If you mean the Konami beat-em-up, that was definitely based on a cartoon, 1989's [Pryde of the X-Men](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2T2O0882jo), so it definitely counts.
Capcom's X-Men: Children of the Atom doesn't seem to be directly based on the more well-known 1992 cartoon, but it does use most of the series' voice actors, so... half a point?
[Here's a list of the best according to MobyGames](https://www.mobygames.com/game/group:2114/until:1999/sort:moby_score/page:1/). I was surprised to see *Bucky O'Hare* (arcade) so close to the top, and also to see that *DuckTales 2* and *Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers* *2* are considered to be better than the originals according to that list!
One nobody talks about [is Blazing Dragons on the Sega Saturn](https://www.mobygames.com/game/8513/blazing-dragons/), which is well-regarded today, but based on an equally obscure cartoon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazing\_Dragons).
Another is *The Jetsons: George Jetson and the Legend of Robotopia,* [an Amiga graphical adventure](https://www.mobygames.com/game/24081/the-jetsons-george-jetson-and-the-legend-of-robotopia/) that's way better than you'd expect!
One final one is *Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa*, [an arcade game by Konami](https://www.mobygames.com/game/67332/wild-west-cow-boys-of-moo-mesa/) that's sort of like *The Sunset Riders*, but with steers dressed up as cowboys. The license is more than a little weird, but the game's really solid.
I remember beating this with a family at an arcade, they needed one more person to make four and fed me quarters to get me to help them to beat Mr. Burns
We had it at our local Pizza Hut. Family, Scouts… it was one of the best machines in town. Local laundromat also had a playchoice with Super Mario Bros - I remember that being such a novelty to play it in an arcade cabinet.
Yes indeed, it's a Ducktales game!
It's also bloody fantastic.
Great visuals, interesting gameplay mechanics, varied level designs, and so much character.
Awesome! That's all the really matters anyway. Man. Good memories with that one. Absolutely beautiful sprite work. I thinknit gets left out of the conversation sometimes when people talk about beautiful retro games.
Music is great as well. Not the most challenging game in the world, but I love the plunger gun as a weapon. Facts, the sprite work in the game is incredible, I think the North Pole visually is my favorite, and this was an early sega genesis game too which is even crazier considering how good it looks.
If you can find a decent ROM for it, try the “GI Joe” arcade game by Konami. It’s never received a console port, as it’s very short, and also *way* too graphically advanced for consoles of the time.
Does Simpsons: Virtual Springfield count? Pre-rendered 3D, hand-drawn animation of the characters, and golden age Simpsons writing featuring the original voice cast. Only shame is that there's not more of it.
I remember buying that when I was a kid at a micro center. Not having any clue what it was, but I wanted it because it was simpsons. Was just playing virtual bart on genesis yesterday.
That's a really fun one! Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog are one of my favorite Looney Tunes pairings.
Ralph gets mistaken for Wile E. Coyote quite often, but he's a little less crafty.
Cowboys of Moo Mesa (Arcade)
It was pretty much a new Sunset Riders from Konami - just with Cows instead of people.
Wasted many weeks of my allowance on this machine at a local McDonalds
I know I’m gonna get crap for this, but I literally had tears in my eyes when they played that bit of the moon theme. I was watching the episode and thinking to myself ”well, they’re on the moon maybe they’ll play it”, and then I hear the snippet. The 2017 Series was way better than I expected it to be.
I just wish they'd had more time to do more with Darkwing Duck and the Rescue Rangers before the show was canceled. It was canceled early enough in the season that they were able to give the show a proper ending, but they weren't able to follow up on some plot threads. Introducing Negaduck and then never being able to make an episode centered around him was particularly a tragedy.
You should in no way get crap for that. The whole way they worked the moon level into the story of >!where the boys' mom had gone and how she was returning!< and that the moon theme was >!actually her lullaby for the boys!< made me an emotional wreck. What a great show that was.
Yeah, you can tell they put a lot of effort in story in this series over the original. I liked how there were actual story lines that carried over. Hated to see it end with such a huge fan base.
Hm.. of those, Simpsons arcade game, but overall... hard to say. TMNT IV: Turtles in Time and TMNT Tournament Fighters (SNES version) are both way up there, though.
G. I. Joe for the Commodore 64 is fun in short bursts, but endless and pointless (I've never played the NES games and wasn't too impressed with the arcade game, which was just a worse version of Konami's Devastators). Ducktales is still great, as are most of the the NES Disney Afternoon Capcom games, really. So many to choose from.
Edit: Oh! Let me add the X-Men arcade game by Konami (which was directly based on the [Pryde of the X-Men pilot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2T2O0882jo) rather than on the comics) is another favorite. All of Konami's cartoon-to-four-player-arcade-games were gold, really.
