The Flintstones (SNES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Ocean's 1995 platformer for the Super NES, The Flintstones.
When I sat down to play this, I had all sorts of loathsome memories flood back from when I played it in the 90s. However, my memory seems to have not gotten it all completely right, thank God! While it's nothing too stand-out in the game play department, it does play well - better than most games from Ocean. It's not Cool World, that's for sure, but it's also not as good as the Taito Sierra Madrock game.
It's also based on the live-action movie that Universal released the year before.
Also in the typical Ocean fashion, it looks fantastic (even if you're not a fan of the style, or of playing as recognizable sprite of John Goodman) and the music is superb. It's a bit on the easy side, but it certainly makes sure that you work hard to finish the last couple levels. Oh man, the shift in difficulty that comes at the final set of stages is pretty ridiculous. That lava surfing stage, anyone?
And why is it that John Goodman/Fred looks in desperate need of a Life Alert pendant throughout most of this? And no, I don't mean for when the 20ton boulder falls on him. Everytime you stop, he either starts huffing like he's going to keel over at anytime, or he'll start eating and spitting out bones. Super healthy there, Fred. Maybe he'd have an easier time using a hover-round. Hell, maybe he should steal one of those motorized grocery store carts (the ones that are meant for disabled people, but the only ones you see riding them are people too fat to walk to buy more food). Or put a harness on Barney. I dunno, something!
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[@aprev039]

I love how Fred’s face model in this game looks very similar to the tv version of him in the movie that says “Yabba Dabba Dabba!”

[@NintendoComplete]

Going by his idle animations, this is probably the only game to ever (or will ever) feature John Goodman in the throes of a heart attack. Just look at him huff!

[@jeremyriley1238]

Fred has been known to be out of shape.

[@JohnnyOTGS]

Fred Flintstone isn't what I would call the fittest cartoon character around.

[@ThunderLizardsRule]

I think he was acting all caveman by going "Ooh! Ooh!".

[@masterdrewt6698]

What makes you think that?

[@masterdrewt6698]

McGannahan Skjellyfetti Idk...

[@noaht2005]

This soundtrack is incredibly good

[@noahstewart5054]

Thank you, Alex. I love "The Flintstones" Movie. And I played this SNES Game. It was pretty cool.

[@BlansheTeam]

Наконец-то полное прохождение этой чудесной игры! :) Было много проблем найти нужные уровни для моего топа лучших мелодий из игр SNES. Очень ценный footage ;) Спасибо!

[@BigHead2615]

I remember my mom and my older brother went and saw The Flintstones movie at the movies, and then this was one of the games he got! The soundtrack from this game has stuck with me ever since 1994, and this is still one of my favorite movie tie-in video games ever made!

[@luigigaming3713]

GRAND DAD 8: THE GRANDEST SEQUEL OF ALL!

[@JoseAyala19]

Lol granddad the movie the game

[@chowmein0941]

Actually, it's 8 Grand Dad. Just letting you know.

[@luigigaming3713]

@@chowmein0941 Thanks mate.

[@Unoriginal_Fox]

What a _grand_ game.

[@richardbrooks9446]

Hello from a member of the Awesome Ocean QA😆

[@SandopolisZone]

Thanks for making a grand game!

[@ОдинЧеловек-и1с]

Richard Brooks 👍

[@MeinyansHusband]

how long did the game take to make?, and how did the development of this game go?

[@OriruBastard]

I has them questions? What the heck was art team smoking when they were making Fred? XD

[@youforget1000thingsaday]

Hi!

[@19TheFallen]

As a kid, I didn't know whether or not to love or hate the volcano and machine levels!

[@19TheFallen]

Without a doubt, I *hated* the level where you had to bounce Pebbles and Bam Bam on the roof of your car!

[@wearycannibal3879]

This is crazy. I loved this games when i was like 5 yrs old damn.

[@travismcdowell8352]

Meow

[@SackboyLBP]

Someone has to recreate 7 Grand Dad with this!

[@spartanrabbit]

This game used to unsettle me as a child. Kind of made me depressed. Then again seeing things losing colour by the sun would depress me too. I was too to get past the first stages :(

[@edwardsolaire5672]

You're so right, this game is very depressing.

