Bubsy: The Complete History - SGR

[@slopesgameroom]

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[@23RedTechno]

Always wanted to play this game !

[@amydevonshire4652]

Hey what songs did you use for this video Especially the guitar one at 1:28 I've heard it so many times but don't know what it's called

[@devingiles6597]

Hey, Daniel Ibbertson. Can you please do a video on the complete history of Sly Cooper series?

[@devingiles6597]

Daniel Ibbertson, can you please do a video on the history of Ratchet & Clank?

[@natknutson1482]

so are you going to realize they are only sponsoring you to force you to say trans rights?

[@Larry]

The main thing I've said would have made Bubsy ten times better is if they used the yarns of wool you collected act like the rings in Sonic. As the fact they built a game where you're meant to go as fast as possible, but also included one hit deaths just destroys the desire to move anything faster than a snails pace. Also, Bubsy doesn't have a singular arch-nemesis either, Mario has Bowser, Sonic has Dr Robotnik, Just having an entire species as an enemy just lacks any kind of conflict.

[@slopesgameroom]

Yeah it's annoying to play having to constantly hold back running even though the game seriously wants you too!

[@Larry]

@@slopesgameroom Totally, If I had any talent, I'd mod the game to have the yarn act like rings, that or Bubsy becomes invincible once he reaches a certain speed. It wouldn't stop falling into the unseen pits, but it would make the game more fun. But the level designs just needed more focus. and they need to understand Sonic was more a rollercoaster you played as a platform game. you knew you could run at full speed and not worry about geting hit, and even if you did, there's few consequences.

[@_Only_Zuul]

one would think that dogs would be bubsy's enemies..

[@wesleythomas7125]

Why? Worked for Ellen Ripley...

[@pferreira1983]

There's three problems: 1) The camera can't keep up with Bubsy so either they needed to provide a wider view or slow him down. 2) Have a life bar, no one hit kills. 3) Better collision detection for enemies and wool. Unlike Dan I don't feel the games came out terrible, terrible but some things needed to be fixed to make the games more playable.

[@Xindictive]

Just a note on some of the concept art stuff you showed, like the wolf on a board: Those are fake. They were forgeries made by an artist named SqrlyJack, who made these and pretended to be someone who worked at Accolade in the past. We were already confirmed this by one of Jack's ex-followers, plus with confirmation by Berlyn himself that they were faked. You can even see yourself by checking Macklin's other work and comparing the signatures. Anyway, nice job with the video. Obviously, not a fan of the hate sprinkled about, but you already knew that from my twitter post. Alot of the history in here was good and i'll give you a applause on it. I'm hoping things go upward for Bubsy, especially since we've been honestly thinking that the people who current own Bubsy have been experimenting with it. Heck, they were definitely originally focused with the massive hatebase and memes on the character, until POF showed up in which Bubsy fans like myself were trying hard to help steer the franchise away from being nothing but a joke, which has been working, albeit at a bit of a pace. It's still an uphill battle, but i'm positive Bubsy will keep going uphill from here on. From one big Bubsy fan, thanks for the video, Ibbertson. - Xin

[@quetzadrake]

Yeah just looking at the drawings and comparing them in terms of style, sketching technique, and scan/photo quality, I can tell they were done by different artists in different time periods, even if I wasn't already familiar with SqrlyJack, their style, and their, uh, "interests".

[@supermakermatic2111]

I've got no problem with yiff or trans people (trans rights are human rights, baby!), but Jack seems like a huge jerk, I remember before Woolies Strike Back was announced they acted like their Bubsy was the definitive Bubsy and everybody who disliked her was transphobic. They even closed their Bubsy fan club on DeviantArt (which was intended for both, ironic and unironic Bubsy fans mind you) just because their OC couldn't be canon. Arsehole.

[@Xindictive]

@@supermakermatic2111 Yea, it wasn't fun. Jack also attacked other fans for liking Bubsy, infiltrating other fan groups and trying to punch down on all of them, acting superior. This was back when her Tumblr wasn't taken down due to the changes made to remove porn from that site. She's since changed from that and stayed calm with all of us, not pulling that shit anymore or trying to bash at Bubsy anymore, which is good, but what she's doing now ain't much better. But eh, as long as she isn't after us, i don't really care or want involvement in what she's up to. But yea, there's a new fan club out there now managed by myself and others which has gotten notice (and been joined by) the official Bubsy (from Twitter and such) aswell as Michael Berlyn and a few people who have been involved with Bubsy and it's developments in the past. We're still active and doing more positive things for the franchise. We also don't have any harsh ego on what Bubsy should be in the server. Right now we're trying to make a reanimated project happen of the Bubsy pilot. Going well so far, too.

