1978

S1.E1 ∙ Attack of the Space Terrapin

Sun, Sep 17, 1978

The opening episode in the series introduces us to G-Force - 5 orphans enlisted to defend the Earth against enemies from the hostile world of Spectra. The first attack comes in the form of the space terrapin - a giant, turtle-like machine heavily armed and able to crush Earth's air & sea defences. G-Force is called in to deal with it, as the sinister Zoltar & the terrapin's C.O., Commander Gorak, attack Earth's shipping lanes and try to steal a substance known as VitaLumen. When G-Force members steal aboard the Terrapin, they find themselves in trouble when they are cornered by Spectran soldiers...

6.6 /10

S1.E2 ∙ Rescue of the Astronauts

Sun, Sep 24, 1978

When 2 astronauts returning from a mission disappear on reentry, G-Force is called in to investigate. Chief Anderson warns that the astronauts have probably been captured by Spectra as they had uncovered the location of giant, undetected alien bases on Earth. The data was kept on a tape in the astronauts' capsule but is now in the hands of Commander Gorak and Spectra. G-Force must locate the Spectrans' main base, rescue the astronauts, and find the data tape before it can be returned to Spectra...

7.3 /10

S1.E3 ∙ The Space Mummy

Sun, Oct 01, 1978

G-Force is dispatched to Zarkadia, a planet discovered by 7-Zark-7, to investigate mysterious jetliner disappearances. Spectra's presence confirmed when Zoltar unleashes his latest weapon: a giant mummy. Mark befriends young orphan Buddy.

5 /10

S1.E4 ∙ The Space Serpent

Sun, Oct 08, 1978

An outsized mechanical death machine, the Space Serpent, is causing massive earthquakes and destroying Earth's oil refineries. Mark is sent to investigate with a geologist colleague, who suspects he can locate the source of the problem. The 2 men are caught in a quake and evacuate the building, but the geologist falls into a hole created by the Space Serpent. Despite Mark's best efforts, he is unable to rescue the man and is forced to flee himself. The man's daughter turns her anger on Mark, until the G-Force team brings her face-to-face with Spectra's horrible death machine..

4.3 /10

S1.E5 ∙ Ghost Ship from Planet Mir

Sun, Oct 15, 1978

On the remote planet Mir, an underwater station is being built. A series of losses of equipment is delaying its construction, and Intergalactic Federation President Cain suspects that the planet's deposed leader is now in league with Spectra. It turns out he is correct. G-Force flies to Mir to investigate and finds themselves up against a fleet of warships, which self-destruct to release an army of deadly aircraft. The Phoenix quickly runs out of ammunition against the aircraft. Will they be able to escape?

6.8 /10

S1.E6 ∙ Big Robot Gold Grab

Sun, Oct 22, 1978

Spectra mini-robots steal gold from the Intergalactic Federation Bank vault. With the entire Universe's economies at stake, G-Force travels to the Paya Archipelago Islands to infiltrate a hidden base and retrieve the bullion.

6.1 /10

S1.E7 ∙ Ace from Outer Space

Sun, Oct 29, 1978

Mark is chosen to test pilot a new aircraft at an airshow. As he starts his takeoff roll, a sinister biplane appears and attacks his plane, crippling it and forcing Mark to bail out over the water. The pilot is the mysterious Captain Doom, a space pirate from the distant planet Urgos. Anderson immediately orders the team to go after Doom after rescuing Mark, but the fight ends badly for them as Capt. Doom's plane damages the Phoenix. After escaping back to Center Neptune, the team is ordered back to the mysterious space pirate's home world to face him.... on HIS terms.

3.6 /10

S1.E8 ∙ Fearful Sea Anemone

Sun, Nov 05, 1978

Keyop wants to prove his worth and goes out on his own when G-Force travels to a planet in Galaxy 30 to protect a top secret Federation underwater base from being destroyed by a giant anemone.

3.9 /10

S1.E9 ∙ Jupiter Moon Menace

Sun, Nov 12, 1978

Commander Typhon of Scorpius has allied himself with Spectra. His Scorpion Robot is causing meteor storms on Callisto, moon of Jupiter, and is targeting Earth. G-Force heads for Spectra itself to locate and defeat Typhon.

3.4 /10

S1.E10 ∙ Swarm of Robot Ants

Sun, Nov 19, 1978

A swarm of alien insects attack Earth. G-Force learns they originated from planet Tramulus, where the mighty Antoff is collaborating with Spectra and preparing a giant mechanical ant to send to Earth.

