Bubsy Series

Bubsy 2

Excerpt from Genesis Game Guide by The Scribe

NAME:             Bubsy series (2 titles)
AUTHOR/VENDOR:    Accolade
RELEASED:         various
TYPE:             Platform
LANGUAGE:         English

PREMISE:          Bubsy is a smart-aleck bobcat (sans pants, of course) who
                  seems to spend most of his time running around and
                  dealing with the various platform pratfalls and arcade
                  antics that compose his strange little life.

IMPRESSIONS:      According to Harry Tuttle of the The Dump, Accolade spent
                  a lot of time and effort developing and promoting what
                  was to be the ultimate Sonic clone.  In short, it was
                  overly long in development and overly short in gameplay.
                  The first game has loads of cheap shots, and the whole
                  point seems to be to see the ultracool death sequences.
                  The second game is more balanced and even takes a stab at
                  a pseudo-3D element, but why couldn't Accolade get it
                  right the first time?  Oh, yea - gotta make money.  A sad
                  footnote in the history of Sonic clones.

VARIATIONS:       Bubsy - Clawed Encounters of the Furred Kind (1992, the
                    first and worst of the series in terms of gameplay -
                    frequently referred to simply as Bubsy the Bobcat)
                  Bubsy 2 (1993, Bubsy explores the hyperdimensional
                    mansion from hell - not as easy to get killed now, but
                    still rather silly)

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