07 August 2018, 07:49 | #1 |
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Why was there never a Bananaman video/computer game?
Did any of you watch the show as a kid? Does it hold up today?, and why do you think he never starred in his own game? How popular was he outside the UK?
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07 August 2018, 08:31 | #2 |
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I think it can only be due to licensing issues. The BBC had a half functional games company around the time of the cartoon. Perhaps they owned the license and failed to deliver?
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07 August 2018, 09:14 | #3 |
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Yes i used to love it as a kid! I got the annual at Christmas too.
Pretty outdated now, but i guess because the original TV run finished in 1986, the original viewers had moved on by 92-93 when a conversion into a game was most likely, i know it was rerun for years after but it dated quite quickly, like Jimbo The Jetset! Alternate Software would have been odds on favourite if it was at some point started as they had other British and BBC licenses at the time, maybe worth tracking down a member to ask? |
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I did speak to DCT about potential game tie-in opportunities and they told me there had been a few over the years, but they never amounted to anything (beyond one game which includes Bananaman as a playable character). That's all in the linked article anyway. I suppose the BBC would have had first refusal if they wanted to extend their license to develop/commission an accompanying game. Maybe one of the 'tentative enquiries' came from them. It then becomes a question of why an agreement never got off the starting blocks. |
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...don't think I ever saw "Dogtanian" or "Around the World with Willy Fog". Yes to the rest though. Oh, and what about Astro Boy, The Snorks and Gummi Bears |
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I did speak to Dave Palmer from Alternative Software who told me they were planning on developing two Beano-based games (The Beano/Dandy are owned by DC Thomson too), though not a Bananaman one. He didn't go into the finer details so I don't know why it didn't appeal, or if it did, they couldn't reach an agreement with DCT. |
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I've never heard of The Snorks and I don't think Astro Boy was shown back then, but I definitely remember Gummi Bears. As for being on-topic, I thought Bananaman was a cute and funny little cartoon, along the lines of The Family Ness (dig that theme song!). And if they can make a game based on Noel Edmonds' Mr. Blobby, then they could've, SHOULD'VE done it with Bananaman! |
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Just one of those things, they probably picked some more popular names at the time i.e Allo Allo, Thomas The Tank Engine and Dennis & Gnasher and went with them, had they sold by the bucketload them i guess there would be more likely hood of stuff like Bananaman being made. |
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When i lived in North Devon i picked up Welsh TV (HTV, S4C etc) so i used to watch Fireman Sam in Welsh before it got translated into an English version |
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Fireman sam (sam Tan) was also S4C. he is from a fictional place called Pontypandy. Which is a mixture of Pontypridd and Tonypandy |
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My son (5) and daughter (3) love Bananaman (and SuperTed - btw isn't Skeleton just flaming, couldn't get away with that these days). Although, frankly, they'd happily watch a video of paint drying as long as it was on my phone.
We've nearly worn out the Trapdoor DVD from watching it on repeat. |
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I have quite a few of the 80s cartoon series on dvd, girlfriend thinks i'm strange for having them Quote:
That's one of the dvd box sets i have, still enjoy it. |
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A thread about 80s Kids TV nostalgia and Duckula hasn't been mentioned yet?
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I'm not sure I understand the comment about Skeleton, but you've got me intrigued now. SuperTed was another one I loved as a kid - such a simple premise, summed up in about ten seconds in the intro, so many fond memories. |
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I personally love the SuperTed closing theme:
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I don't know what is meant about Skeleton "flaming", neither - I only remember Texas Pete as the main villain, Skeleton as, well, a skeleton, and some obese man as the third villain, but rather a buffoon. I don't know, however, why they would go to such extremes in terms of weight with those two. |
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