[@KevinKess]

@@Xindictive Seems I'm learning a lot about certain people who've made their name on the Internet, more than I ever thought I would. While I'm glad that what happened with you and SqrlyJack has since been resolved, I can't say that this person would be someone I'd be working with anytime soon...or at all, given what's come to light, if this is true. That aside, I thought that Bubsy wasn't completely hated by everyone. It's nice to know that there is a sufficient fan club for the Bobcat. I'm curious. Is there a link for this fan club online or would this be something one would have to attend, physically?

[@cloudyquartz1825]

ooooh, sqrlyjack. such a shame she ended up as she did; as a trans person myself i loved her bubsy but then it just turned into this weird mouthpiece for everything and everyone she dislikes. i never understood her beef with sonic, that was probably one of the worst aspects. it's a shame, she's very talented. :(

[@strain42]

I'll confess that I do have a peculiar love of Bubsy as a character. I mean you had Rob Paulsen on board, that sweet Fleischer era design aesthetic, and Bubsy more or less has the same gimmick as Deadpool and people love him. So yeah...can we please just get an actually good Bubsy game? There IS potential there! Fantastic history lesson as always, Slopes!

[@slopesgameroom]

Yeah I gotta say I do love his inspiration, just dont care much for the game

[@daschwah]

Man, you’re an absolute content god for delving into that GamePro thing. Even as an impressionable sprat of eleven years old, the fact that GP was so obsessive about covering the actual production process of a game (something the magazine never did, at least to that degree of access) seemed really off. I always imagined that payola was a huge thing with EGM, GP and certainly Diehard Gamefan, but... cripes. That was another level altogether.

[@doctorclu]

Hey great review! Thorough and fair! Glad you enjoyed the Michael Berlyn and Faran Thomason reviews from the Bubsy Bobcat Fan Blog and thanks for the shout out! :D

[@slopesgameroom]

More than welcome great work

[@tawdryhepburn4686]

doctorclu do you guys cover Please tell me you touch on BUBSY 3D VISITS THE JAMES TURRELL RETROSPECTIVE on that blog?

[@doctorclu]

@@tawdryhepburn4686 Looks like three times so far... atariage.com/forums/blogs/entry/14845-cruizin-facebook-july-2018-bubsys-visit-to-the-museum/

[@doctorclu]

@@tawdryhepburn4686 Here we go, talked about it primarily here when it first came out. atariage.com/forums/blogs/entry/10607-cruizin-youtube-november-2013-bubsy-3d-is-art/

[@doctorclu]

@@tawdryhepburn4686 Also the Bubsy Blog project "Bubsy: Kitt'N Kaboodle" one of the prizes is "NO RL" for "No Relief" from the James Turrell Retrospective.

[@shipguy55]

Ooh, the teaser of a complete history involving Ganon from one of the Zelda Philips CD-i games excites me.

[@AzrialAlaria]

Me too!

[@1Soniccool]

The Zelda CD-i games where from a deal with Nintendo when the SNES CD was canceled they still have the rights that Nintendo gave them to use Mario and Zelda. And yeah I want to see this.

[@WillKeaton]

When I was a kid I remember going to a Toys R Us or some store, and found a Playstation floor model with Bubsy 3D in it. It only took a minute to tell it was a terrible game. Meanwhile the floor model N64 had Mario 64.

[@Gatorade69]

See I remember going to Toys R Us and they had Resident Evil on the PlayStation. I was confused as I had never played a 3d console with tank controls.

[@W3irdWombat]

Brutally honest here: Personally I don’t know if I would listen to the Podcast. I have always watched you for the Complete History. The Kickstarter stuff has never interested me terribly much but I still watch them since it’s still better than nothing (and sometimes some episodes like the Superman one, are really good watches). Your passion for games and in-depth research is why I watch these complete histories (I have seen every one and am still waiting for the ‘Complete History of The Animaniacs Games’ and the Oddworld series *wink wink*). That’s why I subbed. I have been subbed for a long long long time. Like a long time. Actually seeing the games themselves though is one of the best parts. Seeing (visually) the changes, progress and blunders through the videogame franchises are the highlights of the video. I mean a main part of videogames are the visuals, and it’s hard to describe the visuals of a game over a podcast. And it’s impossible for one to imagine perfectly what you are talking about when they have never seen the game series in the first place. I’m sure your written content itself would be good as a podcast BUT I know I couldn’t listen to it since I would spend more time finding clips of the games myself than actually listening to your podcast about said games. I know most people will say they want a podcast, but if it means snuffing a few visual complete histories then, I’m probably gonna have to say I would rather choose no podcast. I’m just one person though and I’m sure I’m in the minority. Keep being awesome.

