{"id":26616,"date":"2026-03-16T00:01:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=26616"},"modified":"2026-03-07T13:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T13:04:48","slug":"the-disney-afternoon-collection-switch-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/16\/the-disney-afternoon-collection-switch-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Disney Afternoon Collection (Switch 1 & 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Back in the late 80\u2019s and early to mid 90\u2019s, Disney had a block of weekday after school cartoons on TV called The Disney Afternoon.\u00a0 They featured such memorable and high-quality shows like DuckTales, Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, Darkwing Duck, and many more.\u00a0 Tons of people, including myself, have very fond memories watching these cartoons as kids.\u00a0 Game maker Capcom even made some bonafide classic games based on those Disney Afternoon cartoons.\u00a0 About a decade ago, they released a collection of those games, and I reviewed it here<\/strong><\/a>, as well as wrote an extra special article about the cartoons and games here<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 I loved that collection, but two things always baffled me.\u00a0 Why wasn\u2019t it released on Switch, and why was it missing two other SNES Disney Afternoon games?\u00a0 Well now those questions are answered with The Disney Afternoon Collection on Switch 1 and 2!<\/p>\n

The games on this collection are all 2-D in nature, but are mostly very different games.\u00a0 DuckTales is a 2-D platformer where you play as Scrooge McDuck, and you use your cane in creative ways to defeat enemies and bypass obstacles.\u00a0 You can tackle the sprawling stages in any order, and can explore every nook and cranny to find hidden treasures.\u00a0 DuckTales 2 was released a few years later and is more of the same, but now Scrooge can do a few more things with his cane and find upgrades for it, too.<\/p>\n

Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers is also a 2-D platformer, but it focuses more on action rather than exploration.\u00a0 You can play with one or two player co-op as Chip or Dale as you run, jump, pick up objects (or each other), and toss them at bad guys.\u00a0 The sequel is more of the same as well.\u00a0 TaleSpin is more of a 2-D shooter as you control Baloo in a pint-sized version of his Sea Duck plane as you shoot down enemies and collect cargo for points that you can spend to upgrade your plane.\u00a0 And Darkwing Duck plays very similarly to Mega Man.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve added a few new features to this collection.\u00a0 Probably the most handy one is the rewind button.\u00a0 At any time during the games, you can push a button to rewind your actions in case you make a mistake.\u00a0 NES games are known for being brutally hard, and while Capcom\u2019s Disney games were a bit easier, there are some parts in these games that are a bit tough, so this feature makes those games a bit more accessible (TaleSpin and Darkwing Duck are especially more difficult).<\/p>\n

There are also Boss Rush and Time Attack modes for most of these games.\u00a0 There is also a gallery where you can view cool artwork and interesting facts about the games. \u00a0\u00a0Plus you can save your progress in any game.\u00a0 And now that this collection is on Switch consoles, they\u2019ve added two new games here.\u00a0 I wanted to focus on these two new games in this review, so let\u2019s take a closer look at Goof Troop and Bonkers on SNES!<\/p>\n

Goof Troop<\/strong><\/p>\n

At first, I was excited when Goof Troop was coming to The Disney Afternoon.\u00a0 Disney had a successful streak of shows like DuckTales, Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, and Darkwing Duck.\u00a0 But after watching it, I wasn\u2019t as into Goof Troop as much as the others.\u00a0 Goof Troop stars Goofy and his son Max as they live their suburban life next to their crazy neighbors: Pete and his family (yes that Pete).\u00a0 Pete\u2019s son PJ is Max\u2019s best friend, and they have lots of adventures together in this cartoon.\u00a0 It even spawned two cult classic Disney movies.\u00a0 But I just wasn\u2019t into it.\u00a0 I felt Pete\u2019s family was more interesting than the stars, and at that time I was getting older and preferred the more sarcastic and mature cartoons on competing stations that were showing stuff like Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, and Batman: The Animated Series.<\/p>\n

