I watched nearly all those cartoons as a kid. They were all awful, but that's all we had back then.
Pac-Man: I could make a whole blog about this cartoon. Best part really was the voice actors. I have both seasons on DVD (you could buy them online on WB's store page for a while, not sure if you still can). The video game Pac-Land was based on the cartoon, even if Namco tries to deny it. Even though the show was awful, at least it was better than the new Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures cartoon. Ugh.
Saturday Supercade: This show was awful, too, but I did like the Q*bert cartoon as a kid. They would alternate between a Q*bert and Pitfall Harry cartoon every other week, and I would be so mad when it was Pitfall's turn. Even though these cartoons were bad, I do like the fact they were just trying to make kids happy and entertained. Oh, and Donkey Kong was voiced by the late Soupy Sales and he really got into the role!
Dragon's Lair: For some reason, I didn't get into the cartoon that much. Maybe if it were animated by Don Bluth like the arcade game was.
Pole Position: Never got into this one either. I think they just made a generic racing cartoon and just slapped the Pole Position name on it.
Mario & Zelda: I watched the heck out of these cartoons. They were bad, but sometimes there was some funny lines here and there. I loved how they played up the anticipation for the Friday Zelda cartoon. We would so look forward to that as kids. Link was very annoying, but...erm, I kinda liked Princess Zelda. :)
Captain N: Boy they sure did take some creative liberties with these characters, didn't they? Sometimes it worked well. I loved what they did with Mother Brain, even if every Metroid fan on the planet would cringe. But sometimes it didn't work, like with Mega Man. King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard were pretty funny bad guy sidekicks, though. My friend and I were excited when they did a Dragon Warrior episode one time.
Dragon Warrior: And speaking of which, I never saw this one because where I live, the stations only showed it at like, 4:30 in the freaking morning! As a huge Dragon Ball and Chrono Trigger fan, I would love to see episodes of this cartoon, too.
Good job. I think you've covered every video game cartoon from the 80's. Next time you should do video game cartoons from the 90's, like Mario 3 & World, Mega Man, Sam & Max, Donkey Kong Country, etc. --Cary