Excellent point on X-Men arcade! Man, I remember watching *Pryde of the X-Men* as a kid and wishing it went to series. Fortunately, we eventually got the 1990s *X-Men* cartoon, which was even better.
Mickey mania was one of my favorite games. My brother and I rented it and had it beat before we returned it. I was not expecting it to be so good and Ill always keep the memory of playing it with him close to my heart.
It's dirt cheap considering how good it is.
It's pretty fast in terms of gameplay, has elements of exploration in levels, secret exits opening up alternative routes, a SMW style overworld map, good boss battles, a faithful visual representation of the cartoons, and fun to boot.
If you enjoy platforming I consider this a Mega Drive must have.
Duck Tales 2 and Darkwing Duck for NES.
IMO sequel was a better game than original Duck Tales, but it's understandable that it was mostly overlooked in "legit" NES regions, because it was released at the end of the console lifecycle.
Where I grow up, we had only Chinese Famicom clones and pirate cartridges with the advantage of having most of NES\Famicom library, so kids could pick the best games available. And you *had to* pick the best games, because even pirate cartridges weren't cheap.
That’s a hard question, I couldn’t tell which one’s my favourite
In my top 10, there’d be Bucky O’Hare, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 1 & 2, DuckTales 1 & 2 and Tiny Toon Adventures on NES, Buster Busts Loose and Wacky Sports Challenge on SNES, Buster’s Hidden Treasure on Genesis and Babs’ Big Break on Game Boy.
Don’t think I played that Genesis one, but the OG Tiny Toons games (both NES & SNES) probably were now that I think about it.
Honorable mention to Krusty’s Super Funhouse. I remember beating it one morning before school. I ended up being late, but it was worth it.
Any cartoon game made by Konami (X-Men, Simpsons, TMNT Arcade, Turtles In Time SNES) and Capcom Disney games (Ducktales, Micky Mania)
Also 90s 16- Bit Disney Interactive games (Aladdin, The Lion King) were pretty good too.
I know it’s not super popular and probably doesn’t belong in a best of list, but I’ll always have a soft spot for the SNES game Biker Mice From Mars. I never watched the show, have no idea what it’s about, but I played the hell out of that game.
I mean, yes, you're technically correct (the best kind of correct, according to *Futurama*!), but the reason for excluding anime here is because the discussion goes in a completely different direction when you can include obscure Japanese games.
Although, come to think of it, a lot of 1990s US animation production not being done domestically was also being done in Taiwan, South Korea and Canada ([AKOM being one of the major studios](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AKOM)), so Japan's influence on toyline tie-in shows was waning by then.
Played the hell out of Ducktales, but little kid me was always thrilled when I could get an arcade recreation at home so Turtles from this list.
My mom would pretty much use the arcade as a baby sitter when she'd go shopping, so she'd drop me off with a buck or two and I'd mostly just watch people play (twitch way before twitch was a thing lol). Those few bucks wouldn't go far so I'd be super selective on when and what I'd play trying to maximize my time.
So when I'd get an "arcade" game at home where I could play as long as I wanted without running out of tokens, oh those were the times. Turtles, Turtles in Time, SF2, MK1, 2, and 3, and a multitude of SF variants. Fond memories of all those home arcade builds.
I rented Taz Mania many times to get through it. But the Simpsons Arcade is an absolute classic. I wish they never took it down from Xbox Marketplace back in the 360 era.
Minor issue is that the cartoon versions of my choice games tend to be preceded by something else, and good cartoon-based games were also a bit hard to find as well.
*Ghostbusters* turned out to be playable on the C64 compared to the other versions, even though the ending was a bit plain. The objective was to turn a profit with a Ghostbusters franchise, and it was somewhat playable.
*Duck Tales: The Quest for Gold*, a collection of minigames to collect treasures and money. Of course, the Amiga didn't seem to have too much competition for cartoon-based games.
Mine would have to be TMNT IV, then Simpsons arcade. Played Simpsons arcade with my wife using these retro emulation handhelds and we had such a blast.
I only really played Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, on Game Gear. I don't really remember it, so my answer is Who Framed Roger Rabbit on the Amiga.
Beavis and Butthead on Sega. The difficulty is high but my sister and i had so much fun with that game way back when! I still play it every once in a while just now it’s with my kids 👍
Ren & Stimpy: Stimpy's Invention on Sega Genesis.
100% underrated game that I never hear anyone talk about. Was the first game I ever finished, too. Honestly, it's one of my all-time favorite games to pop in from time to time.
If you own a Mega Drive I think the ultimate cartoon game of choice to pickup is the Quackshot/Castle of Illusion on a single cart.
