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'''''Saturday Supercade''''' is an animated television series based on several arcade games, including ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' Each episode is approximately one hour long and comprises four shorter, self-contained segments based on one arcade game each. The show originally aired on Saturday mornings on {{wp|CBS|CBS Broadcasting Inc.}} television network beginning on September 17, 1983. After two seasons, the show's original run ended on December 1, 1984. {{wp|Ruby-Spears Productions}} produced the series. While the ''Donkey Kong'' segments appeared in both seasons, the ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segments ended after the first season. In total there are nineteen ''Donkey Kong'' segments and thirteen ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segments. | '''''Saturday Supercade''''' is an animated television series based on several arcade games, including ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' Each episode is approximately one hour long and comprises four shorter, self-contained segments based on one arcade game each. The show originally aired on Saturday mornings on {{wp|CBS|CBS Broadcasting Inc.}} television network beginning on September 17, 1983. After two seasons, the show's original run ended on December 1, 1984. {{wp|Ruby-Spears Productions}} produced the series. While the ''Donkey Kong'' segments appeared in both seasons, the ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segments ended after the first season. In total there are nineteen ''Donkey Kong'' segments and thirteen ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segments. | ||
Since the show's end, the ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segments have ceased to air on television. Additionally, the series has yet to be reproduced in any format, and as such only homemade recordings of the segments made during the show's television airing are currently available to the public. {{wp|MCA Inc.|Music Corporation of America Inc.}} was the last known holder of the segments, but the company is now defunct. The copyright to the segments (minus the Space Ace segments) were assigned to the owner of the source materials, including the Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Junior segments; it appears the segments are owned by Nintendo of America. <ref>Copyright listing for Saturday Supercade : no. 1, copyright registration number PA0000222759</ref> When questioned by a fan on Facebook, the Warner Archive Collection team stated that the accessible segments of the show may be released on DVD in 2011, with "cool vintage footage" replacing any unavailable segments.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140103044435/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Saturday-Supercade-DVDs-Planned/14789 ''Saturday Supercade'' - Could the '80s Coin-Op-Based Cartoons be Coming Home? Warner Says...] (Archived)</ref> As of | Since the show's end, the ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segments have ceased to air on television. Additionally, the series has yet to be reproduced in any format, and as such only homemade recordings of the segments made during the show's television airing are currently available to the public. {{wp|MCA Inc.|Music Corporation of America Inc.}} was the last known holder of the segments, but the company is now defunct. The copyright to the segments (minus the Space Ace segments) were assigned to the owner of the source materials, including the ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segments; it appears the segments are owned by Nintendo of America. <ref>Copyright listing for Saturday Supercade : no. 1, copyright registration number PA0000222759</ref> When questioned by a fan on Facebook, the Warner Archive Collection team stated that the accessible segments of the show may be released on DVD in 2011, with "cool vintage footage" replacing any unavailable segments.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140103044435/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Saturday-Supercade-DVDs-Planned/14789 ''Saturday Supercade'' - Could the '80s Coin-Op-Based Cartoons be Coming Home? Warner Says...] (Archived)</ref> As of 2022, no segments from ''Donkey Kong'' or ''Donkey Kong Junior'' have been released on home media. | ||
Predating ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!]]'' by nearly three years, ''Saturday Supercade'' marked the first animated adaption of any ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]''-related series. A few months before the series aired, however, TV commercials for Donkey Kong Cereal and [[Game & Watch]] included animated ''Mario'' characters.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7TfycLGAng William Marshall Donkey Kong Commercial (1983)].''YouTube''. Retrieved December 25, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss3gZ6yV79c Nintendo Game And Watch (Commercial, 1983)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved December 25, 2021.</ref> It also marked the first television series featuring either [[Mario]] or [[Donkey Kong]], both of whom would later star in their own television series with ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' in 1989 and ''[[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' in 1996 respectively. The show also marked the currently only televised appearances of ''[[Donkey Kong (series)|Donkey Kong]]'' series characters [[Pauline]], [[Donkey Kong Jr.]], and [[Stanley]]. | Predating ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!]]'' by nearly three years, ''Saturday Supercade'' marked the first animated adaption of any ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]''-related series. A few months before the series aired, however, TV commercials for Donkey Kong Cereal and [[Game & Watch]] included animated ''Mario'' characters.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7TfycLGAng William Marshall Donkey Kong Commercial (1983)].''YouTube''. Retrieved December 25, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss3gZ6yV79c Nintendo Game And Watch (Commercial, 1983)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved December 25, 2021.</ref> It also marked the first television series featuring either [[Mario]] or [[Donkey Kong]], both of whom would later star in their own television series with ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' in 1989 and ''[[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' in 1996 respectively. The show also marked the currently only televised appearances of ''[[Donkey Kong (series)|Donkey Kong]]'' series characters [[Pauline]], [[Donkey Kong Jr.]], and [[Stanley]]. | ||
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TheTeddyBearScare.jpg|The Teddy Bear Scare | TheTeddyBearScare.jpg|The Teddy Bear Scare | ||
SupercadeAd1.jpeg|Ruby Spears trade show advert from 1984, featuring Donkey Kong | SupercadeAd1.jpeg|Ruby Spears trade show advert from 1984, featuring Donkey Kong | ||
Donkey Kong JR Press Photo.png|Concept art for Donkey Kong Junior, used as a promotional photo. | Donkey Kong JR Press Photo.png|Concept art for ''Donkey Kong Junior'', used as a promotional photo. | ||
Saturday-supercade-donkey-kong-toystore-scan.png|Promotional photo for Donkey Kong. | Saturday-supercade-donkey-kong-toystore-scan.png|Promotional photo for ''Donkey Kong''. | ||
Saturday-supercade-donkey-kong-circus.png | Saturday-supercade-donkey-kong-circus.png | ||
SupercadeStoryboard.jpg|Storyboard for the intro to the Donkey Kong segment. | SupercadeStoryboard.jpg|Storyboard for the intro to the ''Donkey Kong'' segment. | ||
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