A animated cartoon package from EA in 1988 running on my ICL 386 in 2023
Cartooners is an animated cartoon creation package from EA way back in 1988.
I had very fond memories of creating various animations as a kid growing up. Me and my siblings would take turns creating silly little animations, full of our current in-jokes.
It's a very simple to learn tool which can quickly be used to create some quite engaging cartoons.
Unfortunately it also has a few minor bugs that can undermine your work, such as background scenes sometimes not changing correctly during playback.
The video above was captured on my ICL 386 PC, however I used to quite happily use the tool on my Compaq 286 growing up without any issues.
You can quite easily track this one down on abandonware sites still and it's quick and easily to play with in DosBox.
I've introduced this one to my kids who still enjoy playing about with it 35 years after it was created. Recommended!
