What could possibly go wrong?
For all three of you excited about the upcomingBubsy: The Woolies Strike Back, Did You Know Gaming has uploaded a video that is all aboutBubsy.One of the more interesting facts contained is thatBubsywas originally envisioned as a Chester Cheetah game for Cheetos, butBubsy’screator (Michael Berlyn) didn’t want to pay for the advertising rights.Bubsywas also influenced by the design ofSonic the Hedgehog, although I’m sure anyone could have guessed that.
Berlyn was known, at the time, for making text based adventure games and wanted to break away from being typecasted. He begged his producer to allow him to make a game in the vein of Sega’s breakout hit. After being initially rejected, Berlyn’s producer said he would consider the idea if Berlyn wrote a paper on whySonicwas a great game. This led to Berlyn playingSonicfor 10 hours a day in the name of research.
I guess he just really wanted to makeBubsy, eh?
Despite all of the negative attention thatBubsyhas received, its easy to forget that the man behind the character really did just want to make a solid game. I don’t know ifBubsyreally deserves a revival, but weirder things have happened in this world.
