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+ | | distributor={{company|[[Sega OziSoft]]|region=AU}}, {{company|[[Ecofilmes]]|region=PT}}, {{company|[[Hent Gruppen]]|region=SE rental}} | ||
| licensor=[[Hanna-Barbera]], {{company|Turner Home Entertainment|region=EU/AU}}, {{company|[[Nippon Columbia]]|region=JP}} | | licensor=[[Hanna-Barbera]], {{company|Turner Home Entertainment|region=EU/AU}}, {{company|[[Nippon Columbia]]|region=JP}} | ||
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− | + | '''''The Flintstones''''' (フリントストーン) is a 1993 platformer for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] by [[Taito]] based on the ''[[wikipedia:The Flintstones|The Flintstones]]'' animated television series. | |
==Story== | ==Story== | ||
− | Wilma | + | Fred Flintstone must recover lost items for his wife Wilma and their friends. |
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
− | {{A}} and {{C}} | + | The game is a platformer played as Fred Flintstone, who must travel through different locations set in the Stone Age in order to recover items for his friends and family. Each stage is divided into multiple segment (usually four), with a fight against a boss at the end. When the boss is defeated, it gives up the item that Fred was seeking. |
+ | |||
+ | Fred walks with {{left}} and {{right}}. He ducks with {{down}} and jumps with {{A}} or {{C}}. He can grab ledges by holding {{A}} or {{C}} when jumping in front of them, then climb up by pressing {{up}}. He can climb back down a ledge by standing on the edge of a platform and holding {{down}} while pressing {{A}} or {{C}}. He attacks by swinging his club with {{B}}, which can be done while standing or jumping. Some enemy projectiles can be knocked away by hitting them with Fred's club. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In some stages, Fred can find an egg that, once cracked open, allows him to ride a pterodactyl for a duration. The pterodactyl jumps much higher and can glide through the air by holding {{A}} or {{C}}. It attacks by spewing fireballs with {{B}}. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Fred starts the game with three health hearts and loses one when he takes damage. Some hazards only cost half of a health heart, and some hazards (such as lava) cost all of Fred's health hearts. Fred can find items that recover lost health hearts or give him another health heart (up to a maximum of six). He loses a life when he loses all of his health hearts but restarts at the beginning of the stage segment (with one less health heart if he has any extra, down to the minimum of three) if the player has extra lives. The game ends if the player runs out of lives but can be continued a limited number of times. There are three difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, and Hard), which affects the number of hits that bosses can take before they are defeated. The game only goes up to the fourth stage on Easy difficulty. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Items=== | ||
+ | {{InfoTable| | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Balloon | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Flintstones MD, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=24 | crop_height=24 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=0}} | ||
+ | | desc=Pop to release an item. Some items are found outside of balloons. Worth 100 points. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Apple | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Flintstones MD, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=24 | crop_y=0}} | ||
+ | | desc=Restores a lost health heart. Worth 200 points. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Lucky Star | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Flintstones MD, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=24 | crop_height=24 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=24}} | ||
+ | | desc=Collect 50 for an extra life. Worth 200 points. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Star | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Flintstones MD, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=24 | crop_y=16}} | ||
+ | | desc=Collect 10 for an extra continue. Worth 1,000 points. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Heart | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Flintstones MD, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=24 | crop_y=32}} | ||
+ | | desc=Adds another health heart (up to a maximum of 6) and restores a lost health heart. Worth 100 points. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Pterodactyl Egg | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Flintstones MD, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=24 | crop_x=40 | crop_y=0}} | ||
+ | | desc=Crack open and touch to ride a pterodactyl for a duration. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Power Up | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Flintstones MD, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=32 | crop_height=24 | crop_x=56 | crop_y=0}} | ||
+ | | desc=Increases the strength of Fred's club attack. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Wilma | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Flintstones MD, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=24 | crop_height=24 | crop_x=40 | crop_y=24}} | ||
