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| title = The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle |
| title = The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle |
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| image = Crazy Castle |
| image = The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle cover.jpg |
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| caption = NES |
| caption = North American NES box art |
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| developer = [[Kemco]] |
| developer = [[Kemco]] |
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| publisher = Kemco |
| publisher = {{vgrelease|JP/EU|Kemco|NA|Seika|NA|[[Nintendo]] (Player's Choice)}} |
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| designer = |
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| released = '''Famicom Disk System'''{{vgrelease|JP|February 16, 1989}}'''NES'''{{vgrelease|NA|September 1989 |
| released = '''Famicom Disk System'''{{vgrelease|JP|February 16, 1989 <small>(Roger Rabbit)</small>}}'''NES'''{{vgrelease|NA|September 1989<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Video Games 1989 Index |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d9/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.8_10.pdf |magazine=[[Computer Entertainer]] |volume=8 |issue=10 |date=January 1990 |page=8}}</ref>}}'''Game Boy'''<br/>{{vgrelease|JP|September 5, 1989 <small>(Mickey Mouse)</small>|US|March 1990|EU|1990|JP|December 19, 1997 <small>(Bugs Bunny)</small>|US|1998 (Player's Choice)}} |
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| genre = [[Puzzle video game|Puzzle |
| genre = [[Puzzle video game|Puzzle]] |
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| modes = [[Single-player]] |
| modes = [[Single-player]] |
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| platforms = [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[Family Computer Disk System|Famicom Disk System]], [[Game Boy]] |
| platforms = [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[Family Computer Disk System|Famicom Disk System]], [[Game Boy]] |
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'''''The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle''''', also known as simply '''''Bugs Bunny''''', is a 1989 [[Puzzle video game|puzzle]] [[video game]] developed by [[Kemco]] for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] and [[Game Boy]]. It is the first puzzle game in Kemco's ''[[Crazy Castle (series)|Crazy Castle]]'' series. |
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Both the NES and Game Boy versions are ''Bugs Bunny'' reskins of Kemco's {{nihongo foot|'''''Roger Rabbit'''''|ロジャーラビット|Rojā Rabitto|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} for the [[Family Computer Disk System]] and {{nihongo foot|'''''Mickey Mouse'''''|ミッキーマウス|Mikkī Mausu|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} for the Game Boy. The ''Bugs Bunny'' version would be released in Japan in 1997 through {{nihongo foot|'''''Bugs Bunny Collection'''''|バックス・バニーコレクション|Bakkusu Banī Korekushon|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} , a Game Boy compilation containing this game and its 1991 sequel ''[[The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2]]''. |
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Each version of the game features different cartoon characters based on their respective titles: [[Bugs Bunny]], [[Roger Rabbit]], or [[Mickey Mouse]]. The object of the game is to go through a series of rooms collecting items to advance to higher levels while avoiding related cartoon characters. |
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==Gameplay== |
==Gameplay== |
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While presented in a [[platform game|side-scroller format]], ''Crazy Castle'' |
While presented in a [[platform game|side-scroller format]], ''Crazy Castle'' differs from standard side-scrollers such as ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' in that Bugs Bunny does not have the ability to jump; therefore, only by taking different routes can Bugs avoid enemies. Some of the levels have [[boxing glove]]s, invincibility potions, safes, crates, flower pots, or ten thousand-pound weights that can be used against the enemies in the game. As a result, the game has a "puzzle-solving" atmosphere. |
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Players score 100 points for every carrot with the last one in each floor giving the player an extra life, 100 points for every enemy defeated using invincibility bottles, 500 points per enemy using boxing glove and 1000 points per enemy that gets hit with heavy objects. Because most [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] game cartridges lacked the ability to save, passwords can be used to start at a certain level in this game. |
Players score 100 points for every carrot with the last one in each floor giving the player an extra life, 100 points for every enemy defeated using invincibility bottles, 500 points per enemy using boxing glove, and 1000 points per enemy that gets hit with heavy objects. Because most [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] game cartridges lacked the ability to save, passwords can be used to start at a certain level in this game. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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[[Honey Bunny]] has been kidnapped by Wile E. Coyote, Yosemite Sam, Daffy Duck, and Sylvester |
[[Honey Bunny]] has been kidnapped by Wile E. Coyote, Yosemite Sam, Daffy Duck, and Sylvester. Bugs must travel through 60 levels (80 in the Game Boy version) in order to save her. To get past each level, Bugs must collect all 8 carrots in each level. |
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==Characters== |
==Characters== |
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There are four |