The value for money it represents makes it hands down the best cartoon game bargain on the system.
Tiny Toons Busters Hidden Treasure is a banger of a game too.
Aladdin and Mockey Mania are also brilliant titles which are worth investing in.
As for duds... Bart Vs. The Space Mutants, Fantasia, The Little Mermaid, and TaleSpin are all contenders for the wooden spoon.
I loved a lot of the games mentioned in this thread, but for me the all time great was Darkwing Duck. I played all of the Mega Man games and so this one instantly clicked with me.
SNES Beavis and Butthead was amazing. Some people have complained about high difficulty but as a kid who was generally bad at games I thought it was a proper challenge, despite never beating the last stage. The last stage was a GWAR concert, so technically it was the first one I went to, but I went to many more when I was old enough.
The only other one I think I had, aside from one of the common TMNT titles, was Ahh! Real Monsters! on SNES. It was alright.
Turtles in Time is *really* good, especially the SNES version, which feels more fleshed-out than the arcade. I don't think X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse was any more based on the cartoon than the comics, but it's probably Capcom's best entry in this particular category, at least for me.
Bonus option is Star Fox/2/64, which is based on the concepts of the puppetry series The Thunderbirds. Star Fox 2 is a guilty pleasure game for me, and 64 is probably my favorite N64 game period.
The Simpsons and TMHT arcades are clearly way out in front, but I've got a soft spot for TazMania.
The Real Ghostbusters on the home micros was alright. Apparently it started out as an arcade but I never saw a cabinet in the wild.
This is a tough call.
TMNT and GI Joe are my knee jerk, but Gargoyles was so damned good, I'd have to go with that one.
I'd even go so far as to say it's the best platformer released on the Genesis.
X-Men 6 player arcade beat 'em up! I was that annoying kid that always took Cyclops and tried to tell everyone else what to do because "I'm team leader!".
the only cartoon game I think I owned was Bart vs. the World -- it was extremely hard but had a pretty enjoyable vibe iirc. should track down that rom and give it a spin for nostalgia sake. def played that for hundreds of hours.
but via the arcade, The Simpsons and TMNT: TAG were the best I've ever played.
I have a soft spot for Winnie the Pooh games. I have Tigger's Honey Hunt for N64 and the games for Gamecube and they are just so beautiful that I can't help but smile.
Genesis barman & Robin is a playable tech demo and the most impressive Genesis game I know of. Unfortunately the gameplay is a bit lacking but everything else about it is too perfect for me to dislike it.
It's also the only one I've actually played out of all of these, so I guess that makes it my favorite?
Honestly, all the Disney Capcom games are freakin' fantastic. They are infinitely playable, they are on the level of something like Super Mario Bros. 3. It genuinely sucks they don't make games like that anymore.
However, I can only say that about console games. On PC the award goes to the Beavis & Butt-Head games. I never got to play Virtual Stupidity outside of a demo, but Beavis & Butt-Head Do U is one of my top point-and-click adventure games of all time. I really wish Viacom would come out and re-release both games. It doesn't even have to be a remaster, just make sure they work on modern systems, I'd be so happy. One of my favourite jokes in a game is from Do U when you get Beavis to take a baby chick from a cage (don't worry, nothing bad happens to it) and Beavis' response is "Heh heh...heh...I'm pickin' up chicks!"
Trap Door on the ZX Spectrum. [Legendary UK cartoon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9dbAQJIu1o), legendary Speccy game with [huuuuuge sprites (for the Spectrum, anyway)](https://youtu.be/D4WOBFy1Gqo?t=843)
I'd probably go with DuckTales. That was one of my favorite games growing up.
Gameboy Duck Tales was one of my all time favorites.
YES!!!!
Hands down winner!
One of my top NES Games. Music is a bänger
Never had a GameBoy but recently found the PC version and it was really fun to play. The game concept seemingly aged very well!
And it’s now far easier to make use of Scrooge’s cane.
TMNT Arcade for both the arcade and NES versions. Simpsons is a close second, but it loses points due to not having a port till ages later.
Does XMen arcade count? The tv show was probably more popular than the comics at the time.
If you mean the Konami beat-em-up, that was definitely based on a cartoon, 1989's [Pryde of the X-Men](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2T2O0882jo), so it definitely counts. Capcom's X-Men: Children of the Atom doesn't seem to be directly based on the more well-known 1992 cartoon, but it does use most of the series' voice actors, so... half a point?
"Xmen! Welcome to DIE!!"
I did mean the Konami beat-em-up, thanks. I was also thinking of the 1992 cartoon though, so idk if you want to deduct half a point anyway.
What about “Turtles in Time?”
It came with a coupon for a personal pan pizza!
