Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble

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Mega Drive
Game Gear

Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear

Publisher: Sega

Ballistic (US re-release)

Developer: Probe Entertainment, Atod, Climax

Distributor:

Majesco Sales (US re-release)

Licensor: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Sound driver: Probe/Andy Brock

Genre: Action^[1]

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

English

Deutsch

Français

Español

Italiano

English

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1996-07^[2]	$49.9949.99^[3]^[4]	1840
US (re-release)	199x
EU	1996-08-15^[5]		MK-1840-50
PT	1996		MDJSE0290
UK	1996-09-05^[6]	£39.9939.99^[7]	MK-1840-50
GR	199x		MK-1840-50
AU	199x		FBUG04SMC
BR	1996-10^[8]^[9]	R$69.9969.99	051050
US	1996-07^[10]		2569
EU	1996		7766-50
UK	1996-09-12^[11]		7766-50

Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble is a platform game developed for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear by Probe and Atod. It stars Bugs Bunny of Looney Tunes fame, and also features various other Looney Tunes characters. It was not released in Japan.

Story

Introduction

One night, Bugs Bunny is fast asleep in his bed as he starts to drift off into a dream. In his dream, he sees Yosemite Sam experimenting on a "giant carrot serum," but before he can take action, Sam orders the monster Gossamer to fetch the rabbit's brain for his robot, prompting chase. Bugs soon comes across a "Televisor" and is transported to several of his older cartoons.

Gameplay

Mega Drive version

The game is a platformer played as the rascally rabbit Bugs Bunny. Each level is based on a classic cartoon and has its own special items and goals. Bugs moves with or and runs by holding with a direction. He can only run a short distance before he has to stop and catch his breath. He crouches with and jumps with . Most enemies can be attacked by jumping on them. Some levels have special weapons that Bugs can use with .

Bugs has a health meter depicted as a carrot, which goes down as he takes damage from enemies and hazards. He loses a life when he runs out of health, but he revives instantly if he has extra lives remaining. Some levels also have time limits, and Bugs loses a life and must restart the level if time runs out.

Items

	Canned Carrots
	Fully restores Bugs' health meter.
	Giant Silver Carrot
	Gives the player an extra life.
	Invulnerability Potion
	Temporarily makes Bugs invulnerable.
	Stopwatch
	Resets the timer on timed levels.
	Speed Shoes
	Temporarily allows Bugs to run without getting worn out.
	Bonus Star
	Collect three to play a bonus level after completing the current level.
	Glue Pots
	Can be thrown at Daffy to temporarily stick him in place. Found in the Duck! Rabbit, Duck! level.
	Parachuting Dynamite
	Can be grabbed and ridden down to the ground to blow up trap doors. Found in the Bully for Bugs level.
	Bull's Eye Carrots
	Carrot missiles that fly straight. Found in the Hare-Abian Nights level.
	Homing Carrots
	Carrot missiles that seek targets. Found in the Hare-Abian Nights level.
	Carrot Bombs
	Bombs that are thrown in an arc. Found in the Hare-Abian Nights level.
	Genie's Lamp
	Summons the genie. Found in the Hare-Abian Nights level.
	Singing Sword
	Arms Bugs with a sword. Found in the Knight Knight Bugs level. It is necessary to find this item to enter the boss area.
	Key
	Opens a locked door. Found in the Haunted Hare level.
	Book
	Can be thrown at monsters. Found in the Haunted Hare level.
	Aged Hare Potion
	Temporarily turns Bugs into a decrepit, gray-bearded rabbit who walks with a cane. He cannot run or jump in this state. Found in the Haunted Hare level.
	Illudium Pew-36 Space Modulator
	Needed to defeat Marvin the Martian. Found in the Hareway to the Stars level.

Levels

The player can choose to play the first two levels in any order. After they have been completed, the next two levels unlock and can be played in any order. After completing these, the final four levels are played in order.

	Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
	Bugs and Daffy are being hunted by Elmer Fudd. Bugs must change all of the rabbit signs to ducks to fool Elmer into thinking it is duck season. The signs flip when Daffy passes them. Bugs can bait Daffy into chasing him by teasing Daffy with . Bugs can also pick up and throw glue pots at Daffy with to stick him in place for a few seconds. He climbs ladders with or and slides down vines with .
	Bully for Bugs
	Bugs jumps on Bully's back to launch himself into the air to collect the floating dynamite. After grabbing hold of the dynamite, he can guide it to the boarded up holes in the ground to blow them open and jump into the holes with to go underground. While underground, Bugs must search for parts with which to construct a bull trap. He can open gates and trap the lions in cages by using to flip the switches.
	Hare-Abian Nights
	Bugs must collect the three genie lamps, defeating Vizier Yosemite Sam each time, to free the genie. Bugs can find Carrot Bombs, Bull's Eye Carrots, and Homing Carrots, which are thrown with .
	Knight Knight Bugs
	Bugs must find the Singing Sword and use it to defeat the Black Knight and his dragon. Bugs enters the doorways with . Once Bugs has the sword, he can swing it with .
	Haunted Hare
	Bugs is chased through a haunted mansion by Gossamer. Jumping on Gossamer temporarily slows him down. Bugs can find keys to open locked doors and books to throw at monsters with . Bugs eventually fights the mad scientist in his lab. Bugs can flip the switches with to zap the mad scientist.
	Spaced Out Bunny
	Bugs flies through space to Mars, while Marvin the Martian tries to deter him. This level is played from a third-person 3D perspective. Bugs moves in any direction with the D-Pad and shoots with . Blue asteroids contain items and can be blasted open.
	Mad as a Mars Hare
	Bugs pilots a flying saucer across Mars. This level is played as a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up. Bugs moves in any direction with the D-Pad and shoots with . Colliding with terrain costs a life.
	Hareway to the Stars
	On Mars, Bugs must first find the Illudium Pew-36 Space Modulator and then find the switches to flip Marvin's lasers in reverse. Bugs flips the switches with .

