The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
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| The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle/Roger Rabbit | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Kemco |
| Publisher(s) | Kemco |
| Release date(s) | NES/FDS version February 16, 1989 (Japan) July, 1989 (USA) Game Boy version March, 1990 (USA) December 22, 1992 (Japan) |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Platform(s) | NES, FDS, Game Boy, Game Gear |
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (Roger Rabbit in Japan) is an action puzzle game made by Kemco released on the NES starring the popular Warner Brothers cartoon character Bugs Bunny. The object of the game is to guide Bugs through a series of rooms collecting carrots to save Honey Bunny. However, four rascals are guarding the castle: Sylvester, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, and Wile E. Coyote.
While presented in a side-scroller format, Crazy Castle differed from standard side-scrollers such as Super Mario Bros. in that Bugs Bunny (ironically) did not have a jump function; therefore, only by taking different routes could Bugs avoid enemies. Some of the levels had boxing gloves, invisible potions, or safes that could be used against the enemies in the game. As a result, the game had a "puzzle-solving" atmosphere.
Because most NES game cartridges lacked the ability to save, passwords can be used to start at a certain level in this game. This is an especially helpful feature of the game, as it would take longer to complete the 80 levels than is really feasible for one sitting.
[edit] Version differences
The US and European games were actually modified versions of the Japanese Famicom Disk System game Roger Rabbit. Roger Rabbit replaces Bugs Bunny as the game's playable character, all the villains are all Who Framed Roger Rabbit-related, and hearts are collected instead carrots. It is believed that Kemco and other companies' games starring Disney characters were changed to other non-Disney licenses when released in countries outside of Japan, because Capcom had exclusive rights to the Disney property in the US at the time.
There is additional information, including screen shots of these changes, including all known Kemco and some other Disney based games, on the Bugs Bunny Series page linked below.
