Top 10 Cartoon Game: Cartoons are a great way to pass the time, and they have made millions of people happy over the years. There’s something for everyone, from classic cartoons to Saturday morning cartoons to edgier stuff.
Especially Saturday morning cartoons are often remembered with a lot of fondness. After a long week of school, many kids looked forward to them.
Cartoons often have catchy theme songs that are hard to forget once you hear them. There have been a lot of video games based on cartoons, but a lot of them are either cheap ways to make money or don’t capture what makes the cartoon so great. This list has the top 10 video games that are based on some of the most popular cartoons.
The Simpsons
The Simpsons have been entertaining people all over the world for more than 30 years. Their best years may be over, but they have had a huge impact on the entertainment industry.
Hit & Run, a game based on The Simpsons, might be one of the best games ever made. The Simpsons: Hit & Run was a big hit with both fans and critics because it built on the open-world gameplay of Grand Theft Auto.
Spider-Man
Spider-Man has been in a lot of cartoons over the years, with the first one coming out in 1967. Most people remember this version because of the famous theme song, which is still used in movies today.
There have also been many Spider-Man games, the most recent being Insomniac Games’ hugely successful take on “Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man” and fan favorite Miles Morales.
But Sega’s arcade game from 1991 may have been the most like the cartoons in terms of tone and mood. This is a side-scrolling beat ’em up where you can play as Spider-Man, Black Cat, Hawkeye, or Sub-Mariner.
There are, of course, a lot of well-known Marvel bad guys to fight, like Venom, the Green Goblin, and Doctor Doom.
Donald Duck
Donald Duck didn’t want Mickey Mouse and the success of Castle of Illusion to steal the show from him, so he had his own success with QuackShot on the Sega Genesis.
When it came out in 1991, QuackShot kept up with the high standards that Castle of Illusion had set because it also had great graphics.
The animation was so good that it brought Donald Duck to life and gave Sega Genesis owners another reason to be proud of their console.
X-Men
In the 1980s and 1990s, Konami was one of the best companies that made arcade games, but their 4-player arcade cabinets were the most popular.
With big hits like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Simpsons, it didn’t take long for Konami to make another moneymaker. In 1992, they released the X-Men impressibility large 6-player arcade.
Even though all of these games were side-scrolling beat-em-ups, what made them different was how well they captured the spirit of each license.
The way the graphics looked in the X-Men arcade game made it feel like an extension of the cartoon. It let the player control their favorite characters as they fought their way to a final showdown with Magneto.
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is one of the most well-known and well-known cartoon characters ever made. Mickey Mouse and Disney go together like peanut butter and jelly. His character has changed over the years, but he is still as popular today as he was when he was first introduced to the world in 1928.
Mickey Mouse has been in a few video games over the years, but Castle of Illusion, which came out for the Sega Genesis in 1990, is the one that everyone knows. Castle of Illusion had great animation and graphics, and it helped show what the Sega Genesis could do before a certain fast-moving hedgehog became the company’s mascot.
Tiny Toon Adventures
Tiny Toon Adventures was based around Acme Looniversity. The idea was to make a younger generation of characters who looked like their older versions but had enough personality to stand out on their own. Buster and Babs Bunny, Plucky Duck, and Hampton J. Pig were just a few of these people.
Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose was a great platform game with great gameplay and graphics. There was a lot of variety to keep the player interested, like mini-games in addition to the main levels. Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose was very well liked by both fans and critics. It captured the crazy spirit of the cartoons.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Like Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have become a huge hit, spawning toys and movies that have made billions of dollars.
When it came out in 1987, the cartoon was a huge hit around the world. Millions of kids watched it, and they would often argue about who was their favorite “Hero in a Half Shell.” Over the years, there have been a lot of great Turtles games, and their popularity doesn’t seem to be slowing down.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredders Revenge was the first of two Turtles games that came out in 2022. Shredders Revenge is a tribute to both the original TV show and the arcade game.
It was made by the same company that made the great Streets of Rage 4. The Cowabunga Collection is the second Turtles game to come out in 2022. It is a collection of 13 Turtles games that have been released on different systems over the years.
The Trap Door
Even though it wasn’t really a cartoon, kids in the UK really liked the animated show The Trap Door. Aardman Animations’ Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run would make the style of art used in The Trap Door famous around the world.
The first episode of The Trap Door aired in 1986. It’s about a boy named Berk who has to keep his unseen master happy while dealing with the scary things that live under The Trap Door.
Fans liked the animation and dark humor, and it has since become a cult hit. The Trap Door computer game came out in 1986, and it was about Berk’s adventures. The graphics of the game were praised for being true to the show.
Transformers
Since the first cartoon came out in 1984, “Robots in Disguise” has been a great way to make money. In the 1980s, they were the must-have toy, and the comics, movies, and video games based on them have made billions of dollars.
There have been a lot of Transformers-themed video games, but a lot of them have been low-quality and just used the name to make money.
Devastation, which came out in 2015, is one of the best games in the series. Transformers: Devastation was made by the same company that made Bayonetta, PlatinumGames, and had the same hack-and-slash gameplay that made Bayonetta so popular.
Fans of the original cartoon liked Transformers: Devastation because it had great graphics and brought back some of the voices from the original cartoon.
DuckTales
The adventures of Scrooge McDuck and his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie were a huge hit for Disney and gave fans all over the world something to look forward to. The catchy theme song was a big part of the show’s success, and it still is as catchy as it was when it first came out in 1987.
People of a certain age will say “woo-hoo” when you mention DuckTales. The show was brought back to life in 2017, giving fans of all ages a chance to watch “derring-do, bad luck, and good luck stories.”
There had to be a video game, and with Capcom in charge, it was almost certain to be a good one. When DuckTales came out for the NES in 1989, it was a big hit for both Nintendo and Capcom. Players and critics loved the game’s graphics, gameplay, and great music.
The 2013 video game DuckTales: Remastered had updated graphics and gameplay. Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, Darkwing Duck, DuckTales 2, and Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers 2 are all available now as part of the Disney Afternoon Collection.