Bonus level

Bugs plays a bonus level after the current level when he finds three Bonus Stars. There are three stars in the first two levels, three more in the next two levels, and none after that, so it is possible to play the bonus level twice if the player finds all the stars.

Bugs falls through a tunnel and collects carrots for extra lives. He moves in any direction with the D-Pad.

Development

A Sega Master System version game was planned, but eventually cancelled.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Sega Credits

Producer: Mike Gamble
Associate Producer: Russ Kerrison
International Liason: John Pedigo
Lead Tester - SOA: Arnold Feener
Lead Tester: Matt 'YK' O'Driscoll
Testers: Craig Kerrison, Sean James, Nick Ryan, Jason Cumberbatch
Localisation Team: Cara McMillan, Dave Thompson, Roberto Parraga, Pierre Hintze

Probe Credits

Executive Producer: Tony Beckwith
Producer: Tim May
Lead Programmer: Christoffer Nilsson
Designer: Nick Baynes
Design Artist: Alex Lawrence
Lead Mapper: Simon Bland
Artist: Michael Nilsson
Music and Sound Effects: Andy Brock
Quality Assurance: James Brown

Climax Credits

Producer: Andy Pang
Artists: Sam Allen, Graham Hudson, Jon Trafford, Andy Oakley, Lewis Cooper, Mike Oakley

Special Thanks To The Warner Brothers Crew: Holley Siein, Catherine Sollegito, Mark Narmore, Jeremy Berg, Theresa McDowell

Source:

US manual^[12]

Game Gear version

Sega of Europe

Producer: Mike Gamble
Assistant Producer: Russell Kerrison
International Liaison: John Pedigo
Lead Tester: Matt "YK" O'Driscoll
Testers: Craig Kerrison, Sean James, Nick Ryan, Jason Cumberbatch

Sega of America

Game Lead: Rob Prideaux, Rey Alferez
Assistand Leads: Rolef Conlan, Conner Morlang
SOA Testers: Alan Arriva, Jason Bartholomew, Jeremy Caine, John Dejano, Lou DiSimone, Erin Fritz, Trent Haskins, John Jansen, Mat Lucich, Ian McGuinness, Adam Silvera, Ricki Tai, Eugene Valenzuela, Jeremy Wheat
Marketing Managers: Bill Onderdonk, Eric Dunstan
Product Specialist: Clint Dyer
Packaging Creative: Eric Smith & Eileen Sacman
Manual: Carol Ann & Neil Hanshaw

Probe

Executive Producer: Tony Beckwith
Producer: Tim May
Lead Programmer: Christoffer Nilsson
Design: Nick Baynes
Design Artist: Alex Lawrence
Lead Mapper: Simon Bland
Artist: Micheal Nilsson
Music & Sound FX: Andy Brock

Climax

Producer: Andy Pang
Artists: Sam Allen, Graham Hudson, Jon Trafford, Andy Oakley, Mike Oakley, Lewis Copper

Warner Bros.

Holly Stein, Catherine Sollecito, Mark Narmore, Jeremy Berg, Theresa McDowell

Source:

US manual^[13]

Magazine articles

Main article: Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble/Magazine articles.

Artwork

US prototype box art

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[14]

576 KByte (HU)

88

^[15]

Cool Gamer (RU)

70

^[16]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

53

^[17]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2 (RU)

80

^[18]

Freak (IL)

87

^[19]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

40

^[20]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

30

^[3]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

63

^[21]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

70

^[22]

LeveL (CZ)

71

^[23]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

62

^[24]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

84

^[7]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

25

^[25]

neXt Level (DE)

65

^[26]

Player One (FR)

60

^[27]

Sega Magazin (DE)

68

^[28]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

72

^[29]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

70

^[30]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

40

^[31]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

49

^[32]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[33]

	63
Based on 22 reviews

Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US (cardboard) (Majesco Sales)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US (Not For Resale)

Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, FR

Manual

Mega Drive, GR
Cover

Mega Drive, PT

Mega Drive, BR
Cover

Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[34]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

87

^[35]

	74
Based on 2 reviews

Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

Main article: Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble/Technical information.

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[6] Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1996-09-02), page 52

[:File:MeanMachinesSega47UK.pdf_p72-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Mean Machines Sega, "September 1996" (UK; 1996-08-05), page 72

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[19] Freak, "9/96" (IL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1

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[:File:NextLevel_DE_1996-06.pdf_p95-26] neXt Level, "Juni 1996" (DE; 1996-05-15), page 95

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_067.pdf_p124-27] Player One, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-08-29), page 124

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Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Mega Drive version

Items

Levels

Bonus level

Development

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Game Gear version

Magazine articles

Artwork

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Game Gear version

Technical information

References