6.1 /10

S1.E11 ∙ Space Rocket Escort

Sun, Nov 26, 1978

G-Force is escorting the new FY-9 to planet Riga, but Spectra agents have replaced the pilots and are heading to Spectra instead. Colonel Cronus and his Riga fighters join the battle, confusing G-Force even more.

3.3 /10

S1.E12 ∙ Beast with a Sweet Tooth

Sun, Dec 03, 1978

A giant cockroach-shaped monster is gobbling up all of Earth's sugar reserves. Mark, Jason and an especially concerned Tiny infiltrate the mechanical beast, leaving Princess and Keyop to pilot the Phoenix.

3.4 /10

S1.E13 ∙ Perilous Pleasure Cruise

Fri, Nov 10, 1978

A cruise ship and all it's passengers, including Professor Wilde and his granddaughter Angie, are swallowed by a mechanical iceberg made by Spectra. Zoltar will stop at nothing to get the Professor's secret life formula from him.

5.8 /10

S1.E14 ∙ The Thing with 1,000 Eyes

Sun, Dec 17, 1978

Natives and Federation workers have disappeared on the planet Riga. The Phoenix receives an antimatter coating for it's trip to Riga, where they face a self replicating creature with 1,000 eyes.

6.3 /10

S1.E15 ∙ Microfilm Mystery

Sun, Jan 07, 1979

Zoltar steals the Metamorphosis-1, a giant machine that can take on various shapes from the Robot Center on Earth as well as all of Center Neptune's computer secrets. Keyop takes on a solo mission to retrieve the secret microfilm.

3.1 /10

S1.E16 ∙ The Alien Beetles

Sun, Jan 14, 1979

Keyop and several street kids find beetles at a construction site and take them home as pets. At night, the beetles grow to enormous sizes and kidnap the boys, using them as power sources as they wreak havoc on Capital City.

3.1 /10

S1.E17 ∙ Whale Joins G-Force

Sun, Jan 21, 1979

Bay City is attacked by a giant mechanical whale. Keyop adopts an orphaned baby whale that he names 'Nambu', who leads G-Force North to the location of a secret Spectra radar station.

3.4 /10

S1.E18 ∙ Mad New Ruler of Spectra

Sun, Jan 28, 1979

Professor Doriarty uses a mechanical horse to win at the races. Spectra kidnaps the professor and offers him a job. He counters by demanding to take Zoltar's place as Spectra's new leader. G-Force travels to Spectra to stop him.

6.2 /10

S1.E19 ∙ The Sea Dragon

Sun, Feb 04, 1979

The Intergalactic Defense Force on the water planet of Aquatica is attacked by a giant mechanical Sea Dragon. It swiftly demolishes a fleet of Robot planes from Ursa Minor, as well as the Tigers from Andromeda before G-Force is even assembled to blast off from Earth. When even the fiery Phoenix proves no match for the Sea Dragon, G-Force has to retreat, but returns with a repaired Phoenix and a new freeze weapon developed by 7-Zark-7.

3.3 /10

S1.E20 ∙ Magnetic Attraction

Sun, Feb 11, 1979

G-Force must attempt to stop a seemingly unstoppable black sphere war machine, but Mark wants to find a definite means to do so first over Jason's protests.

5.9 /10

S1.E21 ∙ The Musical Mummy

Sun, Feb 18, 1979

The members of G-Force guard various scientist after other have been kidnapped by a giant whistling mummy. All clues lead to an amusement park where Keyop is drawn to a hypnotic flute player.

5.9 /10

S1.E22 ∙ The Fiery Lava Giant

Sun, Feb 25, 1979

When a giant lava monster erupts out of Monument Mountain on Space Island, sculptress Ameilia is suspected of working with Spectra. But Princess is convinced her old friend is innocent.

6.6 /10

S1.E23 ∙ The Bat Ray Bombers

Sun, Mar 04, 1979

Tiny is suspended after sleeping on the job. He returns to his native fishing village, only to find it under attack of a giant sea creature. G-Force is soon on the case, personally led by Chief Anderson this time.

6.4 /10

S1.E24 ∙ Race Against Disaster

Sun, Mar 11, 1979

Jason enters a continental auto race with a fellow driver named Lucy. However, Lucy is not all she seems to be. Although used by Spectra to infiltrate G-Force via Jason, Lucy is not able to complete her mission because she has grown fond of Jason. This is quite a feat, especially after the revelation that she is a robot.

6.6 /10

S1.E25 ∙ The Ghostly Grasshopper

Sun, Mar 18, 1979

Dahmbo and his robot people will get their independence from Spectra if they can make the Earth surrender using their invisible Grasshopper robot. G-Force uses newly invented Weather Control Missiles to counter the attack.

