Smurf Rescue in Gargamel’s Castle: Simply unbearable

Actually, the word unbearable didn’t exactly come from me. It’s a quote from this British dude who seemed to have spent an entire afternoon trying to make a Smurf jump over white picket fences in the Colecovision game Smurf Rescue in Gargamel’s Castle. It’s funny how the label on the game’s box reads: “The Arcade Quality Video Game.”

In the game, you control a Smurf who is off on an action-packed rescue mission. Gargamel has captured Smurfette (I wonder why the big bald guy with the crooked teeth wants a little blue lady so much), and has taken her to his castle. It’s your job to rescue her (since she’s the only female Smurf, you’re obliged to rescue her … survival of the species, you see). Fun, eh? Well, not really. Take a look at Steve Benway’s misadventures:

Ugh. And I thought E.T. the Extra Terrestrial was awful. In the words of Steve himself: Words fail me.