Video Game cartoons thread!

[FOX2600]

Just picked up a Captain N: The Game Master VHS

 

What are your favorite retro (or not retro) cartoons based on video games?

 

Let's share some recommendations, memories, and nostalgia!

Edited March 28, 2017 by FOX2600

[Tanooki]

The old Super Mario Super show and spinoffs, Captain N as much so, also the Power Team, Dragon's Lair, Space Ace, Dungeons & Dragons, the Saturday Morning Arcade(or whatever it was called), Pac-Man, and various other single game one offs I'm forgetting. I know there was one that had a few arcade characters like q-bert and DK Jr in it i think...fuzzy memory on that one. I tried to catch anything that kind of worked throughout the 80s. I've actually got the Captain N complete dvd set here which is oddly something that appears to be popular so it costs a bit.

[FOX2600]

I've actually got the Captain N complete dvd set here which is oddly something that appears to be popular so it costs a bit.

2 listings at $100.00 on eBay currently, I'd say so!

 

I would love to check out any every DK cartoon!

[Pixelboy]

Ta-na-na-na Super Fighting Robot! Ta-na-na-NAAA MEGA MAN!

 

 

Honestly, that cartoon was terrible, but at least the Mega Man X episode was awesome.

[zzip]

Only one I ever watched was the Pacman one, and I hated it.

[toptenmaterial]

Anyone here discover the Johnny Turbo comics?

 

http://sardoose.rustedlogic.net/reviews/jturbo/

[Tanooki]

2 listings at $100.00 on eBay currently, I'd say so!

 

I would love to check out any every DK cartoon!

The CGI DKC one was terrible. I know it was up there as a couple years back half price booked one at $75 and no one would bite, but when a 50% off coupon rolled around I grabbed it. I've very slowly peeled through them when I remember I have the set and they're fairly entertaining still despite being entirely inaccurate to the source material. But it's so bad it's funny like Simon Belmont being a pretty boy priss with a whip and mega man being this short chubby bastard child of the terrible original box art and the game design.

[toptenmaterial]

[fiddlepaddle]

By the time video games came out, most of the Saturday morning stuff was crap, but I always chuckled at the Dominos Noid commercials...

[BydoEmpire]

I've shown my son a few of the original Pac Man cartoons and he liked them. I liked it back int he day, and now I still find them entertaining, partly for nostalgia, partly for how cheesy they are... but it's all in good fun.

 

 

 

By the time video games came out, most of the Saturday morning stuff was crap

That was the heyday of Saturday morning cartoons for me: He-Man, the Smurfs, Dungeons & Dragons, Looney Tunes. I can't say whether early 80s cartoons were better or worse than 70s, but they were certainly better than in the late 80s! Edited March 29, 2017 by BydoEmpire

[Skippy B. Coyote]

When I was growing up I always liked the Saturday morning Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon that ran from '93 to '94. I haven't seen it since I was a kid so I don't know how well it's aged or if it would still be appealing to me now as an adult, but man did that series make me think that chili dogs were just about the coolest food ever back then. I also seem to recall always wondering why Princess Sally Acorn was wearing stripper boots.

Edited March 29, 2017 by Jin

[Tanooki]

Like most is has aged so-so. It just depends how you feel about cliched early mid 90s 'cool kids' comments thrown around. It's fine over all, could be worse, far worse. I've seen a few random ones from some odd links in the last few years so it's still watachable if you go in and don't set the bar high with nostalgia.

[7800fan]

Does Dungeon & Dragons count? Since it's originally based on paper and dice game but it's been made available on almost every console and computers throughout the 80s. I loved the series!

 

Also Dragon's Lair series ran on Saturday morning in the mid 80s.

[Tanooki]

I figured it did because it was also time and again an early PC (TSR) and NES game release as well. Sure it started on paper, pencils and all sorts of dice but it went digital pretty fast as crude as it was to start.

 

Dragon's Lair was amazing, watched it and the DnD cartoons. I was surprised in the Gamecube era to see a Dragon's Lair 3D title that was an action game that looks surprisingly well drawn like the old laserdisc game.

[+save2600]

It's amazing what gets past you sometimes. Not sure I remember Dragon's Lair, Space Ace or the Dungeons and Dragons cartoons!

