Either way, I remember enjoying these cartoons a lot when I was 4. Anyway, I'd like to see these cartoons again just to bring back some early child memories, and see what I think about them today. I remember wanting being afraid of playing D&D after seeing that cartoon because I actually thought I would be sucked into the game world. Various other fun video game cartoons included Pitfall and Dungeons and Dragons. I'm not sure, but I remember a Pac-Man cartoon being part of this lineup, but didn't see it listed, so it was probably a separate show, that was another one I enjoyed watching a lot. Frogger was a bit too advanced for me to grasp at the time, I think he was a writer or something. I used to hate the game, because i would always die (Donkey Kong was a bit simpler for a 4 year old to grasp), but the cartoon was funny. The other ones I don't remember too much either. Donkey Kong Junior didn't have as much of the wackiness, so I don't remember as much of it. For Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddys Kong Quest on the Super Nintendo, a GameFAQs message board topic titled 'for fans of that old donkey kong cartoon show'. I remember there were lots of banananas and barrels being thrown around, and there was that pretty blonde girl, which, as it turns out, wasn't Mario's girlfriend, but his niece (perhaps Luigi's daughter?). Mario also made his television debut in this cartoon, but he didn't stick out as much as Donkey Kong. Surprised me to see it was voiced by Soupy Sales.
The thing that sticks out the most with this show is, of course, Donkey Kong. I was about 4 then, but I still remember seeing it Saturday mornings. I apologise for the vague review, as I haven't seen this show in 20 years.
Two new segments included "Kangaroo," about a young mother kangaroo and her son, Joey, who were constantly harassed by a quartet of mischievous monkeys and "Space Ace," a teen-ager who fought aliens plotting to invade Earth. During the show's second season, only "Donkey Kong" and "Q*Bert" returned. The latter two segments were shown on alternate weeks during the first season. 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 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.
DONKEY KONG CARTOON SERIES
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. Video games were exploding in popularity in the 1980s.