There are four minions - Sylvester, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and Yosemite Sam. However, the Sylvester character has three variations - two gray, one green and one pink, Daffy has two variations, one being dark gray and one brown, and Yosemite Sam being either in blue or brown. |
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* '''Gray Sylvester''' - can only travel up a floor or a tube; cannot bypass a door or tube without going through it; cannot go under staircases; cannot stop moving; two of this kind can be used in a single level. |
* '''Gray Sylvester''' - can only travel up a floor or a tube; cannot bypass a door or tube without going through it; cannot go under staircases; cannot stop moving; two of this kind can be used in a single level. |
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* '''Green Sylvester''' - can travel both up and down a floor or tube; can bypass a door or tube without going through it; can go under staircases; cannot stop moving. |
* '''Green Sylvester''' - can travel both up and down a floor or tube; can bypass a door or tube without going through it; can go under staircases; cannot stop moving. |
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* '''Pink Sylvester''' - can only travel up a floor or a tube; cannot bypass a door or tube without going through it; cannot go under staircases; able to stop moving after a short distance travelled. |
* '''Pink Sylvester''' - can only travel up a floor or a tube; cannot bypass a door or tube without going through it; cannot go under staircases; able to stop moving after a short distance travelled. |
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* '''Yosemite Sam / Wile E. Coyote''' - cannot go through doors or tubes; once they've |
* '''Yosemite Sam / Wile E. Coyote''' - cannot go through doors or tubes; once they've traveled down a staircase, they cannot go back up; cannot stop moving. |
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* '''Daffy Duck''' - cannot go through doors or tubes; once he has |
* '''Daffy Duck''' - cannot go through doors or tubes; once he has traveled down a staircase, he cannot go back up; able to stop moving after a short distance travelled. |
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==Development== |
==Development== |
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The North American NES game |
The North American NES game is a modified version of the Japan-exclusive Family Computer Disk System title, ''Roger Rabbit''. Roger Rabbit is the game's playable character, all the villains are ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''-related, and hearts are collected. Due to [[Capcom]] owning the rights to develop and publish Disney film-based video games, as well as [[LJN]] already having published [[Rare (company)|Rare]]'s [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1989 video game)|own video game adaptation of the film]], Kemco decided to use Bugs Bunny, due to he and Roger both being rabbits, making it easier for Kemco to modify the ''Roger Rabbit'' game and release it outside Japan as ''The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle''. For the Game Boy version, Kemco's license to develop and/or publish video games based on ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' became outdated; however, they still had the license to create Disney-based video games, which they used to create ''Mickey Mouse'' for Game Boy. An early beta version of the game shows the working title as ''Bugs Bunny Fun House''. In 1997, Kemco released the Game Boy version along with ''[[The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2]]'' in one cartridge under the name ''Bugs Bunny Collection''. |
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==Sequels== |
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The game has spawned three sequels, including ''[[The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2]]'', ''[[Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle 3]]'', ''[[Bugs Bunny in Crazy Castle 4]]'' and a spin-off game, ''Woody Woodpecker in Crazy Castle 5''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bugs-Bunny-In-Crazy-Castle-4-Passwords-GameBoy-Color-74894.shtml |title=Bugs Bunny in Crazy Castle 4 Passwords (GameBoy Color) - Softpedia |accessdate=2011-04-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018045832/http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bugs-Bunny-In-Crazy-Castle-4-Passwords-GameBoy-Color-74894.shtml |archivedate=2012-10-18 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://beta.gamespot.com/gba/action/woodywoodpeckercrazycastle5/index.html |title=New Games, Newest Games - GameSpot |accessdate=2011-04-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20131113015943/http://beta.gamespot.com/gba/action/woodywoodpeckercrazycastle5/index.html |archivedate=2013-11-13 }}</ref> |
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''The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle'' had mostly positive reception.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} The Game Boy version was the most popular and received critical praise.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} The NES version was also a commercial success.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} |
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The Game Boy Japanese version, '''Mickey Mouse''', has spawned four sequels, including ''[[The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2|Mickey Mouse II]]'', ''[[Kid Klown in Night Mayor World|Mickey Mouse III: Balloon Dreams]]'', ''[[The Real Ghostbusters (1993 video game)|Mickey Mouse IV: The Magical Labyrinth]]'', and ''[[Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands!|Mickey Mouse V: The Magical Stick]]'' (later known as ''Magic Wands''). Other games published by Kemco with Mickey Mouse include the Japanese version of the unrelated game ''[[Mickey's Dangerous Chase|Mickey's Chase]]'', originally from [[Capcom]]. |
