Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind

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Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Accolade
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$59.9559.95[3] T-119026
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		T-119026-50
Sega Mega Drive
AU

Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind is a Sega Mega Drive and Super Nintendo platform game released by Accolade in 1993. It is the first in the Bubsy the Bobcat series, and was released at the height of the "mascot wars" in which company mascots like Mario and Sonic were starring in popular video games.

Bubsy was created by Michael Berlyn, and during production was hyped up to be "the next Sonic the Hedgehog" only to receive mixed reviews from critics. It did, however, spawn a number of sequels including Bubsy II, and a pilot was made for a cartoon series featuring the character.

In Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind there are fifteen levels in which Bubsy must defeat the evil Woolies who have stolen balls of yarn.

Gameplay

Chapters

Bubsy Chapter1.png Chapter 1 - Cheese Wheels of Doom
Bubsy Chapter2.png Chapter 2 - Forbidden Plummet
Bubsy Chapter3.png Chapter 3 - A Bridge Too Fur
Bubsy Chapter4.png Chapter 4 - Fair Conditioning
Bubsy Chapter5.png Chapter 5 - Night of the Bobcat
Bubsy Chapter6.png Chapter 6 - Our Furless Leader
Bubsy Chapter7.png Chapter 7 - The Good, The Bad and The Woolies
Bubsy Chapter8.png Chapter 8 - A Fistful of Yarn
Bubsy Chapter9.png Chapter 9 - Dances With Woolies
Bubsy Chapter10.png Chapter 10 - Beavery Careful
Bubsy Chapter11.png Chapter 11 - Rock Around the Croc
Bubsy Chapter12.png Chapter 12 - Claws for Alarm
Bubsy Chapter13.png Chapter 13 - Eye of the Bobcat
Bubsy Chapter14.png Chapter 14 - No Time to Paws
Bubsy Chapter15.png Chapter 15 - Lethal Woolie
Bubsy Chapter16.png Chapter 16 - A Farewell to Woolies

Production credits

  • Produced By: John A.S. Skeel, Cynthia Kirkpatrick
  • Design: Michael Berlyn
  • Additional Design: Cynthia Kirkpatrick, John A.S. Skeel, D. Scott Williamson
  • Art Design: Beckett Gladney
  • Bubsy Design and Animation: Ken Macklin
  • Music Composition: Matt Berardo
  • Programming by: Solid Software, Al Baker, D. Scott Williamson
  • Bubsy's Voice: Brian Silva
  • Animation and Backgrounds: Adrian Bourne, Beckett Gladney, Ken Macklin, Michael McLaughlin
  • Additional Animation and Backgrounds: Frank Cirocco, Scott Heckenlively, Kathy Rudis, Gail Redmond, Taunya Schiffer, Jeff Sturgeon
  • Music Conversion: Rudy Helm
  • Assistant Producer: James "Mad Dog" Kucera
  • Quality Assurance: Scott "Banzai" Barnes, Steve "Toon" Graziano
  • Additional Programming: Robert Calfee

Gallery

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  • Bubsy Chapter16 Intro.png

Artwork

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  • Bubsy MD Art logo.png
  • Bubsy MD Art alligator.png
  • Bubsy MD Art ball.png
  • Bubsy MD Art 1up.png
  • Bubsy MD Art beaver.png
  • Bubsy MD Art bee.png
  • Bubsy MD Art bouncyBranches.png
  • Bubsy MD Art bubsy1.png
  • Bubsy MD Art cars.png
  • Bubsy MD Art continue.png
  • Bubsy MD Art crate.png
  • Bubsy MD Art fluffy.png
  • Bubsy MD Art frog.png
  • Bubsy MD Art giraffe.png
  • Bubsy MD Art grumbleWeeds.png
  • Bubsy MD Art gumball.png
  • Bubsy MD Art hole.png
  • Bubsy MD Art invincible.png
  • Bubsy MD Art item.png
  • Bubsy MD Art landShark.png
  • Bubsy MD Art logRides.png
  • Bubsy MD Art manhole.png
  • Bubsy MD Art piano.png
  • Bubsy MD Art rocketCars.png
  • Bubsy MD Art rollerCoaster.png
  • Bubsy MD Art shadow.png
  • Bubsy MD Art strongMan.png
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  • Bubsy MD Art turtle.png
  • Bubsy MD Art waterSlides.png
  • Bubsy MD Art woolie.png
  • Bubsy MD Art yarn.png
  • Bubsy MD Art yeow.png

Magazine articles

Main article: Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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    US print advert