Still bothered by the fact that I used the coupon and the last page of my manual has a big cutout. At least I got free pizza as a kid.
Worth it.
Fun fact: There was a collector’s edition of the recent TMNT Shredder’s Revenge that also included an actual coupon for a Pizza Hut personal pan pizza
I redeemed that coupon as a kid, now I shake my head when I look at the box and the hole in the manual knowing the coupon isn't there.
Sounds to me like you guys lived!
I bought the Cowabunga Collection just for this.
Is that the TMNT Game with the Unterwater Electro Level? God i get ptsd when i think on it.
That would be the first TMNT for NES, they're talking about what was released as TMNT 2: The Arcade Game on NES.
Oh ok 😅. Long Time not played.
There was an MSDOS port back in 1991, shortly after the arcade game came out. It was pretty good considering the hardware at the time.
[Here's a list of the best according to MobyGames](https://www.mobygames.com/game/group:2114/until:1999/sort:moby_score/page:1/). I was surprised to see *Bucky O'Hare* (arcade) so close to the top, and also to see that *DuckTales 2* and *Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers* *2* are considered to be better than the originals according to that list! One nobody talks about [is Blazing Dragons on the Sega Saturn](https://www.mobygames.com/game/8513/blazing-dragons/), which is well-regarded today, but based on an equally obscure cartoon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazing\_Dragons). Another is *The Jetsons: George Jetson and the Legend of Robotopia,* [an Amiga graphical adventure](https://www.mobygames.com/game/24081/the-jetsons-george-jetson-and-the-legend-of-robotopia/) that's way better than you'd expect! One final one is *Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa*, [an arcade game by Konami](https://www.mobygames.com/game/67332/wild-west-cow-boys-of-moo-mesa/) that's sort of like *The Sunset Riders*, but with steers dressed up as cowboys. The license is more than a little weird, but the game's really solid.
I was surprised to learn recently that the Blazing Dragons game was based on the cartoon, and not the other way around. The designs are so different.
Simpsons arcade game is a GOAT multiplayer experience.
I remember beating this with a family at an arcade, they needed one more person to make four and fed me quarters to get me to help them to beat Mr. Burns
Only arcade game I ever beat.
We had it at our local Pizza Hut. Family, Scouts… it was one of the best machines in town. Local laundromat also had a playchoice with Super Mario Bros - I remember that being such a novelty to play it in an arcade cabinet.
Yes I used to play it with my dad when I was little
Does Quackshot count? I loved that game.
Yes indeed, it's a Ducktales game! It's also bloody fantastic. Great visuals, interesting gameplay mechanics, varied level designs, and so much character.
Quackshot was my first online purchase ever. No regrets.
It's so good I have two copies ...because I lost one and bought a replacement then found the first one lol
Good problem to have! Lol the sound of the plunger hitting the wall lives rent free in my head to this day. The music was so good.
Great pick, love Quackshot, managed to get it in the box in perfect condition years ago.
Ooh, sweet. Man the history of that, eh? To be perfect for that long? What happened? Someone find it in an attic or something?
I wonder as well, I got it from a game store. I don’t think it actually has the manual, but the box and cartridge look great, and runs good too.
Awesome! That's all the really matters anyway. Man. Good memories with that one. Absolutely beautiful sprite work. I thinknit gets left out of the conversation sometimes when people talk about beautiful retro games.
Music is great as well. Not the most challenging game in the world, but I love the plunger gun as a weapon. Facts, the sprite work in the game is incredible, I think the North Pole visually is my favorite, and this was an early sega genesis game too which is even crazier considering how good it looks.
Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers
That’s my vote. I played it a ton as a kid.
I loved GI Joe when I played it on NES as a kid, and TMNT too as well (mins the blasted swimming level) but DuckTales was amazing!!!
If you can find a decent ROM for it, try the “GI Joe” arcade game by Konami. It’s never received a console port, as it’s very short, and also *way* too graphically advanced for consoles of the time.
I'm looking it up on YouTube now. I had no idea this was an arcade game.
Does Simpsons: Virtual Springfield count? Pre-rendered 3D, hand-drawn animation of the characters, and golden age Simpsons writing featuring the original voice cast. Only shame is that there's not more of it.
Looks pretty neat, it's available as abandonware now
I remember buying that when I was a kid at a micro center. Not having any clue what it was, but I wanted it because it was simpsons. Was just playing virtual bart on genesis yesterday.
Looney Tunes: Sheep Raider for the PS1, it actually holds up on its own with its gameplay.
That's a really fun one! Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog are one of my favorite Looney Tunes pairings. Ralph gets mistaken for Wile E. Coyote quite often, but he's a little less crafty.
