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'''Saturday Supercade''' is an hour long cartoon series that | |title=<center>Saturday Supercade</center> | ||
premiered on CBS on September | |image=Supercade.jpg | ||
|imagecaption=Title card. | |||
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span> | |||
}} | |||
'''''Saturday Supercade''''' is an hour-long cartoon series that premiered on CBS on September 17th, 1983. It is a compilation show of various cartoon shorts based on popular video games at the time. Because of all the various copyright issues involving each of the video games this show is based on, the show has not reaired since CBS last aired it on August 24th, 1985, with the exception of the ''Space Ace'' shorts which aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang on various occasions. The rest of the show became lost, and for a while, very little of the show became available on the internet. | |||
Many tape trading sites have been trading and selling two full episodes, and were the only two episodes fans had access to before we started seeing more of the show posted on the internet. One of the tapes | ==Initial Findings== | ||
Many tape trading sites have been trading and selling two full episodes, and were the only two episodes fans had access to before we started seeing more of the show posted on the internet. One of the tapes was a full CBS Saturday Morning block from April 1984 and was uploaded to Myspleen and other torrent sites around 2005. The ''Saturday Supercade'' episode included "Spaced-Out Frogs" (''Frogger''), "Gorilla My Dreams" (''Donkey Kong''), "Crazy Camp Creature" (''Q-bert''), and "The Teddy Bear Scare" (''Donkey Kong Jr.''). It was, for a while, the only full episode of ''Saturday Supercade'' to be posted on the internet. | |||
Some viewers had access to the second tape. Unlike the first tape, this one doesn't contain the original commercials. It wasn't posted on the internet until much later. The cartoon episodes included were Hyrdofoil & Seek (Frogger), Mississippi Madness (Donkey Kong), Masked Menace Mess (Pitfall), and Sheep Rustle Hustle (Donkey Kong Jr). The ending of the | Some viewers had access to the second tape. Unlike the first tape, this one doesn't contain the original commercials. It wasn't posted on the internet until much later. The cartoon episodes included were "Hyrdofoil & Seek" (''Frogger''), "Mississippi Madness" (''Donkey Kong''), "Masked Menace Mess" (''Pitfall''), and "Sheep Rustle Hustle" (''Donkey Kong Jr.''). The ending of the ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' episode was cut off as the tape transitioned into the ''Pac-Man'' cartoon. Also, the included ''Pitfall'' episode is still, to this day, the only ''Pitfall'' episode available. | ||
Eventually, at sometime around 2008 or so, an | ==Redistribution== | ||
bootleg DVD, of which, it was being sold on sites like iOffer. It is unknown where the main source of the films came from, but it featured a different set of credits that | Eventually, at sometime around 2008 or so, an eBay seller was selling 16mm film copies that contained episodes of ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong Jr.'', The film copies were purchased by a cartoon collector, and the films were transferred to a bootleg DVD, of which, it was being sold on sites like iOffer. It is unknown where the main source of the films came from, but it featured a different set of credits that weren't shown during its CBS run and were distributed by MCA TV... possibly an attempt at trying to show the cartoons in syndication. These films also remedied the missing ending to "Sheep Rustle Hustle". The ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' episodes were later posted on Youtube. | ||
the cartoons in syndication. These films also remedied the missing ending to Sheep Rustle Hustle. The | |||
Around 2008, Crackle posted some Minisodes of most of the ''Q-bert'' episodes. This implies that Sony owns the rights to the ''Q-bert'' segments, which would make sense as Gottlieb, the developers of ''Q-bert'', is owned by Sony. They have shortened versions of the ''Q-bert'' cartoons and not the full episodes. There's still very little of the full versions on Youtube. | |||
Around 2008, Crackle posted some Minisodes of most of the Q-bert episodes. This implies that Sony owns the rights to the Q-bert segments, which would make sense as Gottlieb, the developers of Q-bert, is owned by Sony. They | |||
Youtube did eventually start to get a little bit more of the show. Unfortunately, some users, such as mlsgrant, were uploading incomplete episodes leading the rest of the episode unavailable. The advent of Youtube, did however, lead to Season 2 intros being posted for the first time. Clips from Kangaroo were posted, but we only got two incomplete episodes. There is still not a single full Kangaroo episode posted to this day. Even though there are some users that are holding full episodes in their archive, we're not likely going to see too much of the full show until we see it become commercially available. | Youtube did eventually start to get a little bit more of the show. Unfortunately, some users, such as mlsgrant, were uploading incomplete episodes leading the rest of the episode unavailable. The advent of Youtube, did, however, lead to Season 2 intros being posted for the first time. Clips from Kangaroo were posted, but we only got two incomplete episodes. There is still not a single full Kangaroo episode posted to this day. Even though there are some users that are holding full episodes in their archive, we're not likely going to see too much of the full show until we see it become commercially available. | ||
