Screenshot of Nick.com LaunchPad Communicator ScreenMate

Status: Partially found

ScreenMates were desktop toy BDAs (branded desktop applications) made from commissions mostly for the brands of Media and entertainment, and Retail in order to promote the brand. The desktop toys included features to play around with such as adding characters to the desktop, playing music, or showing news related to the brand.

History

After AdtTools rebranded their website to ThinkDesktop, ScreenMates were made and distributed through the mid - late 2000s. Popular brands like Family Guy and Pillsbury Doughboy had ScreenMates made for them. After rapid decline of the desktop toys, they were discontinued around the 2010s era, with the ThinkDesktop brand and website becoming defunct later on.

Availability

ScreenMates were mostly available to download on the ThinkDesktop website, or downloadable through other ways. Some ScreenMates were archived through an archive of the ThinkDesktop download page. Most of them were not archived for various reasons, such as improper archival, making them lost media.

ScreenMates

#	Brand	Status
1	Ice Age	Lost
2	Family Guy	Partially found
3	The Ant Bully	Lost
4	Stop & Shop	Lost
5	Webmaster Radio	Lost
7	Hasbro Monkey Bar TV	Lost
8	Nick.com LaunchPad Communicator	Lost
9	Scott	Lost
10	Blue Cross (UK)	Lost
11	American Dad	Lost
12	Cottonelle	Lost
13	Hawaiian Airlines	Lost
14	Vail Resorts	Lost
15	Dodge	Lost
16	SpongeBob SquarePants	Found
17	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Found
18	Fairly Odd Parents	Lost
19	Pillsbury	Lost
20	Comcast Spectator	Lost