Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle was released in 1989 by Kotobuki System, now known as Kemco, and is a port of the NES game of the same name. In fact, this is the American and European version of a Japanese Mickey game, which was very common at the time: bringing games from Japan, but changing the theme to appeal to a different audience. However, the original game, in this case, was MICKEY. I don't know if there's anything more American than that.
And another thing about this game is that it spawned a sort of franchise, with more games that we'll see in this series here.
But all right, back to the game, this is a Long Leg game where he has to rescue Honey Bunny, a character who disappeared after this game because she was kidnapped by Coyote, Patolino, Eufrazino and Frajola. That's the story here, actually, more of a premise than a story in itself, right?
And the gameplay cycle consists of you guiding Longleg through the levels with the aim of getting the 8 carrots scattered in each one without being caught by the villains. You can use certain objects to defeat them or get in their way, and that's all there is to the gameplay. You do this for 80 levels, 60 in the NES version, but increased here.
As much as this sounds like a repetitive task, and for some people it might be, I have to admit that for me it was very easy. The levels are very short and, although the difficulty of the game increases a lot along the way, you learn different strategies to get through each level, which gives you a great feeling of achievement.
I do think there could have been a few less levels, but if you think about the situation of those who played this game at the time, with many people not being able to afford several games at the same time, having this variety could even be considered a positive point.
For me, the only negative point here is the technical quality of the game. I don't know if it was the Game Boy's hardware or some programming glitch, but every time a stage has one or two more enemies than normal, or is a bit bigger, the game has some glitches. Everything starts flashing and jumping around, it's not something that gets in the way, but it might bother some players.
Basically, that's all I had to say about Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle. It's a simple game, but very addictive.
My rating for it is: 3 stars.
And another thing about this game is that it spawned a sort of franchise, with more games that we'll see in this series here.
But all right, back to the game, this is a Long Leg game where he has to rescue Honey Bunny, a character who disappeared after this game because she was kidnapped by Coyote, Patolino, Eufrazino and Frajola. That's the story here, actually, more of a premise than a story in itself, right?
And the gameplay cycle consists of you guiding Longleg through the levels with the aim of getting the 8 carrots scattered in each one without being caught by the villains. You can use certain objects to defeat them or get in their way, and that's all there is to the gameplay. You do this for 80 levels, 60 in the NES version, but increased here.
As much as this sounds like a repetitive task, and for some people it might be, I have to admit that for me it was very easy. The levels are very short and, although the difficulty of the game increases a lot along the way, you learn different strategies to get through each level, which gives you a great feeling of achievement.
I do think there could have been a few less levels, but if you think about the situation of those who played this game at the time, with many people not being able to afford several games at the same time, having this variety could even be considered a positive point.
For me, the only negative point here is the technical quality of the game. I don't know if it was the Game Boy's hardware or some programming glitch, but every time a stage has one or two more enemies than normal, or is a bit bigger, the game has some glitches. Everything starts flashing and jumping around, it's not something that gets in the way, but it might bother some players.
Basically, that's all I had to say about Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle. It's a simple game, but very addictive.
My rating for it is: 3 stars.
Great little maze game. Perfect pick up and playability. Plenty of well designed levels and not nearly as frustrating as I remember when I played this as a kid. Who knew I'm better at games now.
Uses a password system, but who cares. It's old. Other than that it can get frustrating at times, but I'll excuse it since games of its age usually had some Arcade DNA stuck to them.
Uses a password system, but who cares. It's old. Other than that it can get frustrating at times, but I'll excuse it since games of its age usually had some Arcade DNA stuck to them.