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Creative Wonders
FormerlyEA Kids (1994-1995)
Company typeDivision of Electronic Arts
IndustryComputer games
FoundedDecember 1994; 29 years ago (1994-12)[1]
Defunct1999; 25 years ago (1999)
FateAssets purchased by The Learning Company in 1998 and folded into Mattel Interactive
SuccessorsThe Learning Company
Mattel Interactive
Key people
Greg Bestick (president, 1995)[1]
ProductsSesame Street
Madeline
Schoolhouse Rock!
Arthur
Little Bear
Dr. Seuss
ABC World Reference Series
The Baby-Sitters Club

Creative Wonders was an educational software corporation from 1994 to 1999. It created computer games based on children's characters like Sesame Street, Madeline, Schoolhouse Rock!, Arthur, Little Bear, Dr. Seuss and ABC World Reference. It was a joint-venture between Electronic Arts and ABC.[1]

History

Logo from 1994 to 1995 as EA Kids.

Creative Wonders started out in 1994 as a division of Electronic Arts called EA Kids before renaming to Creative Wonders.[1] Creative Wonders was responsible for creating popular games like the Sesame Street and Madeline series, and took over publishing of "EA 3D Atlas" which had been created by The Multimedia Corporation in London (a BBC company). In 1995, Creative Wonders teamed with ABC to create the ABC World Reference Series, a series of encyclopedias and atlases on CD-ROM based on "EA 3D Atlas", produced by The Multimedia Corporation and incorporating content and branding from ABC.

In 1998, Creative Wonders' assets were purchased by The Learning Company, and sold ABC and Electronic Arts to that company, and, later in 1999, it was folded into the latter, and later Mattel Interactive.

Products

Software

Sesame Street

Madeline

Schoolhouse Rock!

ABC World Reference Series

The Baby-Sitters Club

Arthur

Little Bear

Dr. Seuss

Others

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Gillen, Marillyn A. (May 13, 1995). "EA, Cap Cities Beget Creative Wonders". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 19. New York City: Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 90 and 98. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on June 5, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
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