[@slopesgameroom]

I appreciate the feedback Buddy and honestly... I'm with you. Visuals all the way! However, the amount of people that simply listen to my content is pretty staggering. And I personally used to listen to history retrospectives and interviews on my long journeys to work (only the games I knew of course) and I really enjoyed them. This is the kinda stuff I'm thinking about doing myself. Also, it's not gonna take away from these videos dont worry lol these are still my main focus :D

[@russmawson6744]

@@slopesgameroom I tend to watch your videos as I work, I don't take in all the visuals as I'm often looking at my laptop screen but they would lose too much if it was audio only in my opinion. Complete history videos are brilliant by the way

[@OnlyEpicEmber]

@@slopesgameroom Maybe you could do history more akin to the Internet Historian for the podcast? I feel like those videos have fewer visual elements (although don't get me wrong, they are still there and can still be integral, I just think they're easier to work around in that format). That being said, I can't do podcasts because I can't concentrate on them. Just the way my mind works.

[@GlassesnMouthplates]

Accolade: *Shits on Mario for "lacking story & memorable characters" Accolade after the convention: Everyone! Retreat! We are no match against Mario 64!!!

[@mix3k818]

Except they couldn't retreat. They had to push that Bubsy 3D game after the announcement.

[@pferreira1983]

When Mario 64 is just as unplayable. 😂

[@mix3k818]

See, that's why I always had mixed feelings about the newer Bubsy titles. They're essentially just a Bubsy skin on top of pre-existing games.

[@RoboBlue2]

Weirdly I'm disappointed that they aren't authentic Bubsy experiences.

[@wesleythomas7125]

Never Have I Ever seen me a "Bubsy" game in-person.

[@pferreira1983]

@@RoboBlue2 What would make it an authentic experience???

[@OzoneGrif]

I loved Bubsy when I was young, but yeah, it was a lot of die-and-retry. Once you knew the levels by head, you could go fast and have fun. It took a lots of dedication tho. *What could pussibly go wong?*

[@dsandoval9396]

It was meh for me. Unfortunately the ending of a game is half of the game itself so it can really make or break a game, personally speaking. After SSSOOOOOOOO many playthroughs of the first Bubsy I was finally able to beat it, saw the ending... ...I've never wanted to kill a game developer so bad in my entire life as I did when I saw the ending. To each their own.

[@mix3k818]

@@dsandoval9396 This is the kind of humor that takes an insanely patient and calm person to handle.

[@karnovrpg]

I got through it by many leaps of faith and blind gliding. You can tell they really wanted to be Sonic, but they just didn't understand what made those games good.

[@LikaLaruku]

My mom only ever bought me 5 games for the Genesis, & never bought me another console after that. When my uncle nabbed Bubsy 2 from a Blockbuster that was getting rid of all Genesis & SNES rental stock, I got to know the game really REALLY well.

[@QJ89]

Ugh, that difficulty! Even Hiveswap took a jab at it!

[@BugsyFoga]

"What can pawssibly go wrong " - Bubsy

[@xaxos9273]

Yeah...

[@GAMEPRODELTA]

Everything, that's what.

[@Feelthefelt]

*pawsibly

[@johnalogue9832]

*Pawssibly

[@nealmcbealthenavysealicall794]

He could grow up and turn into Cool Cat

[@koby_mitchell]

23:27 I pretty sure Dan is gonna use this again in the Complete history of Sonic when talking about Sonic 06 and Sonic Boom: The Rise of Lyric

[@TwoTailedSponge]

Bubsy along with Sonic,Rayman,Jazz Jackrabbit,Cuphead and Mario is one of my favorite video game characters. I am glad that you finally did a "history lesson" on the little orange fuzz ball. And no, I am not reffering to the fox Miles "Tails" Prower xD. Though it would be nice to see a complete history about him.

