JumpStart Games

JumpStart Games, Inc. (formerly Knowledge Adventure, Inc.) is an American edutainment game developer based in Torrance, California. Founded in 1991, it owns the "Neopets" virtual pet website, and is itself owned by Chinese holding company NetDragon Websoft.
History.
Until 1994, Knowledge Adventure had created DOS games, including "Isaac Asimov's Science Adventure", "Space Adventure", "Dinosaur Adventure", "Imax's Speed", "Undersea Adventure", "3D Dinosaur Adventure", "Isaac Asimov's Science Adventure II", "America Adventure", "Kid's Zoo: A Baby Animal Adventure", "3D Body Adventure", "Space Adventure II", "Aviation Adventure", "Bug Adventure", "Imax's Discoverers", "Magic Theater", "My First Encyclopedia", "", "Chess Mates", "Kid Keys: The Magical Typing Tutor", "Lionel Trains Presents: Trans-Con!".
On November 5, 1996, CUC International announced that it would acquire Knowledge Adventure and was completed on February 3, 1997, its Davidson & Associates subsidiary that CUC acquired in February 1996 will later merge with Knowledge Adventure in October 1998.
On May 28, 1997, CUC International announced plans to merge with Hospitality Franchise Systems to create a single, "one-stop" entity. The merger was finalized in December that year and created Cendant. As a result of the merger, CUC Software was renamed Cendant Software. On November 20, 1998, French media company Havas (later acquired by water utility Vivendi) announced that it would acquire Cendant Software for in cash and up to contingent on the performance of Cendant Software. Subsequently, the division was renamed Havas Interactive.
During that time, Knowledge Adventure released many branded games such as "JumpStart", "Dr. Brain", "Fisher-Price", "Barbie", "Bear in the Big Blue House", "Blaster", "Teletubbies", "Noddy", "", "Captain Kangaroo", "Curious George" and "American Idol".
In October 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.
In October 2012, Knowledge Adventure changed its name to JumpStart Games.
On March 17, 2014, JumpStart Games purchased Neopets from Viacom.
On July 7, 2017, JumpStart Games was acquired by Chinese online game publisher NetDragon Websoft.
Back-catalog digital re-releases.
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 Games 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.