[@cizar2000]

There is an explanation. The songs are horrible and repetitive. The background texture is repeated, everything is tiring, repetitive, it has no charisma, it is very different from the flinstones of the Nintendo 8 bits, released in 1991

[@ultraturbojack2926]

Wow same! I have distinct memories of playing this on my home SNES in my mothers room when I was around 5-7 and I remember something about the presentation even when I was young hit me in an odd melancholy kind of way.

[@TrashQueenAndKing]

You were too what?

[@DlCKWALLACE]

I was also too to, to get past the first stage.

[@evadesc]

Pretty nice visuals for the time. Lotta iphone games struggle to look this good.

[@Dogeathotdog1]

Lol that's sad and probably true

[@richardbrooks9446]

it was a good game to work on. good music and a reasonable platformer

[@Lugus1]

Pretty difficult, btw

[@cizar2000]

Good songs?? You probably don't know about 8-bit Nintendo Flinstones. This video game is monotonous and its songs are repetitive, bad melodies, terrible.

[@incognitod8444]

@bigmike obama it's because it's based on the 1994 live-action film rather than the cartoon

[@GatoQLO]

@bigmike obama i played this beeing 8, didnt enjoy

[@andygoldwoods170]

@@cizar2000 *ahem* The unused tracks were good though.

[@chaosgreyblood]

Y'know, that credit sequence theme is a lot more funky and cool than it has any right to be. Crazy, huh?

[@MrJuneyZ]

Yo that soundtrack is mad lit!

[@BrandonKohout]

THAT’S IT!!! WHERE’S MY CLUB, WILMA?!?!?!

[@KGNYC112]

If this game would have had the face of the original characters, it would worth hundreds of dollars rn.

[@Invidente7]

Thank god god for Taito or we would never had GOOD flinstone games

[@Wesley_C]

Look at that visuals, very nice.

[@Grillparzer]

The sounds fx have a cool surround sound effect to them

[@CBright7831]

I'm still shocked that there was really no final boss battle.

[@rowdyroughman]

Yes. Cliff

[@BloominOnion1]

Not sure what awakened this ancient memory today, I but randomly remembered being a kid, and playing an SNES game my friend rented from BlockBuster. It had cavemen, and you had to bounce a character up and down, which was pretty hard. Just spent 10 minutes researching this memory and tracked this down..... 10:02 is what I remember.

[@aSome1]

11:37 - If cars were feet ignited in the Flintstones' universe, why the hell would one want a gas station?!

[@davidthecommenter]

they give you cave-cocane to get around faster

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Probably fuels the dinosaurs they keep around the house.

[@deckofcards87]

Didn't even know this game existed until right now..

[@OwtDaftUK]

The animation is very good.

[@MessianicRestoration]

Imo this is the best game that ocean software ever did on snes and it could quite possibly be the best ocean game period!

[@Jamesamong007]

One of the few decent games from Ocean

[@ChildrenShowArchive456]

Along with the Amstrad CPC version of the Donkey Kong arcade game.

[@Lilcisco87]

Wow, I wish I could've got this game back then.😊

[@thecomfortisnow]

The level with the kids jumping on the car is so weird.

[@a.calder8217]

What a grand play through.

[@thatkiddavidpalacio]

Just played this game and the first level is kinda hard

[@michaelarojas]

Bought this today looks like a blast!

[@kimzchaos]

I like it when fred shouts yabba dabbs doo! LOL

[@arielgarita781]

My childhood...

[@kuroro_z]

- boss, lets put a lever to activate things? "no, put an automatic button." - but its the flinst... "do it". ok

[@thegamekang]

I think I used my first curse words playing this game

[@ChildrenShowArchive456]

The game where you play as 16 bit John Goodman.

[@sllawson6]

I found an 8 bit version of the movie’s iconic Univershell variant that would’ve been perfect for this game

[@Ryan-dl2ly]

The quarry levels sound like something you'd hear in Crash Bandicoot

[@jomitoh5111]

This is awesome i never knew there was a video game for the movie! They never make movies into games anymore. I would take a snes version of any movie. And that title screen theme was awesome

[@MegaManRecharged1]

Staff roll theme be like: A E S T H E T I C

[@travismcdowell8352]

Fredd Flintstone really out of shape!! He doesn't even have to move and he out of breath

[@GardevoirBoy]

Outside of Japan, many games released on SNES that were published by non-Japanese video game companies looked like Amiga games. Not surprising, the Amiga used the same soundchip as the SNES. Not only that, Monkey Business on the Amiga was a carbon copy of Donkey Kong but much worse.