[@mightyfilm]

The Bubsy cartoon would have at least worked had they had a better writer than the one that would go on to later write the WORST seasons of Fairly Oddparents. And that's his magnum opus. He was the guy behind the awful Spongebob ripoff, "Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island." It would have been a series ideal for Doug Langdale, the writer behind the Earthworm Jim cartoon series that reveled in the weirdness of the series. Instead, we got a watered down Eek! the Cat clone with weak attempts at humor and totally wasting the voice cast. And yet, I wouldn't say it's the worst video game cartoon adaption. Also, it looks like that last game actually ties into the unsold cartoon pilot.

[@trustno173]

Don't forget he did the 'Shaggy and Scooby Doo Get a Clue' The disowned bastard child of the Scooby franchise.

[@tourmalino3205]

"Ask anyone nowadays, Busby was a 1 out of 5." I had a great time playing this game.

[@flockofwolves]

Yeah that’s total bullshit it was a sega classic..

[@deadfalltropics6422]

Back in the 90s in Australia we liked Bubsy because it was played on a kids' gameshow called Amazing. The kid who got the most balls of yarn would win the round.

[@videogameobsession]

Over the years people have seemed to group the first Bubsy game in with the below average Bubsy II, and the god awful Bubsy 3D. The first game is actually not bad at all. I bought and beat it back in the day. Had the game play been tuned a bit more (less laggy, falls shouldn't kill, better enemy placement, etc) it would have been above average.

[@pferreira1983]

Digital Foundry actually defend Bubsy 3D as being an alright game.

[@Zeecarver]

Despite your reluctance, I for one am glad you did a Complete History on Bubsy!

[@christasaurusrex8078]

Have you ever thought about doing a Giana Sisters complete history? I think that would be a very interesting story.

[@koby_mitchell]

23:27 the moment everyone left in terror

[@frozarburst6350]

The video of a game no one ever asked for but one that is incredibly welcomed

[@orcwarchiefreviews]

A Zelda complete history man that would take forever I honestly wouldn't mind seeing a doom complete history because I still to this day have not played the doom RPG that was on cell phone

[@RiotoftheHotPinkUkulele]

You missed out. It was honestly an amazing game. Still better than the PC game Doom Rpg. I remembered I had it on my third cell phone and I was honestly hooked.

[@wesleythomas7125]

Too bad it never got ported to smartphones...

[@agonistemegid6543]

There are three tiers of bad jokes. Dad jokes Furry puns and Bubsy "puns" Never go full bubsy!!!

[@Jacqthepossposs]

its an honor that our puns are above the tier of bubsy. and that's pretty pawsome!

[@leroyvisiongames2294]

Never go full bubsy? Why? What could possibly go wrong?

[@mukmewx]

I actually liked Bubsy, it's different then other games, it's really its own thing, maybe I just liked the abuse?

[@troywright359]

The puns are part of what makes Bubsy Bubsy. It's easy to look back today and say "how cringe!" but better than Gex the Gecko imo

[@Ronnie06spartan]

Honestly, I always liked Bubsy 1 on the Genesis. I genuinely liked it and played it a lot as a kid. I never realized so many people hated it until I was older. Was it as good as Mario and Sonic? Of course not! It had it's issues, but I've never thought it was anywhere near as terrible as most people make it out to be

[@flockofwolves]

👍

[@TellYouHwaet]

I didn't think Bubsy 2 on the Genesis was as bad as most people say. Bubsy 2 at had a lot of levels to keep you busy. Bubsy 3D on the other hand 100 percent deserves the crap it gets.

[@kolonarulez5222]

I always thought Bubsy was really cute albeit a tad grating after awhile. I don't get the hate but it's hilarious.

[@ItchyTastyPlays]

*Sees notification* Okay *History of Bubsy* Daniel knows how to spoil us let's do this.

[@UltimatePhantasm]

Bubsy: What could possibly go wrong? Murphy's Law: Allow me to introduce myself

[@joskei]

I loved Bubsy as a kid and still boot up the SNES version about once a year. I haven't tried the newer games.

[@lucretiamacevil362]

I have a soft spot for Bubsy II. I picked it up from a KB Toys bargain bin, and it was the first game I ever beat on hard difficultly. Man, did I ever get some games from that same bargain bin. Tasmania, Fun n Games, Bubsy II... I was glad to get Sega Channel.