In 2010, Warner Archive announced that they might release Saturday Supercade on DVD, but nothing has come out of it since. Most likely, because of all the copyright issues with the individual video game characters. Not to mention Sony seems to own the rights to the Q-bert segments going by the Minisodes. | In 2010, Warner Archive announced that they might release ''Saturday Supercade'' on DVD, but nothing has come out of it since. Most likely, because of all the copyright issues with the individual video game characters. Not to mention Sony seems to own the rights to the ''Q-bert'' segments going by the Minisodes. | ||
==Episodes== | |||
===Frogger=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
== Episodes == | |- | ||
! style="background-color:lightblue" | # | |||
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Episode Title | |||
=== Frogger === | ! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |- | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|The Ms. Fortune Story | |The Ms. Fortune Story | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
|Spaced Out Frogs | |Spaced Out Frogs | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|3 | |3 | ||
|The Who-Took-Toadwalker Story | |The Who-Took-Toadwalker Story | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
|Hydrofoil & Seek | |Hydrofoil & Seek | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|5 | |5 | ||
|The Great Scuba Scoop | |The Great Scuba Scoop | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
|The Headline Hunters | |The Headline Hunters | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|7 | |7 | ||
|The Legs Croaker Story | |The Legs Croaker Story | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|The Blackboard Bungle | |The Blackboard Bungle | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|9 | |9 | ||
|Good Knight Frogger | |Good Knight Frogger | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|10 | |10 | ||
|Fake Me Out to the Ball Game | |Fake Me Out to the Ball Game | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|11 | |11 | ||
|I Remember Mummy | |I Remember Mummy | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|12 | |12 | ||
|Hare Today, Pawned Tomorrow | |Hare Today, Pawned Tomorrow | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|13 | |13 | ||
|Hop-Along Frogger | |Hop-Along Frogger | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Donkey Kong=== | |||
=== Donkey Kong === | A decent amount of episodes are made available thanks to some 16mm film prints containing episodes of ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' These episodes were sold on a bootleg DVD shortly afterward. | ||
A decent amount of episodes are made available thanks to some 16mm film prints containing episodes of Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. These episodes were sold on a bootleg DVD shortly | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |- | ||
! style="background-color:lightblue" | # | |||
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Episode Title | |||
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status | |||
|- | |||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Mississippi Madness | |Mississippi Madness | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
|Gorilla Gangster | |Gorilla Gangster | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|3 | |3 | ||
|Banana Bikers | |Banana Bikers | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
|The Incredible Shrinking Ape | |The Incredible Shrinking Ape | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|5 | |5 | ||
|Movie Mania | |Movie Mania | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
|Gorilla My Dreams | |Gorilla My Dreams | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|7 | |7 | ||
|Little Orphan Apey | |Little Orphan Apey | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Circus Daze | |Circus Daze | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|9 | |9 | ||
|The Great Ape Escape | |The Great Ape Escape | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|10 | |10 | ||
|Apey and the Snowbeast | |Apey and the Snowbeast | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|11 | |11 | ||
|How Much is That Gorilla in the Window? | |How Much is That Gorilla in the Window? | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|12 | |12 | ||
|Private Donkey Kong | |Private Donkey Kong | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|13 | |13 | ||
|Get Along Little Apey | |Get Along Little Apey | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|14 | |14 | ||
|Sir Donkey Kong | |Sir Donkey Kong | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|15 | |15 | ||
|The Pale Whale | |The Pale Whale | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|16 | |16 | ||
|El Donkey Kong | |El Donkey Kong | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|17 | |17 | ||
|New Wave Ape | |New Wave Ape | ||
|'''Found | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|18 | |18 | ||
