The most amazing courses in the history of Golden Tee golf are here. Golden Tee Live 2007 Home Edition will dazzle players’ senses and challenge their skills with new courses, new features and new fun. The game has a 27” flat-panel monitor that displays quality graphics. Home game rooms will never be the same. This product is distributed by Allied Distributing.

Kids can go crazy with more than 200 brand new gizmo-twistin’ levels, enjoying all new elements, music, backgrounds and more. They start off in the Inventor’s Training Camp to sharpen their skills, and then experience explosive action and building fun using 100 awesome and wacky parts, including bottle rockets, cannons, bombs and robots. It’s the ultimate brain-teasing puzzle game. Launch date: March 2007.

Children can design, build and drive with this set, putting together engines, gadgets, doors, wheels, lights and tons more. It’s up to them to recycle wacky old parts from Gary’s junkyard into amazing vehicles in the workshop. There are 16 missions and activities, and more than 127 parts to create endless car part combinations. Participants can earn certificates and medals, race their cars, and create a photo album of their favorites. This product “provides quality education while also being entertaining and fun for kids,” Project Manager Beatrice LaBarge of Viva Media told TDmonthly. It has won iParenting Media and ALA awards and received a spring 2007 Parents' Choice Award. Launch date: January 2007.

Using plug-and-play technology, parents simply plug this kid-sized stationary bike into their television’s A/V jacks to bring the arcade experience home to enable kids to be active while learning. Kids pedal and steer to play fun learning games right on the TV. Launch date: March 5, 2008.

This Mac-based video game teaches anyone how to play piano in minutes. It uses a proprietary computer game engine along with a color-coded piano keyboard (bundled with the software) allowing the user to simply hit the correct note at the correct time. The software is compatible with electronic music files, allowing users to import their favorite song and play along with a completely new music game. Launch date: January 8, 2007.

The second edition of this DVD game is loaded with all-new movie clips, trivia questions and puzzlers from Hollywood’s finest films, including “Walk the Line,” “Dodgeball” and “The Devil Wears Prada.” The game tests players’ powers of observation and puzzle-solving skills through a variety of on-screen challenges. According to Nancy Jenkins, director of public relations at Screenlife, the Scene It? game “started the DVD game craze and revolutionized the board game industry.” Launch date: July 2007. 

The Game Chamber is an innovative locking storage unit for games, movies or videos. These models, for Nintendo Gameboy Advance, Gameboy Advance SP, Nintendo DS, and DS Lite come in blue, pink and silver shades.
— The product “prevents kids from losing or damaging their games, because they have to put the game cartridge or CD/DVD they are playing with away if they want to play with another,” Sherri Sklar, VP of sales and marketing at Daze Products, told TDmonthly. “There is currently nothing else out there in the market that singlehandedly organizes the games, protects [them] from being lost or damaged, and teaches children personal responsibility.” For price, contact Daze. Launch date: February 11, 2007.

This DVD game for 2 to 4 players includes clips from Cartoon Network’s new “The Land Before Time” TV series.  Mini-games, including matching games, memory challenges and more, keep the game different each time it is played on-screen.

Nintendo’s Wii is distinct from other video game consoles because it has the wireless Wii Remote. This device detects motion, so that game-players can simulate the movement of their game rather than just press buttons. Players whose game character is swinging a sword, for example, make swinging motions to get their character to act. With a BM PowerPC-based CPU, a Wii Optical Disc, 512MB Internal flash memory, and online services such as Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, WiiConnect24, Virtual Console and Wii Channels, Wii also delivers great performance. Launch Date: November 19, 2006.

Xbox 360 delivers high definition gaming and entertainment experiences for the whole family, with games such as the classic "Pac-Man" and the new generation blockbuster "Halo 2."  With a 3.2 GHz PPC Tri-Core Xenon CPU and 500 MHz ATI Xenos GPU, the Xbox 360 provides great graphics and audio for realistic games. Xbox 360 also features high definition downloads on Xbox LIVE, access to digital music and pictures stored on a PC and voice and video chat capability via the Vision camera.  Xbox 360 is available in three models: Xbox 360 Core, Xbox 360 (with a 20 GB hard drive) and the new Xbox 360 Elite (with a 120 GB hard drive and black finish). Launch Date: November 22, 2005.

PlayStation 3 is a seventh-generation video game console. The console has a powerful 3.2 GHz Cell Broadband Engine with 1 PPE and 7 SPEs. Users can buy games such as the popular "Resistance: Fall of Man" and can also use the PlayStation Network to play interactive games with others. The console supports BD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-ROM and Super Audio CD technology. Most PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games also can be played on this new console. Launch Date: November 17, 2006.

"Pirates of the Caribbean II: Dead Man's Chest" was the biggest movie of the year and this game features clips from both films starring Johnny Depp as the swashbuckling Captain Jack Sparrow. By entering codes with a TV or DVD player remote control, players are led to pirate riddles, booty cards and hidden treasures for the taking. The game board is cleverly fashioned in the shape of a treasure map. The package also includes four pirate ship player tokens and is designed for 2 to 4 pirate players. Launch Date: Summer 2006.

