It’s kind of sad that modern kids will never get to experience waking up at 6am to watch animated video game adaptations that were essentially the fever dreams of coked up network executives.
It’s kind of sad that modern kids will never get to experience waking up at 6am to watch animated video game adaptations that were essentially the fever dreams of coked up network executives.
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Why do you give a shit what “kids these days” do?
Us cool kids watched Captain N.
Instead of being advertised to via poorly made cartoons, they are advertised to via YouTube and TikTok. They’re still watching slop made by some lazy adult who wants to sell some garbage.
POWER
Man there’s some salty, grumpy motherfuckers in these comments. Jeez Louise.
A few of the other deranged adaptations you modern kids missed out on:
[Pac-Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Ex3Ce1KNU) (The ghosts were eyes in clothes? Who approved this shit?)
[Pole Position](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQXqHNHPLHI) (complete with spunky kid sidekick and animal companion that was legally required back in the ’80’s)
[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkWYP95WbbY). (This one actually ruled thanks to Captain Lou Albano and Danny Wells)
[Saturday Supercade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQO3_j1rT94) (Why was Donkey Kong Jr. driving a motorcycle?)
[Double Dragon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUPXaqJl3es) (Would have been way better with Jackie Chan, Stacie Chan, and Sab Shimono. Then again, that could be said about anything)
[Captain N: The Game Master](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyoUecpe_wU) (MEGA MEGA!)
[Mutant League](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqo4upodWJQ) (Okay, this one actually kinda worked)
[BattleTech](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYmwe5Y5xjo) (Not half bad either, but I’m a sucker for giant robot shit so I’m probably biased here)
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Or Transformers, GI Joe, He-Man, GoBots, Voltron, Mask, etc. when you got home from school in the 80s.
I’m trying to decide if I actually believe this was a real old cartoon, or one of those trope parody things…
…I’m gonna guess parody.
edit: Nope, it was real. Jesus Christ.
it’s because they’re currently all in the theater watching video game adaptations that are essentially the fever dreams of coked up studio executives
Temu Avengers
I used to wake up really early… Like 4am to watch a Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest cartoon that seems completely forgotten
Higher Ground
The fucking Ruby-Spears Mega Man cartoon.
Why do I have memories of Pokemon being a 6 am cartoon.