|Greenhouse Gorilla | |Greenhouse Gorilla | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|19 | |19 | ||
|Hairy Parent | |Hairy Parent | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Q-bert=== | |||
In 2008, Sony posted Minisodes of ''Q-bert'' online. Minisodes are shortened 5-minute versions of each episode. Unfortunately, Sony never uploaded or release any of the full versions of the ''Q-bert'' episodes. Because of this, most of the Minisodes are the only versions of the episodes available. Very little of the full episodes have surfaced online. A few incomplete complete copies of the full versions were actually uploaded online. Minisode/Incomplete indicates that both the Minisode version and an incomplete copy of the full episode has surfaced. On November 3rd, 2015 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released a DVD set on Amazon as part of the Manufactured On Demand service. The episodes available on the DVD set are noted below. "Q*Beat It" and "Game Show Woe" are notably absent potentially due to copyright issues. | |||
On December 31st, 2020, YouTube user [https://www.youtube.com/user/DangerousVHS2 DangerousVHS2] uploaded the full version of Q*Beat it from a CTV recording on YouTube, making it completely found once, & for all. | |||
{ | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
|- | |||
! style="background-color:lightblue" | # | |||
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Episode Title | |||
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status | |||
|- | |||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Disc Derby Fiasco | |Disc Derby Fiasco | ||
|''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
|The Great Q-Tee Contest | |The Great Q-Tee Contest | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|3 | |3 | ||
|Q*Bowl Rigamarole | |Q*Bowl Rigamarole | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
|Crazy Camp Creature | |Crazy Camp Creature | ||
|''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|5 | |5 | ||
|Thanksgiving for the Memories | |Thanksgiving for the Memories | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
|Dog Day Dilemma | |Dog Day Dilemma | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|7 | |7 | ||
|Take Me Out to the Q*Game | |Take Me Out to the Q*Game | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Noser P.I. | |Noser P.I. | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|9 | |9 | ||
|Hook, Line, and Mermaid | |Hook, Line, and Mermaid | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|10 | |10 | ||
|Q*Historic Days | |Q*Historic Days | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|11 | |11 | ||
|Q*bert's Monster Mix-Up | |Q*bert's Monster Mix-Up | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|12 | |12 | ||
|Game | |Game Show Woe | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|13 | |13 | ||
|The Wacky Q*Bot | |The Wacky Q*Bot | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|14 | |14 | ||
|Q*Beat It | |Q*Beat It | ||
| | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTTcfwj-HG4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|15 | |15 | ||
|Q*Urf's Up | |Q*Urf's Up | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|16 | |16 | ||
|Little Green | |Little Green Nosers | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|17 | |17 | ||
|Rebel Without a Q*Ause | |Rebel Without a Q*Ause | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|18 | |18 | ||
|Looking For Miss Q*Right | |Looking For Miss Q*Right | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|19 | |19 | ||
|The Goofy Ghostgetters | |The Goofy Ghostgetters | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span> | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Donkey Kong Jr.=== | |||
=== Donkey Kong Jr. === | This is perhaps the most complete ''Saturday Supercade'' segment available thanks to the 16mm ''Donkey Kong'' prints. | ||
This is perhaps the most complete Saturday Supercade segment available thanks to the 16mm Donkey Kong prints. | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
|- | |||
{| class="wikitable" | ! style="background-color:lightblue" | # | ||
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Episode Title | |||
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status | |||
|- | |||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Trucknapper Caper | |Trucknapper Caper | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
|Sheep Rustle Hustle | |Sheep Rustle Hustle | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|3 | |3 | ||
|Rocky Mountain Monkey Business | |Rocky Mountain Monkey Business | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
|Magnificent 7-Year-Olds | |Magnificent 7-Year-Olds | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|5 | |5 | ||
|The Ventriloquist Caper | |The Ventriloquist Caper | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
|The Great Seal Steal | |The Great Seal Steal | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|7 | |7 | ||
|The Jungle Boy Ploy | |The Jungle Boy Ploy | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Junior Meets Kid Dynamo | |Junior Meets Kid Dynamo | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|9 | |9 | ||
|Amazing Rollerskate Race | |Amazing Rollerskate Race | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|10 | |10 | ||
