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'''Great Wave Software''' was an educational computer [[software company]] founded in 1984 by Dr. Chad Mitchell and Stacy Mitchell and was located in [[Scotts Valley, California]]. It was a division of Instructional Fair Group, which was based in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]], and was a Tribune Education company.

Products produced by Great Wave included:

*NumberMaze
*NumberMaze Challenge<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000504140444/http://greatwave.com/html/nmazec.html NumberMaze Challenge] (archive), Great Wave Software</ref><ref>[http://reviews.cnet.com/computer-math-science/numbermaze-challenge-win3-1/1707-8034_7-353328.html NumberMaze Challenge Win3.1, MacOS7.1], ''[[CNET]]'', 09/29/1999{{Dead url|date=March 2024}}</ref>
*ReadingMaze
*KidsMath <ref>KidsMath for Windows, {{oclc|38995630}}</ref>
*KidsTime Deluxe
*Reading Mansion
*World Discovery Deluxe<ref name='Media and Methods'>{{cite journal | title = Multimedia Reviews: CD-ROMS | journal = Media & Methods | date = Nov–Dec 1999 | first = Naomi | last = Harper |author2=Parmigiani, Rosemary | volume = 36 | issue = 2 | pages = 46| issn = 0025-6897 | url = http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/2522664/multimedia-reviews-cd-roms | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214414/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/2522664/multimedia-reviews-cd-roms | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2016-03-03 | accessdate = 2012-07-15}}</ref>
*World Discovery
*[[ConcertWare]]
*Prairie Explorer: Biomes of North America (Eddie Award Winner)
*Redwoods Explorer: Biomes of North America
*Axel's Whirled Math
*DaisyQuest & Daisy's Castle
*Dot-to-Dot
*Story Writer

[[McGraw-Hill]] Children's Publishing (now part of School Specialty Publishing) bought Great Wave Software, and the company no longer exists.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schmeltzer|first=John|date=June 27, 2000|title=MCGRAW-HILL TO BUY TRIBUNE EDUCATION|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2000-06-27-0006270140-story.html|access-date=2020-08-09|website=chicagotribune.com|language=en-US}}</ref> All of Great Wave Software's products are out of print.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZIANdvJ0VYAC&dq=great+wave+software+mcgraw+hill&pg=PA64 |title = Struggling Readers: Assessment and Instruction in Grades K-6|isbn = 9781572308527|last1 = Balajthy|first1 = Ernest|last2 = Lipa-Wade|first2 = Sally|date = 2003-04-04}}</ref> School Specialty Publishing was later bought by [[Carson Dellosa]] publishing, and does not sell any apps for download. There have been no plans to reissue Great Wave Software's products as apps or to release any educational apps for download.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.carsondellosa.com/welcomeSSP.html |title=::: Welcome School Specialty Publishing and Frank Schaffer customers ::: |access-date=2012-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529063835/http://www.carsondellosa.com/welcomeSSP.html |archive-date=2012-05-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20000618001630/http://greatwave.com/ Great Wave Software](archive)

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[[Category:Defunct educational software companies]]
[[Category:Defunct software companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Software companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area]]
[[Category:Companies based in Santa Cruz County, California]]
[[Category:Software companies established in 1984]]
[[Category:1984 establishments in California]]
[[Category:Defunct companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area]]


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