references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . may 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message knowledge adventure inc. type subsidiary founded 1989 as davidson & associates headquarters los angeles county california united states products software for cd rom neopets website knowledgeadventure.com knowledge adventure inc. is an american maker of educational software including the adiboo and jumpstart series of grade based and subject based titles such as my first encyclopedia . contents 1 history 1.1 back catalog digital re releases 2 references 3 external links history edit the company was established in the late 1980s in los angeles then later merged with another large education software firm davidson & associates during the late 1990s . davidson & associates was well known with its line up of math blaster related games as well as developing educational software for fisher price . until 1994 ka their slogan in the early years is have fun get smart and their current slogan is discover . learn . excel . had created dos games including space adventure imax s speed undersea adventure often bundled on the same cd rom 3d dinosaur adventure kid s zoo a baby animal adventure and 3d body adventure . after the merger with davidson & associates knowledge adventure was owned by various firms throughout several corporate mergers . its last owner was vivendi universal games as a part of its vivendi games division . during that time knowledge adventure released many branded games such as dr. brain barbie bear in the big blue house teletubbies noddy jurassic park iii captain kangaroo curious george and american idol . citation needed in late 2004 vivendi sold knowledge adventure to a group of investors interested in taking a more active management strategy and in developing new educational software . the company has since released new products under both the jumpstart and math blaster brands . citation needed in 2008 knowledge adventure inc. was criticized for cramware in their games . for some of the extra content made with the games a subscription was required . citation needed on march 17 2014 knowledge adventure inc. purchased neopets from viacom . back catalog digital re releases edit on november 25 2014 five knowledge adventure titles were re released digitally as drm free exclusives on zoom platform.com through a partnership between jumpstart and the jordan freeman group . the five titles included 3d body adventure 3d dinosaur adventure dinosaur adventure original space adventure and undersea adventure . on march 6 2015 another knowledge adventure title bug adventure was re released digitally as a drm free exclusive on zoom platform.com . this title was also released through the partnership between jumpstart and the jordan freeman group . zoom platform.com indicated the game was released due to the incredible reaction they got to the first batch of knowledge adventure titles . 1 references edit https lightningreleases.com zoom announces exclusive release of knowledge adventure back catalog external links edit knowledge adventure website jumpstart website math blaster website jumpstart world website make learning an adventure article about knowledge adventure article at apple.com official neopets website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title knowledge adventure & oldid 734233008 categories educational software companiessoftware companies based in californiavideo game companies of the united statescompanies established in 1989video game development companiescompanies based in los angeles county californiahidden categories articles lacking in text citations from may 2015all articles lacking in text citationsall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2008articles with unsourced statements from march 2009 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 august 2016 at 23 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view