The gameplay is preceded by a short cutscene which sets the stage, where the Flintstones and the Rubbles are enjoying their lives in Bedrock.
Fred's alien friend, Gazoo, lost parts of his time machine due to Dr. Butler.
Gazoo is visible only to Fred and to nobody else (a slight change from the series where Barney, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm could also see him).
[2] AllGame gave a review score of 4 out of 5 stars praising the game as a first rate platform with bright colorful graphics that mimic the cartoon series stating “Fred is easy to control, and his ability to club enemies and climb ledges goes a long way towards making the gameplay feel different from other titles in the genre.”[3] The game is infamous for a bootleg ROM hack of the game titled 7 GRAND DAD (Chinese: 原始瑪莉VII; pinyin: Yuánshǐ Mǎlì VII; lit.
The title screen features a sprite of Mario originating from a bootleg Taiwanese gambling video game called Dian Shi Ma Li, alongside a sprite of Fred Flintstone in a star originating from the unhacked game's title screen.