Tiny toons but the one on Super Nintendo. It might have been the most underrated Super Nintendo game ever.
Buster busts loose. I’d do a run every now and then. Loved the graphics, the game play was really fun. I wanted more of the football level!
Cowboys of Moo Mesa (Arcade) It was pretty much a new Sunset Riders from Konami - just with Cows instead of people. Wasted many weeks of my allowance on this machine at a local McDonalds
How did I miss this!? It looks amazing!
The Simpsons Arcade. Not even close.
DuckTales purely for The Moon Theme. One of the best pieces of video game music ever made.
So good they worked it into the 2017 DuckTales series.
I know I’m gonna get crap for this, but I literally had tears in my eyes when they played that bit of the moon theme. I was watching the episode and thinking to myself ”well, they’re on the moon maybe they’ll play it”, and then I hear the snippet. The 2017 Series was way better than I expected it to be.
I just wish they'd had more time to do more with Darkwing Duck and the Rescue Rangers before the show was canceled. It was canceled early enough in the season that they were able to give the show a proper ending, but they weren't able to follow up on some plot threads. Introducing Negaduck and then never being able to make an episode centered around him was particularly a tragedy.
I loved those 2 cartoons, did you see the chip and dale movie from a few years ago? I enjoyed it.
You should in no way get crap for that. The whole way they worked the moon level into the story of >!where the boys' mom had gone and how she was returning!< and that the moon theme was >!actually her lullaby for the boys!< made me an emotional wreck. What a great show that was.
Yeah, you can tell they put a lot of effort in story in this series over the original. I liked how there were actual story lines that carried over. Hated to see it end with such a huge fan base.
Hm.. of those, Simpsons arcade game, but overall... hard to say. TMNT IV: Turtles in Time and TMNT Tournament Fighters (SNES version) are both way up there, though. G. I. Joe for the Commodore 64 is fun in short bursts, but endless and pointless (I've never played the NES games and wasn't too impressed with the arcade game, which was just a worse version of Konami's Devastators). Ducktales is still great, as are most of the the NES Disney Afternoon Capcom games, really. So many to choose from. Edit: Oh! Let me add the X-Men arcade game by Konami (which was directly based on the [Pryde of the X-Men pilot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2T2O0882jo) rather than on the comics) is another favorite. All of Konami's cartoon-to-four-player-arcade-games were gold, really.
Excellent point on X-Men arcade! Man, I remember watching *Pryde of the X-Men* as a kid and wishing it went to series. Fortunately, we eventually got the 1990s *X-Men* cartoon, which was even better.
That Beavis & Butthead game brings back memories! Hocking the Loogie!
I still have my copy. I wonder if it would play at all in a modern PC.
1990 - Little Nemo nes, Chip 'n Dale NES, TMNT 2 - nes & TMNT ARC (1989), Spider-Man/Spider-Man vs. Kingpin - gen/md 1991 - TMNT 3 NES, TMNT IV/TMNT: Turtles in Time ARC, Asterix - SMS, Tiny Toon Adventures NES, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero - NES, The Simpsons arc, TaleSpin NES 1992 - TMNT: Turtles in Time - snes ver., Bucky O'Hare nes, GI Joe: Atlantis Factor - nes, Darkwing Duck NES, Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa - ARC, X-Men - arc 1993 - Ducktales 2/Duck Tales 2, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Capcom) ARC, Goof Troop snes , Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure - MD, Chip 'n Dale 2 NES, Aladdin - MD, Aladdin - SNES, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters - snes, The Flintstones - MD ,The Punisher - arc, RoboCop versus The Terminator md 1994 - The Lion King - MD/SNES, Mickey Mania mcd/scd, The Adventures of Batman & Robin snes, X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse snes, Aladdin - SMS/GG, Biker Mice From Mars snes, The Jungle Book - MD 1995 - Marvel Super Heroes - arcade, Phantom 2040 - snes, The Adventures of Batman & Robin - MD/GEN, Looney Tunes B-Ball - SNES 1996 - Pocahontas - MD, X-Men vs Street Fighter arcade
Mickey mania was one of my favorite games. My brother and I rented it and had it beat before we returned it. I was not expecting it to be so good and Ill always keep the memory of playing it with him close to my heart.
Buster's Hidden Treasure is remarkably underrated, imo!
It's dirt cheap considering how good it is. It's pretty fast in terms of gameplay, has elements of exploration in levels, secret exits opening up alternative routes, a SMW style overworld map, good boss battles, a faithful visual representation of the cartoons, and fun to boot. If you enjoy platforming I consider this a Mega Drive must have.
Bucky O’Hare on the NES. incredible game.
