The Flintstones (Genesis) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Taito's 1994 platformer for the Sega Genesis, The Flintstones.
This is easily my favorite of the games based on The Flintstones on 16-bit systems. It's got Taito's trademark colorful arcade style, the controls are really tight, it's just hard enough to be a challenge without being obnoxiously hard, and it nails the feel of the cartoon ever-so-nicely. It's short, simple, and fun. What more does it need?
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[@peka6493]

It's been 7 years since I discovered this game with my grandfather. it was a good time

[@Timkorea0810]

7 grand dad reference??? If it's coincidence, that's cool!

[@Wuuci]

Grand Dad?? Ooh.... Grand Dad

[@NintendoComplete]

A fantastically simple and fun platformer that nicely reflects all of the fun stuff of its license. It's absolutely worth a couple hours of your time if you like platformers.

[@evan2902]

Grand Dad with blast processing

[@lobogamer4532]

when u eat a lot of fruit pebbles

[@NintendoComplete]

It's somewhat blasty.

[@JThom-yh3ef]

Fred must have superior lungs to hold his breath underwater in stage 2.

[@danalong1237]

My oldest son proudly remembers watching The Flintstones in reruns on TBS, WGN America, TNT, Cartoon Network, USA Network's Cartoon Express and Boomerang. Just last year, we ordered the 3rd season of The Flintstones on DVD from Amazon. That show was awesome back in the day, and so were all the other Hanna-Barbera favorites, and to this day, some Hanna-Barbera material still appears on Boomerang.

[@TrueSolunar]

The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones was a nice crossover, too...

[@TrueSolunar]

Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm grew up SO fast though...

[@danalong1237]

...and so did fellow Hanna-Barbera creations Tom & Jerry, Yogi Bear, The Jetsons and Scooby-Doo, among others.

[@noway1576]

Fred can sure hold his breath for a long time

[@adriansenturion861]

Un gran juego. Me lo regaló un compañero de la escuela que pensaba que el juego terminaba en el nivel 4, ya que siempre lo jugó en fácil y así te quitaba 2 niveles. Qué tiempos ir a jugar todos juntos al salir de la escuela.

[@TwoTailedSponge]

Yoshi had a few guest "egg roles", in this game at the end. XD.

[@JaggerSWright]

7 GRAND DAD 2 looks amazing

[@TrueSolunar]

Cartoon violence is the best violence...

[@tntmoxy9697]

So true! I love slapsticks xD

[@RatbagTheCoward]

YABBA-DABBA-DOO™!

[@NintendoComplete]

Haha yeah, tm shows up a lot here!

[@MickeyMouse-lw9hg]

kcipopnevets GRAND DAD!!

[@djadarian5065]

Cute game! Neat to watch and the music is fun. I get the feeling i could of played this, eating a cheese slice and just had a good relaxing time.

[@Just_a_Lad]

Yep the game is so fun. You should play it.

[@reborno-o4498]

Is it me or is the mountains background of the first level are the same as Spring Yard Zone from Sonic 1?

[@Adamwinters]

@2:01 And some people say The Flintstones never jumped the shark... That whole sequence actually looks like a ton of hectic fun to play!

[@FuZhixiang]

Nostalgic

[@madhatter984]

Congrats great playthrough

[@NintendoComplete]

Thanks :)

[@MrBossyful]

Well, the contrast between this game and the Sega Master System version is really quite stark. The SMS version should be avoided like the plague it is.

[@adamrmoss]

This derpy soundtrack is perfect for FM synth.

[@lucyfurukawa1143]

Gran juego aunque me ubiera gustado que fuera mas largo.

[@chrisandrea4963]

All flinston games are great

[@auron570]

his run and jump animations are so cute, i can't xD so whimsical. omg he swims too ghhffghghfhh

[@rizalajo8942]

Nostalgia.. 😢

[@_Promised_]

imagine there is a huge chasm right at your street and you need to jump wooden platform after platform which are attached to two giant dinosaur birds’ legs to go your job.

[@tntmoxy9697]

normal everyday life in the stone age xD

[@hernandiaz9324]

Ohh, I remember this one my uncle bought it for my 11th birthday. 2:35 On the left there was another bonus 13:46 Perfect Sync 😂😂

[@user-gb2pg1ns6y]

زمان ذكريات 😢

[@Gnbdjdhdjsgsh]

جد 😿

[@davidthecommenter]

so this is basically a remake of the rescue of dino and hoppy

[@GRANDTRUSMO]

I love old Game 🥰

[@cizar2000]

Amazing. Is fast, good gameplay, better than snes flinstones our nes flinstones

[@Bloodreign1]

NES ones were pretty damned good, the SNES one, not the movie based one, was pretty damned good too. This Genesis one seems like a run of the mill platformer, but it didn't stand out in a sea of other platformers. The dithering used underwater just looks atrocious on modern TV's, since the Genesis was incapable of doing transparencies. The one thing most of the Flintstones games share in common, only the first NES one is still decently priced, the rest will either take a bite out of your wallet, or in Surprise at Dinosaur's Peak's case, your entire wallet, and you as well.

