- TerraTopia
TerraTopia was a series of
children's books produced byThe Nature Company in the early 1990s and eventually spun off into other products, most notably anadventure game for computers.TerraTopia books
Several different TerraTopia books were released, as well as a collection of the four stories together as one harcover volume. The books took the format of short
graphic novel s, with comic-book-style panels and word balloons.*"The Secret of the Dragonfly and The Daring Dino Rescue" ISBN 1-883871-00-X
*"The Adventure of The Wandering Wolves in Vulcan's Vent" ISBN
*"Sketch's Sketch Book" ISBN 1-883871-03-4
*"Terratopia, The Graphic Adventure: The First Four Tales" (harcover compilation) ISBN 1-883871-02-6TerraTopia computer game
Other TerraTopia products
In
1993 TerraTopia was made into a board game, designed byPeter Olotka ofCosmic Encounter fame and his son, Greg Olotka. In the spirit of the books, the game was cooperative rather than competitive, with all players attempting to overcome various challenges using their Terratrooper abilities and ultimately recover their stones.Cancelled and unreleased
A
Canal+ TerraTopia television show was announced in 1995, planned for release in 1996 as a 52-episode series. Planned to coincide with the television show was aMinolta TerraTopia camera, which would have been Minolta's first camera marketed primarily to kids and would have featured the character Sketch to get children interested in nature photography.In
1998 , TheDiscovery Channel purchased The Nature Company and converted all remaining Nature Company stores to the Discovery Channel brand. As of 2006, there have been no attempts to revive TerraTopia as a Discovery Channel property.References
*"Canal Plus, Solomon Int'l find 'TerraTopia' TV isle", "
The Hollywood Reporter ", June 21 1995
*"Minolta to create a children's camera based on the critically acclaimed TerraTopia license", "Business Wire", June 20 1995External links
* [http://terratopia.com Terratopia.com, official site]
* [http://www.discovery.com/ Discovery Channel]
* [http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/7170 TerraTopia board game]
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