Knowledge Adventure

Logo descriptions by LogoWriter

Logo captures by EnormousRat

Editions by Chowchillah

Background: Knowledge Adventure is a well-known edutainment game company formed in 1989, known for making JumpStart. In the late 1990s, it was later merged with another large education software firm, Davidson & Associates, which is best known for the Math Blaster series and other related games in the popular Blaster Learning System line-up. Since then, the company was owned by various firms, including CUC Interactive in 1997, Cendant Corporation in 1998, and Vivendi in the same year (later known as "Vivendi Universal" in 2000). During the Vivendi ownership, Knowledge Adventure was part of Vivendi Universal Games under the Vivendi Games division. In late 2004, Vivendi Universal 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.

1st Logo

(1992-October 15, 1997)

Logo: We see a starry background, and there is a star that traces the outline of a green planet. And then later, we see the words "KNOWLEDGE ADVENTURE", and leading into a guy holding a green ball, and there is a yellow light surrounding it.

Variants:


 * In the early years prior to 1994, the logo is still.
 * On My First Encyclopedia, the logo is sped up a little bit. When the logo finishes forming, it zooms out into the background, a starburst happens, and then the game's logo zooms in, with a yellow light surrounding it. A comet moves below the logo from left to right, while the Knowledge Adventure, and two buttons that say "credits" and "exit" on them zoom in.

FX/SFX: The star tracing.

Music/Sounds: A soft piano tune ending in a choir, and a whoosh sound, or none.

Music/Sounds Variant: On My First Encyclopedia, the music is less dramatic. A whoosh sound is heard when the comet appears.

Availability: Rare. All of the early games released by Knowledge Adventure are hard to find. This logo makes an appearance on some JumpStart titles, last of them being JumpStart 5th Grade. This logo made a surprise appearance on JumpStart Typing.

Editor's Note: TBA

2nd Logo

(1997-)

Logo: On a white background, a blue square fades in to the left of the screen. Then, the words "DISCOVER.", "LEARN." and "EXCEL." slide in at the right-bottom of the square, each forming a set of stairs each time. An orange star then appears at the top right corner of the square. A blue person then comes near the square, walks up the steps (becoming white in the process), and touches the star. "Knowledge Adventure" fades in at the top of the orange text.

Variants:


 * There is a rare version with the company name in two rows and no slogan.
 * Another rare version has a black background and the name below the picture. It can mainly be found in the installer for some KA games.

FX/SFX: The shapes fading in.

Music/Sounds: A mellow synth-piano/orchestral theme.

Availability: Common. Seen on post-1997 JumpStart games like JumpStart 1st Grade as well as post-1999 Math Blaster/Reading Blaster games. It also can be seen on other games like Play with the Teletubbies and Little People: Discovery Airport for example.

Editor's Note: TBA.