SNES version[edit]
Players navigate the three characters through a linear, three-dimensional playing field. The primary objective of the game is to collect 24 pages of a script, with multiple pages being scattered around different areas of the studio, though the game can be completed without obtaining all of them. Scripts are hidden in stages, with them being placed in hard-to-reach areas and several hidden ones which are revealed by performing certain actions such as moving objects or interacting with characters. The ending of the game, with three endings in total, alternates depending on how many scripts are collected. The game focuses more on parodies of films at the different stages, that are once more based on different genres of movies. Several stages feature boss sections, which must be defeated by harming them with certain objects. The final stage, the Editing Room, is unlocked after completing all the other stages, in which the player must defeat all the bosses previously fought in the form of a boss rush, following by a final battle with Pinky and the Brain.
The characters have no health bar, lives (the game ends when all the characters are defeated/captured, one by one), or special abilities. Characters can be swapped freely in almost all places. Characters are defeated from touching harmful enemies or objects, or being captured by the security guard, Ralph. Defeated/captured characters can be recovered by completing a "Rescue" stage that appears when one or two characters are defeated or captured. Characters can pick up and throw things as well as execute a dash move. If all three are together, they can also stack themselves up to reach higher platforms. The stack move can be performed with two characters, however, the power of the stack is weakened. A slot machine at the bottom of the screen is activated after obtaining a certain number of coins and can be used for a range of power-ups, such as temporary invincibility, bringing back characters who were defeated or captured earlier, and giving or taking away extra coins.
Throughout the game, there are small robots with white blockheads, red bodies, and yellow appendages who work for Pinky and the Brain.