|A Christmas Story | |A Christmas Story | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|11 | |11 | ||
|Gorilla Ghost | |Gorilla Ghost | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|12 | |12 | ||
|Teddy Bear Scare | |Teddy Bear Scare | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|13 | |13 | ||
|Double or Nothing | |Double or Nothing | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Pitfall=== | |||
=== Pitfall === | Next, to Kangaroo, this is the rarest of all the ''Saturday Supercade'' segments due to its very short run. | ||
Next to Kangaroo, this is the rarest of all the Saturday Supercade segments due to | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
|- | |||
{| class="wikitable" | ! style="background-color:lightblue" | # | ||
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Episode Title | |||
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status | |||
|- | |||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Pitfall's Panda Puzzle | |Pitfall's Panda Puzzle | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
|Amazon Jungle Bungle | |Amazon Jungle Bungle | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|3 | |3 | ||
|Raiders of the Lost Shark | |Raiders of the Lost Shark | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
|Tibetan Treasure Trouble | |Tibetan Treasure Trouble | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|5 | |5 | ||
|Masked Menace Mess | |Masked Menace Mess | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
|The Sabretooth Goof | |The Sabretooth Goof | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|7 | |7 | ||
|The Pyramid Panic | |The Pyramid Panic | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Space Ace=== | |||
=== Space Ace === | This is the only ''Saturday Supercade'' segment to have all its episodes fully available. This is thanks to Boomerang showing reruns on occasion. | ||
This is the only Saturday Supercade segment to have all | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |- | ||
! style="background-color:lightblue" | # | |||
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Episode Title | |||
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status | |||
|- | |||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Cute Groots | |Cute Groots | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
|Cosmic Camp Catastrophe | |Cosmic Camp Catastrophe | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|3 | |3 | ||
|Dangerous Decoy | |Dangerous Decoy | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
|Moon Missile Madness | |Moon Missile Madness | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|5 | |5 | ||
|Perilous Partner | |Perilous Partner | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
|Frozen in Fear | |Frozen in Fear | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|7 | |7 | ||
|Age Ray Riot | |Age Ray Riot | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Wanted: Dexter! | |Wanted: Dexter! | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|9 | |9 | ||
|Phantom Shuttle | |Phantom Shuttle | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|10 | |10 | ||
|Spoiled Sports | |Spoiled Sports | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|11 | |11 | ||
|Calamity Kimmie | |Calamity Kimmie | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|12 | |12 | ||
|Three-Ring Rampage | |Three-Ring Rampage | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|13 | |13 | ||
|Infanto Fury | |Infanto Fury | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Kangaroo=== | |||
=== Kangaroo === | Kangaroo is up there as another one of the rarest ''Saturday Supercade'' segments out there. Although a few incomplete episodes were uploaded online, only two full episodes have surfaced as of June 2015. | ||
Kangaroo is up there as another one of the rarest Saturday Supercade segments out there. Although a few incomplete episodes were uploaded online, only | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |- | ||
! style="background-color:lightblue" | # | |||
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Episode Title | |||
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status | |||
|- | |||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Trunkfull of Trouble | |Trunkfull of Trouble | ||
| | |<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
|Zoo for Hire | |Zoo for Hire | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|3 | |3 | ||
|Bat's Incredible | |Bat's Incredible | ||
| | |<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
|The White Squirrel of Dover | |The White Squirrel of Dover | ||
| | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|5 | |5 | ||
|The Birthday Party | |The Birthday Party | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|6 | |6 | ||
|Having a Ball | |Having a Ball | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|7 | |7 | ||
|The Tail of the Cowardly Lion | |The Tail of the Cowardly Lion | ||
|'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|It's Carnival Time | |It's Carnival Time | ||
| | |<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|9 | |9 | ||
|Lost and Found | |Lost and Found | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|10 | |10 | ||
|Joey and the Beanstalk | |Joey and the Beanstalk | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|11 | |11 | ||
