http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Dra...e-Series/15912
Still waiting for Pac-Man.....
(Saturday Supercade hasn't held up all that well.)
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Dra...e-Series/15912
Still waiting for Pac-Man.....
(Saturday Supercade hasn't held up all that well.)
Lick me! LICK ME!!
One of the hopeless idiots that runs SC3; (Southern California Classic Collectors):
www.sc3videogames.com
Neat.
Not a stellar representation of the game/characters, but a memorable bit of Saturday Morning Video Game Toon history.
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"
DVD? I mean the game itself was on a better format. I didn't read the entire article, but for the love of god, tell me they will release it on Blu-ray.
It's an 80's Hanna-Barbera-esque (Ruby-Spears basically copied the Scooby-Doo style wholecloth) production; there would be -nothing- to gain quality-wise from a Blu-Ray release. This isn't Don Bluth-quality, here.
It's still good to add this to the collection of Toon DVDs based on videogames, though; in fact until Saturday Supercade comes around, this one will chronologically be the earliest, yes?
Any word on exactly what hoops WB has been trying to get through, besides Sony's apparent ownership to the Q-bert segments?
He's probably referring to the HD Remasters which IIRC were remastered from the film prints.You're saying Laser Disc is a better format than DVD?
ALSO:
For any reference as to the possible contents of this DVD:
This assorted set WB released already has a single episode.
Last edited by Kiddo; 09-11-2011 at 07:20 PM.
I don't know if it preceded DL or the Supercade, but it was my one of the reasons I looked forward to getting out of bed on Saturday morning. I have a bootleg DVD with 6 episodes on it, and I think there was a DVD release in the UK or Australia. I still keep an eye out for that show.
It had a legit Region 1 release too, it's out of print though.
http://www.amazon.com/Pole-Position-.../dp/B001EGMXF4
From the Amazon description:
Ugh. This is what I dislike about American cartoons. Why did there have to be a "spy" angle to it? Why couldn't it just be about racing? It's not like sporting competitions don't have plenty of drama of their own without having to pull government agencies and spy groups into it.Dan and Tess Darret are professional stuntmen whom learn from their Uncle Zachary, that their recently deceased parents were government agents working within the secret organization "Pole Position." Just as their parents, they are called to be part of this organization. They are equipped with two high-tech talking vehicles nmed Roadie and Wheels. Get ready for some fast paced fun & adventure. Get ready for, Pole Position! DVD Contents: 2 Discs featuring the entire series (13 Episodes)
If they did that it would have been Speed Racer. They really only made the show vaguely related to car racing to cash in on the popularity of the arcade game at the time, including naming it "Pole Position". There's a reason why it only lasted one season.
Here's the first episode;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppmKSThhLKs
I swear the pet looks like a cross between a cat and a monkey. It has hands instead of paws, but looks like a cat. It's pretty creepy.
The real, Tatsuo Yoshida Speed Racer, or this Speed Racer?
Yeah, there are worse things this cartoon could've been than a clone of the best anime of the 1960s. I'm sorry but I couldn't sit through that episode. The animation was nice and the music was good, but the voice acting was stiff, the characters came off as painfully two-dimensional and... well, it just really had a stupid premise.
Didn't really mind proto-Snarf tho. Not as much as I hated those computers.