The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy is a 1991 Platform video game

Platform game

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 developed by Taito

Taito

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 for the Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo Entertainment System

The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...

 based on The Flintstones

The Flintstones

The Flintstones is an animated, prime-time American television sitcom that screened from September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966, on ABC. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, The Flintstones was about a working class Stone Age man's life with his family and his next-door neighbor and best friend. It...

TV series. Taito later released another Flintstones game for the NES titled The Flintstones: Surprise at Dinosaur Peak

The Flintstones: Surprise at Dinosaur Peak

The Flintstones: Surprise at Dinosaur Peak is a platform video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System created and published by Taito Corporation in 1994.-Summary:...

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Gameplay

The gameplay is preceded by a short movie which sets the stage.

A man from the 30th century

30th century

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 named Dr. Butler kidnaps Dino and Hoppy, the two pets that belong to Fred Flintstone

Fred Flintstone

Frederick Joseph “Fred” Flintstone, also known as Fred W. Flintstone or Frederick J. Flintstone, is the protagonist of the animated sitcom The Flintstones, which aired during prime-time on ABC during the original series' run from 1960-66. He is the husband of Wilma Flintstone and father of Pebbles...

, Barney Rubble

Barney Rubble

Bernard "Barney" Rubble is the deuteragonist of the television animated series The Flintstones. He is the diminutive blonde-haired caveman husband of Betty Rubble and father of Bamm-Bamm Rubble...

, and their respective families. Fred's alien friend, Gazoo, lost parts of his time machine due to the evil man from the future. Gazoo is only visible to Fred and not to anyone else. With each stage Fred completes, he earns back another piece of the time machine

Time Machine

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, and Gazoo welds together the pieces progressively. Throughout the stages, Fred runs into Wilma, Barney, Betty, as well as George Jetson

George Jetson

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 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 the man from the 30th century.

The ending shows Fred and his friends being re-united and happy back in Bedrock

Bedrock (The Flintstones)

Bedrock is the fictional prehistoric city, which is home to the characters of the animated television series, The Flintstones .- Size :...

with their pets.