Rugrats Adventure Game/Gameplay

Starting a new game
It should be noted that according to PCGamingWiki (link on the main page's infobox), this game does not run on Windows XP or any newer Windows operating system. Windows users must run this game on Windows 95, 98, or ME to play.

After installing the game (and QuickTime 3.0 for Windows, if necessary) to your computer, start the game up and it will take you to the sign-in screen. Enter any name up to nine letters and click the GO arrow to start a new game.

Controls
The game is a point-and-click adventure and thus uses the mouse for all gameplay. There are some shortcut keys that players can use:

Characters
Anyone who is familiar with and fondly remember the classic Nicktoon needs no introduction to its iconic cast of characters. For those that aren't, the show that this game is based on revolves around a group of toddlers who go on adventures while their bumbling parents aren't watching them. These are the Rugrats characters who appear in the game. The first paragraph of each character's description is taken from the game's manual.

Tommy Pickles
Tommy Pickles is the one-year-old leader of our intrepid group of babies. His parents, Stu and Didi, dote on him, but they don’t always keep a close watch on his expeditions. To him, the world doesn’t always make sense, but it does make a terrific amusement park.

Tommy is the protagonist of both the show and this game, and you technically play as him in the story, although he will sometimes break the fourth wall in order to guide you through it.

Chuckie Finster
Chuckie Finster is Tommy's best friend. He's two years old and is the worrywart of the group. Tommy's adventurous schemes often make Chuckie shiver, but he hates being left behind, so he joins in warily. In the process, Chuckie often surprises himself with the courage he summons up.

In the game, Chuckie is the one who suggests that the babies find a way to scare Hubert, the "monster" garbage truck. He is involved in a number of the game's minigames, most notably Cabinet Climb.

Phil and Lil DeVille
Phil and Lil DeVille are the fifteen-month-old twins who live next door to the Pickles. They are loyal followers of Tommy who joyfully participate in every Rugrats adventure – the messier and scarier, the better. Their specialties are mudpies, bugs, and moldy things forgotten under sofas and beds.

In the game, Phil is the one who suggests that the babies find a way to go outside, while Lil suggests that the babies find something to reach Reptar in the trash can. You will also play as Lil in the Cookie Drop minigame.

Angelica Pickles
Angelica is Tommy's tempestuous three-year-old cousin. She bullies the babies into playing by her rules and terrorizes them with "true" stories from her imagination. However cleverly devilish her schemes are though, somehow in the end Angelica always seems to get her just reward.

Like with the show, Angelica is the game's main antagonist, and the one who kickstarts the plot by throwing Tommy's Reptar doll in the trash. You will need to get her to help you out at some points in the game, primarily by feeding her chocolate chip cookies.

Reptar
Reptar, the star of a popular cartoon show, is a giant lizard beloved by Tommy and his friends. Reptar is the yardstick by which the babies measure greatness, strength, and bravery – he's their hero!

Tommy's Reptar doll is the main focus of the game's plot and serves as its MacGuffin. The ultimate goal is to rescue the doll from the trash in order to "save" the Earth from an alien invasion.

Stu Pickles
Stu Pickles is Tommy's loving but absent-minded dad. Stu’s main pursuit is designing new toys and inventing new gadgets.

In the game, Stu invents the Garbage Relocating Outside System (or G.R.O.S.) that is the main focus of Phil's episode.

Didi Pickles
Didi Pickles is Tommy’s mother – practical, responsible and a little over-protective. However, she’s often so busy trying to be the ideal mom, she doesn’t notice when Tommy toddles off on one of his expeditions.

In the game, Didi is busy with making stuff for an upcoming bake sale. Although she is a nuisance in the Cabinet Climb and Cookie Drop minigames, she's also useful for bringing the babies back to the play pen if you have them cry for her.

Lou Pickles
Grandpa Lou Pickles is Tommy's paternal grandfather. He's a cantankerous geezer, but is indulgent with the kids. Tommy and his friends have learned how to take advantage of Grandpa’s long naps!

In the game, Lou is the main focus of Lil's episode.

Betty DeVille
Betty DeVille is Phil and Lil's mom, and Didi's best friend. Although she comes off as a tough gal, she fawns over her twins with the instincts of a mother bear.

Betty is probably the least involved character in the game, mainly just helping out Didi in baking goods.

Spike
Spike, the family dog, is a friendly, loyal mutt whose main interest is food. The grownups think he’s just a dumb, sweet member of the family. But Spike is usually more aware of what the kids are up to than they are.

In the game, Spike becomes the main focus in Chuckie's episode.