 

Pac-Man, Mario Bros. TMNT of course, those I remember and would watch here and there. Primarily watched stuff like He-Man, Inspector Gadget, Thundercats, Tom & Jerry, Woody Woodpecker, Popeye, Baby Huey, the old Looney Toons of course, that kind of stuff.

 

 

Oh and totally remember the Hobbit cartoons. Not a fan. At all.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qteq21CvDRE

 

[dj_convoy]

Anyone here discover the Johnny Turbo comics?

 

http://sardoose.rustedlogic.net/reviews/jturbo/

I had read this and knew about them, of course... bought a big lot of EGM at random, and lucked out because I happened to get the three issues that contained Johnny Turbo.

[toptenmaterial]

I had read this and knew about them, of course... bought a big lot of EGM at random, and lucked out because I happened to get the three issues that contained Johnny Turbo.

Nice! I was never aware of them as a kid. God bless the internet. Those comics are diamonds made from fossilized goat vomit.

 

I was Captain N for Halloween one year by the way. My mom made the jacket for me and I brought my zapper.

Edited March 30, 2017 by toptenmaterial

[lushgirl_80]

Oh gawd Captain N LOL!!

 

There was also a Donkey Kong cartoon and even a Kangaroo cartoon which I vaguely remember.

 

They also had a Pole Position cartoon!!!

 

 

 

LOL!!! Funny because I don't recall the arcade games even having a plotline or characters at all. That's like if someone made a cartoon about Pong and made a story to describe it.

 

 

I loved the Super Mario cartoon alot when I was little. Oh and the various Street Fighter II animes!!!

 

 

 

 

And Samurai Showdown the Motion Picture!!!

 

[Tanooki]

Those SNK inspired movies are more than just that one. Fatal Fury got the treatment and I'm pretty sure KOF did as well along with Art of Fighting. I do remember that oddball Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer had one as well though I can't recall if the movie was what inspired the game but it probably did. The SF movies which there are a few from the original franchise, alpha, even #4 got it are pretty solid quality unlike the live action laughable duo and being Capcom got a lot more anime fan interest and cover.

 

I also recall there was a Q-Bert cartoon beyond the DK and Pole Position ones mentioned. I still think the screwy weird one was the Power Team as it had like Qwirk, talking Bigfoot truck, Kuros, and some other stuff all thrown in there like they wanted to see what would stick to the wall or not. It was a total Captain N wannabe as it did center around one human player/character as well. Johnny Turbo I think or something of the sort as i haven't seen it or even thought about it since like the early 90s or 80s.

[The Usotsuki]

Partially OT, but there is a Canadian dub of DBZ that uses recycled BGM from other 90s series. It's weird seeing Goku fighting Dr. Gero with the Mega Man theme clearly playing in the background.

[FOX2600]

They also had a Pole Position cartoon!!!

 

I've been wanting to see that for a while, thank you for the reminder!

[MrMaddog]

I defiintely remember watching Pac-Man which was the first ever video game based cartoon, and it really was a big deal at the time. Then came Saturday Morning Supercade which was an anthology of different games like Donkey Kong & Q-Bert. Also remember Dragon's Lair which had a "choose your adventure" thing right before commercial breaks but not any of Don Bluth's fine animation. Pole Position had much more in common with Knigth Rider than the arcade game but they still had to license the name from Namco. (Anyone remember Turbo Teen?)

[Nateo]

When I was a kid, anything even tangentially related to video games was sure to capture my attention. The Pac-Man cartoon (which was airing on USA Network at the time), Super Mario Super Show, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, all that stuff. With the partial exception of the Saturday morning Sonic show, I've come to realize that these were all pretty terrible cartoons, but I still harbor some nostalgic affection for them.

[schuwalker]

I purchased the Pac-Man complete Dvd set along w/ Dragon's Lair set not too long ago. Finished Lair and started season 2 on Pac-Man, found both still enjoyable.

 

It's a shame the Saturday Supercade is still devoid of any format release besides a couple of episodes here and there on YouTube.

[7800fan]

Some 70s and 80s shows are all but impossible to find complete anywhere. When was the last time you saw a complete Thunderbirds 2086 available anywhere? And a few other shows that I'm missing.