TV on DVD Review of the Week: Captain N: The Game Master: Adventures in Videoland
Captain N: The Game Master: Adventures in Videoland is a collection of four episodes of the Captain N: The Game Master television show that originally aired from 1989 to 1991. The show is interesting if you are into Nintendo video games like me, especially the classics. The show is about a kid named Kevin, i.e. The Game Master/Captain N, being sucked into Videoland, which is the world of the video games. In Videoland he helps stop the evil plans of Mother Brain.
The first episode on this DVD is “Kevin In Videoland.” This is the show’s pilot episode and is a great introduction to the show for new viewers. In this episode Kevin helps rescue Princess Lena from Mother Brain.
The second episode on this DVD is “Mr. & Mrs. Mother Brain.” In this episode Simon Belmont (Castlevania video game character and part of the show’s main characters) falls in love with Mother Brain when Kid Icarus’s arrow of love is misshot.
The third and fourth episodes are a two-part plot titled “Videolympics” and “Mega Trouble For Megaland.” In these episodes Kevin and the N team take on Mother Brain in an Olympic like competition, which turns out to be a cover up for her taking over Videoland. It involves Kevin playing through the Mega Man area of Videoland reminiscent of the actual video game.
If you already know you like the show, then I would recommend skipping this DVD and just get the Complete Series. As a way of checking out the show I found this worth renting, especially since it has the introductory episode.
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