Series synopsis
Captain N: The Game Master is an American animation sci-fi & fantasy action & adventure kids television series that premiered on NBC on September 9, 1989. It ended on October 26, 1991. It stars Matt Hill, Venus Terzo, Andrew Kavadas and Alessandro Juliani.
A teenager from Earth, is brought to another universe known as Videoland to defeat the evil villainess, Mother Brain, as foretold in an Ancient Prophecy.
Premise
A teenager from Earth, is brought to another universe known as Videoland to defeat the evil villainess, Mother Brain, as foretold in an Ancient Prophecy.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Matt Hill as Kevin Keene / Captain N (voice)
- Venus Terzo as Princess Lana (voice)
- Andrew Kavadas as Simon Belmont (voice)
- Alessandro Juliani as Kid Icarus (voice)
- Doug Parker as Mega Man (voice)
- Levi Stubbs as Mother Brain (voice)
- Frank Welker as Gameboy (voice)
- Garry Chalk as King Hippo (voice)
Supporting cast
- Michael Donovan as Eggplant Wizard (voice)
- Ian James Corlett as Dr. Wily (voice)
- Cynthia Preston as Princess Zelda (voice)
- Shane Meier as Additional Voices
- Alvin Sanders as Additional Voices
- Long John Baldry as Additional Voices
- Tomm Wright as Duke (voice)
- Doc Harris as Narrator (voice)
Guest cast
- Jonathan Potts as Link (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 34 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | September 9, 1989 | December 2, 1989 |
| Season 2 | 14 | September 8, 1990 | January 5, 1991 |
| Season 3 | 7 | September 14, 1991 | October 26, 1991 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Kevin in Videoland Kevin Keene and his dog Duke have been transported to Video Land and asked to help defeat Mother Brain. |
September 9, 1989 |
| 2 |
How's Bayou Mother Brain makes a discovery that Kevin isn't very good at the Bayou Billy video game. So she sets a trap to lure him into Bayouland. |
September 16, 1989 |
| 3 |
The Most Dangerous Game Master Dr. Wily creates an android that is a replica of Kevin's worst enemy from high school. |
September 23, 1989 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Gameboy King Charles is about to come home through a warp zone that only opens every 1000 video years. But he decides to send a supercomputer called Game Boy in his place. Game Boy turns out to be nothing but trouble for the N-Team. Mother Brain gets Game Boy, and Dr. Wily turns him into Game Brain. When the N Team comes to Metroid to rescue Game Boy, Game Brain sends monsters after them. Duke comes to the rescue, pulling the cords out of Game Boy with his teeth! The monsters disappear. Back at the Palace, the gang officially welcomes Game Boy to the N-Team. |
September 8, 1990 |
| 2 |
Queen of the Apes The N-Team is invited to Kongoland by Prince Plenty. Dr. Wily invents a brain swapper so Mother Brain can get a body. She chooses Princess Lana as the donor. However, when they go to Kongoland, Donkey Kong kidnaps Mother Brain and Game Boy. The brain swapper is accidentally attached and activated. Donkey Kong gets Game Boy's body, Game Boy gets Mother Brain's body, and Mother Brain get Donkey Kong's body. Simon and Kevin go to find ""Gape Boy"", Kid Icarus and Mega Man search for Game Boy's ""brain-in-a-bottle"", and Lana decides to give ""Mother Kong"" a makeover. Donkey Kong's family elect Simon their new leader! Everyone's brain is swapped back to the right place, and the Kong family carries Simon off. |
September 22, 1990 |
| 3 |
Quest for the Potion of Power Across the vastness of Videoland, on the magical world of Hyrule, years have past since the fall of the evil wizard Gannon, and peace reigned throughout the land. Until one dark day, rumor spread that the evil Gannon would rise again. That becomes true. Kevin and the N Team head to Hyrule to meet Kevin's favorite game hero Link and Princess Zelda. Mother Brain gives the Potion of Power to Gannon that restores the evil wizard to his rightful form. Mother Brain tries to get Gannon to serve her, but he refuses and sends Mother Brain, Eggplant Wizard, and King Hippo through the ceiling. Can the N Team and Link stop Gannon and his minions? |
September 29, 1990 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Misadventures In Robin Hood Woods After a successful mission on Dragon's Den, Kevin, Kid Icarus, and Duke stop off on the medieval world of Nottingham to power-up the Warp Wagon. The three of them find the evil Sheriff of Nottingham and Prince John robbing the Ye-Olde Weapon Shoppe and fight them. They meet Robin Hood, who helps them out. Kevin, Kid Icarus, and Duke are introduced to the Merry Men, who make fun of Kid Icarus due to his size and wings. Kid Icarus decides to prove he's a better archer than them by entering the Tournament of the Golden Arrow that afternoon. Robin also decides to enter to win the golden arrow for himself. The Sheriff and Prince John plot to capture Robin Hood at the tournament, deciding that whoever wins must be Robin. Maid Marian overhears their plot, but she can't do anything about it. At the tournament, Robin, Kevin, and Duke are in disguise. Prince John dresses up as Maid Marian, since the real one won't cooperate. Kevin tries to win a gift for Lana. Kid Icarus does really good in the |
September 14, 1991 |
| 2 |
Pursuit of the Magic Hoop Hoop-De-Doo-Dah-Day, the one day of the year when everyone has a shot at their dearest wish, is celebrated on Hoopland. Kevin, Lana, and Duke arrive on Hoopland to try and wish King Charles home. Kevin, Lana, and Duke meet Larry Bird. Hoopless, a young boy who is the inventor of everything on Hoopland, is too short to make a shot at getting a wish, so he has his robot, Rebound, make the shot for him. Rebound gets to make a wish, but, instead of wishing Hoopless tall, he accidentally wishes himself the tallest. He hits his head, which messes up his programming, and becomes evil. Larry, Kevin, Lana, Hoopless, and Duke climb Hoop Mountain, passing a series of challenges by Clockman, Guardian of the Magic Hoop, along the way. Lana wins a wish. However, instead of wishing her father back home, she wishes Rebound back to normal, and everybody's happy. |
September 21, 1991 |
| 3 |
Return to Castlevania Kevin and Simon go to CastleVania to attend The Simon Belmont Awards, where Simon is going to be honored for being a hero like his great-grandfather, Trevor Belmont. The Poltergeist King appears on stage, where Simon expects to be presented with the weapons his ancestor made famous. Instead, the King calls Trevor a coward, and accuses him of stealing the credit after the King defeated Dracula. He curses the Belmont family with a thousand years of shame. He then disappears, taking the weapons with him. The audience begins booing Simon and throwing food at him. Simon escapes by running into a warp. It turns out that the Count was impersonating the King. With Simon no longer considered a hero, the Count could easily take over CastleVania. Igor, a small winged creature sitting on top of the King's staff, warns the Count that the real Poltergeist King was escaping from the tower when he was being held captive. He was climbing down a bedsheet. The Count flies up and uses the King's magic sta |
September 28, 1991 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | NBC |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 9, 1989 |
| Last aired | October 26, 1991 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
| Status | ended |