A review of The Flintstones by Taito for the Sega Genesis from the April 1993 issue of GameFan.
Source: GameFan – Volume 1, Issue 5 – April 1993
A review of The Flintstones by Taito for the Sega Genesis from the April 1993 issue of GameFan.
“There’s trouble in Bedrock! … but fear not, Fred Flintstone is on the job, ready to lend a hand to Wilma, Betty, Barney, and Pebbles courtesy of Taito and the Sega Genesis. Tito did not take advantage of this big license and just crank out a so-so game, they obviously took their time and the result is a well thought out action platform excursion. The first thing I noticed when I fired up the Flintstones was how well the actual cartoon is represented. Fred is drawn perfectly and his moves are very fluid. The backgrounds and enemy characters are equally impressive. As Fred, you’ll walk, jump, climb, swim, and basically club everything in sight as you fight your way to the final boss. All the levels in the Flintstontes have something new to offer. The Flintstones delivers an excellent action platform game to your Genesis. This game is worth a big looky … okay I’ll say it … Yabba Dabba Doo!”
I never played this game as I didn’t have a Sega Genesis until well after its glory days (I had a Super Nintendo instead) and wasn’t really interested in these sorts of licensed games anyway. However, the screen shots make this look like a pretty decent platformer and E. Storm (the writer of this review) certainly seemed to like it.
