# Hasbro Interactive

> American video game producer and publisher

**Wikidata**: [Q579796](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q579796)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro_Interactive)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/hasbro-interactive

## Summary
Hasbro Interactive is an American video game producer and publisher founded in 1995. It operated as a Hasbro subsidiary (1995–2001) and developed and published interactive entertainment, including the 1998 title Star Wars: Millennium Falcon CD-ROM Playset.

## Key Facts
- Founded (inception): 1995.  
- Primary industry: Video game industry (developer and publisher).  
- Parent organization: Hasbro (parent from 1995 until 2001-01-29).  
- Headquarters: Beverly, Massachusetts, United States; address listed as 50 Dunham Rd, Beverly, MA 01915-1844; coordinates lat 42.57860565760177, lon -70.87136804874437; ZIP 01915.  
- Follows / successor relationship: follows Spectrum HoloByte.  
- Notable developed title: Star Wars: Millennium Falcon CD-ROM Playset (interactive video game, 1998).  
- Common aliases: Hasbro Interactive, Inc.; Hasbro Electronic Entertainment; 孩之宝互動.  
- Identifiers: ISNI 0000000106572323; VIAF 124651131; Freebase /m/0pd0s; permid 5001118059.  
- Instance classifications: business; video game developer; video game publisher.  
- Maintains a compiled list of Hasbro Interactive video games (has_list).

## FAQs
### Q: What is Hasbro Interactive?
A: Hasbro Interactive is an American business that produced and published video games. It was established in 1995 and is classified as both a video game developer and publisher.

### Q: When was Hasbro Interactive founded and who owned it?
A: Hasbro Interactive was founded in 1995. Its parent organization was Hasbro, which is recorded as parent from 1995 until 2001-01-29.

### Q: Where was Hasbro Interactive headquartered?
A: Hasbro Interactive was headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States, with a listed address of 50 Dunham Rd, Beverly, MA 01915-1844 and geographic coordinates lat 42.57860565760177, lon -70.87136804874437.

### Q: What are some notable products or titles from Hasbro Interactive?
A: One specifically listed interactive title developed by Hasbro Interactive is Star Wars: Millennium Falcon CD-ROM Playset (1998). The company also has a maintained list of Hasbro Interactive video games.

### Q: How is Hasbro Interactive classified in bibliographic and database systems?
A: It appears in multiple authority and commercial databases, including ISNI 0000000106572323, VIAF 124651131, Freebase /m/0pd0s, GameFAQs company id 3942, and Mobygames company id 8750.

## Why It Matters
Hasbro Interactive represents a major consumer-brand company's formal entry into interactive entertainment. As a Hasbro-owned business established in 1995, it served as the corporate channel for the toy and entertainment company to develop and publish software tied to entertainment and intellectual-property initiatives. Its operations placed it squarely in the video game industry as both a developer and publisher, enabling Hasbro to extend brand reach into electronic and interactive products. The company produced titles such as the 1998 Star Wars: Millennium Falcon CD-ROM Playset and maintained a catalog of games under the Hasbro Interactive label. Its organizational relationships—follows Spectrum HoloByte and parentage by Hasbro through 2001—situate it within industry consolidation and corporate strategy efforts of the late 1990s and early 2000s. For researchers and cataloguers, multiple authority identifiers and database entries make Hasbro Interactive a well-documented case of a corporate game division during that period.

## Notable For
- Serving as Hasbro’s dedicated video game business, operating as a developer and publisher from its 1995 inception.  
- Headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts, with a specific listed address and precise geographic coordinates.  
- Developing and publishing interactive licensed content, exemplified by Star Wars: Millennium Falcon CD-ROM Playset (1998).  
- Being linked in corporate succession/relationship records to Spectrum HoloByte (follows).  
- Extensive registry across bibliographic and industry databases (ISNI, VIAF, Freebase, Mobygames, GameFAQs, etc.).

## Body

### Overview
- Hasbro Interactive is identified in authority data as an American business focused on the video game industry.  
- It is classified both as a video game developer and a video game publisher.  
- The company’s Wikidata description: "American video game producer and publisher."

### Corporate details
- Inception year: 1995 (references indicate Hasbro sources).  
- Parent organization: Hasbro, with documented parent relationship starting in 1995 and an end_time of 2001-01-29.  
- The company "follows" Spectrum HoloByte according to structured relationship data.

### Headquarters and location
- City: Beverly, Massachusetts, United States.  
- Full address recorded: 50 Dunham Rd, Beverly, MA 01915-1844.  
- Postal code: 01915.  
- Coordinates: latitude 42.57860565760177, longitude -70.87136804874437.

### Products and development
- Notable developed title: Star Wars: Millennium Falcon CD-ROM Playset (interactive video game, 1998).  
- The entity maintains/has an associated compiled list of Hasbro Interactive video games.

### Classification and industry
- Instance of: business; video game developer; video game publisher.  
- Industry: Video game industry (explicit industry assignment in structured data).

### Identifiers and external databases
- ISNI: 0000000106572323.  
- PERMID: 5001118059.  
- VIAF ID: 124651131.  
- Freebase ID: /m/0pd0s (alias "Hasbro Interactive").  
- GameFAQs company ID: 3942.  
- Mobygames company ID: 8750.  
- Additional registry entries include musicbrainz label id, library and national authority identifiers, and commercial database IDs (e.g., Crunchbase: hasbro-interactive).

### Language and linking
- Wikipedia title: Hasbro Interactive.  
- Available Wikipedia language links include: Arabic, Egyptian Arabic (arz), German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Swedish.  
- Sitelink count recorded: 8.

### Relationships and succession
- Listed as following Spectrum HoloByte.  
- Parent relationship with Hasbro documented with specific start and end qualifiers (1995 to 2001-01-29).  

### Records and lists
- Maintains or is associated with a "list of Hasbro Interactive video games" for product cataloging.  
- Has multiple fandom and wiki article entries across specialty wikis (logos, atari, gamicus, video-games, civilization).

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## References

1. TheGamesDB
2. LastDodo
3. LaunchBox Games Database
4. OpenCorporates
5. MobyGames
6. [Source](https://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/faculty/chris.trimble/osi/downloads/20021_hasbro.pdf)
7. Crunchbase
8. Google Knowledge Graph
9. [Source](https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/h/NYSE_HAS_2000.pdf)
10. [Source](https://www.macworld.com/article/1021902/infogrames.html)
11. MusicBrainz
12. BabelNet
13. Thomson Reuters Open Perm ID
14. [LittleSis](https://littlesis.org/org/143961-Hasbro_Interactive)
15. Giant Bomb
16. GameFAQs
17. [Source](https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/Hasbro_Interactive?oldid=2040563)
18. [Source](https://atari.fandom.com/wiki/Hasbro_Interactive?oldid=4581)
19. [Source](https://golden.com/wiki/Hasbro_Interactive-JA93E)
20. Online Games-Datenbank
21. Virtual International Authority File
22. StrategyWiki