In 1988, Ohio Art made an attempt to get into the computer/entertainment market by introducing a more advanced version of the Etch A Sketch Animator known as the Etch A Sketch Animator 2000.
It featured a new laptop-like design instead of the classic Etch A Sketch form factor.
The initial price was $139.99.
It featured a bigger LCD screen with a higher resolution than the original Animator.
It also featured 196 kilobytes of "powerful computer memory".
Perhaps the biggest change was the removal of the knobs and the addition of "The Magic Touchpad".
It was also capable of producing musical tones as opposed to the static-like tones of the original Animator.
The Etch A Sketch Animator 2000 also had a cartridge slot for additional memory or game cartridges.
Four cartridges were available: "Fly By", a flight simulator game; "Overdrive", a road racing game; "Putt-Nuts", a miniature golf game; and "Memory", a memory expansion cartridge.
The price for one cartridge was $28.99.
The Etch A Sketch Animator 2000 is capable of 22 frames of drawings and 99 frames of animation.
In 1988, Ohio Art made an attempt to get into the computer/entertainment market by introducing a more advanced version of the Etch A Sketch Animator known as the Etch A Sketch Animator 2000. It featured a new laptop-like design instead of the classic Etch A Sketch form factor. The initial price was $139.99. It featured a bigger LCD screen with a higher resolution than the original Animator. It also featured 196 kilobytes of "powerful computer memory". Perhaps the biggest change was the removal of the knobs and the addition of "The Magic Touchpad". It was also capable of producing musical tones as opposed to the static-like tones of the original Animator. The Etch A Sketch Animator 2000 also had a cartridge slot for additional memory or game cartridges. Four cartridges were available: "Fly By", a flight simulator game; "Overdrive", a road racing game; "Putt-Nuts", a miniature golf game; and "Memory", a memory expansion cartridge. The price for one cartridge was $28.99. The Etch A Sketch Animator 2000 is capable of 22 frames of drawings and 99 frames of animation.
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