The Ren & Stimpy Show: Time Warp (SNES) - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of THQ's 1994 licensed-based beat 'em up/platformer for the Super Nintendo, The Ren & Stimpy Show: Time Warp.

This video shows the game's best ending.

The Ren & Stimpy Show: Time Warp is one of the better games based on the license to appear on the SNES. That's not to say it is a good game - it most certainly isn't - but it does at least show a fair amount more effort invested in it than Fire Dogs, Veediots, or Buckeroo$ ever did.

In Time Warp, Muddy Mudskipper sponsors a rigged contest for a time machine. The problem is that he wasn't quite thorough enough in his rigging - Ren and Stimpy manage to save enough UPCs from bags of Gritty Kitty cat litter to win the prize. (Hint: ignore the game's directions - 47 won't cut it. You need 67 to successfully finish the first stage!). With their new machine, they (yes, you guessed it!) travel through time! However, in each era that our dog/cat couple warp to, Muddy has messed all sorts of things up, and the duo have to fix them. And money. You need money, for no other apparent reason than to get a different text crawl during the ending. Wee! Collecting stuff... because tasks... :(

There are four eras through which you slap and punch things, collecting items that you'll rarely need as you walk forever toward the right. Or not, depending on how quickly you give up.

This game is hard. Bad guys will often appear and attack with virtually no warning, and the hit detection is a complete joke. You'll often get nailed by attacks that look like they should've missed, and lining your own attacks up involves far more guesswork than it should. Between these things, the collect-a-thon objectives, the useless controls in the 3D segments, and the dodgy jumping mechanics, you're better off watching the game than trying to play it.

It is the presentation that stands out, and there's no denying how nice it looks and sounds for an SNES game. The cartoon characters all look just as they should, and the heroes both have a load of facial expressions and voice clips that make them feel like their TV counterparts. The music is pretty well done, too - it's nothing brilliant, but it suits the game's personality, and you get a full vocal version of the Log song when you finish a stage. That was always my favorite part of the whole package.

But even though the game looks and sounds good, I can't recommend it to anyone. It's not "broken," per se, but the mechanics are so clunky and the overall experience is so boring that it really isn't worth your time.

While might be one of the better SNES Ren & Stimpy games, it's like my dad always told me: no matter how much sugar you put on it, a pile of shit is still a pile of shit. This one might be a bit more attractive than most, but don't be fooled.
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