America’s favorite cartoon canine Scooby Doo first appeared on a Saturday morning cartoon show called Scooby Doo, Where are You? Created by Iwao Takamoto for Hanna-Barbera Productions, this Scooby Doo cartoon series premiered in September 1969 and since then several spinoffs entertained viewers year after year. Almost all past and present cartoon shows feature Scooby Doo and his friends: Shaggy, Fred Jones, Velma and Daphne.
Scooby Doo cartoon shows usually kick-start with a supernatural theme, where all five friends (collectively known as “Mystery, Inc.”) solve mysteries, debunk any supernatural phenomena and catch the culprit. Some shows feature Scooby Doo’s cute nephew Scrappy Doo helping, or rather putting them in trouble in solving a supernatural phenomena. Nevertheless, Scooby Doo cartoon shows are always a treat to watch, especially when our cartoon canine accidentally solves a mystery!
Our favorite canine character has also appeared in numerous console and PC video games. Scooby Doo Case Files, Monsters Unleashed 2 and the latest, Scooby Doo! First Frights are some of the best games developed for Windows and console platforms. The first Scooby Doo game was developed for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 systems in 1986. Numerous free Scooby Doo online games have been developed for kids, including popular titles such as Escape from the Coolsonian, Creepy Cave and Curse of Annubis. These games present a nice mix of adventure and logic puzzles and are very different from other cartoon-specific online games.