This is one of those that I've lost the videos too, so most of this will be based off memory.
As a big fan of Rocko's Modern Life (yes, loved the movie as well) there are some positives in how they use their humour in this game and everything is very colourful and accurate to the show, however the gameplay is where it really falls on it's ass.
The whole game is essentially an Escort Mission Simulator where you have to help Spunky (Rocko's dog) to get to the Golden Hydrant at the end of the level, avoiding or fighting off hazards that get in his way as once his health is all gone, you lose.
Now, the positive is that he has a healthbar and it isn't like certain games I've played where your escort has no health and dies from a single attack from the enemies! This gives you quite a bit of flexibility so you can hopefully salvage a situation if you ever mess up. The best way to approach each mission is to get Spunky stuck somewhere whilst you explore the level and set things up to that Spunky can get to the end without much harm.
Another issue is, something common with many of these games, you have no tutorial and the last few missions add new elements and devices you've not seen before, so it can be a pain when trying to figure out until I looked online on how to pass a level and then I knew how to do it!
I wouldn't recommend the game, tbh. It is fun to look back at the series and the humour is much the same, however, it is ultimately just an escort mission and as cute as Spunky is, he can't do all the heavy lifting for this game. There's better games out there for you to be using your time on.
As a big fan of Rocko's Modern Life (yes, loved the movie as well) there are some positives in how they use their humour in this game and everything is very colourful and accurate to the show, however the gameplay is where it really falls on it's ass.
The whole game is essentially an Escort Mission Simulator where you have to help Spunky (Rocko's dog) to get to the Golden Hydrant at the end of the level, avoiding or fighting off hazards that get in his way as once his health is all gone, you lose.
Now, the positive is that he has a healthbar and it isn't like certain games I've played where your escort has no health and dies from a single attack from the enemies! This gives you quite a bit of flexibility so you can hopefully salvage a situation if you ever mess up. The best way to approach each mission is to get Spunky stuck somewhere whilst you explore the level and set things up to that Spunky can get to the end without much harm.
Another issue is, something common with many of these games, you have no tutorial and the last few missions add new elements and devices you've not seen before, so it can be a pain when trying to figure out until I looked online on how to pass a level and then I knew how to do it!
I wouldn't recommend the game, tbh. It is fun to look back at the series and the humour is much the same, however, it is ultimately just an escort mission and as cute as Spunky is, he can't do all the heavy lifting for this game. There's better games out there for you to be using your time on.
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 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.
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.