The Flintstones

Download The Flintstones and join the lovable prehistoric family in their stone-age adventures! Help Fred and Barney complete exciting tasks, overcome obstacles, and have a yabba-dabba-doo time. Play now!
a game by Taito, Grandslam Entertainment, and Teque London Ltd.
Genres: Action, Platformer
Platforms: Sega GenesisGenesis, Sega Master SystemSega Master System, GameBoy
Editor Rating: 6.3/10, based on 6 reviews, 7 reviews are shown
User Rating: 6.3/10 - 8 votes
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See also: 2D Platformer Games, Side Scroller Games, Movie-Based Games, Prehistoric Games, Flintstones Games
The Flintstones
The Flintstones
The Flintstones

"Flintstones, meet The Flintstones. They're a modern stone-age family." America's favorite caveman and videogames seem like a match made in heaven. Unfortunately, it's safe to say that you're not gonna have a "gay old time" in this prehistoric extravaganza.

Bedrock Bedlam

Fred Flintstone's the star in this one-player, multi-scrolling, six-stage action/adventure game. Each stage begins with a cartoon segment (vintage Flintstones' style); where one of the other famous Flintstones characters needs Fred's help to locate a missing item.

When the action begins, Fred searches for the missing items in different landscapes: Wilma's necklace is lost in the streets of a Bedrock look-alike town, and Fred puts his feet to the floor in a car chase across the desert to catch a runaway Pebbles.

Although each stage features classic Flintstones stuff, the backgrounds are minimally animated, and the stage graphics are merely average. Fortunately, Fred is true to form with several amusing animations and expressions.

The game's tunes are variations of the cartoon's theme song. They're nothing special, but Flintstones fans will enjoy reminiscing to the beat.

ProTips:

  • When you reach the area of Stage 5 where Fred has to leap on bubbles to cross the lava, don't jump onto the first bubble.
  • When you climb aboard the train in Stage 4, stay as far to the right as possible. If you don't, Fred will get left behind when the train breaks in two.

The Yawn of Civilization

The Flintstones' gameplay is rather primitive by current Genesis standards. Fred swings a club to bonk unsuspecting prehistoric creatures. He runs, jumps, and swims from one end of each stage to the other.

In Stage 2, the lights go out on Fred when he meets up with the jellyfish. To turn the lights on again, Fred has to club the fish while they're not giving off their electric stings.

Power-ups include Stars (50 stars equal a 1-up), Wilmas (temporary invinciblity), Freds (1-ups), Hearts (Extra Life), Apples (Extra Health), and various point items (50,000 points equal a 1-up). If Fred finds his space friend, Kazoo, he goes to a Bonus Round. Nothing special here -- Fred just runs around trying to catch items that drop from the sky.

Leap into the second ditch after the first two flying bird platforms in Stage 1. Vault off the trampoline to leap up and to the right to meet Kazoo, and then enter the bonus round.

The controls are easy enough for even neanderthals to learn, except for the very annoying climbing interface. With the climbing interface, you have to push the jump button and simultaneously push Up to climb to higher surfaces. While this is simple to figure out, it's frustrating and unreliable at crucial moments. Even more annoying, watch out for slowdown (big time!) in areas of the game where many sprites appear on screen at once.

Yaba-Daba-Do?

Fred Flintstone is an average cave guy who's got himself an average video game. Despite its prehistoric qualities, though, The Flintstones is fun to play. There's enough memorabilia, several secret items, and just enough action to ensure that the game deserves at least one play through. An adjustable challenge setting lets even Cro-Magnon gamers have some fun. Yaba-daba-do, or don't, as the case may be.

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Genesis

System requirements:

  • PC compatible
  • Operating systems: Windows 10/Windows 8/Windows 7/2000/Vista/WinXP
  • Game modes: Single game mode

Player controls:

  • Up, Down, Left, Right - Arrow keys
  • Start - Enter (Pause, Menu select, Skip intro, Inventory)
  • "A" Gamepad button - Ctrl (usually Jump or Change weapon)
  • "B" button - Space (Jump, Fire, Menu select)
  • "C" button - Left Shift (Item select)

Use the F12 key to toggle mouse capture / release when using the mouse as a controller.

Sega Master System

System requirements:

  • PC compatible
  • Operating systems: Windows 10/Windows 8/Windows 7/2000/Vista/WinXP
Gameboy

System requirements:

  • PC compatible
  • Operating systems: Windows 10/Windows 8/Windows 7/2000/Vista/WinXP

Game Reviews

The Flintstones is an action-adventure game set back in prehistoric times. Cliff Vanderclave is trying to lake over Mr. Slate's stone quarry. It is up to you to stop him. plus rescue your friend Barney, Bam-Bam, Pebbles and your wife Wilma. You have five levels where you have to jump, climb and tight your way to your friends and family. The music, except the title music, doesn't sound like it belongs with the game. The sound effects are okay. Fred is easy to control, yet I found that having to jump, hold up and hold the jump button to climb cliffs is too complicated, and I only figured out how to do this after I saw the instruction manual.

  • MANUFACTURER - Ocean
  • DIFFICULTY - Hard
  • THEME - Action
  • NUMBER OF PLAYERS - 1 or 2
  • Taito / Genesis

If you think The Flintstones have taken a vacation from entertaining people, you are wrong! Taito has them starring in their own prehistoric adventure. You control Fred as he maneuvers his way through the bedlam in Bedrock, nearby caves and tar pits. Fred can collect 1-Ups, clubs and good advice from your old pals in Bedrock. Yabba Dabba Doo!

