After that, there’s not much to see or do here, unless you find yourself intrigued by the basket-ball mini-game. While I do enjoy the occasionally challenging platforming on hand in Rescue, it can easily be conquered in a couple hours (about five episodes of the Flintstones back-to-back). Kudos to the Flintstones for being tasteful and not overly blatant. I’m pretty sure it’s impossible to be a platformer on the NES and not steal from the Mario games, though. 3 or the way you can acquire extra hearts like in Super Mario Bros. A lot of elements in this game remind me of the Mario trilogy, like the world map from Super Mario Bros. Secondary weapons, like sling shots, little axes a la Adventure Island, and dino eggs also abound. His wooden club also can’t reach very far, though you do have a power meter which, if charged, will strike the very heart of an enemy. Climbing also takes some getting used to, though once you know how, it’s legit.
Fred has a tendency to slide, and if you’re not careful, he can slide right into enemies. I suppose they could be if you don’t get used to the controls. The levels are well-designed, but they aren’t much of a challenge, per say. Progress from left to right in typical platformer fashion, bopping enemies’ heads as you go.
You play as Fred Flintstone, Esquire and your goal is to – wait for it – rescue Dino and Hoppy, the family pets of the Flintstones and the Rubbles respectively. The Rescue of Dino and Hoppy was birthed out of said rediscovery, and with the exception of a couple niggling nuisances, it is a respectable platformer, worthy of the Flintstones name. With cable’s coming-of-age in the early 90s, “The Flintstones” found their way into a new generation’s hearts, myself included. They were essentially a cartoon version of The Honeymooners, but like a lot of the classic Sixties comedies, the writing was clever and as politically incorrect as one would want. They were the first prime-time cartoon, about twenty-five years before The Simpsons. At one time, The Flintstones were revolutionary.
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