Featured Video Games
Because Captain N took place in a universe where video games existed as reality, a multitude of video games were used in the thirty-four episodes of the series. In some cases only areas and elements from the game were used, but the protagonist was absent (some examples include Wizards & Warriors, Dragon Warrior, and Metroid). The following video games were portrayed at least once during the series' run with the ones that appeared having their own world in Videoland:
- The Adventures of Bayou Billy -
- Bo Jackson Baseball -
- BurgerTime -
- California Games -
- Castlevania -
- Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (music) -
- Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse -
- Donkey Kong (music) -
- Donkey Kong Jr. (music) - In "Simon the Ape Man," Simon Belmont thought he was Donkey Kong Junior when he had amnesia.
- Dragon Warrior (now referred to as Dragon Quest) -
- Faxanadu -
- Final Fantasy -
- Gradius II (music, mostly featured in season 2) -
- Kid Icarus (music) -
- Marble Madness (music) - In the episode "I Wish I Was a Wombatman", the studio world of Marblopolis is structurally inspired by Marble Madness, right down to a giant black marble weapon with which Mother Brain attacks the N Team. Also, in the earlier episode "The Trojan Dragon", the theme from the first level of Marble Madness can be heard several times.
- Mega Man (music) -
- Mega Man 2 -
- Mega Man 3 -
- Metroid (music) -
- Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (music) -
- Paperboy -
- Puss 'n Boots: Pero's Great Adventure -
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- Super Mario Bros. - In the first episode, Kevin briefly compares the Ultimate Warp Zone to this game. Many of the sound effects came from this game, such as jumping. The music for both the underground and fortress stages also is featured. Also, background music and featured songs were shared with the Super Mario Bros. Super Show.
- Super Mario Bros. 2 (music only) -
- Tetris (music) -
- Wizards & Warriors - In "Nightmare On Mother Brain's Street", the N Team traveled to the world of Wizards & Warriors and battled the resident villain the wizard Malkil who also appeared on a few times on The Power Team opposite his enemy the knight Kuros.
- The Legend of Zelda -
- Zelda II: The Adventure of Link -
Although nearly every major Nintendo franchise at the time was represented at some point or another in the show (as well as a few obscure ones, such as Puss 'n Boots), the Super Mario games were noticeably absent, although a line mentioning the game is included in the pilot episode comparing the Ultimate Warp Zone that brings Captain N to Videoland to the warp zones in Super Mario Bros. This is because The Super Mario Bros. Super Show was airing around the same time which featured the characters and world of the Mario games.
Read more about this topic: Captain N: The Game Master
Famous quotes containing the words video games, video and/or games:
“It is among the ranks of school-age children, those six- to twelve-year-olds who once avidly filled their free moments with childhood play, that the greatest change is evident. In the place of traditional, sometimes ancient childhood games that were still popular a generation ago, in the place of fantasy and make- believe play . . . today’s children have substituted television viewing and, most recently, video games.”
—Marie Winn (20th century)
“These people figured video was the Lord’s preferred means of communicating, the screen itself a kind of perpetually burning bush. “He’s in the de-tails,” Sublett had said once. “You gotta watch for Him close.””
—William Gibson (b. 1948)
“Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes too proficient, the game is threatened with termination.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)