subsidiary industry computer and video games founded october 30 1992 january 1 2014 relaunch headquarters city of industry california bothell washington key people ron gilbert shelley day brad taylor bret barrett tami borowick dave timoney dev madan brad carlton derek mccaughan augie pagan kris sontag 1 2 and eventually hundreds of hardworking employees 3 products putt putt fatty bear freddi fish junior field trips pajama sam spy fox big thinkers backyard sports moonbase commander net income unknown parent tommo inc. website humongous.com humongous entertainment inc. is an american video game developer . the company is known for its line of educational games for children . the freddi fish pajama sam and spy fox franchises combined together sold over 15 million copies and earned more than 400 awards of excellence . 4 the company is currently owned by tommo inc. 5 contents 1 history 1.1 formation 1.2 under gt interactive 1.3 under infogrames 1.4 decline and renewal 1.5 under tommo inc. 2 development 3 published titles 3.1 putt putt 3.2 freddi fish 3.3 pajama sam 3.4 spy fox 3.5 blue s clues 3.6 fatty bear 3.7 big thinkers 3.8 junior field trips 3.9 backyard sports 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit formation edit humongous entertainment was formed in 1992 by shelley day and ron gilbert . 6 the name humongous entertainment was suggested by gilbert s ex lucasarts colleague tim schafer . 7 it became known for point and click adventure games intended for young children such as the putt putt series the freddi fish series the pajama sam series and the spy fox series all released in the junior adventure series . the company got the reputation as the third largest children s educational software company . 8 they d planned to start another more mature series called ultimate adventure . the first planned installment was bobo and fletcher go deep in the congo the epic tale of a man and his ape . 9 ron gilbert humongous entertainment s co founder and main game designer helped with many of the game planning and creation stages ; according to him bobo and fletcher was an episodic hybrid game that built upon all the experience he had from doing kids games and he still plans to make it someday . 10 the earliest games released only on dos then were later converted to windows and mac . these early titles were also available for the ill fated 3do interactive multiplayer video game console . 11 freddi fish and the case of the missing kelp seeds was amongst the first windows 95 products on the market and was featured in microsoft s launch of the os . 12 in 1995 ron and shelley established a sub division for the company called cavedog entertainment in seattle which released total annihilation a real time strategy rts game in 1997 . this was followed by two expansion packs in 1998 and in 1999 a variation called total annihilation kingdoms and an expansion pack for it too . 13 under gt interactive edit in july 1996 humongous entertainment was purchased by gt interactive for 76 million . 14 in 1997 humongous entertainment created the first backyard title backyard baseball . this was arguably their most popular game in the series but also produced variants such as backyard football backyard soccer and backyard hockey . the series started with having the backyard kids as players but the addition of professional athletes as kids were added to the games . the backyard sports series became available for consoles nintendo gamecube wii playstation 2 and game boy advance as well as windows and macintosh . under infogrames edit in november 1999 gt interactive was indirectly purchased by infogrames entertainment sa france and renamed to infogrames inc. after infogrames inc purchased hasbro interactive which owned the rights to use the atari name infogrames inc was renamed again to atari inc. the one stop fun shops were created for windows in 2000 one title each for putt putt pajama sam and freddi fish . 15 often characters or voice actors for a series would cross over to the other series in a short scene . decline and renewal edit in mid 2000 the co founders tried to buy humongous entertainment back from infogrames using external funding but the day of the planned purchase was the day of the 2000 tech stock crash and the funding was pulled . the founders left soon afterwards as did many of the key employees that had created the company series and technology . they formed a new company hulabee entertainment in 2001 . atari laid off most people from its subsidiary humongous entertainment in mid 2001 . 16 and the company was eventually shut down completely a few years later . humongous entertainment has also released several games featuring big thinkers and other characters . in 2002 humongous entertainment released the turn based strategy game moonbase commander with very little fanfare . the game was sold at a budget price but was well received by game review sites . moonbase commander eventually won ign s best of 2002 the one no one played and gamespot s best game not played on pc for 2002 . production of the junior adventure series ended on september 30 2003 . a new company humongous inc. was started up in the same building but with only 3 5 of the ex humongous entertainment employees and run out of california . game development was all done out of house . in 2005 infogrames entertainment bought humongous from atari for 10.3 million . humongous continued to oversee development of new entries in the backyard sports series and atari retained exclusive distribution rights for humongous products in the us canada and mexico through at least march 31 2006 . 