Retro game publisher Retroism recently dug up an unfortunate remnant from the 90s mascot craze and dropped two of his games on Steam in an attempt to drum up interest in a full-blown Bubsy the Bobcat revival. No thanks, weâre good!
Riding a wave of twisted nostalgia, Retroism managed to get Bubsy Two-Furâa bundle of the first two Bubsy games for the Super Nintendo and Sega GenesisâGreenlit on Steam. Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind and Bubsy II seem to be running inside some sort of emulator wrapper, giving fans a fresh way to pay for Accoladeâs mascot characterâs only good games.
The third game was an Atari Jaguar exclusive, which was probably a bad move. And the fourthâŠ
âŠis widely considered one of the worst games of all time.
Bubsy 3D was a technical mess, as was often the case with 2D characters making the leap to three dimensions. But his problems were more than technical. His attitude, his sassâit worked in the 90s, to an extent. As we grew up we realized the whole âmascots with attitudeâ thing had created an army of assholes, and we wanted nothing more to do with them.
I still donât. Bubsyâs great as a simple platformer and a reflection of video game culture at the time. It doesnât need to be any more complicated than that.
The First Five is the first five minutes of a game with light commentary. Once the five minutes are up, soâs the video.
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