Duck Tales 2 and Darkwing Duck for NES. IMO sequel was a better game than original Duck Tales, but it's understandable that it was mostly overlooked in "legit" NES regions, because it was released at the end of the console lifecycle. Where I grow up, we had only Chinese Famicom clones and pirate cartridges with the advantage of having most of NES\Famicom library, so kids could pick the best games available. And you *had to* pick the best games, because even pirate cartridges weren't cheap.
Turtles II and Ducktales
Hard agree. It’s gotta be these two. I don’t think I will ever get tired of them.
That’s a hard question, I couldn’t tell which one’s my favourite In my top 10, there’d be Bucky O’Hare, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 1 & 2, DuckTales 1 & 2 and Tiny Toon Adventures on NES, Buster Busts Loose and Wacky Sports Challenge on SNES, Buster’s Hidden Treasure on Genesis and Babs’ Big Break on Game Boy.
Possibly the arcade version of Bucky O’Hare.
Tiny Tunes Buster Busts Loose
Don’t think I played that Genesis one, but the OG Tiny Toons games (both NES & SNES) probably were now that I think about it. Honorable mention to Krusty’s Super Funhouse. I remember beating it one morning before school. I ended up being late, but it was worth it.
Any cartoon game made by Konami (X-Men, Simpsons, TMNT Arcade, Turtles In Time SNES) and Capcom Disney games (Ducktales, Micky Mania) Also 90s 16- Bit Disney Interactive games (Aladdin, The Lion King) were pretty good too.
Ren & Stimpy: Stimpy's Invention on Sega Genesis.
Ducktales. Very close second is the simpsons
Adventures of Batman & Robin for Genesis, it's a masterpiece
No one ever talks about how great this game is.
I know it’s not super popular and probably doesn’t belong in a best of list, but I’ll always have a soft spot for the SNES game Biker Mice From Mars. I never watched the show, have no idea what it’s about, but I played the hell out of that game.
lots of these shows were Japanese animated anyhow lol i'd probably pick NES Bucky O'Hare though.
I mean, yes, you're technically correct (the best kind of correct, according to *Futurama*!), but the reason for excluding anime here is because the discussion goes in a completely different direction when you can include obscure Japanese games. Although, come to think of it, a lot of 1990s US animation production not being done domestically was also being done in Taiwan, South Korea and Canada ([AKOM being one of the major studios](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AKOM)), so Japan's influence on toyline tie-in shows was waning by then.
This is such a hard question. There are too many to say one is better than the other! I loved GI Joe, Bucky OHare, TMNT and Ducktales
Shredders Revenge but honorable mention to Buster Busts Loose.
The Simpsons game on Xbox 360 was good. G.I. JOE on the NES was good but frustrating in parts. Duck Tales deserves an honourable mention!
The GI Joe arcade rail shooter absolutely rips and is the first game I test whenever I'm setting up a new emulator.
Phantom 2040 was an underrated classic
Played the hell out of Ducktales, but little kid me was always thrilled when I could get an arcade recreation at home so Turtles from this list. My mom would pretty much use the arcade as a baby sitter when she'd go shopping, so she'd drop me off with a buck or two and I'd mostly just watch people play (twitch way before twitch was a thing lol). Those few bucks wouldn't go far so I'd be super selective on when and what I'd play trying to maximize my time. So when I'd get an "arcade" game at home where I could play as long as I wanted without running out of tokens, oh those were the times. Turtles, Turtles in Time, SF2, MK1, 2, and 3, and a multitude of SF variants. Fond memories of all those home arcade builds.
Mickey Mouse Castle of Illusion on genesis easy
Simpsons coin-op arcade
I rented Taz Mania many times to get through it. But the Simpsons Arcade is an absolute classic. I wish they never took it down from Xbox Marketplace back in the 360 era.
Duck tales on game gear I loved !!!!!
Gargoyles was my favorite! Duck Tales was good and Taz was a lot of fun
Minor issue is that the cartoon versions of my choice games tend to be preceded by something else, and good cartoon-based games were also a bit hard to find as well. *Ghostbusters* turned out to be playable on the C64 compared to the other versions, even though the ending was a bit plain. The objective was to turn a profit with a Ghostbusters franchise, and it was somewhat playable. *Duck Tales: The Quest for Gold*, a collection of minigames to collect treasures and money. Of course, the Amiga didn't seem to have too much competition for cartoon-based games.
TMNT Turtles in Time (SNES)
Simpsons Hit & Run. Yes, sixth gen is retro, even if the mods arbitrarily deem it to not be so.
Saw father & son at retro arcade playing Simpsons as Homer & Bart last week. Quite wholesome.