  • Manufacturer: Ocean
  • Machine: Super NES

Here's yet another attempt by corporate America to leech the last dollars out of all of us by publishing a substandard game that's based on a big summer movie! Let's put it this way - Yabba Dabba Don't bother with this piece of crap!

  • Manufacturer: Ocean of America
  • Genre: action/adventure
  • Players: 1 or 2
  • Levels: 5 plus sub-level
  • Difficulty: medium to hard

Someone has kidnapped Pebbles and Bam Bam, and their only hope is for Fred to save the day! Fred collects as many gems and stones as possible in order to raise the ransom and rescue Pebbles and Bam Bam from the cracked kidnapper, Cliff. Sounds easy, eh? Think again, my Cro-Magnon friend!

Poor old Fred is up to his prehistoric neck in Bedrock bedlam in this ridiculous game, based on the blockbuster movie of last summer. However, the only thing the two have in common is that neither one of them is very entertaining.

Fred's weapon of choice is a neolithic bowling ball to bowl down gnarly cave dudes, stone age toads and baby Dodo birds. Not your style? Well then, use volcanic lava rocks to throw at anything that moves. Or, as a last resort, break out with a fossilized club to bludgeon all the wretched nasties.

Unfortunately, this game seems to be no more than just a small part of a movie merchandising blitz. It's really too bad because the game looks and plays very well, but in their efforts to make this game challenging, they totally forgot to make it fun. There is absolutely no incentive for you to keep playing. It's so boring and repetitive, it had me saying, "Yabba Dabba Don't!"

  • Graphics: 8
  • Music & Sound: 6
  • Innovation: 5
  • Gameplay: 7
  • Replay Value: 4
  • Overall: 53%

Your favorite prehistoric family is back, and this time you can take them with you wherever you go! The Flintstones from Taito is a fun-filled adventure for your portable GameBoy. Fred sets out to find a hidden treasure, hoping to give it to Wilma for their anniversary. Follow him through seven levels, fighting off piranhas, aliens and cobras! Dino even gets in on the action when you pick up his icon. Yabba-dabba-doo!

People say:

7.0

Like other action titles reviewed on these pages, Flintstones is a stone-age hit that combines a solid scrolling play mechanic and spices it up with familiar characters and solid challenges. When the game moves along at a slower pace it's more enjoyable and also more rewarding. A very good addition to the GB library.

8.0

Taito did a good job in bringing the Flint-stones from TV to the game systems. The GameBoy version is especially well done as the graphics are very good and the game is one of the best playing carts this side of Mario 2. There are plenty of things to find and lots of enemies to get in your way.

7.0

Flintstones is a great playing cart for the GameBoy. The graphics are also very good, with almost all of the familiar faces you remember from the cartoon series. The game play is filled with items and plays a bit like Mario. You even get help from the cave man's best friend, Dino. The blurring is a bit hard on the eyes.

5.0

Surprisingly, Flintstones for GameBoy is really a fun game - on a WideBoy. It plays well, has several items and enemies, but it blurs badly on the small defunct Game-Boy screen. It's really hard to lower a game's score because the hardware stinks, but it must be taken into consideration. It SHOULD have gotten a seven.

Meet the Flintstones, Taito's modern stone-age family for the Game Boy. Fred and Wilma's anniversary is coming up, and Fred wants to make it special.

Wilmaaaaaaaaa!

Fred's found a treasure map in the Bedrock quarry, so he's off to find the treasure for Wilma. If you think the Fiintstones are too neanderthal for your tastes, this cart's simple, yet addicting, game play will make you want to study evolution. The beasties in this game both help and hinder you. You play Fred, who's armed with an unlimited number of hammers. Throw a hammer to hit a critter once and they freeze. Then you can use them to scale rooftops, cross rivers, or spring to new heights for that 1-up. Be quick, though. If they unfreeze while you're still standing on them, you'll be stoned.

Fred is no Jack Sprat, but he's no lumbering dinosaur either. He's a nimble jumper, just don't expect to see him take off into a sweat-breaking run. However, Freddy boy's saunter is enough to get him through the game, and it's easy to control.

To spice up the action, keep an eye open for helpful artifacts. You're on a hunt for Wheels, icons depicting a helmet-head, and Dino-looking Leap-a-saurus icons. Wheels and helmet heads convert into points towards an extra heart, which adds to the four you start out with. When you come across a Leap-a-saurus icon, you'll hop on it's back for a high-hoppin' ride. One hit, though, and you're back on your feet.

Yabba Dabba Doo Time!

Overall, this game takes you back...back to the good times! The graphics are nicely animated, down to the slithering snakes and leapin' Leap-a-saurus. The repetitious Flintstone's theme song does nothing to entice you to continue, but the inventive game play keeps you going. Moreover, the Flintstones' fun factor is anything but prehistoric.

Fred Ffintstone's off on another cartoon adventure. Don't miss tagging along with this Hanna Barbarian. Yabad-abadoooooooo!

ProTips:

  • In Stage 1, the cow skull constantly spits out animals. Beware when you stand next to it.
  • If you're riding a you don't need any animals to lift you new heights. So, throw your hammer continuously to demolish oncoming critters.
  • To beat the fire-breathing dragon boss at the end of Stage 1, stand next to the wall that's just before the water on the right-hand side. Duck when he breathes his fire. Then quickly jump up and throw your hammer.

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    Justin Garcia CoolDuelist said on Forum:

    All of your favorite characters from the flintstones is there (Imediate Flintstone characters). Five levels, yes there are only five levels but they are really long and fun. Each level has a boss, but I'm sure all of this is in the description. This game is Highly Recommended by me, JGCD!