Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers (video game)

Chip 'N Dale - Rescue Rangers

NES - USA - 1st edition.

Developer Capcom Publisher Capcom Published 1990-06-08 Platforms NES, PlayChoice-10 Genres Licensed, Platformer Themes Cartoon, Mystery Series Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers Multiplayer Simultaneous co-op Distribution Commercial

Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers is a platform action game developed and published by Capcom on 1990-06-08 for the NES and PlayChoice-10. It is the first video game set in the Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers universe. The game is based on the Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers cartoon and, in the game, you play Chip and Dale as they attempt to foil the plans of the evil villain Fat Cat with help from the other Rescue Rangers. A few years later, the game was followed by a sequel.

Personal

Own?	No.
Won?	Yes.
Finished	Early 1990s

I enjoyed watching the television show when it came out, and I remember seeing advertisements for the game. This caused me to rent it shortly after it was released and ended up beating it before I had to return it, something that very rarely happened with me, so I knew the game was pretty easy. Even still, I very much liked the game.

Review

6	6	6	6	4

Best Version: NES

— This section contains spoilers! —

Good

• The game plays as a competent 8-bit era platformer.
• The graphics are well-drawn and the backgrounds drawn to such a large scale help remind you just how small the Rescue Rangers are.
• Harumi Fujita upbeat music fits the game's theme, and she nicely incorporated the cartoon's theme song.
• The cut-scenes help capture the fun and excitement of the cartoon.
• The game does a good job at including elements from the show into the game.
• I like that you can hide under crates.
• The two-player simultaneous cooperative play is a well made. I like how you can pick up your friend and toss them.

Bad

• The game is too easy. Even as a child, I was able to beat it without too much trouble.
• Collecting black and white flower panels to earn a 1-up is too derivative of the coins in Super Mario Bros., and they don't fit the game's theme.
• The game is already pretty short, so the map should have been restructured to force you to play all of the levels rather than letting you skip some.
• The ending is very anti-climactic.

Ugly

• Nothing.

Media

Boxes

All of the boxes use the same artwork, just with variations on the graphic layout around it. The European box reveals the most of the artwork. The art is well-painted, but the game doesn't actually include a tomato as a weapon.

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  Japan.

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  USA.

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  Germany.

Documentation

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  Manual - USA.

Maps

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  World.

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  Zone 0.

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  Zone A.

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  Zone B.

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  Zone C.

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  Zone D.

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  Zone E.

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  Zone F.

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  Zone G.

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  Zone H.

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  Zone I.

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  Zone J.

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  Bonus stages.

Videos

Longplay (single player).

Longplay (two player).

Speedrun.

Play Online

Famicom, NES (Europe), NES (USA)

Representation

Strong female character?	Pass	Although Gadget is a damsel in distress, she uses her intelligence to help the team rescue her and capture Fat Cat.
Bechdel test?	Fail	There is only one woman.
Strong person of color character?	Fail	The characters are all animals.
Queer character?	Fail	There are no queer characters.

Titles

Language	Native	Transliteration	Translation
English	Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers
Japanese	チップとデールの大作戦	Chippu to Deru no Daisakusen	Chip and Dale's Mission

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