Flintstones, The - The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy (Japan)
NES / Famicom
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Reviewed in 1992
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✪ Reviewed on April 17, 2025
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Fred Flintstone in a high-quality NES platformer. Varied levels, polished visuals, solid mechanics. Much better than the average licensed game. Faithfully recreates the show's universe.
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Simulation1 player3+
Description
Action platformer featuring Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm rescuing Dino and Hoppy from Rockula's clutches. Published by Taito, released in Japan in 1992. Two playable characters with distinct attacks, Bedrock and prehistoric levels and varied bosses. NES adaptation of The Flintstones TV series.
Flintstones, The - The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy review
The Japanese Famicom version of Taito's Hanna-Barbera licensed platformer. In Japan the Flintstones franchise never carried the cultural weight it kept in the West, which makes this a niche Taito Famicom title, sought mostly by completists of the Taito catalogue rather than by licence fans. The small Famicom cartridge format and the distinct Japanese box are the main draw, in a cult-import logic more than an established price.
Is Flintstones, The - The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy still worth playing in 2026?
The Flintstones - The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy puts Fred Flintstone in an excellent NES platformer of high quality. Varied levels around Bedrock, careful graphics faithful to the series, solid mechanics with a throwing weapon and moving platforms. Taito's title sits clearly above the licence-game average of its era and recreates the cartoon world cleanly. A defensible cart to try today, especially for Hanna-Barbera fans.