[@n.b.l.5709]

bubsy was cool, i liked him, him and earth worm r underrated

[@cartmann94]

DJ Slopes reviewing Bubsy games? *WHAT COULD PAWSIBBLY GO WRONG?*

[@wesleythomas7125]

"What could possibly go wrong?" "What could go right?" -JonTron

[@screamingfalcon71]

I always loved that the developers at Infocom called themselves "Implementors" or "Imps" for short.

[@Phantom_Zer0]

What could possibly go wrong. Then you hear a voice with an Italian accent, "it's me, Mario".

[@vermis8344]

Bubsy Bobcat, poster child for the rule that you should create something because you think you can do something different - or even better - than what's in the market, not to cash in on what's in the market.

[@grandgojira8182]

Honestly I'm probably one of the few people who like bubsy but I still have some problems with the game mostly the camera being too close and the fact that sometimes the first game wants you to blast through like sonic and then it punishes you for going to fast, but I find enjoyment in the first 2 bubsy games

[@darrennichols5230]

“Let’s go back, to the beginning!” :)

[@VGGBrayden]

Honestly, Bubsy 1 and 2 aren’t that bad. I think people started despising Bubsy after the abysmal Bubsy 3D

[@MellowGaming]

I really enjoyed the early Bubsy games. I liked killing Bubsy over and over. One time I tried finishing it but it wasn't as fun.

[@rockkiall]

For me Bubsy was always Jazz Jackrabbit Light.

[@Dadaph]

Really enjoyed this episode. I got the first game on SNES and I enjoyed it quite a lot back then. I know the game hasn't aged well, or really was never that good, but the nostalgia is still with this one for me. Really well researched episode, and while you don't enjoy the game yourself, I'm so happy there's finally someone out there who doesn't just give it any easy jabs. Also a reminder that even truly awful titles like Bubsy 3D has some original spark of love and creativity behind them. Looking forward to that next episode.

[@SinceSpacies]

Top work Dan. Top work. Was watching this while sorting out some emulators in the background and the whole Bubsy hype was brought back. Interestingly enough in Sega Australia we were being given Bubsy shirts and asked to promote the game. Given the legal hoohah going on in the background I find that truly bizarre in hindsight.

[@mix3k818]

I disagree with what you say about Bubsy 1 and 2, but hey. Nice to hear you actually tried to play the first Bubsy game (unlike JonTron, who played only 2 levels of Bubsy 1, 2 and 3D)

[@Gatorade69]

Bubsy 1 was good. Just hard with cheap deaths, why I call it the Dark Souls of 16bit mascot platformers. The 2nd was awful, the only thing the second did right was getting rid of 1 hit deaths. The levels were a giant mess with tons of enemies that make no sense. I still played it though as a kid.

[@therealfodder]

I traded in Tiny Toons Busters Hidden Treasure AND TMNT Hyperstone Heist for this - because of the hype. Not that I'm bitter about it...26 years later...

[@Gatorade69]

Oof. Ouch. That hurts.

[@therealfodder]

Brice Murrie yep! I blame Dominic Diamond!

[@superpaul79]

18:40 I have never seen anybody as excited as this man.

[@PikaLink91]

I was a Nintendo kid, and so irony would have it that my first exposure to Sonic in videogame form was a rom hack for the GameBoy.

[@katiemitchell6931]

I honestly loved this game as a kid, it made me laugh and I still have a nostalgic attachment to it. And I know its bad, but I still love it. The carnival level music is some of my favorite video game music.

[@MatMadikGCA]

Thanks DJ Slope, Great story 😃! I actually loved the first game, as one of my first PC games. I had no idea about this a-paw-ling saga with a decent ending 😄!!!

[@FantasticDizzy1]

Love the new editing. Best wishes

[@slopesgameroom]

Cheers bud

[@jamieoiler5690]

in some ways the greatest mascot ever

[@Andrew_TS]

20:02 That...sounds like a chiptune version of Salt n' Pepa's "Push It." Is that...actually from Bubsy II?

[@swolf712]

The folks at Eidetic made one helluva comeback after Sony bought 'em, not gonna lie. EDIT: Would LOVE a podcast series on this topic, man.

[@Darxide23]

Proof that you don't need good content, just good marketing. Kind of like politicians.

[@RaimarLunardi]

Recently I tried all of snes games, yes, around 2000 games... on emulator. Some I tried seconds... some I played more and put on a separate folder... Take from me, Bubsy doesn't hold today, but it's easily better than 3/4 of the games I tried... it's better than most platformers on snes...