[@thewashingtonguy8746]

The Amiga and the SNES sound chip is sounds almost similar, but they are two different chips. Amiga has Paula and the SNES has the S-SMP.

[@Chris30C]

The only thing I didn't like about this game was your health was Fred's face reactions when he gets hit and if you didnt take any damage, you earn a 1up. Otherwise the 1ups only restore your health.

[@Truebolt5750]

i like how the flintstones face in this game looks exactly like my grandma's face, not even being sarcastic btw

[@mindmachine5738]

Some of the music tracks in this game remind me of Super Adventure Island, "Bedrock" & "Jungle" stage themes in particular.

[@joeykette6834]

Grand Dad!

[@partyguy101ify]

This game makes a lot more sense than Home Improvement and Back to the Future.

[@doshooodoshoo9498]

i used to save the bowling rock as much as possible untill the "I MUST TO USE THIS" situations

[@masterdrewt6698]

Y’know it’s Amazing how this game actually runs on 60fps because I’d assume this is the only snes that ever runs on 60fps unless there are other snes games that runs on 60fps

[@Grillparzer]

Every NTSC snes game runs at 60 fps.

[@masterdrewt6698]

@@Grillparzer true but some runs on 30fps

[@Grillparzer]

I guess some run at an even lower fps now I think about it. Like Star Fox at around 15fps! But almost all other SNES games I’ve played are 60fps.

[@masterdrewt6698]

@@Grillparzer well true. There are some that plays 60fps

[@louayhamdouni5793]

Grand dad 14

[@mattweaver3199]

I like the bird as well as the brontosaurs, too!

[@Seiko180]

GRAND DAD: THE MOVIE THE GAME!

[@mrmusickhimself]

He looks less like John Goodman and more like Paul Sorvino.

[@lunaticlemon2997]

one of these days Wilma, ONE OF THESE DAYS. STRAIGHT TO THE ROCK MOON

[@MickeyMouse-lw9hg]

Lunatic Lemon when you said that I was thinking in dr claw's phrase: I'll get you nest time gadget, next time

[@timeforrick5413]

He looks more like GRAND DAD.

[@paulonatanaeldossantossana3909]

Like Régis marques

[@Oryaw]

*ahem* GRAND DAD!

[@GamayObera]

Waiting the day when we will see the Genesis version of this game, it was only released on Sega Channel service and it's still undumped

[@mohb8316]

We got a proto of it released recently, no sound tho

[@travismcdowell8352]

Really they have a Sega version of this!!!

[@MannyKunV]

i dont remember the part in the movie where cliff dresses as a giant gorilla and scares barney into a volcanic area.

[@cricketpines8356]

Super grand dad

[@MRFIXITZ]

All that running around and heavy breathing I'm surprised Fred didn't have a heat attack

[@mArt1And00m3r11339]

What buttons do you press to get the platform to get where it needs to be in Machine 2? I tried pressing Up and it just kept looping around, taking me nowhere.

[@VGGBrayden]

The closest thing to 16 bit Grand Dad

[@Raz0rsab3r]

You should do the gameboy version.

[@StuffyDolly]

damn the music is pretty catchy

[@DuskusCB]

*MY CHILDHOOD HELL*

[@gamerzero7735]

Ocean did for the game what Rosie O'Donnell did for the movie: They made it a Yabba Dabba Don't.

[@NintendoComplete]

+GamerZero Lmao. Rosie O'Donnell. SMH. SOOO harsh smh.

[@inspirationalgamer5443]

It was a licensed 90's game. Unless it was made by Capcom or Konami (#FuckKonami) what did you expect? Lmao! Then again, the Taito made Flintstones games on the NES were actually pretty decent. Not masterpieces but enjoyable to play at least. Matter of fact, one of them is a collectors item now.

[@v1982on]

LOL

[@davidthecommenter]

I see they pulled a Bubsy 2 and used the 1-UP Head as a health indicator.