17 many of the windows mac dos humongous games can be played on platforms such as linux by using scummvm and scummvm may also work better than classic emulation mode for users of mac os x who have old copies of the game made for earlier versions of mac os . in 2011 atari announced the release 18 of a number of humongous games for the iphone ipad and ipod touch . the first games to be released were putt putt saves the zoo freddi fish 3 the case of the stolen conch shell and pajama sam 2 thunder and lightning aren t so frightening spy fox in dry cereal putt putt travels through time pajama sam no need to hide when it s dark outside putt putt joins the circus freddi fish 1 the case of the missing kelp seeds putt putt enters the race and freddi fish 2 the case of the haunted schoolhouse . the first two games have been re released under the nimbus games name and the other 3 were all released under the nimbus games name . under tommo inc. edit in 2013 atari sa s u.s. based video game businesses filed for bankruptcy protection in manhattan with the intention of separating from the unprofitable french parent and seeking independent funding . humongous entertainment along with over 200 games atari previously owned were acquired by tommo inc. on july 19 2013 . 5 not all of the humongous franchises were acquired by tommo however . at the atari bankruptcy auction the backyard sports series was acquired by the evergreen group 19 and moonbase commander was purchased by rebellion . 20 in april 2014 tommo and night dive studios announced that they would be re releasing 28 humongous entertainment titles from the putt putt pajama sam freddi fish and spy fox series via steam over the course of the following weeks . 21 as of august 2015 tommo and night dive studios released 35 of the humongous entertainment titles via steam including the previously mentioned series along with fatty bear and the junior field trips and big thinkers series . development edit humongous entertainment used a number of techniques and methods to accomplish their work on the games concepts graphics music and interfaces . for the animation and graphics the studio did traditionally hand drawn frames scanned into a computer to ink color and then animate with their own software . some 3d graphics required the use of autodesk maya . 22 published titles edit putt putt edit main article putt putt series putt putt joins the parade 1992 putt putt goes to the moon 1993 putt putt s fun pack 1993 putt putt and fatty bear s activity pack 1994 putt putt saves the zoo 1995 putt putt and pep s balloon o rama 1996 putt putt and pep s dog on a stick 1996 putt putt travels through time 1997 putt putt enters the race 1998 putt putt s one stop fun shop 2000 putt putt joins the circus 2000 putt putt pep s birthday surprise 2003 putt putt s fun house 2013 freddi fish edit main article freddi fish freddi fish and the case of the missing kelp seeds 1994 freddi fish 2 the case of the haunted schoolhouse 1996 freddi fish and luther s maze madness 1996 freddi fish and luther s water worries 1996 freddi fish 3 the case of the stolen conch shell 1998 freddi fish 4 the case of the hogfish rustlers of briny gulch 1999 freddi fish s one stop fun shop 2000 freddi fish 5 the case of the creature of coral cove 2001 freddi fish abc under the sea 2010 only for nintendo ds and nintendo dsi freddi fish s fun house 2013 pajama sam edit main article pajama sam pajama sam no need to hide when it s dark outside 1996 pajama sam s sock works 1997 pajama sam 2 thunder and lightning aren t so frightening 1998 pajama sam s lost & found 1998 pajama sam 3 you are what you eat from your head to your feet 1999 2000 pajama sam s one stop fun shop 2000 pajama sam games to play on any day 2001 pajama sam life is rough when you lose your stuff 2003 spy fox edit main article spy fox spy fox in dry cereal 1997 spy fox in cheese chase 1998 spy fox 2 some assembly required 1999 spy fox in hold the mustard 1999 spy fox 3 operation ozone 2001 blue s clues edit blue s birthday adventure 1998 blue s abc time activities 1999 blue s 123 time activities 1999 blue s treasure hunt 1999 blue s reading time activities 2000 blue s clues blue s art time activities 2000 fatty bear edit main article fatty bear fatty bear s birthday surprise 1993 fatty bear s fun pack 1993 putt putt and fatty bear s activity pack 1994 big thinkers edit main article big thinkers video game series big thinkers kindergarten 1997 big thinkers 1st grade 1997 junior field trips edit main article junior field trips let s explore the farm 1995 let s explore the jungle 1995 let s explore the airport 1995 backyard sports edit main article backyard sports series backyard baseball 1997 backyard soccer 1998 backyard football 1999 backyard basketball 2001 backyard hockey 2002 backyard skateboarding 2004 see also edit moonbase commander references edit https www.facebook.com photo.php fbid 10152156678640985 putt putt joins the parade game credits . mobygames . oct 30 1992 . retrieved april 2 2016 . company lays off 40 percent of staff . kitsap sun . june 15 2001 . retrieved april 2 2016 . majesco brings humongous best selling children s properties to wii . gamezone . march 25 2008 . retrieved june 6 2015 . a b atari inc. humongous franchise fatty bear s birthday surprise and math gran prix . business week . 2013 07 19 . retrieved 2015 05 15 . humongous entertainment s child s play develops maturity . los angeles times . 1997 09 15 . retrieved 2014 01 12 . true fact it was tim schafer who suggested the name humongous