Underplayed Gems

Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle (1983)

Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle cover
Platforms
Atari 2600, ColecoVision
Where to get it
My Abandonware

More by Coleco

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More games like this

How it feels

A clunky and slow-paced 1980s platformer that feels limited and frustrating to control.

retrosimplefrustratingcolorfulshortslowclunkyfamily friendly

Screenshots

Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle screenshot 1Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle screenshot 2Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle screenshot 3

More games like this

More by Coleco

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.