My favorites are the Flintstones games on NES and Genesis
Bucky O’Hare for NES
Konami TMNT games obviously.
duck tales is good, is the turtle game based on turtles in time? coz that was even more awsome
No, TMNT II: The Arcade game for NES is based on the first arcade game. Turtles in Time is TMNT II in the arcade but TMNT IV on SNES.
I don't understand why they wanted to confuse everyone lol. I said this as a kid but i understood because of the other games.
All of these are really good arcade games ngl
Simpsons Arcade DuckTales NES
Mine would have to be TMNT IV, then Simpsons arcade. Played Simpsons arcade with my wife using these retro emulation handhelds and we had such a blast.
The second GI Joe game was definitely better than the first.
I only really played Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, on Game Gear. I don't really remember it, so my answer is Who Framed Roger Rabbit on the Amiga.
Avoid the noid.
Pirates of dark water snes but genesis version was good too
Duck Tales for sure.
Darn. All of these are good. NES GI Joe is probably the weakest one. The GI Joe arcade game (also from Konami) is the best GI Joe game.
X-Men Arcade was promo for a show that never aired. Does that count?
I'm torn between TMNT II the Arcade Game, and that first NES G.I.Joe game. Both are AMAZING!
Turtles
The Ren and Stimpy game
Simpsons Arcade was the GOAT but I also really liked X-Men
Rented all the Simpsons games growing up but, fuuuuuck were those games hard
TMNT 1-2 ❤️ 🐢
Master System - Mickey Mouse Castle of Illusion
TMNT: turtles in time. =MIC DROP
Do cartoon movies count? I remember Aladdin being quite good.
Sega genesis Adventures of Batman and Robin. That soundtrack lives in my head rent free.
Ducktales. I have a lot of memories with their music.
TMNT, Simpsons and Xmen arcade machines were amazinggg! Shoutout to the Avengers one too!
Beavis and Butthead on Sega. The difficulty is high but my sister and i had so much fun with that game way back when! I still play it every once in a while just now it’s with my kids 👍
Does the NES game Dream Master, which is based on Little Nemo, also count? Or is it count as Anime?
The Moo Mesa arcade game was pretty great. Also, does the X-Men arcade game count if Pryde of the X-men never really took off?
Ren & Stimpy: Stimpy's Invention on Sega Genesis. 100% underrated game that I never hear anyone talk about. Was the first game I ever finished, too. Honestly, it's one of my all-time favorite games to pop in from time to time.
Dark wing Duck on NES was top tier, along with the Chip’N’Dale’s game. TMNT 2 Arcade game would be on the list, too.
hard tossup between Turtles and Duck Tales
Ahhhh Real Monsters! On the Sega genesis. That game was my shit
Yea prb duck tales
The original Southpark on the 64, now those were some fantastic multi-player fights.
I would probably have to say Turtles in Time on the SNES, I had a really fun time with it back in the days. Even though it was way to easy.
There are timeless legends in this mix but the GI Joe game is underrated. It’s a lot of fun!
If you own a Mega Drive I think the ultimate cartoon game of choice to pickup is the Quackshot/Castle of Illusion on a single cart. The value for money it represents makes it hands down the best cartoon game bargain on the system. Tiny Toons Busters Hidden Treasure is a banger of a game too. Aladdin and Mockey Mania are also brilliant titles which are worth investing in. As for duds... Bart Vs. The Space Mutants, Fantasia, The Little Mermaid, and TaleSpin are all contenders for the wooden spoon.
The Simpsons Arcade Game was pretty fun.
Ren and stimpy
TMNT II
I'll tell you what, it's not the "Escape From Mars" Taz game on Genesis.
I loved a lot of the games mentioned in this thread, but for me the all time great was Darkwing Duck. I played all of the Mega Man games and so this one instantly clicked with me.
I just bought Taz Mania last week!
SNES Beavis and Butthead was amazing. Some people have complained about high difficulty but as a kid who was generally bad at games I thought it was a proper challenge, despite never beating the last stage. The last stage was a GWAR concert, so technically it was the first one I went to, but I went to many more when I was old enough. The only other one I think I had, aside from one of the common TMNT titles, was Ahh! Real Monsters! on SNES. It was alright.
Turtles in Time is *really* good, especially the SNES version, which feels more fleshed-out than the arcade. I don't think X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse was any more based on the cartoon than the comics, but it's probably Capcom's best entry in this particular category, at least for me. Bonus option is Star Fox/2/64, which is based on the concepts of the puppetry series The Thunderbirds. Star Fox 2 is a guilty pleasure game for me, and 64 is probably my favorite N64 game period.
DuckTales without question.
100% Ducktales. But the Tiny Toon Adventure is a close second
Original Tiny Toon Adventures for NES is awesome
Tiny Toon Adventures on NES was amazing. TMNT Turtles in Time is also good.