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==Legacy== |
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The NES version of ''Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle'' was prominently featured in an ''[[Angry Video Game Nerd]]'' episode of the same name, which was released on August 5, 2009. It was featured again in the 2021 feature film, ''[[Space Jam: A New Legacy]]'' for a few brief moments, where a young [[LeBron James]] is given a Game Boy with the game inside it.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McWhertor|first=Michael|date=2021-07-19|title=Space Jam 2's Game Boy cameo is fine, actually|url=https://www.polygon.com/22583573/space-jam-2-game-boy-bugs-bunny-game|access-date=2021-07-25|website=Polygon|language=en}}</ref> |
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==Reviews== |
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*''Defunct Games''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.defunctgames.com/shows.php?id=review-1034 | title=The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle Review for NES (1989) - Defunct Games }}</ref> |
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*''NES Archives''<ref>[http://nesarchives.com/bugscrazy.html Bugs Crazy]nesarchives.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504201834/http://www.nesarchives.com/bugscrazy.html |date=2008-05-04 }}</ref> |
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*''Random Access''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://randomacc.net/system/reviews/bb_crazycastle.shtml | title=The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle // Random.access }}</ref> |
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*''Retro Game Reviews''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.retrogamesreview.co.uk/2020/12/the-bugs-bunny-crazy-castle-nes-review.html | title=The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (NES review) }}</ref> |
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*''Classic-games.net''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.classic-games.net/the-bugs-bunny-crazy-castle/ | title=The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle review | date=9 June 2021 }}</ref> |
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*''Wizard Dojo''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wizarddojo.com/2017/02/12/the-bugs-bunny-crazy-castle/ | title=The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle Review | date=12 February 2017 }}</ref> |
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*''The Video Game Critic''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thevideogamecritic.net/nesbb.htm#Bugs_Bunny_Crazy_Castle | title=NES Reviews B-B by the Video Game Critic }}</ref> |
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*''Questicle.net''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://questicle.net/2011/04/106-bugs-bunnys-crazy-castle.html|title=Bugs Bunny's Castle |
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*''[[Zero (video game magazine)|Zero]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/zero-magazine-10/page/n77/mode/2up | title=Zero Magazine Issue 10 | date=August 1990 }}</ref> |
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*''Amstar''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Amstar/amstar_numero49/amstar_49-36.jpg|title=Amstar Numero 49|website=abandonware.org}}</ref> |
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*''Power Play''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kultpower.de/archiv/heft_powerplay_1990-04_seite44 | title=Kultpower Archiv: Komplettscan Powerplay 4/1990 }}</ref> |
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==Notes== |
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The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle | |
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Developer(s) | Kemco |
Publisher(s) | |
Platform(s) | NES, Famicom Disk System, Game Boy |
Release | Famicom Disk System
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Genre(s) | Puzzle |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle, also known as simply Bugs Bunny, is a 1989 puzzle video game developed by Kemco for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy. It is the first puzzle game in Kemco's Crazy Castle series.
Both the NES and Game Boy versions are Bugs Bunny reskins of Kemco's Roger Rabbit[a] for the Family Computer Disk System and Mickey Mouse[b] for the Game Boy. The Bugs Bunny version would be released in Japan in 1997 through Bugs Bunny Collection[c] , a Game Boy compilation containing this game and its 1991 sequel The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2.
Each version of the game features different cartoon characters based on their respective titles: Bugs Bunny, Roger Rabbit, or Mickey Mouse. The object of the game is to go through a series of rooms collecting items to advance to higher levels while avoiding related cartoon characters.
Gameplay
[edit]While presented in a side-scroller format, Crazy Castle differs from standard side-scrollers such as Super Mario Bros. in that Bugs Bunny does not have the ability to jump; therefore, only by taking different routes can Bugs avoid enemies. Some of the levels have boxing gloves, invincibility potions, safes, crates, flower pots, or ten thousand-pound weights that can be used against the enemies in the game. As a result, the game has a "puzzle-solving" atmosphere.
Players score 100 points for every carrot with the last one in each floor giving the player an extra life, 100 points for every enemy defeated using invincibility bottles, 500 points per enemy using boxing glove, and 1000 points per enemy that gets hit with heavy objects. Because most NES game cartridges lacked the ability to save, passwords can be used to start at a certain level in this game.
