Saturday Supercade (TV Series)
1983 · Series · 60 min. · United States
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...
Direction Charles A. Nichols · John Kimball · Walt Kubiak · Bill Reed · Russ Mooney
Soundtrack Dean Elliott
Screenplay 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 · Shigeru Miyamoto · Nintendo · Konami
Original title Saturday Supercade (TV Series)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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