I never saw the original cartoon...
...but this interactive cartoon from THQ is a load of garbage. Why do we even need this? Why is this necessary? Who even asked for this, I tell you? Can't you people remember what Rocky and Bullwinkle used to be like?
First of all, let's take a look at the cover and the title screen.
The game is called "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends" on the cover art (like the Jay Ward cartoon), but the title screen calls it "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle". Also on the box art, there is Bullwinkle in his sweater while in-game he is nude rather than wearing his sweater. The attempts at advertising the game are as hideous as Valve's games, with the game's box saying: "Maximum Fun for Ages 4-10!"
The game's title screen also has a half-assed drawing of Rocky and Bullwinkle being next to each other. Where the lower halves of their bodies are cut and you can only see their heads to their upper chest, which is downright lazy. And speaking of presentation, the title screen has every screen's duration is 2 minutes and 4 seconds. This means that following the story can be nearly impossible unless you slow down the slideshow since there are occurrences when the duration speeds up.
Not to mention that Radical Entertainment and THQ Software's logos are sped up as well, it's like they were aware of how bad the graphics looked and didn't want to draw your attention to it, a bit like the company Majesco Sales from Drake of the 99 Dragons and Ubisoft from the infamous Stupid Invaders.
In addition to the drawings of Rocky and Bullwinkle on the title screen, the graphics look insanely terrible. Both sprites and graphics lack detail, such as Rocky and Bullwinkle being poorly drawn, the very first level looks like it was done on Microsoft Paint, and one of the later levels starts to look like King Kong splashed his a** all over the place. In one stage, there is also a staircase that takes you further in the level, but it looks like it leads to nowhere.
The entire plot shown here is just a line of text: "Get our heroes to Abominable Mansion, and collect Bullwinkle's inheritance!"
The controls are very clunky and awkward, especially Bullwinkle. He is so awkward to control that he bumps into anything like a tank. Ironically and humorously, Rocky can't walk up steps. Rocky bounces while he flies, it's not too much of a problem until in later levels with bigger gaps, which will make things harder to progress since it's hard to tell what to bounce onto because of bad level design.
The terrible ear-splitting music mostly consists of short music loops. And that's when it actually sounds like it's supposed to; the game's bad programming can sometimes mess up the music and make it sound even worse than it already is. In one of the levels, if a gas-like hazard touches the player, the game won't just reverse the controls, but also distort the music, making it even worse to get through.
Enemies always respawn even after you get the chance to kill them. Rats (or mice) are especially too fast to hit with bombs. They also are powerful for whatever reason. Speaking of, the bombs are limited and Bullwinkle's charge attack drains his energy.
The codes that are built in the game itself (not Game Genie) glitch up the game. The game's engine in fact is also used in The Terminator and Wayne's World on NES, which both games were already crappy enough!
The game doesn't save your high scores or have a password function. There is also no ending other than a poorly drawn "You Win!" screen. And speaking of which, the game is incredibly short and can be completed in less than five minutes.
This game isn't the worst interactive cartoon, it's still a bland cookie-cutter game made just to sell merchandise.