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The Flintstones (1993 video game)

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The Flintstones
North American box art
Developer(s)Santos Ltd
Publisher(s)Taito
Sega (Europe)
Designer(s)
  • T. Toriumi
  • K. Sato
  • Y. Kasai
  • Junko Oda
  • Minako Sahara
  • T. Kohno
  • M. Takahashi
Programmer(s)T. Ariga
Platform(s)Sega Genesis
Release
  • NA: February 22, 1993
  • JP: November 19, 1993
  • EU: N/A 1993
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

The Flintstones[a]is a platform game for the Sega Genesis, based on the Hanna-Barbera animated television series The Flintstones. The game was published in 1993 by Taito in North America and Japan while Sega distributed the game in Europe.[1]

Gameplay

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The Flintstones is a platform game with 24 levels. The player controls Fred Flintstone, who must complete seven tasks, which include locating his daughter Pebbles, and a necklace belonging to his wife Wilma. The player is capable of jumping, and uses a club as a weapon against various enemies throughout the game.[2]

Reception

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The Flintstones received mixed reviews. Back in 1993, reviewers were more forgiving, with magazines like Sega Force awarding it a 7.2/10, and Mega Fun a 6.5/10. More recently, gamers have been more critical; Jeuxvideo.com awarded the game a 13/20 (6.5/10) while Sega-16.com gave the game a 5/10.[1] Power Unlimited gave the game a review score of 80% writing: "The Flintstones is one of the more fun games of its kind. The animations may be bad, but they are funny. As befits a good platformer, the levels are varied, and Fred Flintstone can do a lot of different moves."[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Flintstones for Genesis". MobyGames. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Flintstones - Overview". Sega Visions. April 1993. p. 62. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  3. ^ McCarthy, Patrick (July 1993). "Flintstones". Sega Zone. No. 9. pp. 32–33. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  4. ^ "Power Unlimited Game Database". powerweb.nl (in Dutch). November 1994. Archived from the original on August 27, 2003. Retrieved November 22, 2022.

Notes

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  1. ^ The Flintstones (フリントストーン, "Flintstone")
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