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

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
$59.9559.95[3] T-119026
Sega Mega Drive
EU
T-119026-50
Sega Mega Drive
PT
MD119026
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

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Chapter 1 - Cheese Wheels of Doom

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Chapter 2 - Forbidden Plummet

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Chapter 3 - A Bridge Too Fur

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Chapter 4 - Fair Conditioning

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Chapter 5 - Night of the Bobcat

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Chapter 6 - Our Furless Leader

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Chapter 7 - The Good, The Bad and The Woolies

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Chapter 8 - A Fistful of Yarn

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Chapter 9 - Dances With Woolies

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Chapter 10 - Beavery Careful

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Chapter 11 - Rock Around the Croc

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Chapter 12 - Claws for Alarm

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Chapter 13 - Eye of the Bobcat

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Chapter 14 - No Time to Paws

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Chapter 15 - Lethal Woolie

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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


Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

Main article: Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind/Promotional material.

Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
90 №23, p116/117
81 №142, p84/85[4]
91
93 №49, p60/61[3]
83 №23, p54/55[5]
74 №13, p24-26
78 №12, p36/37
87 №5, p20/21
90 №20, p122-124[6]
80 №2, p52-55
74 №20, p48-50
80 №11, p76/77[7]
86 №34, p108/109[8]
90
92 №7/93, p8/9[9]
69 №46, p54/55[10]
81 №23, p72/73
84 №3, p38-40[11]
88 №8, p10
Sega Mega Drive
84
Based on
19 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[12]
Ação Games (BR)
81
[13]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
83
[14]
Console Mania (IT) PAL
88
[15]
Consoles + (FR)
90
[16]
Cool Gamer (RU)
60
[17]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
81
[4]
Digitiser (UK)
83
[18]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[19]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
84
[20]
Game Power (IT) PAL
91
[21]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
93
[3]
Gamer (GR)
91
[22]
Gamers (DE)
73
[23]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
91
[24]
Joypad (FR) PAL
83
[5]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)
74
[25]
Mega (UK) PAL
78
[26]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
87
[27]
Mega Action (UK)
87
[28]
Mega Force (FR)
90
[6]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
76
[29]
Mega Power (UK) PAL
80
[30]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
74
[31]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
80
[7]
Player One (FR)
86
[32]
Power Unlimited (NL)
90
[33]
Sega Magazin (DE)
73
[34]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
69
[10]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
81
[35]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
77
[36]
Sega Force Mega (UK) PAL
84
[37]
Sega Force (SE)
92
[9]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
88
[38]
Super Juegos (ES)
89
[39]
Todo Sega (ES)
92
[40]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
79
[41]
Sega Mega Drive
82
Based on
37 reviews

Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind

Mega Drive, US
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Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Mega Drive, FR

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Manual

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

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  2. File:SegaForceMega UK 07.pdf, page 20
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  4. 4.0 4.1 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
  5. 5.0 5.1 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
  6. 6.0 6.1 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
  7. 7.0 7.1 File:MeanMachinesSega11UK.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega11UK.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content
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  14. Aktueller Software Markt, "September 1993" (DE; 1993-08-09), page 42
  15. Console Mania, "Ottobre 1993" (IT; 1993-xx-xx), page 89
  16. Consoles +, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 116
  17. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 42
  18. Digitiser (UK) (1993-08-12)
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  22. Gamer, "Noémvrios 1993" (GR; 1993-xx-xx), page 1
  23. Gamers, "Oktober/November 1993" (DE; 1993-09-24), page 42
  24. Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 50
  25. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-07-29), page 24
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  32. Player One, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-08-xx), page 108
  33. Power Unlimited, "Nummer 3, Oktober 1993" (NL; 1993-09-29), page 37
  34. Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 61
  35. Sega Pro, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 72
  36. Sega Zone, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-xx), page 34
  37. Sega Force Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 18
  38. Sonic the Comic, "September 4th 1993" (UK; 1993-09-04), page 10
  39. Super Juegos, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 64
  40. Todo Sega, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 26
  41. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 31