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 Cartoon Orbit's front page from 2000-2002 | |
Type of site | Children's digital collectible card game |
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| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Owner | Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner) |
| Created by | Sam Register |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | November 2000 |
| Current status | Closed, October 2006 |
Cartoon Orbit was an online gaming network created by Turner Online for CartoonNetwork.com that launched in November 2000 to promote its shows and partners. Its main attraction was a system of virtual trading cards called "cToons", which generally featured animation cells from programs broadcast on the network, though advertisement-based cToons were common. Added in October 2002 was the popular head-to-head strategy game gToons.
The site began to suffer from lack of maintenance beginning in 2005. On October 16, 2006, Cartoon Network shut down Cartoon Orbit and left users with a "Thank You" certificate as a token of their appreciation.