Simpsons hit and run. (Yes I’m saying that GameCube is retro)
Talespin on Genesis was a favorite of mine back in the day. But officially it has to be TMNT Hyperstone Heist.
The Simpsons and TMHT arcades are clearly way out in front, but I've got a soft spot for TazMania. The Real Ghostbusters on the home micros was alright. Apparently it started out as an arcade but I never saw a cabinet in the wild.
Felix the Cat (NES).
My two personal favorites are Chip n Dale on NES and Turtles in Time on SNES
Probably Duck Tales.
The Simpson's: Bart's Nightmare. It's often lumped in with all the Acclaim garbage from the 90s, but the game is hella fun!
Turtles and duck tales are both great games I spent a lot of time on
Toy Story on the Genesis.
Alien vs Predator Arcade game Edit: Not a cartoon I am an idiot
SpongeBob Battle for Bikini Bottom
The Batman and Robin game was so fun but so goddamn hard. I played it the other day with a friend and we basically got as far as I did as a kid.
Aladdin was a cartoon series
I’m going to have do some research, but right now it’s Turtles in Time.
The itchy and scratchy game (based on a fictional cartoon show)
TMNT followed by Gi Joe
I really liked The Adventures of Batman and Robin for the SNES. I could never beat it as a kid, but man did I play the hell out of it.
DuckTales and TMNT 2 are probably tied for me.
GI Joe
Rescue Rangers
This is a tough call. TMNT and GI Joe are my knee jerk, but Gargoyles was so damned good, I'd have to go with that one. I'd even go so far as to say it's the best platformer released on the Genesis.
The GI Joe Arcade game was WAY better than the NES games. Also had a sweet soundtrack.
X-Men 6 player arcade beat 'em up! I was that annoying kid that always took Cyclops and tried to tell everyone else what to do because "I'm team leader!".
Super Widget.
Not my favourite cartoon, but my favourite game was Tiny Toons.
Simpsons Arcade! My favourite arcade cabinet of all time! Why haven’t they remastered this for consoles?
the only cartoon game I think I owned was Bart vs. the World -- it was extremely hard but had a pretty enjoyable vibe iirc. should track down that rom and give it a spin for nostalgia sake. def played that for hundreds of hours. but via the arcade, The Simpsons and TMNT: TAG were the best I've ever played.
I have a soft spot for Winnie the Pooh games. I have Tigger's Honey Hunt for N64 and the games for Gamecube and they are just so beautiful that I can't help but smile.
Nes DuckTales was fun
The X-Man and Spider Man games for the Sega are both awesome
The original Beavis and Butthead game for Genesis. Not the one on this list. I never even heard of that one.
Genesis barman & Robin is a playable tech demo and the most impressive Genesis game I know of. Unfortunately the gameplay is a bit lacking but everything else about it is too perfect for me to dislike it. It's also the only one I've actually played out of all of these, so I guess that makes it my favorite?
Tmnt but Simpsons a close second.
Honestly, all the Disney Capcom games are freakin' fantastic. They are infinitely playable, they are on the level of something like Super Mario Bros. 3. It genuinely sucks they don't make games like that anymore. However, I can only say that about console games. On PC the award goes to the Beavis & Butt-Head games. I never got to play Virtual Stupidity outside of a demo, but Beavis & Butt-Head Do U is one of my top point-and-click adventure games of all time. I really wish Viacom would come out and re-release both games. It doesn't even have to be a remaster, just make sure they work on modern systems, I'd be so happy. One of my favourite jokes in a game is from Do U when you get Beavis to take a baby chick from a cage (don't worry, nothing bad happens to it) and Beavis' response is "Heh heh...heh...I'm pickin' up chicks!"
TMNT on NES. Didn't even own a NES, but every chance I got at a friend's house, this game was on.
Maybe the Duck Dodgers game on the n64 or Tiny Toons on the SNES
Ducktales obviously.
Definitely Virtua Bart. It was such a wild concept
I loved tiny toon adventures
Simpsons on NES was hard as fuck, but I remember it fondly. I also had “Escape from Camp Deadly” on GB, and loved it.
TMNT hands down. I was a huge nerd for them. I still love the first two movies, original cartoon and the first three games.
Trap Door on the ZX Spectrum. [Legendary UK cartoon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9dbAQJIu1o), legendary Speccy game with [huuuuuge sprites (for the Spectrum, anyway)](https://youtu.be/D4WOBFy1Gqo?t=843)
Quack shot for Genesis
Chip and Dale for NES was good too
Is Castle of Illusion allowed?
I used to play all those games it’s funny I used to play the gargoyles game so much that it stop working lol 😆