+ | | desc=Makes Fred invincible for a duration. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Fred | ||
+ | | sprite={{sprite | Flintstones MD, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=24 | crop_height=24 | crop_x=64 | crop_y=24}} | ||
+ | | desc=Gives the player an extra life. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Stages=== | ||
+ | {{InfoTable|imagewidths=320| | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Leaf Rock | ||
+ | | screenshot=Flintstones MD, Stage 1-1.png | ||
+ | | screenshot2=Flintstones MD, Stage 1-2.png | ||
+ | | screenshot3=Flintstones MD, Stage 1-3.png | ||
+ | | screenshot4=Flintstones MD, Stage 1-4.png | ||
+ | | screenshot5=Flintstones MD, Stage 1 Boss.png | ||
+ | | tabs=yes | ||
+ | | desc=Fred must recover {{sprite | Flintstones MD, Special Items.png | crop_width=16 | crop_height=8 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=0}} '''Wilma's necklace''', which she has misplaced. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Swimming Pool | ||
+ | | screenshot=Flintstones MD, Stage 2-1.png | ||
+ | | screenshot2=Flintstones MD, Stage 2-2.png | ||
+ | | screenshot3=Flintstones MD, Stage 2-3.png | ||
+ | | screenshot4=Flintstones MD, Stage 2-4.png | ||
+ | | screenshot5=Flintstones MD, Stage 2 Boss.png | ||
+ | | tabs=yes | ||
+ | | desc=Fred must recover {{sprite | Flintstones MD, Special Items.png | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=16 | crop_y=0}} '''Barney's lucky fishing hook''', which he lost when he went fishing. Fred swims with {{repeat|{{A}}}} or {{repeat|{{C}}}}. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Desert Drive | ||
+ | | screenshot=Flintstones MD, Stage 3-1.png | ||
+ | | screenshot2=Flintstones MD, Stage 3-2.png | ||
+ | | screenshot3=Flintstones MD, Stage 3-3.png | ||
+ | | tabs=yes | ||
+ | | desc=Fred must find his daughter {{sprite | Flintstones MD, Special Items.png | crop_width=24 | crop_height=24 | crop_x=32 | crop_y=0}} '''Pebbles''', who has wandered away. This stage is autoscrolling with Fred driving his car. There is no boss fight at the end. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Dino Express | ||
+ | | screenshot=Flintstones MD, Stage 4-1.png | ||
+ | | screenshot2=Flintstones MD, Stage 4-2.png | ||
+ | | screenshot3=Flintstones MD, Stage 4-3.png | ||
+ | | screenshot4=Flintstones MD, Stage 4 Boss.png | ||
+ | | tabs=yes | ||
+ | | desc=Fred must recover {{sprite | Flintstones MD, Special Items.png | crop_width=16 | crop_height=8 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=8}} '''Betty's favorite ribbon''', which she lost after going on a train trip. This is the last stage when the game is played on the Easy difficulty level. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Fire Rock | ||
+ | | screenshot=Flintstones MD, Stage 5-1.png | ||
+ | | screenshot2=Flintstones MD, Stage 5-2.png | ||
+ | | screenshot3=Flintstones MD, Stage 5-3.png | ||
+ | | screenshot4=Flintstones MD, Stage 5-4.png | ||
+ | | screenshot5=Flintstones MD, Stage 5 Boss.png | ||
+ | | tabs=yes | ||
+ | | desc=Fred must recover {{sprite | Flintstones MD, Special Items.png | crop_width=24 | crop_height=24 | crop_x=56 | crop_y=0}} '''Bamm-Bamm's favorite club''', which was stolen by a dragon. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Hard Rock | ||
+ | | screenshot=Flintstones MD, Stage 6-1.png | ||
+ | | screenshot2=Flintstones MD, Stage 6-2.png | ||
+ | | screenshot3=Flintstones MD, Stage 6-3.png | ||
+ | | screenshot4=Flintstones MD, Stage 6 Boss.png | ||
+ | | tabs=yes | ||
+ | | desc=Fred investigates a {{sprite | Flintstones MD, Special Items.png | crop_width=16 | crop_height=24 | crop_x=80 | crop_y=0}} '''pterodactyl egg''' that has rolled away, which leads him to rescuing a family of pterodactyls that were turned to stone by an evil witch. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
==Production credits== | ==Production credits== | ||
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==Promotional material== | ==Promotional material== | ||
{{gallery | {{gallery | ||
− | |{{gitem| | + | |{{gitem|Suuri lelukirja FI 1993 Sega.jpg|FI advert (1993)}} |
|{{gitem|Suuri lelukirja FI 1994 Sega.jpg|FI advert (1994)}} | |{{gitem|Suuri lelukirja FI 1994 Sega.jpg|FI advert (1994)}} | ||
|{{galleryPrintAd | |{{galleryPrintAd | ||
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| cover=Flintstones MD JP Box.jpg | | cover=Flintstones MD JP Box.jpg | ||
| cart=Flintstones MD JP Cart.jpg | | cart=Flintstones MD JP Cart.jpg | ||
− | | carttop= | + | | carttop=TheFlintstones MD JP CartTop.jpg |
| manual=Flintstones MD JP Manual.pdf | | manual=Flintstones MD JP Manual.pdf | ||
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Taito (JP), Taito America (US), Sega Europe (EU) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Santos[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributor: Sega OziSoft (AU), Ecofilmes (PT), Hent Gruppen (SE rental) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensor: Hanna-Barbera, Turner Home Entertainment (EU/AU), Nippon Columbia (JP) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Flintstones (フリントストーン) is a 1993 platformer for the Sega Mega Drive by Taito based on the The Flintstones animated television series.
