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Saturday Supercade (TV Series)

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Original title

Saturday Supercade

Year

1983

Running time

60 min.

Country

United States

Director

Charles A. Nichols, John Kimball, Walt Kubiak, Bill Reed, Russ Mooney

Screenwriter

Matt Uitz, Michael Maurer, Michael Ray Brown, Paul Dini, Gary Greenfield, Gordon Kent, Richard Merwin, Jack Enyart, Duane Poole, Tom Swale, Tom Dagenais, Janis Diamond, Buzz Dixon, Evelyn Gabai, Mel Gilden, Rowby Goren, Don Heckman, Kayte Kuch, Elana Lesser, Richard Murphy, Cliff Ruby, Sheryl Scarborough, David Schwartz, David Villaire. Characters: Shigeru Miyamoto. Videogame: Nintendo, KonamiSee 23 More

Cast

Music

Dean Elliott

Cinematography

Animation

Producer

Ruby-Spears Productions

Genre

TV Series. Animation. Adventure | Based on Video Games

Movie Groups

Nintendo | Q*Bert | Donkey Kong

Synopsis

Video games were exploding in popularity in the 1980s. Characters from several of the more popular games were featured in "Saturday Supercade," a weekly cartoon series perhaps most notable for being Donkey Kong's first starring appearance in a cartoon series. The famous gorilla starred in his own segment, this time as a well-meaning but slow-witted (and sometimes easily manipulated) gorilla who had escaped the circus; his trainer, Mario, and then-girlfriend Pauline (of whom Donkey Kong had a huge crush), tried to capture the large ape. Other segments included "Donkey Kong Jr.," the famous gorilla's young son who was aided in his search by his human friend, Bones; "Frogger," about an investigative amphibious reporter for the Swamp Gazette; "Pitfall," featuring the adventures of Pitfall Harry, his pet mountain lion Quickclaw and his niece Rhonda as they traveled through the forest in search of treasure; and "Q*Bert," about the misadventures of a teen-aged orange creature. The latter two...

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Saturday Supercade (TV Series)

1983

Charles A. Nichols ...