GOTD 7/7/2016: The Ren & Stimpy Show: Buckaroo$! (NES)
Ren & Stimpy: Buckaroo$! is a NES game very loosly based on the cartoon show. The plot centers around Stimpy's invention, the 'Gametron 5000 Moneymaker'; which is the first video game system that rewards the player with big bucks. So Ren and Stimpy are playing the Gametron 5000 Moneymaker, and I guess that the levels in the game were created by Stimpson J. Cat because Stimpy is a moron and the game itself is horrible.
The first level is based on the cartoon episode 'Space Madness'. First you have to throw a spring at Ren to bounce him over a transporter, then you have to enter the transporter, twice, and play a boring side-scrolling shooting game. Now why they make you throw a spring at Ren is beyond me; its such a stupid little task when the 1st level is clearly a shooting level. Basically you just avoid & shoot random non-sensical crap that flies at you. Rubber duckies and billiard balls and turkeys. Just make sure you grab that Gritty Kitty. Because if it doesnt say Gritty Kitty... it stinks!
The second level is where the game begins to really suck. Based on the episode 'Out West', its basically a platforming stage with a western theme. The stage is littered with loads more stupid crap that has never been in any of the cartoon episodes, like a giant piggybank that spits out coins and sharks in the water trough. The third level is very much like the second in the sense that its another ugly platforming stage filled with even more non-sensical crap. The fourth level is some kind of strange machine where you have to guide Ren to the exit or something.. and this is where I gave up.
The number one reason this game sucks is because it is not fun to play... at all. The controls are awkward and the levels are poorly designed. Not only is the game not fun, but its also very ugly. The game developers just diddnt care, and it shows. However, my main crtiticism about this game is the amount of non-sensical crap included within. Now I know where they were coming from. Ren & Stimpy is very much an 'off-the-wall' type of cartoon, chock full of insanity, toilet humor, and just plain gross yet hilarious jokes. How can they transfer this type of humor into a Nintendo game? Thats the hard part. They cant just fill the game with farts, vomit, and moose-meat sandwiches because this is a kids game. So instead we get a game full of goofy out-of-place shit like piggy banks and flying turkeys. Ya know, shit that has nothing to do with Ren & Stimpy. Whoever designed this game is an EEEEEDIOT!!!!!!!!!!
At this point in the review I would like to take a moment to thank THQ for ruining the Nintendo game based on one of my favorite TV shows (sarcasm). In fact, almost every NES game THQ made is based on TV shows, movies, or crappy childrens books. Further more, every NES game THQ produced is total crap. Besides Ren & Stimpy, THQ has produced the following on the NES:
Home Alone, Peter Pan and the Pirates, Wheres Waldo?, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Great Waldo Search (like we needed 2 waldo nes games..thanks THQ), Home Alone 2, Swamp Thing, Waynes World, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, James Bond Jr.. The only non-cartoon character/movie game that THQ made for the nes is Videomation and Wayne Gretzky Hockey.
But I digress. In conclusion Ren & Stimpy for Nintendo is just a crappy game that should be avoided... you eeediot.
On a side note, I just started a new job so I might not be able to type up reviews every day, but I will try.
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Originally Posted by Tanooki
