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<br> <br><p>A photo of Neopets, a virtual pet game that has been around since 1999.</p><br><br> <br><br><br><br> <br><p>The beloved browser game Neopets first launched in 1999. At its core, the game is about caring for virtual pets, which never die (unlike Tamagotchi). Along the way, Neopets entertained and empowered a generation of young women to learn coding and discover how the stock market works.</p><br><br> <br><br><br><br> <br><p>Neopets has bounced around a lot since its mid-2000s heyday. It was sold to Viacom in 2005, then to JumpStart in 2014. JumpStart was acquired by Chinese gaming company NetDragon in 2017.</p><br><br> <br><br><br><br> <br><p>Neopets, which has a little more than 50% of its fan base in the United States, is working on several projects to bring the game to China, JumpStart CEO Jim Czulewicz told CNN Business Friday.</p><br><br> <br><br><br><br> <br><p>Neopets was built on JavaScript and Flash. But with the im