6.7 /10

S1.E26 ∙ The Galaxy Girls

Sun, Mar 25, 1979

While acting as Chief Anderson's chauffeur, Jason is attacked by a mysterious masked woman. Spectra has threatened to blow up the new Solar Express monorail on it's maiden voyage. Anderson and Mark board the Express together with a PR woman named Mala. But she is actually Zoltar's sister and leads the deadly Galaxy Girls.

6.1 /10

S1.E27 ∙ Curse of the Cuttlefish Part 1

Sun, Apr 01, 1979

7.2 /10

S1.E28 ∙ Curse of the Cuttlefish Part 2

Sun, Apr 08, 1979

5.8 /10

S1.E29 ∙ Demons of the Desert

Sun, Apr 15, 1979

6.5 /10

S1.E30 ∙ Siege of the Squids

Sun, Apr 22, 1979

6.6 /10

S1.E31 ∙ Orion, the Wonder Dog of Space

Sun, Apr 29, 1979

6.6 /10

S1.E32 ∙ The Fierce Flowers Part 1

Sun, May 06, 1979

Spectra lands gigantic man-eating flowers it has created, and Princess, despite wearing a protective synthetic skin, is seized by the flowers.

7.9 /10

S1.E33 ∙ The Fierce Flowers Part 2

Sun, May 13, 1979

5.6 /10

S1.E34 ∙ The Space Rock Concert

Sun, May 20, 1979

A rock band called the 'Dirty Name 5' is kidnapped & held hostage by Spectra. Their music becomes the main weapon in Spectra's newest flying death machine; it uses sound waves to shake buildings to the ground. When G-Force tries to attack the machine it gets on top of them & damages their ship. The only way to stop it now is to infiltrate the flying Spectran machine of death, rescue the band, and sabotage the ship... but will they be too late?

6.3 /10

S1.E35 ∙ Prisoners in Space

Sun, May 27, 1979

6.6 /10

S1.E36 ∙ Victims of the Hawk

Sun, Jun 03, 1979

7.2 /10

S1.E37 ∙ Raid on Riga

Sun, Jun 10, 1979

When Riga is attacked by Spectra, G-Force pleads with Chief Anderson to go there and help the Rigans, including Mark's old ally Col. Cronus. Anderson refuses, choosing to await a formal request from Riga and analysis of Spectra's latest weapon, a giant bird-like death machine. However, G-Force disobeys Chief Anderson and flies to Riga to engage the Spectran death craft. They are badly defeated as the Spectran aircraft deploys a high-energy ray weapon, knocking out the crew & badly damaging the ship and forcing it down. The only thing that saves them is Col. Cronus, who deploys a nuclear-tipped air-defense missile against a massive Spectran missile attack. On returning to Earth, Mark is taken aside & put through re-training with Cronus in order to get his edge back following his defeat. Now, will the team be able to survive the next confrontation with a seemingly invincible death machine?

7.1 /10

S1.E38 ∙ Seals of Sytron

Sun, Jun 17, 1979

5.9 /10

S1.E39 ∙ Giant Gila Monster

Sun, Jun 24, 1979

6.7 /10

S1.E40 ∙ The Capture of the Galaxy Code

Sun, Jul 01, 1979

3.4 /10

S1.E41 ∙ Raid on a Nearby Planet

Sun, Jul 08, 1979

5.9 /10

S1.E42 ∙ Keyop Does It All

Sun, Jul 15, 1979

5.3 /10

S1.E43 ∙ Peaks of the Planet Odin

Sun, Jul 22, 1979

5.6 /10

S1.E44 ∙ The Sky Is Falling! Part 1

Sun, Jul 29, 1979

7.5 /10

S1.E45 ∙ The Sky Is Falling! Part 2

Sun, Aug 05, 1979

3.5 /10

S1.E46 ∙ Raid of the Red Scorpion

Sun, Aug 12, 1979

6.5 /10

S1.E47 ∙ Mammoth Shark Menace

Sun, Aug 12, 1979

7.3 /10

S1.E48 ∙ Fastest Gun in the Galaxy

Sun, Aug 19, 1979

A gunslinger, released from a prison on Earth, is recruited by Spectran agents & brought to Zoltar. The Spectran leader places him in charge of a new weapon, the tank-like 'Crynogun'. When fired, the gun's ammunition will freeze any target it hits. G-Force decides to go to Spectra to take them on, and one at a time, are frozen by the Crynogun until only Mark & Princess remain. Will they defeat the lethal freezing ray of the Crynogun?

7.4 /10