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'''Saturday Supercade''' is an hour long cartoon series that
|title=<center>Saturday Supercade</center>
premiered on CBS on September 17, 1983. It is a compilation show of various cartoon shorts based off popular video games at the time. Because of all the various copyright issues involving each of the video games this show is based off of, the show has not reaired since CBS last aired it on August 24, 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.
|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 were a full CBS Saturday Morning block from April 1984, and was uploaded on 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.
==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 Dkjr 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.
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.


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
==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 wasn't shown during it's CBS run, and were distributed by MCA TV... possibly an attempt at trying to show
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 DK and Dkjr episodes were later posted on Youtube.


{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9oVUgBqZ6Q|320x240|right|Featuring clips from unsurfaced episodes of Donkey Kong Jr. and Frogger|frame}}
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 were 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.
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"
|-
! style="background-color:lightblue" | #
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
|-
|1
|The Ms. Fortune Story
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VGXuNKbIVA <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|2
|The Who Took Toadwalker Story
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|3
|The Great Scuba Scoop
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|4
|The Headline Hunters
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|5
|Spaced Out Frogs
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqhwgy2YBw4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|6
|The Legs Croaker Story
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|7
|Hydrofoil And Go Seek
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6FOKGDibzw <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|8
|Good Knight Frogger
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|9
|The Blackboard Bungle
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8_LoxaOCzc <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|10
|I Remember Mummy
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|11
|Hop-along Frogger
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YRFkxVcfCc <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|12
|Fake Me Out at The Ballgame
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|13
|Here Today, Pawned Tomorrow
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR4S9e4RL3g <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|}


== Episodes ==
===Donkey Kong===
Bold indicates the full episode is available. Italics means an incomplete copy has surfaced but not the full episode.
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.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:lightblue" | #
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
|-
|1
|Mississippi Madness
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|2       
|Gorilla Gangster
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|3
|Banana Bikers
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|4
|A Little Orphan Apey
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|5
|Gorilla My Dreams
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|6
|Apey And The Snowbeast
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|7
|The Incredible Shrinking Ape
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|8
|Movie Mania
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|9
|How Much Is That Gorilla In The Window?
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|10
|Circus Daze
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|11
|The Great Ape Escape
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|12
|Private Donkey Kong
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|13
|Get Along, Little Apey
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|14
|El Donkey Kong
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|15
|Sir Donkey Kong
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|16
|The Pale Whale
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|17
|New Wave Ape
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|18
|Greenhouse Gorilla
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|19
|Hairy Parent
|<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.


=== Frogger ===
On December 31st, 2020, YouTube user [https://www.youtube.com/user/DangerousVHS2 DangerousVHS2] uploaded [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTTcfwj-HG4 the full version of Q*Beat it from a recording off CTV's website on YouTube], making it completely found; however she later made all videos on her channel private. Some storyboard panels of the short can be found online<ref>https://archive.org/details/storyboard-5116-8408-qbert-1983-ruby-spears</ref>.
# The Ms. Fortune Story
# '''Spaced Out Frogs'''
# The Who-Took-Toadwalker Story
# '''Hydrofoil & Seek'''
# The Great Scuba Scoop 
# The Headline Hunters 
# The Legs Croaker Story 
# ''The Blackboard Bungle''
# Good Knight, Frogger 
# Fake Me Out to the Ball Game
# I Remember Mummy 
# '''Here Today, Pawned Tomorrow'''
# ''Hop-Along Frogger''


