Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle

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Description

Smurfette has been kidnapped and is being held atop a platform in Gargamel's castle. The player controls a smurf across the screen and must jump over obstacles, away from spiders, eventually up to smurfette to rescue her. Completing of this task restarts the game with faster moving obstacles and it also takes longer (more scenes) to get to Gargamel's castle.

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Alternate Titles

• "Smurf Rescue" -- ColecoVision in-game title
• "Smurf" -- UK title
• "Schtroumpfs" -- French title
• "Schtroumpf Au château de Gargamel" -- Canadian French title
• "Pitufo" -- Spanish title

Part of the Following Groups

• Inspiration: Comics
• Smurfs licensees

User Reviews

A Fun and Memorable Title That's Smurfing Good.	ColecoVision	Guy Chapman (2001)
Watch Out For That Deadly Blade of Grass!	ColecoVision	ETJB (450)

Critic Reviews

TeleMatch	ColecoVision	Jul, 1983	1 out of 6	100
Tilt	ColecoVision	Jul, 1983		100
TeleMatch	Atari 2600	Nov, 1983	1 out of 6	100
Woodgrain Wonderland	Atari 2600	Jan 21, 2018	B	75
neXGam	ColecoVision	May 29, 2014	7.5 out of 10	75
The Video Game Critic	Atari 2600	May 25, 2009	B	75
GameCola.net	ColecoVision	Jan, 2003	6.5 out of 10	65
VideoGame	Atari 2600	Apr, 1991		60
Micro 7	ColecoVision	Mar, 1984		50
The Video Game Critic	ColecoVision	May 10, 2008	C	50

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
C64 release?	2	Kabushi (246762) Mar 01, 2018

Trivia

Cancelled Intellivision version

Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle is mentioned in several of Coleco's and CBS's catalogues as being available for the Intellivision in addition to the VCS and Colecovision systems. This version was never released, though.

ColecoVision graphical glitch

One of the weirdest known quirks about this title was to walk the Smurf into the room where Smurfette was being held. Once the Smurf walked into the room, players could quickly leave the room, and due to a graphic glitch, it looked like Smurfette's dress would fly up. Harmless, but amusing for its time.

Information also contributed by Игги Друге.

Related Web Sites

• Video review of the ColecoVision, some games and modules (WARNING: Language) (The Angry Video Game Nerd, James Rolfe, reviews the CollecoVision, some modules and games, including Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle on ColecoVision.)