Plot
[edit]Honey Bunny has been kidnapped by Wile E. Coyote, Yosemite Sam, Daffy Duck, and Sylvester. Bugs must travel through 60 levels (80 in the Game Boy version) in order to save her. To get past each level, Bugs must collect all 8 carrots in each level.
Characters
[edit]There are four minions - Sylvester, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and Yosemite Sam. However, the Sylvester character has three variations - two gray, one green and one pink, Daffy has two variations, one being dark gray and one brown, and Yosemite Sam being either in blue or brown.
- Gray Sylvester - can only travel up a floor or a tube; cannot bypass a door or tube without going through it; cannot go under staircases; cannot stop moving; two of this kind can be used in a single level.
- Green Sylvester - can travel both up and down a floor or tube; can bypass a door or tube without going through it; can go under staircases; cannot stop moving.
- Pink Sylvester - can only travel up a floor or a tube; cannot bypass a door or tube without going through it; cannot go under staircases; able to stop moving after a short distance travelled.
- Yosemite Sam / Wile E. Coyote - cannot go through doors or tubes; once they've traveled down a staircase, they cannot go back up; cannot stop moving.
- Daffy Duck - cannot go through doors or tubes; once he has traveled down a staircase, he cannot go back up; able to stop moving after a short distance travelled.
Development
[edit]The North American NES game is a modified version of the Japan-exclusive Family Computer Disk System title, Roger Rabbit. Roger Rabbit is the game's playable character, all the villains are Who Framed Roger Rabbit-related, and hearts are collected. Due to Capcom owning the rights to develop and publish Disney film-based video games, as well as LJN already having published Rare's own video game adaptation of the film, Kemco decided to use Bugs Bunny, due to he and Roger both being rabbits, making it easier for Kemco to modify the Roger Rabbit game and release it outside Japan as The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle. For the Game Boy version, Kemco's license to develop and/or publish video games based on Who Framed Roger Rabbit became outdated; however, they still had the license to create Disney-based video games, which they used to create Mickey Mouse for Game Boy. An early beta version of the game shows the working title as Bugs Bunny Fun House. In 1997, Kemco released the Game Boy version along with The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2 in one cartridge under the name Bugs Bunny Collection.
Sequels
[edit]The game has spawned three sequels, including The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2, Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle 3, Bugs Bunny in Crazy Castle 4 and a spin-off game, Woody Woodpecker in Crazy Castle 5.[2][3]
The Game Boy Japanese version, Mickey Mouse, has spawned four sequels, including Mickey Mouse II, Mickey Mouse III: Balloon Dreams, Mickey Mouse IV: The Magical Labyrinth, and Mickey Mouse V: The Magical Stick (later known as Magic Wands). Other games published by Kemco with Mickey Mouse include the Japanese version of the unrelated game Mickey's Chase, originally from Capcom.
Legacy
[edit]The NES version of Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle was prominently featured in an Angry Video Game Nerd episode of the same name, which was released on August 5, 2009. It was featured again in the 2021 feature film, Space Jam: A New Legacy for a few brief moments, where a young LeBron James is given a Game Boy with the game inside it.[4]
Reviews
[edit]- Defunct Games[5]
- NES Archives[6]
- Random Access[7]
- Retro Game Reviews[8]
- Classic-games.net[9]
- Wizard Dojo[10]
- The Video Game Critic[11]
- Questicle.net[12]
- Zero[13]
- Amstar[14]
- Power Play[15]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Video Games 1989 Index" (PDF). Computer Entertainer. Vol. 8, no. 10. January 1990. p. 8.
- ^ "Bugs Bunny in Crazy Castle 4 Passwords (GameBoy Color) - Softpedia". Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
- ^ "New Games, Newest Games - GameSpot". Archived from the original on November 13, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
- ^ McWhertor, Michael (July 19, 2021). "Space Jam 2's Game Boy cameo is fine, actually". Polygon. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ "The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle Review for NES (1989) - Defunct Games".
- ^ Bugs Crazynesarchives.com Archived 2008-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle // Random.access".
- ^ "The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (NES review)".
- ^ "The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle review". June 9, 2021.
- ^ "The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle Review". February 12, 2017.
- ^ "NES Reviews B-B by the Video Game Critic".
- ^ "Bugs Bunny's Castle". questicle.net.
- ^ "Zero Magazine Issue 10". August 1990.
- ^ "Amstar Numero 49". abandonware.org.
- ^ "Kultpower Archiv: Komplettscan Powerplay 4/1990".