[@LilReikoGold]

The only emulator i really play, is the snes because it was my first game system that i had and i loved it a lot

[@Honoka1stsolo]

0:06

[@rockk9753]

This looks hilarious hahahahahaha now I want to play it

[@lucianothewindowsfan]

CGI GRAND DAD.

[@Plot_sculptor]

Graphics are awesome.

[@AyaneOfDeath]

Fred has a hard time to breathe even when he justs stand around....

[@DanielRenardAnimation]

Think that game sprite of Fred has everything my uncle disliked about John Goodman in that movie. A large pudgy head and a matching body, but strangely dissimilar small, spindly arms and legs. ☺

[@NintendoComplete]

+Daniel Renard That's a perfect description. I could've totally seen my grandad saying something like that! :)

[@TailsTube]

"grandad" :^)

[@K.J.S.est1994]

Daniel Renard did you know just before he died, John Candy was seriously considered to play the role of Fred?

[@DanielRenardAnimation]

***** With all due respect to Candy, he honestly would *not* have made a very good Fred. But he was one heck of an awesome 'Uncle Buck' (among so many other things) ;)

[@thescarvedinsect]

16-bit Grand Dad.

[@rururusack]

i loved the sega one so when i know there is flinstone game on snes i tried to buy it and it looks scary lol.

[@Detailedstream]

cutscene been kidnapped 35:44 cutscene stop cliff save job 47:39

[@carlosgonzalez9838]

9:39 the kidnaper takes the kids to mcdonalds😂

[@totoycheetos7637]

GRAND DAD!

[@MickeyMouse-lw9hg]

★MegaSonic270★ grand dad the movie starring Grand dad Loud niggra Nozomi and Mr rental

[@sebaxtianpoops1617]

★MegaSonic270★ FLEENTSTONES

[@leonarddurecki5988]

Seeing Fred Flintstone huffing and puffing made me think there was a glitch in the game, either that or he's smoking too many cigarettes!

[@SackboyLBP]

Probably the latter

[@OddWilli]

...so am I the only one still waiting for an AVGN episode on this?

[@podersemlimites]

Acordei bem amanhã e acordei bem ate o dia 15 de janeiro feliz e só na casa

[@Jac2Mac]

There was supposed to be a Sega Genesis version of this Flintstones game.

[@kimzchaos]

Mr Slate: Flintstone!!!

[@SuperThunder]

Hello ! , Welcome My Friend ! , How Are You? Going Good ? :)

[@GeordiLaForgery]

I'm at 3:05 and it's wierd I just lose without anything hitting me.

[@SouthTemple]

Still have my copy and have never gotten out the quarry lol

[@LITTLE1994]

That game is hard. But the graphics and music is still cool, though. But, NO FINAL BOSS? Disappointing!

[@funny-vn6de]

Someone must create a hackrom whit 7 granddad

[@hiddenleviathan]

Someone make a sprite mod so Fred has Mario's head, please.

[@TheBlueHedgehog]

Shigure - Ocean shitposting man wait Grand Dad SNES Edition good thinking

[@davidthecommenter]

the all stars mario head, but which one?

[@Marvincmf]

Ew, gross

[@AniqueTheRobot]

I don't know why.. but something about fred's sprite creeps me the fuck out. ):

[@NintendoComplete]

+AniqueTheRobot Is it the striking resemblance shared with Rosie O'Donnell?

[@AniqueTheRobot]

ahahahah, I think it's more the spindly legs and arms, but good one ;P

[@JetroNetro]

Fred looks just John Goodman.

[@vishenkaa_na_tortikee]

FLINTSTONEEEES

[@Inaworldoflove]

Looks okay except for Fred's ugly head. I would have preferred the cartoon head.

[@Patrick19833]

The Flintstones games from Taito were much better.

[@MuntedMango]

FRED LOOKS JUST LIKE JOHN GOODMAN - Navgtr

[@klein2042]

We need a hack of this called 14 Grand Dad

[@denosaur9031]

GRAND DAD

[@sebaxtianpoops1617]

Denosaur FLIMPSTOWNS

[@inceptional]

They shot their load with all the line-scrolling in that first level and then didn't really know where to go from there graphically.