Bright Star Technology

Bright Star Technology, Inc. was founded by Elon Gasper and Nedra Goedert during the early 1980s and was a key player in multimedia technology. Well-known titles from Bright Star include HyperAnimation, Alphabet Blocks, and the Talking Tutors series. Bright Star was acquired by Sierra Online in 1992, and was a cornerstone of Sierra's educational games department.

Since the acquisition, several computer-related companies have been founded with this name, or a similar one.

Bright Star's games

 * Alphabet Blocks
 * Spelling Jungle (also sold as Basic Spelling and Yobi's Basic Spelling Tricks; code-named Spelling Demons)
 * Spelling Blizzard (also sold as Advanced Spelling)
 * Kid's Typing
 * Early Math
 * Beginning Reading
 * The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain
 * Discover ABC and 123 with Hickory & Me (also sold as separate ABC and 123 products; produced in cooperation with Golden Books Family Entertainment)
 * Discover Math and Spelling with Monker (also sold as separate Math and Spelling products; produced in cooperation with Golden Books Family Entertainment)

Bright Star's language education products

 * Berlitz Live! Spanish (produced in cooperation with Berlitz International, Inc.)
 * Berlitz Live! Japanese (produced in cooperation with Berlitz International, Inc.)