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #43: "February 1993" (199x-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #45: "April 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #142: "September 1993" (1993-08-15)
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Print advert in Sega Magazin (DE) #1: "September/Oktober 1993" (1993-09-01)
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Print advert in Megazone (AU) #28: "June 1993" (1993-0x-xx)
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Print advert in Megazone (AU) #30: "August 1993" (1993-08-04)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
90 №23, p116/117
81 №142, p84/85[8]
91
93 №49, p60/61[3]
83 №23, p54/55[9]
74 №13, p24-26
78 №12, p36/37
87 №5, p20/21
90 №20, p122-124[10]
80 №2, p52-55
74 №20, p48-50
80 №11, p76/77[11]
86 №34, p108/109[12]
90
92 №7/93, p8/9[13]
69 №46, p54/55[14]
81 №23, p72/73
84 №3, p38-40[15]
88 №8, p10
Sega Mega Drive
 84
Based on
19 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[16]
Ação Games (BR)
81
[17]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
83
[18]
Console Mania (IT) PAL
88
[19]
Consoles + (FR)
90
[20]
Cool Gamer (RU)
60
[21]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
81
[8]
Digitiser (UK)
83
[22]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[23]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
84
[24]
Game Power (IT) PAL
91
[25]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
93
[3]
Gamer (GR)
91
[26]
Gamers (DE)
73
[27]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
91
[28]
Joypad (FR) PAL
83
[9]
Mega (UK) PAL
78
[29]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
87
[30]
Mega Action (UK)
87
[31]
Mega Force (FR)
90
[10]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
76
[32]
Mega Power (UK) PAL
80
[33]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
74
[34]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
80
[11]
Player One (FR)
86
[35]
Power Unlimited (NL)
90
[36]
Sega Magazin (DE)
73
[37]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
69
[14]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
81
[38]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
77
[39]
Sega Force Mega (UK) PAL
84
[40]
Sega Force (SE)
92
[13]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
88
[41]
Super Juegos (ES)
89
[42]
Todo Sega (ES)
92
[43]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
79
[44]
Sega Mega Drive
 82
Based on
36 reviews

Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind

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Mega Drive, EU
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 3e30d365
MD5 a603f331d2d8700543a67c60342e38f7
SHA-1 719140754763e5062947ef9e76ee748cfad38202
2MB 1993-06 Cartridge (US/EU)

References

  1. ↑ File:SegaForceMega UK 03.pdf, page 40
  2. ↑ File:SegaForceMega UK 07.pdf, page 20
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 File:GamePro US 049.pdf, page 62 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 049.pdf_p62" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 10
  5. ↑ S.W.A.T. Pro, "May 1993" (US; 1993-0x-xx), page 66
  6. ↑ Megazone, "July 1993" (AU; 1993-0x-xx), page 90
  7. ↑ Megazone, "September 1993" (AU; 1993-0x-xx), page 95
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 File:CVG UK 142.pdf, page 84 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 142.pdf_p84" defined multiple times with different content
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 File:Joypad FR 023.pdf, page 54 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 023.pdf_p54" defined multiple times with different content
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 File:MegaForce FR 20.pdf, page 122 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaForce FR 20.pdf_p122" defined multiple times with different content
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 File:MeanMachinesSega11UK.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega11UK.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content
  12. ↑ File:PlayerOne FR 034.pdf, page 102
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 File:SegaForce SE 1993 07.pdf, page 8 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce SE 1993 07.pdf_p8" defined multiple times with different content
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 File:SegaPower UK 46.pdf, page 54 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPower UK 46.pdf_p54" defined multiple times with different content
  15. ↑ File:SegaForceMega UK 03.pdf, page 38
  16. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 38
  17. ↑ Ação Games, "Setembro 1993" (BR; 1993-09-01), page 28
  18. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "September 1993" (DE; 1993-08-09), page 42
  19. ↑ Console Mania, "Ottobre 1993" (IT; 1993-xx-xx), page 89
  20. ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 116
  21. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 42
  22. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1993-08-12)
  23. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 298
  24. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 10: September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 14
  25. ↑ Game Power, "Settembre 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 53
  26. ↑ Gamer, "Noémvrios 1993" (GR; 1993-xx-xx), page 1
  27. ↑ Gamers, "Oktober/November 1993" (DE; 1993-09-24), page 42
  28. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 50
  29. ↑ Mega, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 36
  30. ↑ Mega Action, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 20
  31. ↑ Mega Action, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-04), page 80
  32. ↑ Mega Fun, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-22), page 29
  33. ↑ Mega Power, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 52
  34. ↑ MegaTech, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-20), page 48
  35. ↑ Player One, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-08-xx), page 108
  36. ↑ Power Unlimited, "Nummer 3, Oktober 1993" (NL; 1993-09-29), page 37
  37. ↑ Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 61
  38. ↑ Sega Pro, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 72
  39. ↑ Sega Zone, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-xx), page 34
  40. ↑ Sega Force Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 18
  41. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "September 4th 1993" (UK; 1993-09-04), page 10
  42. ↑ Super Juegos, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 64
  43. ↑ Todo Sega, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 26
  44. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 31
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