Rocko's Modern Life is a side-scrolling action game where the player takes control of the Nickelodeon character, Rocko, as they travel through three different stages (Rock-O-Whey Beach, Hill-O-Stench garbage dump, and Laundryland) trying to protect his beloved dog Spunky from the various dangers throughout the stages. As Rocko travels through the stage, he has to perform various tasks to keep Spunky out of danger such as tossing him above onto safer platforms, moving objects to break his fall or fight off various enemies that want to harm him.
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Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day is a nostalgia trip for fans of the classic cartoon, but not much more. While the visuals capture the show's wacky style and the concept of guiding Spunky the dog through levels is cute, the escort mission gameplay can be frustrating. Spunky's unpredictable movements often lead to cheap deaths and retries, and the overall experience feels repetitive. If you have fond memories of Rocko's Modern Life, you might get a kick out of this one, but for most gamers, it's a forgettable licensed title.
I loved Rocko's Modern Life as a kid and I was very disappointed when I rented this game and very quickly discovered it was an escort quest for the entire game.
Honestly don't remember much about this game other than having fun. I loved it because it was Rocko. What a great cartoon and great time to be a kid.
I'm a big fan of Rocko's Modern Life, it was my favorite Nicktoon growing up and watching mild-mannered "only sane man" Rocko interact with the insane people of O-Town was a ton of fun, and as I grew older the show only aged better once I started understanding the stealthy adult humor that was absolutely EVERYWHERE in it. It's still crazy to me that the fast food chain "Chokey Chicken" survived three whole seasons before the censor people caught on. It's no wonder my dad loved watching this show with me.
When I heard there was a SNES game, I absolutely wanted to play it. But my local Hollywood Video never carried it, and by the time I heard of it my time with my SNES was completely dominated by Donkey Kong Country, and not too long after I'd be hysterically awaiting the Sega Saturn and PS1. So for a while the game kinda lingered a bit in my mind sometimes along with other games like Super Metroid, and it wasn't until I discovered emulation almost ten years later that I finally got to play them.
I played it finally and it was a side-scrolling platformer as I was expecting from the screenshots I saw on old websites back then, but as I was going around I got confused as to where the level exit was, and how weird it was that Rocko could just tank anything thrown at him like he's Wario. It wasn't until about a minute later that I figured out that Spunky has a health bar at the top of the screen, and that's when it hit me. This game is nothing but escort missions!!!
thunderclap and high-pitched shrieking heard in the background
Certainly not what I was hoping for! Admittingly, this game isn't even bad, but when it's the only Rocko game ever made you get very disappointed. It'd be like if the only Sailor Moon game ever made was the weird puzzle game on Super Famicom, or if Zoids only had one game and it was a boring business management simulator. It kinda sucks that I have to go "wow, I sure wish this game was generic 2D platformer number 712", but that's all I ever think about when I play it. Trying to guide Spunky to the golden hydrant in each stage just isn't really fun or something I'd want to play, and it's not helped by how poorly justified the entire gameplay is. Rocko can't just grab Spunky and take him to the hydrant himself? It's even worse, because you can actually temporarily pick up Spunky to turn him around, but he can't move him around because... Spunky licks him too much? It's incredibly suspect.
If you're into hybrid platformer/puzzle games with a lemmings-style objective maybe you'll enjoy it? But even then the game has so many boring waiting periods for Spunky's slow-ass and Rocko's movement and attacks aren't exactly top-notch or anything, so I doubt it's gonna impress.
Was most certainly not a hoot.
When I heard there was a SNES game, I absolutely wanted to play it. But my local Hollywood Video never carried it, and by the time I heard of it my time with my SNES was completely dominated by Donkey Kong Country, and not too long after I'd be hysterically awaiting the Sega Saturn and PS1. So for a while the game kinda lingered a bit in my mind sometimes along with other games like Super Metroid, and it wasn't until I discovered emulation almost ten years later that I finally got to play them.
I played it finally and it was a side-scrolling platformer as I was expecting from the screenshots I saw on old websites back then, but as I was going around I got confused as to where the level exit was, and how weird it was that Rocko could just tank anything thrown at him like he's Wario. It wasn't until about a minute later that I figured out that Spunky has a health bar at the top of the screen, and that's when it hit me. This game is nothing but escort missions!!!
thunderclap and high-pitched shrieking heard in the background
Certainly not what I was hoping for! Admittingly, this game isn't even bad, but when it's the only Rocko game ever made you get very disappointed. It'd be like if the only Sailor Moon game ever made was the weird puzzle game on Super Famicom, or if Zoids only had one game and it was a boring business management simulator. It kinda sucks that I have to go "wow, I sure wish this game was generic 2D platformer number 712", but that's all I ever think about when I play it. Trying to guide Spunky to the golden hydrant in each stage just isn't really fun or something I'd want to play, and it's not helped by how poorly justified the entire gameplay is. Rocko can't just grab Spunky and take him to the hydrant himself? It's even worse, because you can actually temporarily pick up Spunky to turn him around, but he can't move him around because... Spunky licks him too much? It's incredibly suspect.
If you're into hybrid platformer/puzzle games with a lemmings-style objective maybe you'll enjoy it? But even then the game has so many boring waiting periods for Spunky's slow-ass and Rocko's movement and attacks aren't exactly top-notch or anything, so I doubt it's gonna impress.
Was most certainly not a hoot.