It was a half-hour program consisting of brain-teasing animated skits (either stop-motion or cartoon) designed to make the viewers think.

It was HBO's first attempt at a show focused on educational skits, predating Crashbox by 15 years.

All the episodes in the series ends with a sad and crying voice saying, "Braingames...is now...over."

In 1996-2000, full episodes were later shown occasionally each month on HBO Family.

The following is a list of the different games played on the various shows: The series was released over three VHS videotapes in the 1980s and 1990s.