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: Accolade, Al Baker & Associates
Genre: Action
Release Date RRP Code US 1993-07 $59.9559.95 T-119026 EU 1993-08 T-119026-50 AU 199x
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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

	Chapter 1 - Cheese Wheels of Doom
	Chapter 2 - Forbidden Plummet
	Chapter 3 - A Bridge Too Fur
	Chapter 4 - Fair Conditioning
	Chapter 5 - Night of the Bobcat
	Chapter 6 - Our Furless Leader
	Chapter 7 - The Good, The Bad and The Woolies
	Chapter 8 - A Fistful of Yarn
	Chapter 9 - Dances With Woolies
	Chapter 10 - Beavery Careful
	Chapter 11 - Rock Around the Croc
	Chapter 12 - Claws for Alarm
	Chapter 13 - Eye of the Bobcat
	Chapter 14 - No Time to Paws
	Chapter 15 - Lethal Woolie
	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

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Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #43: "February 1993" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:

• Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #44: "March 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
• S.W.A.T. Pro (US) #11: "May 1993" (1993-0x-xx)

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #45: "April 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #16: "December/January 1993/1994" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

• Sega Visions (US) #17: "February/March 1994" (199x-xx-xx)

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #142: "September 1993" (1993-08-15)

Print advert in Sega Magazin (DE) #1: "September/Oktober 1993" (1993-09-01)

Print advert in Megazone (AU) #28: "June 1993" (1993-0x-xx)
also published in:

• Megazone (AU) #29: "July 1993" (1993-0x-xx)

Print advert in Megazone (AU) #30: "August 1993" (1993-08-04)
also published in:

• Megazone (AU) #31: "September 1993" (1993-0x-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication Score Source Consoles + (FR) 90 №23, p116/117 Computer & Video Games (UK) 81 №142, p84/85 Game Power (IT) 91 GamePro (US) 93 №49, p60/61 Joypad (FR) 83 №23, p54/55 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) 74 №13, p24-26 Mega (UK) 78 №12, p36/37 Mega Action (UK) 87 №5, p20/21 Mega Force (FR) 90 №20, p122-124 Mega Power (UK) 80 №2, p52-55 MegaTech (UK) 74 №20, p48-50 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 80 №11, p76/77 Player One (FR) 86 №34, p108/109 Power Unlimited (NL) 90 Sega Force (SE) 92 №7/93, p8/9 Sega Power (UK) 69 №46, p54/55 Sega Pro (UK) 81 №23, p72/73 Sega Force Mega (UK) 84 №3, p38-40 Sonic the Comic (UK) 88 №8, p10

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Based on 19 reviews

Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 60 Ação Games (BR) 81 Aktueller Software Markt (DE) 83 Console Mania (IT) PAL 88 Consoles + (FR) 90 Cool Gamer (RU) 60 Computer & Video Games (UK) 81 Digitiser (UK) 83 Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU) 60 GameFan (US) NTSC-U 84 Game Power (IT) PAL 91 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 93 Gamer (GR) 91 Gamers (DE) 73 Hobby Consolas (ES) 91 Joypad (FR) PAL 83 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) 74 Mega (UK) PAL 78 Mega Action (UK) PAL 87 Mega Action (UK) 87 Mega Force (FR) 90 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 76 Mega Power (UK) PAL 80 MegaTech (UK) PAL 74 Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL 80 Player One (FR) 86 Power Unlimited (NL) 90 Sega Magazin (DE) 73 Sega Power (UK) PAL 69 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 81 Sega Zone (UK) PAL 77 Sega Force Mega (UK) PAL 84 Sega Force (SE) 92 Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL 88 Super Juegos (ES) 89 Todo Sega (ES) 92 Tricks 16 bit (RU) 79

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Based on 37 reviews

Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind

Mega Drive, US
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Mega Drive, EU
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Technical information

ROM dump status

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