Line #26 VideoGame/SmurfRescueInGargamelsCastle


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2	''Smurf: Rescue In Gargamel's Castle'' is a 1982 2D {{platform game}} based on ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'' that was developed by Coleco for the Platform/{{Atari 2600}} and the Platform/ColecoVision. In the game, you play as a Smurf, who must travel through forest and the mountains in order to reach Gargamel's castle to rescue Smurfette. As you travel from left to right through each screen, you must jump over obstacles, avoid animals, and keep your life meter from completely running out.
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4	A Flash game sequel, ''[[http://www.centerplay.com/day-of-the-purple-smurfs/ Day Of The Purple Smurfs]]'', has been released.
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6	!!This game provides examples of
7	* AirborneMook: Hawks and bats.
8	* CheckPoint: When you lose a Smurf, your next Smurf starts at the beginning of whatever territory you lost your last Smurf in.
9	* CrouchAndProne: There's a duck feature for the Smurf character, but otherwise the player remains immobile in this mode.
10	* DamnYouMuscleMemory: If you're too used to playing platform games by using the action button to jump, this game will make you push the joystick forward to make a single small jump, and twice to make a big jump in the direction you're facing. Pressing the action button on either version of the game does nothing in-game.
11	* DamselInDistress: Smurfette.
12	* DifficultyLevels: Four, for one or two players.
13	* EndlessGame: Each time you reach Smurfette, you get sent right back to the Smurf Village to start over.
14	* EveryTenThousandPoints: You do get an extra Smurf/life at 10,000 points in the Atari 2600 version, but it's only rewarded once. The game even announces it by playing a victory tune.
15	* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Even a clump of grass can be deadly to a Smurf.
16	* FanSequel: ''Day of The Purple Smurfs''.
17	* FlipScreenScrolling: More noticeable on the the Platform/ColecoVision version.
18	* TheGhost: Gargamel doesn't show up even though the whole game revolves around rescuing Smurfette from his castle.
19	* GiantSpider: Well, spiders that are as big as a Smurf.
20	* JustifiedExtraLives: If one Smurf fails, another will take on the job.
21	* NeverSayDie: The instructions never say that your Smurf dies, but rather gets tired.
22	* NoNameGiven: Your Smurf character (or characters, if you think you get five Smurfs instead of five lives) doesn't have a name.
23	* OneHitPointWonder: All it takes is just one hit to lose a Smurf.
24	* PlatformGame
25	* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The soundtrack of the game uses Joseph Brackett Jr.'s 1848 song ''Simple Gifts'' and Music/LudwigVanBeethoven's ''1808 Symphony Number 6, Pastorale''.
26	* SaveThePrincess: In this case, save the Smurfette.
27	* ScoringPoints: For every obstacle cleared, every notch in the life meter still remaining (in the Platform/ColecoVision version), and every time you reach Smurfette.
28	* ShirtlessScene: A glitch in the Platform/ColecoVision version allowed the player to see Smurfette without her dress on! (Well, sort of. It actually turned some of the white pixels on her dress [[EyeScream and her eyes]] black, making it [[http://bluebuddies.com/smurf_video_games/jpg/Naked_Smurfette_Trick.jpg look like parts of her dress were missing]]) A trick to make this happen on the final screen is to have two controllers hooked up through a Y-adapter and push one controller's stick down while pushing the other controller's stick up to make Smurf go lower on the screen until he disappears and Smurfette "strips".
29	* SmoochOfVictory: Smurf gets one from Smurfette in the Atari 2600 version.
30	* SuperDrowningSkills: In the Atari 2600 version, there's a river that causes instant death if you don't jump over it.
31	* TimedMission: Your life meter acts as a timer that replenishes whenever you enter new territory. When it runs out, you lose a Smurf.
32	* TitleThemeDrop: ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' theme song appears in the Atari 2600 version.
33	* TheUnfought: Despite his name being in the title, Gargamel doesn't actually appear anywhere in the game. He does appear in ''Day Of The Purple Smurfs'' as a final boss.

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