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Their suggestion to add more secret paths was picked up, resulting to the underground tube ways in level 1. In December of 1992, children who resided near Accolade's headquarters in San Jose, California, were invited to test the game and comment on its aspects. One of the in-game hazards being entertained around this time was catnip that would drive Bubsy crazy, but this was replaced by banana peels because of Nintendo's censorship policies as catnip was considered similar to drugs. Some time later, Silva shared the rest of his portfolio, and the artwork included earned him the additional job of sprite and background artist.īubsy's catchphrase, 'What could possibly go wrong?', was derived from an in-joke among the development team of which the meetings could be described as 'casual and funny'.īeckett Gladney and Ken Macklin created the backgrounds and character animations respectively, whereafter a group named 'Solid Software' realized them for the Super Nintendo. When Skeel sped up his recordings, he enjoyed the ' Looney Tunes-eque' tone and wanted him to represent the character.

John Skeel had difficulty finding a good voice for Bubsy, but eventually received Brian Silva's voice tapes. One consistent feature were his shoes, though these were omitted in the end as to further differentiate the character from the popular Sonic. In order to cut on costs, Berlyn designed an original character, who would also function as Accolade's mascot.īubsy's appearance came with little to no forethought and his species, gender, and overall appearance differed greatly in early concept images.

Game preview in Electronic Gaming Monthly.Īfter Accolade's game designer, Michael Berlyn, had grown weary of the text adventure genre he'd previously kept himself busy with, he became inspired by Sonic the Hedgehog and wished to take a shot at creating a platformer game.ĭirector John Skeel stated in an interview that the intention was to create a game as fast as Sonic and as deep as Mario, where they planned for it to be easy to play, but hard to master.ĭevelopment of Bubsy I began in 1991, and was intended to star an existing brand.

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