There are no-powerups in the traditional sense; players must collect 100 picnic baskets for an extra life.

Hidden doors and areas must be found in order to crack open the safes.

Once inside a safe, Yogi must collect 25 gold coins to make a bar.

Falling down into bottomless pits or navigating into dangerous hazards will cause Yogi to lose a life.

However, all but one of them commented that Yogi Bear's Gold Rush is a generic platformer with levels lacking in both challenge and originality.