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Instruction booklet · April 1996

Frantic Flea

PlatformESRB E

The story

Frantic Flea has the player take control of a flea warrior out to protect his Flea World from an evil race of bugs called the Insideos who are enslaving his friends and family. The gameplay is a side-scroller with six different levels, where the player explores each stage, freeing fellow captive fleas and utilizing weapons and devices to aid in their missions such as the Hoverpod which enables…

Specifications

Released: April 1996
Developer: Haus Teknikka
Publisher: GameTek
Genre: Platform
Rating: ESRB E

What the magazines said

5.5

EGM · four reviewers

AllGame: 2/5
Game Informer: 5.75/10
GamesMaster: 44%
MG: 62%
Mega Fun: 70%
Official Nintendo Magazine: 74/100
Super Play: 29%
Total!: (UK) 31/100, (DE) 4
Super Power: 61%

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Vol. 6 · No. 242Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢

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Week of April 5, 1996

Apr. 6

Major League Soccer begins its inaugural season with a match between the San Jose Clash and D.C. United in San Jose, California. It is the first top-level men's soccer league in the United States since the collapse of the North American Soccer League in 1984.

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