertainment's co-founder and main game designer - helped with many of the game planning and creation stages. These games were all available for Windows and Mac - earlier titles were available on DOS too. Three early titles were also available for the ill-fated 3DO Interactive Multiplayer video game console.
In 1996, Humongous Entertainment created the first Backyard Sports title: Backyard Baseball. This was arguably their most popular game in the series,...
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