=== Donkey Kong ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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 afterwards.
|-
# '''Mississippi Madness'''
! style="background-color:lightblue" | #
# '''Gorilla Gangster '''
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Episode Title
# '''Banana Bikers '''
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
# '''The Incredible Shrinking Ape'''
|-
# '''Movie Mania'''
|1
# '''Gorilla My Dreams'''
|The Great Q-Tee Contest
# Little Orphan Apey 
|<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span>
# '''Circus Daze'''
|-
# '''The Great Ape Escape'''
|2
# Apey and the Snowbeast 
|Disc Derby Fiasco
# '''How Much is That Gorilla in the Window?'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span>
# Private Donkey Kong 
|-
# '''Get Along Little Apey'''
|3
# Sir Donkey Kong 
|Crazy Camp Creature
# The Pale Whale
|<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span>
# '''El Donkey Kong'''
|-
# '''New Wave Ape'''
|4
# '''Greenhouse Gorilla'''
|Q-Bowl Rigamarole
# '''Hairy Parent'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span>
|-
|5
|Thanksgiving For The Memories
|<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span>
|-
|6
|Dog Day Dilemma
|<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span>
|-
|7
|Take Me Out to The Q-game 
|<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span>
|-
|8
|Noser, P.I.
|<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span>
|-
|9
|Q-Bert's Monster Mix-up
|<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span>
|-
|10
|The Wacky Q-Bot
|<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span>
|-
|11
|Hook, Line & Mermaid
|<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span>
|-
|12
|Q-historic Daze
|<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span>
|-
|13
|Game Show Woe
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|14
|Q-urf's Up!
|<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span>
|-
|15
|Little Green Nosers
|<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span>
|-
|16
|Q-Beat It
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|17
|Rebel Without a Q-ause
|<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span>
|-
|18
|Looking For Miss Q-right 
|<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span>
|-
|19
|The Goofy Ghostgetters
|<span style="color:green;">'''On DVD'''</span>
|}


=== Q-bert ===
===Donkey Kong Jr.===
In 2008, Sony posted Minisodes of Q-bert online. Unfortunately, very little of the full episodes surfaced online.
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.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:lightblue" | #
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
|-
|1
|Trucknapper Caper
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|2
|Rocky Mountain Monkey Business
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|3
|Sheep Rustle Hustle
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|4
|Magnificent Seven-year Olds
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|5
|The Jungle Boy Ploy
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|6
|The Ventriloquist Caper
|<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|7
|The Great Seal Steal
|<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|8
|The Amazing Rollerskate Race
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|9
|A Christmas Story
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|10
|Junior Meets Kid Dynamo
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|11
|The Teddy Bear Scare
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|12
|Gorilla Ghost
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|13
|Double Or Nothing
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|}
===Pitfall===
Next, to Kangaroo, this is the rarest of all the ''Saturday Supercade'' segments due to its very short run.


Underlined means a Minisode version was uploaded. Underline and italics means that both the Minisode version and an incomplete copy of the original surfaced online.
Three storyboard pages for the lost episode "The Pyramid Panic" resurfaced on Ebay, showing off that the episode involved Quickclaw falling in love with a lioness named Sheba, who is kidnapped by someone known as "The Pharaoh", with him, Harry, and Rhonda having to rescue her.
# '''Disc Derby Fiasco'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
# <u>The Great Q*Tee Contest</u>
|-
# <u>Q*Bowl Rigamarole</u>
! style="background-color:lightblue" | #
# '''Crazy Camp Creature'''
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Episode Title
# <u>''Thanksgiving for the Memories''</u>
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
# <u>''Dog Day Dilemma''</u>
|-
# Take Me Out to the Q*Game 
|1
# <u>Noser P.I.</u>
|Pitfall's Panda Puzzle
# <u>Hook, Line, and Mermaid</u>
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
# <u>Q*Historic Days</u>
|-
# <u>Q*bert's Monster Mix-Up</u>
|2       
# Game Shoe Woe 
|Amazon Jungle Bungle
# <u>The Wacky Q*Bot</u>
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
# ''Q*Beat It''
|-
# <u>''Q*Urf's Up''</u>
|3
# Little Green Noser
|Raiders of the Lost Shark
# Rebel Without a Q*Ause
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
# Looking For Miss Q*Right 
|-
# The Goofy Ghostgetters 
|4
|Tibetan Treasure Trouble 
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|5
|Masked Menace Mess
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|6
|The Sabretooth Goof
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|7
|The Pyramid Panic
|<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|}