|Zoo's Who | |Zoo's Who | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|12 | |12 | ||
|The Egg and Us | |The Egg and Us | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|13 | |13 | ||
|The Runaway Panda | |The Runaway Panda | ||
|Lost | |<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
|} | |} | ||
<ref>[https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/R/Ruby-Spears_Productions/Saturday_Supercade/ Big Cartoon Database episode page for ''Saturday Supercade''.] Retrieved 22 Jan '21</ref> | |||
==Updates== | |||
On June 14th, 2015, Myspleen user TonyLoccsta uploaded a CBS broadcast torrent from January 19th, 1985, which contains a full ''Saturday Supercade'' episode. The Kangaroo episode contained in that broadcast ("The Tail of the Cowardly Lion") has been resurfaced for the first time. | |||
On October 3rd, 2015, YouTube user, NintendoWizard22 uploaded the full version of the ''Q-Bert'' episode, "Dog Day Dilemma". | |||
Also, another user on the Wikia page apparently has a copy of the ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' short, "Trucknapper Caper". | |||
On September 1st, 2017, YouTube user [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOXvfoAZZJhmDZw0boGkSYA Cabbusses's Retro Obscurities] uploaded a full broadcast torrent of the first-ever broadcast of ''Saturday Supercade'' that features many lost episodes. The episodes contained in this torrent are ''Frogger'' "The Ms. Fortune Story", ''Donkey Kong'' "Mississippi Madness" (in better quality), ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' "Trucknapper Caper", and ''Pitfall'' "Raiders of the Lost Shark". | |||
==Videos== | |||
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|description1 =The opening/closing credits and theme for ''Saturday Supercade''. | |||
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|description2 =The first ever broadcast of ''Saturday Supercade''. | |||
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|description3 =A 1983 CBS Saturday morning preview featuring clips from unsurfaced episodes of ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' and ''Frogger''. | |||
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==External Links== | |||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Supercade Wikipedia page on ''Saturday Supercade''.] Retrieved 22 Jan '21 | |||
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085008/ IMDb page on ''Saturday Supercade''.] Retrieved 22 Jan '21 | |||
*[https://www.mariowiki.com/Saturday_Supercade Super Mario Wiki page on ''Saturday Supercade''.] Retrieved 22 Jan '21 | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Lost animation]] | [[Category:Lost animation]] | ||
[[Category:Lost TV]] | [[Category:Lost TV]] | ||
[[Category:Partially | [[Category:Partially lost media]] |
Revision as of 19:42, 22 January 2021
Saturday Supercade is an hour-long cartoon series that premiered on CBS on September 17th, 1983. It is a compilation show of various cartoon shorts based on popular video games at the time. Because of all the various copyright issues involving each of the video games this show is based on, the show has not reaired since CBS last aired it on August 24th, 1985, with the exception of the Space Ace shorts which aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang on various occasions. The rest of the show became lost, and for a while, very little of the show became available on the internet.
Initial Findings
Many tape trading sites have been trading and selling two full episodes, and were the only two episodes fans had access to before we started seeing more of the show posted on the internet. One of the tapes was a full CBS Saturday Morning block from April 1984 and was uploaded to Myspleen and other torrent sites around 2005. The Saturday Supercade episode included "Spaced-Out Frogs" (Frogger), "Gorilla My Dreams" (Donkey Kong), "Crazy Camp Creature" (Q-bert), and "The Teddy Bear Scare" (Donkey Kong Jr.). It was, for a while, the only full episode of Saturday Supercade to be posted on the internet.
Some viewers had access to the second tape. Unlike the first tape, this one doesn't contain the original commercials. It wasn't posted on the internet until much later. The cartoon episodes included were "Hyrdofoil & Seek" (Frogger), "Mississippi Madness" (Donkey Kong), "Masked Menace Mess" (Pitfall), and "Sheep Rustle Hustle" (Donkey Kong Jr.). The ending of the Donkey Kong Jr. episode was cut off as the tape transitioned into the Pac-Man cartoon. Also, the included Pitfall episode is still, to this day, the only Pitfall episode available.
Redistribution
Eventually, at sometime around 2008 or so, an eBay seller was selling 16mm film copies that contained episodes of Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr., The film copies were purchased by a cartoon collector, and the films were transferred to a bootleg DVD, of which, it was being sold on sites like iOffer. It is unknown where the main source of the films came from, but it featured a different set of credits that weren't shown during its CBS run and were distributed by MCA TV... possibly an attempt at trying to show the cartoons in syndication. These films also remedied the missing ending to "Sheep Rustle Hustle". The Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. episodes were later posted on Youtube.