[@ehsanhamayun276]

Nostalgia ❤️❤️❤️

[@maru9010]

I'm going to cry !!!!

[@cyclonejd8189]

The thumbnail had me bracing for Fred....

[@NintendoComplete]

Good thing he already had a daughter.

[@rajeshrana9381]

Childhood memories 😍😍♥️♥️

[@CorporalPig22]

7 Grand Dad 2: Blast Processing Boogaloo

[@trans_t0luene]

Now that's what I call grand ;)

[@extracripsyqualitycontenta5086]

70TH GRANDER DAD

[@mariusamber3237]

Good game overall, I'd say it's solid it for what it is, even if the backgrounds/soundtrack could perhaps be better. Very similar to the NES games as well, all things considered.

[@Bloodreign1]

The NES ones were developed by Natsume if memory serves me right, wouldn't be surprised if Natsume did this one as well. Yeah, Taito is the one who released the Flintstones games, except the crappy movie based ones, and the Jetson's games, but I believe all were worked on by Natsume.

[@sethhorst6158]

Wasn't there a NES version?

[@NintendoComplete]

Not the same game, but yeah, the NES had 2 Flinstones platformers. So did the Game Boy. And the SNES.

[@sethhorst6158]

Oh okay

[@MFields2178]

Is this the only Flintstones game that shows Fred driving his car?

[@MrBossyful]

I think the Game Boy game had some driving sections as well, but this one could be the only 16-bit one, yeah.

[@TheRealFortran]

If 7 Grand Dad has been Genesis New Bootleg Mario Has been Mario 7 Plus

[@The-official-knudschannel]

Someone needs to make a granddad rom hack of this XD

[@davidthecommenter]

instead of mario 3 mario's head, it's sonic 3 sonic's head

[@thescarvedinsect]

@@davidthecommenter *GRAND MA*

[@noornnana7303]

بدي رابط العبة

[@aernrom7169]

El 2 de nes es el mejor!

[@RitzLazyArtist]

12 MEGA GRAND DAD

[@dandraw5206]

I could never get past the train level.

[@Kimarnic]

14 GRAND DAD

[@athenamite]

14 GRAND MOM

[@juliotreinadorpokemonzuera6390]

Grand dad 3 & knuckles

[@mrflamewars]

The pull up from a ledge grab animation is super janky. Seeing the screen scroll up in steps like that is awful.

[@ShinjiIkari1]

Yabba dabbo doo™! XD

[@TheRealFortran]

7 Grand Dad

[@HyperRush79]

Bedrock (TM)

[@davidserra1378]

4:46

[@emanuelcamacho5362]

💯👏👏👏👏

[@petesimon6723]

7 Grand Dad 2! created by taito too!

[@juliotreinadorpokemonzuera6390]

This is grand dad 3 The surprise at dinossaur peak was grand dad 2

[@CarbyGuuGuu]

Mega Grand Dad

[@DesireeRodriguezGuitarra]

Why is this game so similar to so many others?? The ending boss scene looks a lot like Castle of Illusion final boss scene, including the witch. The spikes that come down reminds me of the Mario castle levels' spikes. The train boss is so much like the boss from Star Light Zone from Sonic 1.

[@nastarychsmieciach3659]

Exacly. I was playing this today for 30 min and i was się bored. Copy of mario

[@juliotreinadorpokemonzuera6390]

Grand dad 3

[@aernrom7169]

👽👾👍

[@Daniel-te1vk]

10:25

[@shilohjolie5999]

What

[@RabaBoem]

GRAMD DAD

[@celerity910]

Grand the Dad?

[@itshiptofuckbees6693]

finally

[@Ken9284]

All this is, is Mario

[@TBONE_2004]

GRAND DAD!!!!! FLEENTSTONEZ?!?! AWWWWW, GRAND DAD!!!!! GRAND DAD?!?! WHAT THE FUCK?! _GRAND DAD?!?!?!? _*_GRAND DAD!!!!!! WHAT THE SHIT!!!!!!_* Grand Dad! He's.... the grandest of dads!

[@starofjustice1]

flontstines sx

[@yaywhewclips242]

Adorkable

[@pedromemes4182]

Time to grand dad this game

[@M6Productions]

Maybe i put the mario's head on the fred's body xD

[@EVILid]

My god the sound of sega ...

[@NotaPizzaGRL]

GEMS ruins everything. Don't know why the SNES version has much better music. At least the gameplay looks good.

[@RoyStantz]

Actually, the Genesis/Mega Drive sound chip can make good music when used right.

[@Sr.Tweeter]

@@NotaPizzaGRL This game wasn't composed with GEMS

[@Bloodreign1]

@@NotaPizzaGRL Made by Japanese developers, who avoided the GEMS sound driver like the plague. So no, likely a custom driver.

[@jessragan6714]

Hidden areas that could just as easily be bottomless pits, with no way to tell the difference but to dive into them? Swimming stages studded with more spikes than a punk rocker's jacket? Forced scrolling stages where falling behind is instant death? This game was made by Yabba-Dabba-Douchebags™.

[@warehousedave7937]

lol

[@Wuuci]

Grand Dad with blast processing

[@Daniel-te1vk]

4:44