=== Donkey Kong Jr. ===
===Space Ace===
This is perhaps the most complete Saturday Supercade segment available thanks to the 16mm Donkey Kong prints. Only four episodes remain missing.
This is the only ''Saturday Supercade'' segment to have all its episodes fully available. This is thanks to Boomerang showing reruns on occasion.
# Trucknapper Caper 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
# '''Sheep Rustle Hustle'''
|-
# '''Rocky Mountain Monkey Business'''
! style="background-color:lightblue" | #
# '''Magnificent 7-Year-Olds'''
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Episode Title
# The Ventriloquist Caper 
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
# The Great Seal Steal
|-
# The Jungle Boy Ploy
|1
# '''Junior Meets Kid Dynamo'''
|Cute Groots
# '''Amazing Rollerskate Race'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
# '''A Christmas Story'''
|-
# '''Gorilla Ghost'''
|2
# '''Teddy Bear Scare'''
|Cosmic Camp Catastrophe
# '''Double or Nothing'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|3
|Frozen in Fear
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|4
|The Phantom Shuttle
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|5
|Perilous Partners
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|6
|Dangerous Decoy
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|7
|Moon Missile Madness
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|8
|Wanted: Dexter!
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|9
|Spoiled Sports
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|10
|Three Ring Rampage
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|11
|Age Ray Riot
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|12
|Calamity Kimmie
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|13
|Infanto Fury
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|}
===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 three full episodes have surfaced as of May 2021.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:lightblue" | #
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
|-
|1
|Trunkful of Trouble
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|2
|Bat's Incredible
|<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|3
|Zoo for Hire
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|4
|The Birthday Party
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|5
|The White Squirrel of Dover
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|6
|The Tail of the Cowardly Lion
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|7
|It's Carnival Time
|<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|-
|8
|Lost and Found
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|9
|Joey and The Bananastalk
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|10
|Zoo's Who?
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|11
|The Egg and Us
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|12
|Having a Ball
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|13
|The Runaway Panda
|<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>


=== Pitfall ===
==Updates==
Next to Kangaroo, this is the rarest of all the Saturday Supercade segments due to it's very short run.
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.
# Pitfall's Panda Puzzle
# Amazon Jungle Bungle 
# Raiders of the Lost Shark 
# Tibetan Treasure Trouble 
# '''Masked Menace Mess'''
# The Sabretooth Goof 
# The Pyramid Panic 


=== Space Ace ===
On October 3rd, 2015, YouTube user, NintendoWizard22 uploaded the full version of the ''Q-Bert'' episode, "Dog Day Dilemma".
This is the only Saturday Supercade segment to have all it's episodes fully available. This is thanks to Boomerang showing reruns on occasion.
# '''Cute Groots'''
# '''Cosmic Camp Catastrophe'''
# '''Dangerous Decoy'''
# '''Moon Missile Madness'''
# '''Perilous Partner'''
# '''Frozen in Fear'''
# '''Age Ray Riot'''
# '''Wanted: Dexter!'''
# '''Phantom Shuttle'''
# '''Spoiled Sports'''
# '''Calamity Kimmie'''
# '''Three-Ring Rampage'''
# '''Infanto Fury'''


=== Kangaroo ===
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".
While there may be a full episode or two stashed in someone's collection of VHS tapes, there is still not a single complete episode posted online to this day.
 
# ''Trunkfull of Trouble''
==Videos==
# Zoo for Hire
{{Video|perrow  =3
# Bat's Incredible
  |service1    =youtube
# ''The White Squirrel of Dover''
  |id1          =8tjnIKCHnW0
# The Birthday Party
  |description1 =The opening/closing credits and theme for ''Saturday Supercade''.
# Having a Ball 
  |service2    =youtube
# The Tail of the Cowardly Lion
  |id2          =b45uOx99ke0
# It's Carnival Time 
  |description2 =The first ever broadcast of ''Saturday Supercade''.
# Lost and Found
  |service3    =youtube
# Joey and the Beanstalk 
  |id3          =q9oVUgBqZ6Q
# Zoo's Who 
  |description3 =A 1983 CBS Saturday morning preview featuring clips from unsurfaced episodes of ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' and ''Frogger''.
# The Egg and Us 
}}
# The Runaway Panda 
 
==Pitfall Storyboards==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="175px">
PitfallStoryboard1.jpg
PitfallStoryboard2.jpg
PitfallStoryboard3.jpg
</gallery>
 
 
==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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Latest revision as of 22:17, 4 February 2024

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Title card.

