Captain N: The Game Master: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Captain N: The Game Master is an American–Canadian animated television series that aired on television from 1989 to 1991 as part of the Saturday morning cartoon lineup on NBC. The show is produced by DIC Entertainment and incorporated elements from many of the most popular video games of the time from the Japanese company Nintendo. There was also a comic book version by Valiant Comics, despite only featuring characters from games produced by Nintendo. The show is also part of an hour-long block in Season 2 with The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and with Super Mario World in Season 3 in a half-hour block.

Series details

• Title: Captain N: The Game Master
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Fantasy, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 1989-09-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 1991-10-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7/10
• TVMaze ID: 13824
• IMDb ID: tt0096554
• TVDB ID: 76792

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1989-09-09; final listed air date 1989-12-02.
• Season 2: premiered 1990-09-08; final listed air date 1991-01-05.
• Season 3: premiered 1991-09-14; final listed air date 1991-10-26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Captain N: The Game Master on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.