Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland Preview: A Blast from the Past
The world of Rugrats is no stranger to video games, with fans of the iconic 1990s animated series likely remembering the late 1990s-early 2000s being filled with countless platformers where you play as Tommy Pickles and his friends.
It’s in that vein that The MIX Games and Limited Run are set to release , a brand-new game modeled after the retro platformers of old.
At last month’s PAX East 2024, I got the chance to check out some of Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland, a game that’s actually designed for NES hardware but will also be coming to modern consoles as well. While other games that try to capture the retro feel often do it with filters or certain visual cues, The MIX Games actually designed the game as an NES title from the very start.
Having the foundation laid allowed them to essentially build out the rest of the more modern amenities more easily. These include the ability to toggle between classic 8-bit graphics and more modern HD art. To its credit, the game looks absolutely incredible in either setting, with the 8-bit graphics capturing the nostalgic feel of playing a classic console platformer and the HD art also looking crisp and almost like it was ripped right out of the original television show.
As far as gameplay goes, fans of classic platformers will be right at home here. In the game, you play as one of the four lead characters in the Rugrats (Tommy Pickles, Chuckie Finster, and Phil & Lil DeVille), each of which has their own unique powers. Chuckie, for instance, can jump a bit higher than the rest of the babies, while Phil has a ground-pound ability that allows him to drop straight down through obstacles in his path.
Fans of the original Mega Man or Super Mario Bros. games will be right at home here, as gameplay mirrors them almost identically. You’ll have to navigate a level moving left to right while avoiding various enemies and occasionally running into bosses. Certain enemies are quick to be beaten with a stomp or by simply avoiding them, but
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