Captain N: The Game Master

Captain N: The Game Master is a television show produced by DIC. The premise was originally created by Nintendo Power's Randy Studdard. The original idea was about Mother Brain, Nintendo's main computer going rogue and Captain Nintendo, a Nintendo employee stopping it. A lot of things were changed.

Premise

Kevin Keene and his dog Duke

Kevin Keene, the hero of the show, whilst playing his video game is sucked into a vortex formed in a television, moments after Kevin leaves a strange green figure appears and tries to reach out , then his dog, Duke jumps in after him. After falling through the Ultimate Warp Zone, Kevin lands in Videoland. To save Videoland from Mother Brain and fulfill an ancient prophecy, Kevin must become Captain N.

Kevin appears before the N Team, made up of Princess Lana (ruler of Videoland), Simon Belmont (Castlevania), Mega Man, and Kid Icarus. Princess Lana is captured, and the team comes together to save her. The group continues to battle Mother Brain over the course of the show.

Donkey Kong in Captain N

Donkey Kong is depicted as a giant ape who doesn't like visitors. He attacks anyone who enters Kongo Land, his home in the show.

Donkey Kong first appears in the episode Videolympics. He competes on Mother Brain's team. In Simon the Ape-Man, Simon gets amnesia and believes he's Donkey Kong Jr. In Queen of the Apes, Donkey Kong attacks Princess Lana's palace and kidnaps her. Donkey Kong also appeared in The Lost City of Kongoland.

Cast

Kevin Keene (live action main title) - Dorian Barag

Duke (live action main title) - Louie From Critters of the Cinema

Kevin "Captain N" Keene - Matt Hill

Duke - Tomm Wright

Princess Lana - Venus Terzo

Kid Icarus - Alessandro Juliani

Simon Belmont - Andrew Kavadas

Megaman - Doug Parker

Game Boy (Season 2 and 3) - Frank Welker

Mother Brain - Levi Stubbs

King Hippo - Gary Chalk

Eggplant Wizard - Michael Donovan

Dr. Albert W. Wily - Ian James Corlett

Additional Voices - Long John Baldry / Shane Meier

Season 1: 1989

1. Kevin In Videoland
2. How's Bayou
3. The Most Dangerous Game Master
4. Videolympics
5. Mega Trouble For Megaland
6. Wishful Thinking
7. Three Men and a Dragon
8. Mr. & Mrs. Mother Brain
9. Nightmare on Mother Brain's Street
10. Simon the Ape-Man
11. In Search of the King
12. Metroid Sweet Metroid
13. Happy Birthday, Mega Man

Season 2: 1990

1. Gameboy
2. Queen of the Apes
3. Quest for the Potion of Power
4. The Trouble With Tetris
5. The Big Game
6. The Lost City of Kongoland
7. Once Upon a Time Machine
8. The Feud of Faxanadu
9. Having a Ball
10. The Trojan Dragon
11. I Wish I Was a Wombatman
12. The Invasion of the Paper Pedalers
13. Germ Wars
14. When Mother Brain Rules

Season 3: 1991

1. Misadventures In Robin Hood Woods
2. Pursuit of the Magic Hoop
3. Return to Castlevania
4. Totally Tetrisized
5. A Tale of Two Dogs
6. Battle of the Baseball Know-It-Alls
7. The Fractured Fantasy of Captain N