This edition of the educational DVD game is geared toward grades 3 to 5, and although the kids can play by themselves or with friends, mom and dad can also take part to turn it into a family game of knowledge. The fun quiz questions are supplemented with logic, text and audio games to keep children interested as they learn. Exciting action games are offered as a reward, motivating kids to advance. Launch date: Fall 2006.

This hybrid gaming system blends strategic trading card play with video game play. Intellicards scanned into the console base bring characters to life on screen. Add and store new powers through challenges and upgrades.

This expansion pack introduces 20 new marine animals, including green sea turtles, black tip reef sharks and West Indian manatees, into the “Zoo Tycoon 2” experience. Players can watch an orca breach the surface of its tank while dolphins teach each other new tricks. In addition to building new tanks, gamers can customize their own aquatic shows, teaching animals to entertain guests and increase zoo ratings. “Marine Mania lets you train your aquatic animals to perform amazing shows to the delight of your zoo guests,” Jason Ing of Blue Fang Games told TDmonthly. This product received a 2007 Parents' Choice Approved award. Launch date: October 17, 2006.

Based on the Strawberry Shortcake: Sweet Dreams movie, this PS2 game asks players to help build new dreams for Strawberry Shortcake’s four friends. The platform style game incorporates eight exploration levels and six mini-games. Players learn about friendship, and as they obtain powers and knowledge, difficulty increases for replay value. “The Game Factory has been dedicated to creating non-violent, age-appropriate video games for children as young as 5 years old,” Flashpoint PR account coordinator Karen Lynch told TDmonthly. This game gives children “a chance to use their imagination to unlock dreams and explore different environments.” Launch date: Oct. 24, 2006.

This new educational DVD game lets a whole family play together in the comfort of their living room, using just a DVD player, TV and remote control. The game is based on Brain Quest, the No. 1-selling question-and-answer game for kids. The fun quiz questions are supplemented with logic, text and audio games to keep children interested as they learn. Exciting action games are offered as a reward, motivating kids to advance. There are two versions, including one for ages 8 to 10, with more than 450 questions and answers in each game. Each DVD game includes a free mini Brain Quest deck. Launch date: Fall 2006.

WonkaZoid is  the ultimate combination of the two things tweens love most: candy and video games.  The portable, affordable, colorful gadget keeps tweens entertained anytime, anywhere. WonkaZoid is a hand-held, refillable candy dispenser with a fun, one-of-a-kind video game that features Wonka-rific characters.  Each WonkaZoid comes with a full pack of WONKA® candy.  The introductory series of WonkaZoid includes four varieties to collect and play: Strawberry NERDS comes with the game NERDS Hockey, starring the Oompa Loompas; new Sour NERDS is partnered with NERDS Freeze Tag; SWEETARTS is teamed up with the SweeTarts Oompa Candy Flip game; and SWEETARTS Shockers is tied to the ever-challenging SweeTarts Shockers Shockball Showdown.  Launch date: November 2006.

Boasting a sleek, sporty design, the S2000 is the hot seat for the serious teen gamer.  Standard features include: 3-inch full-range speakers, 5.5 inch subwoofer, iPod/MP3 docking station, headphone jack, accessories storage pocket and breathable mesh fabric.  The S2000 is compatible with all game consoles and audio visual devices, including TV, VCR, DVD and MP3 player.  Using Audio Response Technology (ARX™), the S2000 vibrates and pulses in time to on-screen action, putting the player into the action. Launch Date: Launched early 2006.

Players will collect rare gems, valuable coins and prized amulets, and piece together the elusive treasure map that will lead them to great riches and wild adventure. They’ll journey to exotic locales, past Cutthroat City and beyond Fire Mountain, where a glorious trove of treasure awaits. They’ll challenge themselves with the Puzzle mode, where they must use cunning and craftiness to win the game with a set number of cannonballs.

Kids play Flo, who has ditched her boring desk job and is rolling up her sleeves and setting out to build her own empire of high-class restaurants. Flo will have to move fast to master the art of Diner Dash. She’ll seat the customers speedily, keep them happily fed and watch the tips and profits roll in. There are 50 challenging levels, 5 different types of unique customers and 2 modes of play: Career and Endless Shift. (Read Review)

Kids can enter magical gardens, where a fairy-in-training waits to show the way in this PC CD-ROM game rated “E” for “Everyone.” There, they will plant seeds, harvest flowers, restore fountains and watch their gardens bloom … but they must beware! Weeds, rocks, insects and the clock are all waiting to make this game a fun-filled challenge.

VMIGO’s line of interactive virtual pets allow owners to develop and nurture the pet of their choice and bring their pet to life and play with it as a character in video games on TV. VMIGO can be experienced in two ways. The portable handheld VMIGO pod unit, allows pet owners to interact with their virtual pet. Then, take the handheld pod unit and place it into the gaming console by plugging directly into the TV, and unlock interactive environments and videogames.

Koala Brothers Outback Adventures is an action adventure game for the preschool audience. Kids take on the role of all the different characters from the popular Koala Brothers TV series. They can help the brothers find George’s lost mail or jump around as Josie the Kangaroo, searching for Mitzi. They can even play a tennis match with Archie or help Lolly serve ice cream from her ice cream van on a warm day.

These high-quality controllers, through a licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Consumer Products, can be plugged into a variety of different video game consoles. They are emblazened with Superman's insignia.