Purple Moon Ships Third CD-ROM "Friendship Adventure for Girls"; Rockett's Tricky Decision Follows Industry Newcomer's Highly Successful 1997 Holiday Season

Date: Feb. 24, 1998
From: Business Wire
Publisher: Business Wire, Inc.
Document Type: Article
Length: 859 words
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 1998--Purple Moon(tm), a new girls' entertainment company leading the rapid expansion of the girls' software market with two of 1997's top-selling CD-ROMs for girls, today announced the shipping of its third CD-ROM friendship adventure -- Rockett's Tricky Decision(tm). Rockett's Tricky Decision, the second episode in the Rockett series, builds on the story line of its blockbuster debut title, Rockett's New School(tm) -- widely popular with girls and regarded by many industry followers as the first CD-ROM to truly get it right for girls.

"Purple Moon's unparalleled, research-based understanding of girls' lives has afforded us the ability to provide pre-teen girls with an opportunity to explore different ways to approach and think about `true-to-life' experiences," says Brenda Laurel, co-founder and vice president, design. "In Rockett's Tricky Decision we deliver on our ongoing commitment to truly see and hear girls by reflecting their lives back to them through an ensemble of smart, funny characters and relevant story lines that respect the themes most important to girls."

ROCKETT'S TRICKY DECISION

Rockett's Tricky Decision picks up where Rockett's New School left off. A few months have passed since Rockett's first day at Whistling Pines Jr. High, but she is still trying to figure out where she fits in...and if she gets invited to...

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"Purple Moon Ships Third CD-ROM 'Friendship Adventure for Girls'; Rockett's Tricky Decision Follows Industry Newcomer's Highly Successful 1997 Holiday Season." Business Wire, 24 Feb. 1998, p. 2241132. link.gale.com/apps/doc/A20316379/AONE?u=gale&sid=bookmark-AONE. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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