Contents
Story
Fred Flintstone must recover lost items for his wife Wilma and their friends.
Gameplay
The game is a platformer played as Fred Flintstone, who must travel through different locations set in the Stone Age in order to recover items for his friends and family. Each stage is divided into multiple segment (usually four), with a fight against a boss at the end. When the boss is defeated, it gives up the item that Fred was seeking.
Fred walks with and . He ducks with and jumps with or . He can grab ledges by holding or when jumping in front of them, then climb up by pressing . He can climb back down a ledge by standing on the edge of a platform and holding while pressing or . He attacks by swinging his club with , which can be done while standing or jumping. Some enemy projectiles can be knocked away by hitting them with Fred's club.
In some stages, Fred can find an egg that, once cracked open, allows him to ride a pterodactyl for a duration. The pterodactyl jumps much higher and can glide through the air by holding or . It attacks by spewing fireballs with .
Fred starts the game with three health hearts and loses one when he takes damage. Some hazards only cost half of a health heart, and some hazards (such as lava) cost all of Fred's health hearts. Fred can find items that recover lost health hearts or give him another health heart (up to a maximum of six). He loses a life when he loses all of his health hearts but restarts at the beginning of the stage segment (with one less health heart if he has any extra, down to the minimum of three) if the player has extra lives. The game ends if the player runs out of lives but can be continued a limited number of times. There are three difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, and Hard), which affects the number of hits that bosses can take before they are defeated. The game only goes up to the fourth stage on Easy difficulty.
Items
Balloon | |
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Pop to release an item. Some items are found outside of balloons. Worth 100 points. | |
Apple | |
Restores a lost health heart. Worth 200 points. | |
Lucky Star | |
Collect 50 for an extra life. Worth 200 points. | |
Star | |
Collect 10 for an extra continue. Worth 1,000 points. | |
Heart | |
Adds another health heart (up to a maximum of 6) and restores a lost health heart. Worth 100 points. | |
Pterodactyl Egg | |
Crack open and touch to ride a pterodactyl for a duration. | |
Power Up | |
Increases the strength of Fred's club attack. | |
Wilma | |
Makes Fred invincible for a duration. | |
Fred | |
Gives the player an extra life. |
Stages
Production credits
Magazine articles
- Main article: The Flintstones (Taito)/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Sega Magazin (DE) #1: "September/Oktober 1993" (1993-09-01)[12]
also published in:
- Velikiy Drakon (RU) #61: "xxxx xxxx" (2003-02-07)[13]
Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: The Flintstones (Taito)/Technical information.
References
- ↑ http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Santos_(2)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 GamePro, "May 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 60
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sega Force, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-27), page 29
- ↑ Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 39
- ↑ Sega Pro, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 28
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Computer & Video Games, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-15), page 88
- ↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1994-08-15), page 10
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 59
- ↑ File:Flintstones MD credits.pdf
- ↑ GamePro, "July 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 57
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 67
- ↑ Velikiy Drakon, "xxxx xxxx" (RU; 2003-02-07), page 68
- ↑ GamesMaster, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-17), page 66
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 83
- ↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-06-xx), page 81
- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-08), page 157
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1993" (JP; 1993-11-08), page 24
- ↑ Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 148
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 87
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1993-08-10)
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 44
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 316
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 9, "" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 113
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 47
- ↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 5: April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 14
- ↑ Game Power, "Settembre 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 84
- ↑ Joypad, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 118
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-27), page 40
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "February 1994" (JP; 1994-01-08), page 67
- ↑ Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 38
- ↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 44
- ↑ Mega Force, "Ete 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 114
- ↑ Mega Fun, "06/93" (DE; 1993-05-19), page 36
- ↑ MegaTech, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 36
- ↑ Megazin, "Letnik 2, Številka 15, November 1994" (SI; 1994-xx-xx), page 31
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-25), page 74
- ↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-07-10), page 66
- ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, August 14, 1993" (UK; 1993-08-14), page 1
- ↑ Power Unlimited, "Nummer 1, Juli 1993" (NL; 1993-0x-xx), page 63
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 58
- ↑ Sega Power, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-01), page 70
- ↑ Sega Pro, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-13), page 46
- ↑ Sega Zone, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-xx), page 32
- ↑ Sega Force, "6/93" (SE; 1993-09-30), page 10
- ↑ Sega Force, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-27), page 26
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
- ↑ Sonic the Comic, "29th May 1993" (UK; 1993-05-29), page 11
- ↑ Supersonic, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 26
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 77
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