So when the Goof Troop game came out on SNES, I skipped out on it.\u00a0 Years later when I finally did try it, I hated that I initially skipped out on it because it\u2019s surprisingly good!\u00a0 You play as Goofy or Max in single player or co-op as you explore an island as you try and rescue Pete and PJ from pirates!\u00a0 You move around in top down fashion as you throw items to defeat enemies, push blocks to solve puzzles, and use tools to bypass obstacles.\u00a0 If that sounds kind of like a Zelda game, it really is!\u00a0 In fact, I read somewhere that members of the team that made Goof Troop actually helped make some Zelda titles like Four Swords, Oracle of Ages and Seasons, and Minish Cap!\u00a0 So I\u2019m really glad that Goof Troop is on this collection.<\/p>\n

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Bonkers<\/strong><\/p>\n

The history of Bonkers is kind of well, bonkers!\u00a0 It started out as a short on a Saturday Morning cartoon called Raw Toonage.\u00a0 Bonkers the bobcat would get into all sorts of cartoony mischief and adventures, typical stuff.\u00a0 But in this show, Bonkers is now a down and out toon who works on the police force with his human partner as they solve crimes around Toontown. It also has a lot of references to other Disney cartoons.\u00a0 \u00a0If that sounds a lot like Roger Rabbit, it really it.\u00a0 Disney may deny the similarity, but I don\u2019t buy that.\u00a0 By the time the Bonkers game came out on SNES, I wasn\u2019t really into the Disney Afternoon at all, so I never played this game back then either.\u00a0 It\u2019s a typical 2D platformer where you play as Bonkers.\u00a0 You can jump on enemies and have a dash move, and the game has all sorts of crazy animations.\u00a0 It\u2019s an all right game, and since it\u2019s made by Capcom, it\u2019s still good.\u00a0 But I felt other toon games at the time that had similar controls worked better, like Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose.\u00a0 But I\u2019m still glad this game is on here to make the collection complete.<\/p>\n

Now my only problems with the collection is that I wish it had other Disney games like the Mickey\u2019s Magical Quest trilogy, or maybe non-Disney Capcom games like Little Nemo: The Dream Master.\u00a0 But it would make NO sense to have those games on here since they had nothing to do with The Disney Afternoon.\u00a0 I also feel kind of sorry for people who have the other versions of this collection since they don\u2019t have the two extra games.\u00a0 Would be nice if they added those in as DLC or something.\u00a0 Anyway, you can download the game now, and I\u2019m so glad that Atari\u2019s PR let me review it.\u00a0 But I\u2019ll probably also buy the physical game when it comes out at Atari.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Disney Afternoon Collection is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Mild Fantasy Violence and Use of Alcohol and Tobacco.\u00a0 When you beat enemies or get defeated yourself, characters just fall off the screen and that\u2019s it.\u00a0 In the first Rescue Rangers game, when you battle Fat Cat, he flicks cigar ashes at you as an attack, so that\u2019s where the use of tobacco comes from.\u00a0 Just a sign of the times, really.\u00a0 Use of alcohol is even stretching it further, as the only things I could find is that in the Rescue Rangers Casino Stage, you can climb on giant wine glasses as platforms.\u00a0 And in the sequel, one of the bosses drinks something that lets him breath fire (could be alcohol, could be hot sauce) But that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

When people ask me what games are good to start kids out on, I usually recommend older games like arcade and console classics.\u00a0 They are easier to understand and the controls are simpler and the games are less violent.\u00a0 And these are good examples of those kinds of games.\u00a0 Normally, NES games are brutally hard, but Capcom knew their audience back then with these titles so most of them are a bit easier.\u00a0 And the rewind feature makes them even more accessible.\u00a0 Plus, I loved these games so much as a kid, that I can\u2019t imagine today\u2019s kids not liking these games either.<\/p>\n

PS Don\u2019t forget to check out podcasts I guest starred in about some of these cartoons:<\/p>\n

Rescue Rangers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Darkwing Duck<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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