Around 2008, Crackle posted some Minisodes of most of the Q-bert episodes. This implies that Sony owns the rights to the Q-bert segments, which would make sense as Gottlieb, the developers of Q-bert, is owned by Sony. They have shortened versions of the Q-bert cartoons and not the full episodes. There's still very little of the full versions on Youtube.
Youtube did eventually start to get a little bit more of the show. Unfortunately, some users, such as mlsgrant, were uploading incomplete episodes leading the rest of the episode unavailable. The advent of Youtube, did, however, lead to Season 2 intros being posted for the first time. Clips from Kangaroo were posted, but we only got two incomplete episodes. There is still not a single full Kangaroo episode posted to this day. Even though there are some users that are holding full episodes in their archive, we're not likely going to see too much of the full show until we see it become commercially available.
In 2010, Warner Archive announced that they might release Saturday Supercade on DVD, but nothing has come out of it since. Most likely, because of all the copyright issues with the individual video game characters. Not to mention Sony seems to own the rights to the Q-bert segments going by the Minisodes.
Episodes
Frogger
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | The Ms. Fortune Story | Found |
2 | Spaced Out Frogs | Found |
3 | The Who-Took-Toadwalker Story | Lost |
4 | Hydrofoil & Seek | Found |
5 | The Great Scuba Scoop | Lost |
6 | The Headline Hunters | Lost |
7 | The Legs Croaker Story | Lost |
8 | The Blackboard Bungle | Found |
9 | Good Knight Frogger | Lost |
10 | Fake Me Out to the Ball Game | Lost |
11 | I Remember Mummy | Lost |
12 | Hare Today, Pawned Tomorrow | Found |
13 | Hop-Along Frogger | Found |
Donkey Kong
A decent amount of episodes are made available thanks to some 16mm film prints containing episodes of Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. These episodes were sold on a bootleg DVD shortly afterward.
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | Mississippi Madness | Found |
2 | Gorilla Gangster | Found |
3 | Banana Bikers | Found |
4 | The Incredible Shrinking Ape | Found |
5 | Movie Mania | Found |
6 | Gorilla My Dreams | Found |
7 | Little Orphan Apey | Found |
8 | Circus Daze | Found |
9 | The Great Ape Escape | Found |
10 | Apey and the Snowbeast | Found |
11 | How Much is That Gorilla in the Window? | Found |
12 | Private Donkey Kong | Found |
13 | Get Along Little Apey | Found |
14 | Sir Donkey Kong | Found |
15 | The Pale Whale | Found |
16 | El Donkey Kong | Found |
17 | New Wave Ape | Found |
18 | Greenhouse Gorilla | Found |
19 | Hairy Parent | Found |
Q-bert
In 2008, Sony posted Minisodes of Q-bert online. Minisodes are shortened 5-minute versions of each episode. Unfortunately, Sony never uploaded or release any of the full versions of the Q-bert episodes. Because of this, most of the Minisodes are the only versions of the episodes available. Very little of the full episodes have surfaced online. A few incomplete complete copies of the full versions were actually uploaded online. Minisode/Incomplete indicates that both the Minisode version and an incomplete copy of the full episode has surfaced. On November 3rd, 2015 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released a DVD set on Amazon as part of the Manufactured On Demand service. The episodes available on the DVD set are noted below. "Q*Beat It" and "Game Show Woe" are notably absent potentially due to copyright issues.
On December 31st, 2020, YouTube user DangerousVHS2 uploaded the full version of Q*Beat it from a CTV recording on YouTube, making it completely found once, & for all.
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | Disc Derby Fiasco | On DVD |
2 | The Great Q-Tee Contest | On DVD |
3 | Q*Bowl Rigamarole | On DVD |
4 | Crazy Camp Creature | On DVD |
5 | Thanksgiving for the Memories | On DVD |
6 | Dog Day Dilemma | On DVD |
7 | Take Me Out to the Q*Game | On DVD |
8 | Noser P.I. | On DVD |
9 | Hook, Line, and Mermaid | On DVD |
10 | Q*Historic Days | On DVD |
11 | Q*bert's Monster Mix-Up | On DVD |
12 | Game Show Woe | Lost |
13 | The Wacky Q*Bot | On DVD |
14 | Q*Beat It | Found |
15 | Q*Urf's Up | On DVD |
16 | Little Green Nosers | On DVD |
17 | Rebel Without a Q*Ause | On DVD |
18 | Looking For Miss Q*Right | On DVD |
19 | The Goofy Ghostgetters | On DVD |
Donkey Kong Jr.