[@yuurou7927]

Bubsy is the memelord of platforming mascots. Outside of meme status he's just "another one". As Jontron once said:"You get a cat, slap a shirt on it BAM! It's Bubsy!" Thing is Bubsy can be the true memelord and do the new games with a different approach rather than the only working joke is "highest talking frequency is Bubsy"

[@Johnnyafc]

Thanks looking forward to it since the live stream teaser 👍🏻

[@tawdryhepburn4686]

Please tell me you touch on BUBSY 3D VISITS THE JAMES TURRELL RETROSPECTIVE! It’s an amazing meta joke about the best art exhibit I ever attended.

[@Chronoplague]

I distinctly remember renting Bubsy when I was a little kid, and for the first time in my young life, thinking, “I don’t like this game.” It’s funny, because I remember having fun with the second game.

[@Dorelaxen]

While I'm no fan of Bubsy, I did enjoy the SNES version, and managed to finish it. I, too, had followed the game through GamePro magazine. It's no masterpiece for sure, but it's a damn sight better than a lot of licensed garbage on the consoles of the time. I'll take this over shit like Cool World or Pit Fighter any day.

[@flockofwolves]

Yea

[@lenarmangum7127]

I actually really like the Bubsy series!

[@flockofwolves]

🐈

[@LikaLaruku]

"The Oliver twins." You just had to make me think of SkySaga, didn't you? I'm still SO MAD that Smilegate killed that game before it left beta testing.

[@Meximagician]

I kinda liked the frog-launching and armadillo-in-a-truck's-radiator minigames in _Bubsy II_ . Pity the rest of the game was such a chore.

[@TheSteveTheDragon]

During production, I heard one of the producers, Cyndi Kirkpatrick started calling him Beelzebubsy.

[@AzrialAlaria]

I'm Azrial The Dragon

[@TheSteveTheDragon]

@@AzrialAlaria Well hello there.:)

[@Xindictive]

Cyndi is the person who hated Bubsy so much, she shoved a pencil into a Bubsy plush and hanged it on a noose.

[@cinnamondan4984]

Finally, my favourite series

[@OutlawMantis]

The first Bubsy games are actually pretty good. On average they were rated 8/10 or 9/10. The only reason the cat keeps getting dogpiled is because everyone's mindlessly joining the meme herd. And like Bubsy 3D is the only awful entry in an otherwise decent series! 😉 (I'm thinking of some CD-i games as examples...)

[@slopesgameroom]

Hahaha I find it simply frustrating to play .. ever version besides the ast one

[@Xindictive]

The only bad one to me is the Bubsy 2 Gameboy game. Outside of that, i don't think the Bubsy games are that bad, especially Bubsy 3D (people shit on that game WAY too hard when it's really not the god awful game so many say it is).

[@flockofwolves]

Yeah ppl don’t know playability anymore

[@onionheadguy7094]

Bubsy was one of the first times I thought critically about a game. I was playing it then I was like "wait a minute... this is bad..."

[@singletona082]

Honestly bubsy isn't bad conceptually. The idea of the shirt symbol changing to indicate situationalness is pretty clever as an idea and visual shorthand to get a lot of information in quickly

[@BlastProcessing]

I actually didn't mind the Game Boy version of Bubsy 2 - apart from that awful, awful music. Great video as always mate!

[@Omac1985]

My auntie bought me this a birthday present and I don't think I ever bothered to finish it, briefly tried the sequel and never touched any others xD

[@MatMadikGCA]

Hooray 🎉🥳🍾🔥!!!! Thank you for another brilliant video DJ Slope 😃!!!

[@boxerblake1]

I found the Cheetah games fairly decent, oddly enough

[@autobotjazz1972]

I beat Bubsy 1 back in the day but even i have to i agree it wasn't the greatest game out there in it's genre at the time. Never understood how it got two sequels. I would not give it a 1 out of 5 on a fun scale, i would give it a 3 out of five.

[@tholin2k]

Am I the only one who would love to see a Zool Complete History? even if we all know it s going to be a short one...

[@TempusFugit78]

5:49 If someone hasn't done a Bubsy/Cool Cat ROM hack already, they should.

[@Sabishi1985]

4:31 OMG... You included some TemTem music! Nice! :D

[@slopesgameroom]

Sure did! 😀

[@BabusGameRoom]

Bubsy was one of my favourite games on the Jaguar. I think that says more about the Jaguar than about Bubsy, though...

