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 '''''Saturday Supercade''''' is an animated television series based on several arcade games, including ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'', ''{{wp|Frogger}}'', ''{{wp|Q*bert}}'', ''{{wp|Pitfall!}}'', ''{{wp|Kangaroo (video game)|Kangaroo}}'', and ''{{wp|Space Ace}}''. Each episode is approximately one hour long and comprises four shorter, self-contained segments based on one arcade game each. The show originally aired on Saturday mornings on {{wp|CBS|CBS Broadcasting Inc.}} television network beginning on September 17, 1983.  After two seasons, the show's original run ended on December 1, 1984. {{wp|Ruby-Spears Productions}} produced the series. While the ''Donkey Kong'' segments appeared in both seasons, the ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segments ended after the first season. In total there are nineteen ''Donkey Kong'' segments and thirteen ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segments.
-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.}}, then-owner of {{wp|Universal Studios|Universal City Studios}}, was the last known holder of the segments (due to a deal made between MCA/Universal and Ruby-Spears in the leadup to [[Donkey Kong (game)#Universal Studios lawsuit|Universal's lawsuit against Nintendo]]), but it is unclear if Universal or related entities still have any rights to the segments. The copyright to the segments (excluding the ''Space Ace'' segments) was assigned to the owners of the source materials, including the ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segments; it appears that said 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> but this did not come to fruition.
+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.}}, then-owner of {{wp|Universal Studios|Universal City Studios}}, was the last known holder of the segments (due to a deal made between MCA/Universal and Ruby-Spears in the leadup to [[Donkey Kong (game)#Universal Studios lawsuit|Universal's lawsuit against Nintendo]] <ref>[https://casetext.com/case/universal-city-studios-inc-v-nintendo Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo; United States District Court, S.D. New York; Jul 29, 1985; 615 F. Supp. 838 (S.D.N.Y. 1985)]</ref> <ref>[https://casetext.com/case/universal-city-studios-v-nintendo-co Universal City Studios v. Nintendo Co.; United States District Court, S.D. New York; Dec 22, 1983; 578 F. Supp. 911 (S.D.N.Y. 1983)]</ref>), but it is unclear if Universal or related entities still have any rights to the segments. The copyright to the segments (excluding the ''Space Ace'' segments) was assigned to the owners of the source materials, including the ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong Junior'' segments; it appears that said 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> but this did not come to fruition.
 Predating ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu 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)|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 appearances of [[Mario]] and [[Donkey Kong]] in a television series, 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 the characters [[Pauline]], [[Donkey Kong Jr.]], and [[Stanley]], all from the ''[[Donkey Kong (series)|Donkey Kong]]'' series.