1997
Products
• Thinker Rabbit is canceled. Grade Builder: Geometry is canceled. Madeline is canceled.
• The American Girls Premiere and The Oregon Trail 3rd Edition: Pioneer Adventures are released.
News
• October: TLC acquires Creative Wonders from Electronic Arts and Disney for roughly $63 million.
1998
Products
• Success Builder: Math Library, The American Girls Premiere: 2nd Edition, and Amazon Trail 3rd Edition: Rainforest Adventures are released.
• ClueFinders’ Club Kit leverages work done for a possible American Girls Story Creator product.
Platforms
• Oregon Trail III DVD is released.
News
• March: TLC acquires MindScape.
• June: TLC agrees to acquire Brøderbund for .8 TLC shares for each Brøderbund share. Pleasant Company announces purchase by Mattel, Inc.
• TLC acquires SofSource and Virtual Makeovers ($11 million each for Cosmopolitan and Essence CDs).
• October 2: Announcement of the TLC/Minneapolis site closing comes at 10:30 a.m. in Muncher Hall, from Gib Biddle.
• October 20: Taco-Taco Day, the fifth taco lunch (and this one was FREE) in Muncher Hall.
• December: TLC acquires Palladium Interactive.
• Greg Bestick gives his corporate presentation to assembled staff members. No questions were asked.
• December 16: MECC/TLC Celebration, “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!”
1999
News
• TLC/Minneapolis will be closed.
Products
• Oregon Trail 4th Edition and Road Rally (official names pending at press time) will be released.