This is perhaps the most complete Saturday Supercade segment available thanks to the 16mm Donkey Kong prints.
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | Trucknapper Caper | Found |
2 | Sheep Rustle Hustle | Found |
3 | Rocky Mountain Monkey Business | Found |
4 | Magnificent 7-Year-Olds | Found |
5 | The Ventriloquist Caper | Found |
6 | The Great Seal Steal | Found |
7 | The Jungle Boy Ploy | Found |
8 | Junior Meets Kid Dynamo | Found |
9 | Amazing Rollerskate Race | Found |
10 | A Christmas Story | Found |
11 | Gorilla Ghost | Found |
12 | Teddy Bear Scare | Found |
13 | Double or Nothing | Found |
Pitfall
Next, to Kangaroo, this is the rarest of all the Saturday Supercade segments due to its very short run.
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | Pitfall's Panda Puzzle | Lost |
2 | Amazon Jungle Bungle | Lost |
3 | Raiders of the Lost Shark | Found |
4 | Tibetan Treasure Trouble | Lost |
5 | Masked Menace Mess | Found |
6 | The Sabretooth Goof | Lost |
7 | The Pyramid Panic | Lost |
Space Ace
This is the only Saturday Supercade segment to have all its episodes fully available. This is thanks to Boomerang showing reruns on occasion.
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | Cute Groots | Found |
2 | Cosmic Camp Catastrophe | Found |
3 | Dangerous Decoy | Found |
4 | Moon Missile Madness | Found |
5 | Perilous Partner | Found |
6 | Frozen in Fear | Found |
7 | Age Ray Riot | Found |
8 | Wanted: Dexter! | Found |
9 | Phantom Shuttle | Found |
10 | Spoiled Sports | Found |
11 | Calamity Kimmie | Found |
12 | Three-Ring Rampage | Found |
13 | Infanto Fury | Found |
Kangaroo
Kangaroo is up there as another one of the rarest Saturday Supercade segments out there. Although a few incomplete episodes were uploaded online, only two full episodes have surfaced as of June 2015.
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | Trunkfull of Trouble | Partially Found |
2 | Zoo for Hire | Lost |
3 | Bat's Incredible | Partially Found |
4 | The White Squirrel of Dover | Found |
5 | The Birthday Party | Lost |
6 | Having a Ball | Lost |
7 | The Tail of the Cowardly Lion | Found |
8 | It's Carnival Time | Partially Found |
9 | Lost and Found | Lost |
10 | Joey and the Beanstalk | Lost |
11 | Zoo's Who | Lost |
12 | The Egg and Us | Lost |
13 | The Runaway Panda | Lost |
Updates
On June 14th, 2015, Myspleen user TonyLoccsta uploaded a CBS broadcast torrent from January 19th, 1985, which contains a full Saturday Supercade episode. The Kangaroo episode contained in that broadcast ("The Tail of the Cowardly Lion") has been resurfaced for the first time.
On October 3rd, 2015, YouTube user, NintendoWizard22 uploaded the full version of the Q-Bert episode, "Dog Day Dilemma".
Also, another user on the Wikia page apparently has a copy of the Donkey Kong Jr. short, "Trucknapper Caper".
On September 1st, 2017, YouTube user Cabbusses's Retro Obscurities uploaded a full broadcast torrent of the first-ever broadcast of Saturday Supercade that features many lost episodes. The episodes contained in this torrent are Frogger "The Ms. Fortune Story", Donkey Kong "Mississippi Madness" (in better quality), Donkey Kong Jr. "Trucknapper Caper", and Pitfall "Raiders of the Lost Shark".
Videos
External Links
- Wikipedia page on Saturday Supercade. Retrieved 22 Jan '21
- IMDb page on Saturday Supercade. Retrieved 22 Jan '21
- Super Mario Wiki page on Saturday Supercade. Retrieved 22 Jan '21
References
- ↑ Big Cartoon Database episode page for Saturday Supercade. Retrieved 22 Jan '21