NES RATING #4 - The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends

NES RATING #4

The Adventures of 
Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends

Produced by:  Imagineering / Radical Ent. / Absolute Ent.

Distributed by:  THQ

Released:  1992

Before reading this, I hope you looked at the list of producers of this game.  There's three of them.  For THIS game.  The first thing of note is the title screen, which legit looks to be designed by an actual squirrel experimenting with MS Paint.  That is no joke...take a look at this mess:
 
Released in 1992, this title came towards the final years of NES releases, and somehow features some of the worst graphics and play control in NES history.  A sophomore year release from THQ (who would go on to be major players via the WWF/WWE and UFC series of games), The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends has some simplistic charm, but it's clearly not be design.  This looks like something out of the Atari era, has a basic looping soundtrack, ugly character graphics, horrendous backgrounds, and makes you question exactly what platforms are even available to jump on.
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The production team consisting of three designers (just...mind-blowing) makes me question when exactly this was intended to be released.  If it was a 1985 release, perhaps there is an excuse for the shoddy backgrounds and poor play control.
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You control either of the titular characters, Rocky or Bullwinkle, which can be changed throughout play by using the Select button.  Rocky can fly, making many of the boards much easier.  Bullwinkle has the ability to walk up and down stairs.  I can hardly write any more on the subject of this game.

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How I feel for those who lacked a Super Nintendo and wasted $39.99 to 49.99 on this.  Just a basic and cheap game in every sense of the word, with THQ beginning to cash in on licenses (their release of Home Alone came a year earlier) and put anything out.  Give it a play if you're a fan of the characters, like I am, but don't be surprised when you turn it off 5-10 minutes later and forget all about it.  You may not believe it's even a legit Nintendo game once you see the title screen.

Rating:  D-