Fans of Nicktoons nostalgia will be excited to hear that Rugrats: Retro Rewind, a compendium of six classic Rugrats games, launches digitally today on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 courtesy of the retro revival connoisseurs at Limited Run Games.
Rugrats: Retro Rewind features six classic Rugrats games that will whisk you from the Pickles’ backyard to the streets of Paris and launch you headfirst into six unique and exciting Rugrats universes, each with its own amusing adventures.
- Rugrats: Search for Reptar – Originally launched in 1998 for the original PlayStation, this is the Rugrats’ first adventure, guiding the boisterous babies through a jigsaw puzzle mystery.
- The Rugrats Movie – Based on the movie of the same name, this catalog of capers was originally available on Game Boy and Game Boy Color and finds the Rugrats on a mission to seek out the missing Dil Pickles.
- Rugrats: Time Travelers – A punchy platformer launched in 1999 for the Game Boy Color, where the begin in a toy store with a mysterious yet irresistible time machine.
- Rugrats: Studio Tour – A 1990 action-adventure title that initially landed on PlayStation and saw the crew exploring a variety of film sets in a movie studio packed with danger and intrigue.
- Rugrats in Paris: The Movie – This title, another fun movie spin-off, was first available on the Game Boy Color, PlayStation, and N64, and brings the team to an exciting theme park in Paris where adventures beckon.
- Rugrats: Castle Capers – Released only for the Game Boy Advance in 2001, the Rugrats have to retrieve their stolen toys from Angelica, who is holding them hostage in a fortress-like playground set.
Every game has been lovingly recreated for today’s platforms, but for the true retro fans among us, Limited Run Games has added some customizable screen filters to recapture the warm retro feel of a CRT screen, allowing players to enjoy the games exactly how they remembered them the first time around. If your reflexes aren’t quite what they were in the 90s, gamers returning to this classic game landscape will enjoy some quality-of-life updates that have been added to ease them through the tough bits of these pint-sized adventures. There’s a ‘save anywhere’ feature to ensure that any real-life interruption in play won’t have a gaming penalty, a rewind feature so that any wrong steps can be quickly corrected, and a music player so true Rugrats fans can enjoy the bright and bouncy soundtrack even when they’re not playing the game.
If you’re a Rugrats mega-fan who enjoys owning old-school, physical versions of your favorite games, Limited Run Games has two versions of the classic compendium available here. Pre-orders for these editions will end on May 31, so be quick if you’d like to add these to your collection.






Leave a Reply