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2005 video game| Club Penguin File:ClubPenguin.png | |
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| Developer(s) | New Horizon Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | New Horizon Interactive |
| Designer(s) | New Horizon Interactive |
| Engine | Adobe Flash |
| Platform(s) | OS Independent (Web Based Flash) |
| Release | October 24, 2005 |
| Genre(s) | MMORPG |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Club Penguin is a massively-multiplayer online role-playing game for children developed by New Horizon Interactive. Using cartoon penguin avatars, players can converse, play minigames, and participate in other activities with one another in a snow-covered virtual world. Club Penguin was first made available to the public in October 2005, and has since expanded into a large online community.
Club Penguin shares similarities with other popular online environments like Habbo Hotel and RuneScape. Club Penguin is primarily designed for children age eight to fourteen, and has been qualified for the Better Business Bureau - Kid’s Privacy Seal of Approval.
Though the game can be played for free, many of the features are not available unless a subscription is purchased.
Secret Agents
Secret Agent Penguins are expected to act as informers, reporting violations of the rules of Club Penguin. They also help new members get started in the game.
Servers
There are currently 54 total servers. 47 being regular servers and 7 being ultimate safe chat servers. Ultimate Safe Chat is a type of chat where users have a list of premade messages to say. Standard Chat is where the user can type out messages.
Parties
Every month there is a party in Club Penguin where free items are given to both members and non members.
Security & Hacking
With most online games cheaters and hackers exist. Hackers of Club Penguin utilize flash decompilers to gain access to otherwise hidden or secret material or other leftovers in the game's code. Such use is forbidden in Club Penguin's Terms of Service and users who are caught hacking or illegally modifying their accounts are suspended on the spot. The only "approved" creation from decompilation was an unofficial soundtrack created by various users of Miniclip .
Memberships
You can purchase memberships to Club Penguin; these enable anyone who uses the registered computer to play Club Penguin .
References
- Leibowitz, Wanda, "Kids' Games Online for Free: A Parent's Guide to Safe, Positive, Non-violent Sites for Young Gamers", Associated Content, July 6, 2006 (URL last accessed September 14, 2006).
- Club Penguin - It's Launched!, Club Penguin Developer Blog, October 24, 2005 (URL last accessed on September 8 2006).
- Q & A for Parents, Club Penguin, URL last accessed on August 24 2006.
- Club Penguin Secures BBB OnLine Kid's Privacy Seal of Approval, Club Penguin, Press release, April 24, 2006 (URL last accessed on September 4, 2006).
- Gutner, Toddi, Teaching Internet Safety to Kids, BusinessWeek Online, July 27, 2006 (URL last accessed on August 30, 2006).