Play Ren & Stimpy Show Presents Stimpy's Invention, The (Beta) Online

I picked up The Ren & Stimpy Show Presents Stimpy's Invention on the Sega Genesis, a game that never saw an official release. It was developed by BlueSky Software and intended for publication by Sega, but it was ultimately canceled. It exists only as a beta, a rough draft of what might have been, and it fits right into that era of licensed platformers that tried to capture a show's energy, sometimes successfully, sometimes not.

You control Stimpy, navigating through a series of side-scrolling levels based on the "Invention" episode. Your main goal is to find parts for Stimpy's rocket ship, which involves a lot of jumping across platforms and avoiding bizarre enemies. The gameplay hinges on screen-by-screen exploration, interacting with objects in the environment, and using a limited set of attacks to deal with obstacles. The pacing is erratic, and the difficulty can spike unexpectedly due to unpolished mechanics. Playing it feels like wrestling with a chaotic, half-finished cartoon come to life.