[@tipulsar85]

I had tried out 1 & 2 during the height of my ROM playing days. And while the levels were nice and expansive in 1, Bubsy had all the traction of a greased cartoon cat. For a while when all of the reviews were coming out on KZbin I wondered, "Did they get Rob Paulson to voice Bubsy for the 16 bit era?" Because it sounded like Yakko Warner was wearing a bobcat costume.

[@Xindictive]

Paulson did voice Bubsy in Bubsy 2 (and the pilot). Bubsy 1's voice actor was a guy called Brian Silva.

[@tipulsar85]

@@Xindictive I guess the voice sampling is rough enough that it confused my ears. Thanks for the clarification.

[@TheJamieRamone]

I luvd this game then and still do! Also Mickey Mania is PLAYABLE?!

[@DragonNexus]

What's your issue with Mickey Mania? o_0

[@LordBete]

Now you’ve used the Machinarium OST I really want a video on the complete history of Samorost and Machinarium. Gorgeous games that I’d love to know more about

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

I recoiled from my phone out of instinctive horror when I heard "Bubsy 3D"

[@JennFaeAge]

That intro might be the only time the word quality has been used in a video about Bubsy ever

[@GotNextVideo]

The first game is an above-average mascot platformer for the time. It sits somewhere between like, Awesome Possum, but not quite as good as Cool Spot or something. Had the sequels actually refined and improved on what it did, it might be remembered better.

[@emanmodnar2]

I have fond memories of the first Bubsy game, but it occurs to me now that it was likely due to a game drought and not having money for the big name titles. I do still like the old artstyle though, the colors popped and the animation was pretty goofy and memorable to me.

[@Snoebal]

4:46 I’m one of the most nitpicky people on earth, so I have to point out that that’s Paper Mario, and his games are (mostly) turn based rpgs.

[@Kinglink]

"I don't like this game." Wait what? I'm glad to hear you say that, I'm not a fan of bubsy, and wasn't sure why you chose him but like always the history is wicked interesting and I'm glad you give you honest opinions on the games themselves. I still don't know why Bubsy was the one franchise chosen to return in 2017, it's not like he was that memorable. As for a podcast almost all these videos can be watched with no video) though you miss out on a bit of the experience. I'm just not sure you need to rerecord them unless it's something you want to do, but as always, you do you Dan, and I'll keep supporting with the views, sharing and of course patreon.

[@xRocketzFighterx]

What really scares me is that modern bubsy is voiced by Brolly from Dragon ball super.

[@BabusGameRoom]

I can definitely get behind audio only/podcasts, but I'd definitely stick with watching the videos, personally. Maybe an idea would be doing early release podcasts for topics that would eventually become videos? Maybe that could be a way to give supporters something early...but that might risk hurting views from supporters who already listened to the podcasts. Either way, best of luck!

[@ZAV1944]

why Bubsy got good reviews back in the day is likely because Acolade payed the various gaming magazines a big chunk of money to say good things about it.

[@sloppynyuszi]

I liked Bubsy back in the day. It’s no Sonic, but was more fun than Awesome Possum, Aero the acrobat, that king fu squirrel thing, Zool and the likes. I would say it was the top of that heap. And after countless hours of Somic, but was an OK alternative. But all platformers that try to be fast like Somic kind of failed. High seas Havoc, Zool and Bubsy failed in that. But you could play Bubsy slow, unlike the other ones.

[@Pooky1991]

I think one of my favorite things about these vids are the mini versions of 80s and 90s pop songs

[@novato455]

A complete history of Severance Blade of Darkness by Rebel Act Studios would be great, it was their only game before shooting down. Although some members of the team joined Mercury Steam and other studios.

[@ZonicMirage]

I still have my copy of the first Bubsy. Always been too lazy to get rid of it. Was admittedly hyped for the cartoon pilot, but ended up never seeing it. It just... never aired in my area. Only saw it recently; rather glad kid me didn't get exposed.

[@RonnieBarzel]

Sadly, my favorite Bubsy game was 2013’s “Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective.”

[@DragonNexus]

30:49 holy crap I wasn't ready...

[@RisingRevengeance]

I can't imagine how crushing it must've felt to see Crash and Mario 64. Sure they didn't have a good game but it was at least 3d which was still cool at the time... then they had nothing.

[@Jej4krk]

I loved bubsy on the snes i used to play it all the time at my grandmas