Welcome to Videoland!

If you’ve been looking for a legal way to watch episodes of Captain N: The Game Master (as well as The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, The Legend of Zelda, Sonic Underground, Pole Position, and even cartoons not based on video games) without dropping the money on the DVD sets, then you’re in luck.

The peculiarly-named website Jaroo is described by nerdblog Topless Robot as being like “Hulu for kids,” except the material shown on the site isn’t new and current stuff, but stuff that is rather old.

There aren’t very many episodes of any given show available presently, but “new” ones are added at regular intervals, with dates given at the bottom of the page for any given show. Fortunately for Mega Man fans with a bit of curiosity about 20-year old licensing deals (or those who are simply masochists), not only is the pilot episode available, but also the two-part episodes “Videolympics” and “Mega Trouble in Mega Land,” the latter of which contains some very… interesting takes on the villainous Robot Masters of the first Mega Man game.

For those interested in learning more about the series, you can read its entry in our Mega Man Universe wiki.

Custom Mega Man from Megaland

Sometimes, when you’re a fan of something long enough, you learn to take some of the older, less-favorable stuff in stride. Such is the case with this custom figure by one Kyle Robinson, whose work I found when doing research for a separate article.

Kyle took one of Jazwares’ Retro Roto Mega Man figures, and turned it into the Mega Man from the late 80s DiC cartoon, Captain N: The Game Master. And honestly? He’s done a bang-up job, given what he had to work with.

It’s almost too bad there’s not accompanying figures of the other characters from the series. Sure, it was perplexing then (to put it nicely), but is one chapter of Mega Man’s history that he has in common with other franchises, such as Adam West’s Batman or the old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. I don’t think anyone would want a new cartoon with this Mega Man, but it’s all in the past now as a curious footnote in the Blue Bomber’s history.

It’s also an interesting visual, with more regular Mega Man proportions being used, plus a Mega Buster.

Source: Kyle Robinson Customs