Status: Partially Lost

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.

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 The Who Took Toadwalker Story Lost
3 The Great Scuba Scoop Lost
4 The Headline Hunters Lost
5 Spaced Out Frogs Found
6 The Legs Croaker Story Lost
7 Hydrofoil And Go Seek Found
8 Good Knight Frogger Lost
9 The Blackboard Bungle Found
10 I Remember Mummy Lost
11 Hop-along Frogger Found
12 Fake Me Out at The Ballgame Lost
13 Here Today, Pawned Tomorrow 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 A Little Orphan Apey Lost
5 Gorilla My Dreams Found
6 Apey And The Snowbeast Lost
7 The Incredible Shrinking Ape Found
8 Movie Mania Found
9 How Much Is That Gorilla In The Window? Found
10 Circus Daze Found
11 The Great Ape Escape Found
12 Private Donkey Kong Lost
13 Get Along, Little Apey Found
14 El Donkey Kong Found
15 Sir Donkey Kong Lost
16 The Pale Whale Lost
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 recording off CTV's website on YouTube, making it completely found; however she later made all videos on her channel private. Some storyboard panels of the short can be found online[1].

# Episode Title Status
1 The Great Q-Tee Contest On DVD
2 Disc Derby Fiasco On DVD
3 Crazy Camp Creature On DVD
4 Q-Bowl Rigamarole 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 Q-Bert's Monster Mix-up On DVD
10 The Wacky Q-Bot On DVD
11 Hook, Line & Mermaid On DVD
12 Q-historic Daze On DVD
13 Game Show Woe Lost
14 Q-urf's Up! On DVD
15 Little Green Nosers On DVD
16 Q-Beat It Found
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.

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 Trucknapper Caper Found
2 Rocky Mountain Monkey Business Found
3 Sheep Rustle Hustle Found
4 Magnificent Seven-year Olds Found
5 The Jungle Boy Ploy Lost
6 The Ventriloquist Caper Partially Found
7 The Great Seal Steal Partially Found
8 The Amazing Rollerskate Race Found
9 A Christmas Story Found
10 Junior Meets Kid Dynamo Found
11 The Teddy Bear Scare Found
12 Gorilla Ghost 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.

Three storyboard pages for the lost episode "The Pyramid Panic" resurfaced on Ebay, showing off that the episode involved Quickclaw falling in love with a lioness named Sheba, who is kidnapped by someone known as "The Pharaoh", with him, Harry, and Rhonda having to rescue her.

# 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 Partially Found

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 Frozen in Fear Found
4 The Phantom Shuttle Found
5 Perilous Partners Found
6 Dangerous Decoy Found
7 Moon Missile Madness Found
8 Wanted: Dexter! Found
9 Spoiled Sports Found
10 Three Ring Rampage Found
11 Age Ray Riot Found
12 Calamity Kimmie 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 three full episodes have surfaced as of May 2021.

# Episode Title Status
1 Trunkful of Trouble Found
2 Bat's Incredible Partially Found
3 Zoo for Hire Lost
4 The Birthday Party Lost
5 The White Squirrel of Dover Found
6 The Tail of the Cowardly Lion Found
7 It's Carnival Time Partially Found
8 Lost and Found Lost
9 Joey and The Bananastalk Lost
10 Zoo's Who? Lost
11 The Egg and Us Lost
12 Having a Ball Lost
13 The Runaway Panda Lost

[2]

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".

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

The opening/closing credits and theme for Saturday Supercade.

The first ever broadcast of Saturday Supercade.

A 1983 CBS Saturday morning preview featuring clips from unsurfaced episodes of Donkey Kong Jr. and Frogger.

Pitfall Storyboards

  • PitfallStoryboard1.jpg
  • PitfallStoryboard2.jpg
  • PitfallStoryboard3.jpg


External Links

References

  1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/storyboard-5116-8408-qbert-1983-ruby-spears
  2. ↑ Big Cartoon Database episode page for Saturday Supercade. Retrieved 22 Jan '21
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