Rolo to the Rescue

Rolo to the Rescue is a video game developed by British studio Vectordean and published by Electronic Arts for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, released in 1992.

The objective is to traverse through levels with varying terrain, rescue Rolo's captive friends along the way and his mother from the circus.

The goal's primary method of being unlocked is by defeating the Ring Master and obtaining his key and freeing all the caged animal friends within the level.

If more than three are rescued, the earliest recruited animal companion that joined will leave the party and be replaced by the latest.

If the animal companion takes damage under control of the player, it will faint and the party and be switched immediately back to Rolo.

In-game screenshot