# Inventor Labs > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Inventor_Labs > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Inventor_Labs.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventor_Labs > Source revision: 1337610707 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{italic title}} {{Short description|CD-ROM software from Houghton Mifflin Interactive and Red Hill Studios}} {{Infobox software | name = ''Inventor Labs'' | developer = Houghton Mifflin Interactive
Red Hill Studios | released = 1996{{cite web|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=21704|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114190045/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=21704|title=Inventor Labs|website=[All Game Guide](/source/All_Game_Guide)|archivedate=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 10, 2026}} | operating_system = {{ubl|[Macintosh](/source/Macintosh){{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-record/155971026/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925132154/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-record/155971026/|title=Edison, fellow inventors give guided tours of labs|newspaper=[Daily Record](/source/Daily_Record_(New_Jersey))|page=42|archivedate=September 25, 2024|date=July 7, 1996|accessdate=April 17, 2025|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)|url-status=live}}|[Windows](/source/Windows)}} | genre = }} '''''Inventor Labs''''' is a [CD-ROM](/source/CD-ROM) software from [Houghton Mifflin Interactive](/source/Houghton_Mifflin_Interactive) and Red Hill Studios. ==Summary== The CD has a virtual tour through three of the most famous science labs ever: the workshops of [Thomas Edison](/source/Thomas_Edison), [Alexander Graham Bell](/source/Alexander_Graham_Bell), and [James Watt](/source/James_Watt).{{cite web|first=James|last=Coates|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1996/07/08/netscape-pack-plugs-in-users-to-the-power-of-the-web/e07377fc-56fb-42f2-8889-e615a59d51ba/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250417122256/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1996/07/08/netscape-pack-plugs-in-users-to-the-power-of-the-web/e07377fc-56fb-42f2-8889-e615a59d51ba/|title=Netscape plugs in users to the power of the web|newspaper=[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)|archivedate=April 17, 2025|date=July 8, 1996|accessdate=April 17, 2025|url-status=live}} ==Development== ''Inventor Labs'' was developed by Red Hill Studios, a company founded in 1991.{{cite web|url=http://www.redhillstudios.com/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970103010951/http://www.redhillstudios.com/index.html|title=About|website=Red Hill Studios|archivedate=January 3, 1997|accessdate=April 17, 2025|url-status=live}} ==Reception== ''[CNET](/source/CNET)'' said "Combining an interactive look at science history with an eye to the future, this virtual tour will be as much fun for kids as their first magnifying glass".{{cite web|first=Peter|last=Scisco|url=http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Cdcentral/Reviews/0%2C50%2C465%2C00.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961222183734/http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Cdcentral/Reviews/0,50,465,00.html|title=InventorLabs|website=[CNET](/source/CNET)|archivedate=December 22, 1996|accessdate=April 17, 2025}} ''[New York Daily News](/source/New_York_Daily_News)'' gave Inventor Labs a score of 2 out of 4.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/155970508/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925130802/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/155970508/|title=ABC's of high-sci|newspaper=[New York Daily News](/source/New_York_Daily_News)|page=552|archivedate=September 25, 2024|date=October 20, 1996|accessdate=April 17, 2025|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)|url-status=live}} ''[Publishers Weekly](/source/Publishers_Weekly)'' said "Though the science here is solid, kids will likely seek out something more entertaining".{{cite web|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA18808292&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GPS&asid=232a5fd3|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250417083408/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA18808292&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GPS&asid=232a5fd3|title=Inventor Labs|magazine=[Publishers Weekly](/source/Publishers_Weekly)|archivedate=April 17, 2025|date=October 28, 1996|accessdate=April 17, 2025|via=[Gale Research](/source/Gale_Research)|url-status=live}} ''Inventor Labs'' won a Gold Invision Award for Best Young Adult Title.{{cite web|url=http://newmedia.com/Invision/winners/Inventor.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970417025321/http://newmedia.com/Invision/winners/Inventor.html|title=Inventor Labs |website=NewMedia|archivedate=April 17, 1997|accessdate=April 17, 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hminet.com/home/company/news/invision.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970222213752/http://www.hminet.com/home/company/news/invision.html|title=News|website=[Houghton Mifflin Interactive](/source/Houghton-Mifflin_Company)|archivedate=February 22, 1997|date=June 4, 1996|accessdate=April 17, 2025}} It was also a finalist in the Best Use of Visual Arts in Multimedia category in the 1997 [CODiE Awards](/source/CODiE_Awards).{{cite web|url=http://www.spa.org/codies/1997/multimedia.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970109082300/http://www.spa.org/codies/1997/multimedia.htm|title=1997 in excellence software awards program|website=[Software Publishers Association](/source/Software_Publishers_Association)|archivedate=January 9, 1997|accessdate=January 9, 2026}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/19970103010936/http://www.redhillstudios.com/invent/invent.html}} (archived) Category:1996 software Category:Windows software Category:Macintosh software {{Windows-software-stub}} {{Mac-software-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Inventor Labs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventor_Labs) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventor_Labs?action=history)). 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