On the cartoon front, Nickelodeon today announced it will be turning its animated properties into a CD-ROM series. Extending a current partnership with Broderbund, Nickelodeon will release two Nicktoons games in 1999, leveraging the Nickelodeon Rugrats characters (already the subject of a Broderbund game), as well as Ren and Stimpy, Angry Beavers, Kablam!, Real Monsters, and other upcoming titles.
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Macromedia's promo site: will launch a new entertainment site on 18 February called ShockRave, a site demonstrating the capabilities of the company's Web animation tools through a series of cartoons and games. A number of recognized names will provide "exclusive" content in the line-up, including Columbia TriStar, Disney, Comedy Central, and United Media (which controls "Dilbert"), as well as game companies SegaSoft and Broderbund.
