Changes: The Flintstones - The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy

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The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy is a 1991 platform video game developed by Taito for the Nintendo Entertainment System based on the original series, The Flintstones. Taito later released another Flintstones game for the NES titled The Flintstones: The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak.

Gameplay

The gameplay is preceded by a short cutscene which sets the stage. An evil and villainous man from the 30th century named Dr. Butler kidnaps Fred Flintstone's pet Dino and Barney's pet Hoppy. Fred's alien friend, The Great Gazoo, lost parts of his time machine due to Dr. Butler. The Great Gazoo is visible only to Fred and to nobody else (a slight change from the series where Barney, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm could also see him).

With each stage Fred completes, he earns back another piece of the time machine, and Gazoo welds together the pieces progressively. Throughout the stages, Fred runs into Wilma, Barney, Betty, as well as George Jetson in the future stage. Fred has to defeat a boss at each stage. At the end of the map, he gets the last piece and travels to the future, where he has to defeat Dr. Butler.

Characters

Fred Flintstone
Barney Rubble
Wilma Flintstone
Betty Rubble
Pebbles Flintstone
Bamm-Bamm Rubble
Dino
Hoppy
George Jetson
Dr. Butler
Count Rockula
Frank Frankenstone
Bigfoot
Giant Caveman
Champion Sumosaur

Enemies

Cavemen
Basketball Players
Rockcycle Gang
Thieves
Skeletons
Snow Cavemen
Storm Clouds
Seaweed Monsters
Karate Men
Knife Throwers
Yokai

Animals

Robots

Spring-Bots
Robo Cannons
Pistons
Dr. Butler's Punching Machine

Worlds

Bedrock
The City
Ice Age
The Jungle
Castle Rockula
Japanrock
The Future

Reception and Legacy

GamePro praised the graphics, gameplay, and the abundance of levels, but criticized the music.

A notable bootleg of the game called 7 Grand Dad was made by J.Y. Company, a company in Taiwan. In the bootleg, Fred Flintstone's head is replaced with that of Mario. The bootleg game eventually became an internet meme.

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 ==Reception and Legacy==