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 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><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkveNFgB0zo Nintendo - Mario's Cement Factory Video Game Commercial - 1983]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 13, 2022.</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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