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The History of Gaming Cartoons

Posted by Zonk on from the i-owned-captain-n-comics dept.

1up.com has a feature up delving into the History of Video Game Cartoons, from the quirky Q-Bert to the much maligned Captain N. From the article: "Memories, however, can be problematic. Even when they're good, they can still suck pretty bad. Take, for example, your first ride on a two-wheeler bike. You experienced a short thrill of speed and independence, and then took a nasty spill, tore the seat of your pants to reveal your underwear to your childhood crush, and then likely started crying like a little girl." So true, so true.

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  1. Just one letter by NEOtaku17 · · Score: 3, Funny
    "You experienced a short thrill of speed and independence, and then took a nasty pill, tore the seat of your pants to reveal your underwear to your childhood crush, and then likely started crying like a little girl."

    It's amazing how much one letter can make a difference.

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  2. Saturday "Starcade" bah. by GTarrant · · Score: 3, Informative
    Perhaps it shows my age, but if I recall, it was the Saturday Supercade. I even have the theme music somewhere. (Yes it's supercade time, let's have some supercade fun fun fun!)

    Starcade was a completely different show, which if I recall was more a game-show type.

    T.

  3. 1983? by vistic · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think the Pac-Man cartoon is my first memory ever I can recall of watching *any* TV program.

  4. Not me!!!! by EnronHaliburton2004 · · Score: 4, Funny

    then likely started crying like a little girl

    Bah, when I was 6 I fell off my bike and immediately started crying like a grown man.

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  5. A short-lived recent one by cgenman · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Game over. Far above par for a show about videogames.

    The reviewer failed to point out the best part of Captain N: he could pause time. Yes, by pressing start on that controller of his, Captain N could pause the world around him. He could run to the bus on time, he could pause (though not rewind) live TV, and he could take the super mega weapon of death from the bad guy's hand. Thus the controller was Captain N's Voltron Sword, rendering entire episodes (and arguably, the series) pointless.

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  6. tonight's Futurama by eamonman · · Score: 2, Insightful

    One of my favorite episodes! The 80's cartoon parody what if episode. Watch it right now.

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  7. Fav VG Cartoon by FalleStar · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'd have to say hands down my favorite video game cartoon series was the Super Mario ones. I used to watch those all the time as a kid, luckly I snagged the DVD that had something like 6-9 episodes on it. Ahh... good times.

  8. What was the Nick show? by djdanlib · · Score: 2

    What was that Nickelodeon game show, where you had to play video games? There were a few good games on that show... and that Mikey on the sidewalk game!

    1. Re:What was the Nick show? by bmorton · · Score: 3, Informative

      That was Nick Arcade, and if you look hard enough, you'll find that they still air the reruns.

      -B

  9. ReBoot by Tirlas · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ReBoot has always taken a place in my heart. It motivated me to become a CS major, and gave me an interest in graphics. MainFrame came out with two-movies continuing from season 3 which were later released as epis 1-8 of season 4. I wish they would at least finish that season. Further there was an Imax movie where Herr Doktor explored Hexidecimal's mind... at least from what I've read.

  10. I wonder what the game creators ever saw thoose by Ailure · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Becuse after all, there is so many errors in thoose old TV series compared to the Video games. Cavemen in SMW? Real world in SMB3? And when did Link live together with Zelda?

    Of course, I loved this shows as kid. Becuse it had my favorite charachter, thought you realise how bad they are when youre older... and now you're used with having Charles Martinet as the offical Mario voice.

    Do the Mario song is still a classic, becuse it's bad in a funny way.

  11. Fridays on the Super Mario Super Show! by BTWR · · Score: 2, Interesting

    My friends and I always looked forward to fridays, cuz we could see The Legend of Zelda episodes that day!

  12. You young whippersnappers by the_skywise · · Score: 3, Funny

    Try going back and watching Star Trek: The Animated Series. I had fond memories of seeing that in my jammies on Saturday morning with a bowl of cereal. Life just didn't get any better.

    Then I watched a few episodes recently. Oooh boy. There are actually some decent stories but the production values are just...blech...

    (On a side note, anyone seen the Flash Gordon animation series by Filmation floating around on the net? I've been wanting to see that again, but I can't turn it up anywhere)

    Now Space Academy... THERE was s show...

  13. They forgot... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Remember Video Power, the proto-G4 video games show? In their first season they had a cartoon called "Power Team", which was a Captain N knockoff starring Acclaim characters. A cop from NARC, the dude from Wizards & Warriors, Kwirk (a tomato), a basketball player from Arch-Rivals, and Bigfoot (yes, the truck) would team up to fight Mr. Big, also from NARC.

    It was fucked up.

    They also forgot about Dragon Warrior, the briefly translated RPG cartoon that, because of Akira Toriyama, looked a lot like Dragon Ball. I remember seeing it once or twice, and I remember it being pretty freaking cool.

  14. Someone else remembers Earthworm Jim?! by MilenCent · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It was *great*! Fully the equal of Freakazoid and sometimes even up to (dare I say it??) Tick quality. In a perfect world these would have been on shelves in DVD format two years ago.