Even The Smurf's Can't Save This Horrible Game

I felt it fitting that I should wait for the new month to return to blogging here (after that post I wrote a few days ago anyway), but obviously I didn't find it fitting to prepare a proper post. Instead I'm going to show you a video of possibly one of the worst games I've ever seen - and I loved The Smurf's!

The video above is of Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle which was released for the Atari 2600 and the ColecoVision back in 1982. During the next 3 minutes and 12 seconds you will bear witness (if you can make it that long) to the most awful and unimaginative level designs I have ever seen. This is a world in which fence posts can kill our little blue friends instantly, along with other bits of seemingly random scenery, hampering your quest to save every Smurf's wet dream, Smurfette.

When you finally reach her (after a few screens of utterly boring - and often repeated - scenery) you're pretty much cock blocked by a skull, which seems impossible to jump over. According to Wikipedia there are other levels after this (even in 1982 a 3 minute game wouldn't be good value for money), some with BATS!, so how the hell do you beat that dastardly skull?

If anyone has been subjected to the horror of this game in the past then let me know in the comments below. I'm counting on you retro buffs that visit the site, although I suppose even you lot would want to forget any experience you had with this horrific 'game'.

N.B. No, Smurfette is not topless. It is merely a glitch, although a great one for any young lad playing the game in 1982.