History VideoGame / Rascal

* CameraScrew: The camera has a tendency to get stuck in places where it's not supposed to, making obstacles impossible to see. The only consolation is that you can snap it with the shoulder buttons.

* AtlantisIsBoring: Certainly not! The visuals and music of the Atlantis levels are quite beautiful (although its future level's music sounds like a grieving requiem for a lost city that will never be discovered).

* LifeMeter: A HeartSymbol in the top-left corner indicates Rascal's health.

* GoddamnedBats: Pun aside, minor enemies (including bats) will spawn every so often in most levels. Most of the time they will just meander about, but sometimes they will actually go for Rascal upon spawning.

* FiendishFish:

* GiantEnemyCrab:

* NintendoHard: See FakeDifficulty

* SpidersAreScary:

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes:

* YouDirtyRat:

TheOneWith that boy travelling across time to save his dad.

* GoddamnedBats: Pun aside, minor enemies (including bats) will spawn every so often in most levels.

* MacGuffin: The Time Clock. Each past and present level is focused around collecting all six pieces of it, some of which are either hidden, require a puzzle to solve or guarded by prominent enemies.

* AllThereInTheManual: Most of the story outside the game's opening along with character/enemy backstories are found in the game's manual.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: If the report card in the game manual is any indication, Rascal's teachers are incredibly lackadaisical toward the boy's encyclopedic and very detailed knowledge of history, giving him grades no higher than an A. It's especially noticeable with his metalworking class teacher, who excitedly notes that Rascal is creating a working time machine in their class...and gives Rascal a mere ''B-''.

* AbnormalAmmo: The Bubble Gun, which shoots bubbles of various strengths and ranges depending how much ammo is left. There's also the time-related items Chronon uses in each battle with him.

* AndIMustScream: What happens to Chronon at the game's conclusion. After Rascal and his father escape back into their house, the Time Bubble they emerged from bursts apart on Chronon, permanently trapping him between time.

* BonusBoss: Gordon The Good Natured is an optional mini-boss in the first level. If you go to his location in the cellar, you can fight him. A particularly infamous case because you get absolutely nothing at all for beating him, making it pointless (though there is an extra life in his area, however you do not have to actually fight him to get it). He later shows up in the final level and ''must'' be fought.
* BossOnlyLevel: All of the future levels feature battles with Chronon utilising various tactics in each battle. This also applies to the Corridors of Time, which itself features battles with both familiar and not-so-familiar foes.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Each level has several colored doors which can only be opened by finding the corresponding-colored key. The Atlantis levels take this one stage further not only in that the "keys" are pearls, but also have to be put in corresponding-colored ''clams'' before the doors can be opened.

* FakeDifficulty: Poor weaponry and health, Tank Controls, useless maps, bad camera, all of it makes the game needlessly hard.

* GoddamnedBats: Minor enemies will spawn every so often in most levels.

* SealedEvilInACan: What Chronon becomes at the game's conclusion. After Rascal and his father escape back into their house, the Time Bubble they emerged from bursts apart on Chronon, permanently trapping him between time.

* SpidersAreScary

VocalDissonance:

* SomeDexterityRequired: A reason for the game's poor popularity. The developers initially wanted directional controls, but the publisher insisted on rotational controls to try and keep up with the likes of ''Franchise/TombRaider''.

* GiantSpider: In the present version of the wild west level, there is a giant version of the common spider enemies that drops down from the ceiling at one point.

* NintendoHard

* NintendoHard: Let's see: Poor controls, check. Poor camera, check. Poor weapon, check.

* VocalDissonance: Rascal's VoiceGrunting consists of extremely high-pitched screams that almost sound like mouse squeaks.

* PoisonMushroom: Enemies can sometimes drop red pick-ups with skull and crossbones on them that injure Rascal when picked up.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The reason many of the characters in the game attack Rascal; Chronon used his powers to hypnotise them.

* VocalDissonance: Rascal's VoiceGrunting consists of extremely high-pitched screams.