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Family Dog on SNES is one of those weird, oddly charming licensed games based on a cartoon nobody remembers. You play as the family’s chaotic pup, dodging the kid’s tennis ball launcher and outrunning a vacuum cleaner like it’s some kind of horror movie. The cat’s out to get you too, of course—because why wouldn’t it be?

Things escalate fast. After wrecking the house (and collecting bones for power, because sure), you get shipped off to the "Kennel of Love," which is basically a prison run by angry guard dogs. Escape that, and suddenly you’re in the woods dodging raccoons and who knows what else. The controls are a little janky—flips and barks help, but don’t expect precision platforming here.

There’s a weird fetch minigame if you find a special ball, which feels like the devs ran out of ideas but wanted to teach you something. It’s bizarre, kind of frustrating, and oddly nostalgic if you grew up with this era of games. Not a masterpiece, but definitely memorable.